Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Home Depot (HD) are actually higher in the premarket after sales at Home Depot locations open at least a year rose 0.6% during the three months ended May 3, slightly below the average of analysts’ estimates. Home Depot’s business has been hit by elevated interest rates and high housing prices, which have sparked a pullback in home purchases and upgrade projects.
- Blackstone (BX) and Alphabet (GOOG) are higher on news the firms agreed to create an artificial intelligence cloud business. The project will rely on an initial $5 billion in equity capital from Blackstone, which will become the majority owner. The new business will compete with companies like CoreWeave Inc. in a burgeoning market and will run Google's homegrown AI chips called tensor processing units, or TPUs.
- Agilysys (AGYS) shares are climbing double digits in trading before regular market hours. The company reported EPS and sales above estimates.