Weekly wrap · week to Tue 27 Oct

This week in markets.

Everything that mattered this week in a two-minute read: the markets, the sectors, the biggest movers, the results that landed and what's coming next. Updated automatically through the week.

S&P 500
–
this week · – this year
Nasdaq 100
+2.4%
this week · +17.4% this year
US small companies
+1.5%
this week · +13.7% this year
World stocks
+1.2%
this week · +12.1% this year
Pound vs dollar
-0.5%
this week · -1.1% this year

Sectors

typical company, this week
Healthcare
+2.0%
Consumer
+1.1%
Staples
+0.7%
Technology
+0.7%
Financials
+0.6%
Communication
-2.3%

Biggest movers

large US companies, this week
NOW ServiceNow+9.4%
IBM IBM+7.3%
ADBE Adobe+6.8%
INTU Intuit+5.5%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson+3.9%
T AT&T-9.8%
META Meta Platforms-8.9%
AMAT Applied Materials-8.7%
NFLX Netflix-5.7%
INTC Intel-5.5%

Results that landed

62% of 257 companies beat profit forecasts
CompanyDayProfit per share vs forecastSales vs forecast
META Meta PlatformsWed 21 Octbeat by 28%missed by 0.1%
GM Tue 20 Octmissed by 1%missed by 0.3%
ELV Wed 21 Octbeat by 48%beat by 1.6%
CNC Tue 27 Octbeat by 491%beat by 6.4%
VLO Thu 22 Octbeat by 12%beat by 17.5%
VZ VerizonMon 26 Octmissed by 0%missed by 4.1%
T AT&TWed 21 Octbeat by 6%beat by 0.0%
CMCSA ComcastThu 22 Octbeat by 6%missed by 2.8%
TSLA TeslaWed 21 Octbeat by 10%missed by 1.4%
BA BoeingTue 27 Octmissed by 59%missed by 1.5%

Coming up next week

Fed US Federal Reserve rate decisionWed 28 Oct 6pm
Budget UK Autumn BudgetWed 28 Oct after PMQs, ~12:30pm

Big results:

AMZN · ThuGOOGL · WedAAPL · MonMCK · WedCVS · WedXOM · FriPAYP · WedBRK.A · MonMSFT · WedCOR · WedCVX · FriF · Wed

Market mood

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