Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 posted its first close above 7,600, and what’s on the radar for the next session. Another day, another record The S & P 500 was up 0.13% on Tuesday, its ninth straight day of gains. That’s its longest streak since last May. It’s up 20% from its March lows. The Nasdaq Composite eked out a gain of 0.03%, also a ninth day in the green, but only its longest streak since April. It’s up 31% from its March lows. The Dow Industrials gained nearly 230 points, its 8th gain in nine sessions. It’s up 14% from its March lows. All three indexes marked records at the close. .SPX 5D mountain The S & P 500 in the past five trading days Employment in focus We’ll get the first read on the May jobs situation when ADP releases payroll numbers Wednesday before the open. Economists polled by Dow Jones expect a gain of 110,000 jobs vs 109,000 in April. Investors will watch what the data could mean for the Fed’s next move. While economists are increasingly expecting a rate hike this year, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has pulled back from recent highs The benchmark 10-year yield is trading at about 4.45% versus a high of 4.69% two weeks ago Earnings season rolls on Macy’s reports Wednesday before the bell and will give some insight into the strength of the consumer. Shares are down about 2% on the year, but they have gained 15% since their last report Broadcom hit a record high ahead of its report after the bell Wednesday. Shares are up 51% in three months, and they have gained 93% in the past year. The stock, though, has underperformed the broader semi space so far in 2026. Broadcom is up about 39% year to date versus a 75 % gain for the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) . CrowdStrike is another name we’ll be watching Wednesday after the bell. The stock hit a record high Monday but was down Tuesday. Shares have just about doubled in the past three months. CRWD 3M mountain CrowdStrike in the past three months Tech earnings moves Speaking of earnings, HPE shares soared 19.5% Tuesday, their biggest jump since being spun off from Hewlett-Packard in 2015. The software and infrastructure company blew past analyst estimates Monday night, with particular strength from AI-related demand in its server unit. Shares closed the session at a record high, and they are up 133% year to date! Meantime Palo Alto Networks shares jumped after the cybersecurity company’s earnings report after the bell. The company beat both top and bottom line estimates. Shares were up 61% in 2026 before the report. The Apple doesn’t fall… Shares of the iPhone maker are back into the green for the week, closing at a record. It’s early, but if Apple keeps its gains, it would be its 11th up week in a row. That’s the longest weekly streak since 2004. After a slow start to the year, it’s now up about 16% in 2026, the second best performing stock in the Magnificent Seven year to date, lagging only Nvidia. AAPL YTD mountain Apple shares in 2026 Meanwhile, Microsoft… The software giant ended a three-day streak of solid gains with its biggest drop since February. The company kicked off its annual Build developers’ conference in San Francisco, unveiling its first AI coding model. The stock is the 2nd worst performer in the Magnificent Seven this year, down more than 8%. Only Meta is faring worse. Netflix gets chilled The streaming giant fell 3% on Tuesday, its seventh straight day in the red. That’s the stock’s longest losing streak since November 2022. Shares are down 38% from their all-time high hit last June. NFLX 5D mountain Netflix in the past five trading days Nuclear gains U.S. regulators moved to speed up restarting Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, which will serve Microsoft data centers in the region The moved helped nuclear and uranium stocks rise Tuesday Uranium Energy Corp rose 13% in the session. Oklo rose almost 10%. NuScale Power was up 8% in the session. Cameco was up 7%. Constellation Energy was up 2.6%. Talen Energy was up 2.2% on Tuesday. Vistra Corp rose 2% in the session. Bitcoin bummer The world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell back below the $70,000 mark, hitting its lowest level since April 2. Ethereum was down below $2,000, its lowest since late February. Crypto adjacent names were also struggling Robinhood lost almost 3%. It’s down 22% this year Coinbase fell nearly 5%. It’s down 23% this year Strategy , which said on Monday it was selling some of its bitcoin stash for the first time since late 2022, fell 9%. It’s down 10% this year. Countdown to tip-off! The Knicks and Spurs kick off the NBA Finals Wednesday night in San Antonio, where the average ticket price for Game 1 is currently about $1,865. That’s enough to buy about 5 shares of MSG Sports , the parent company of the Knicks and the New York Rangers. The stock closed at a record on Tuesday. MSGS has filed to spin the teams off into two separate, publicly traded companies. MSGS shares have gained 48% this year, and they have added about 15% since the Knicks’ first playoff game in April.
Wednesday’s big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session
Jun 3, 2026
