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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Abbott Labs, AMD, Charles Schwab, On Semi & more

Cnbc · · 774 words · By Michelle Fox; Darla Mercado; CFP
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What to know about Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Abbott Labs, AMD, Charles Schwab, On Semi & more

Here are the stocks making headlines in midday trading.

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What happened

Here are the stocks making headlines in midday trading.

Why it matters

Advanced Micro Devices – The chip company surged more than 7% after Bernstein lifted its price target to $265 per share from $235.

Common ground

"We are warming to AMD as well as they benefit from server CPU strength," wrote analyst Stacy Rasgon in a Thursday report.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Rasgon's team raised their price target on Intel to $60 per share from $36.”
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Three web search results independently confirm Stacy Rasgon raised Intel's price target to $60 from $36.
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Claim 2: “Voyager Technologies jumped 4% after being selected for NASA's seventh private astronaut mission.”
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Claim 3: “Abbott Laboratories' shares tumbled nearly 7% due to weak guidance for the second quarter.”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia entries about Abbott Laboratories' stock decline due to Q2 guidance.
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Claim 4: “J.B. Hunt Transport Services surged 8% after beating Q1 earnings estimates.”
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Claim 5: “Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing slipped 3% despite an earnings and revenue beat.”
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Claim 6: “Abbott sees adjusted earnings for the current quarter ranging from $1.25 to $1.31 per share.”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia entries about Abbott's Q2 earnings guidance range.
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Claim 7: “PepsiCo's first-quarter results beat analyst expectations with adjusted earnings of $1.61 per share.”
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Claim 8: “Advanced Micro Devices surged more than 7% after Bernstein lifted its price target to $265 per share from $235.”
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Multiple web search results confirm Bernstein raised AMD's price target to $265 from $235 and the stock surged over 6% (consistent with the 7% claim as an approximation).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walter Jeremiah Sanders III (born September 12, 1936) is an American businessman and engineer who was a co-founder and long-time CEO of the American semiconductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (…
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Claim 9: “Charles Schwab's first-quarter revenue fell short of the $6.5 billion consensus estimate.”
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Claim 10: “Abbott's full-year adjusted earnings guidance was reduced to $5.38 to $5.58 per share.”
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Claim 11: “Aehr Test Systems' shares surged 11% after receiving a $41 million production order.”
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Claim 12: “Flutter Entertainment dropped 4% after being downgraded to 'sell' by Citi.”
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Claim 13: “Several AI-related optical stocks also rose, including Lumentum up almost 6%, and Coherent up 3%.”
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Claim 14: “The NASA mission is expected to launch no earlier than 2028.”
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Claim 15: “On Semiconductor's stock popped 9% due to bullish reports from Wall Street shops.”
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Claim 16: “U.S. Bancorp's Q1 earnings beat estimates, but net interest income fell short of expectations.”
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Claim 17: “SL Green Realty's shares slipped more than 1% despite a Q1 FFO of 84 cents per share.”
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Claim 18: “The stock is on pace for a 12th straight winning session.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) is a Singapore-based manufacturer of microelectronic chips. AMF is involved in silicon photonics. They produce devices like high-speed modulators, photodetectors, micro-ri…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It develops central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AMD v. Intel was a private antitrust lawsuit, filed in the United States by Advanced Micro Devices ("AMD") against Intel Corporation in June 2005.
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Claim 19: “PPG Industries advanced 5% after announcing a global price increase of up to 20%.”
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Claim 20: “Bank of America raised its price target on On Semi to $85 from $70 and changed its rating to buy.”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia entries about Bank of America's rating change for On Semiconductor.
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