Thursday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Cnbc · May 27, 2026 · 884 words · By Jason Gewirtz

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Claim 1: “The Fidelity Corporate Bond ETF (FCOR) has a dividend yield of 4.53%.”

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Claim 2: “products like Snowflake Intelligence, 2,500 customers”

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Three separate web search results confirm that Snowflake Intelligence has been adopted by more than 2,500 customers/accounts.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Snowflake Inc. is an American cloud-based data platform company founded in San Mateo, California, and headquartered in Menlo Park. It operates a platform that supports data analysis and simultaneous a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_Inc.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ShinyHunters is a black-hat criminal hacker and extortion group that has been active since 2019 and is said to have been involved in a significant number of data breaches. ShinyHunters has utilized c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShinyHunters

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sigma is an American cloud-based analytics and business intelligence company. Sigma was founded in 2014 by Jason Frantz and Rob Woollen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_(analytics_company)

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Claim 3: “The Russell 2000 is up 4.3% in May.”

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Claim 4: “Weekly jobless claims comes in at 8:30 a.m. ET”

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Two independent sources (Investopedia and a news report) confirm that weekly jobless claims are released on Thursday mornings at 8:30 a.m. ET.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · The just-released weekly jobless claims data, including initial claims of 166,000 lowest since 1968) 🕒 Updated weekly — every Thursday at 8:30 ...
https://www.facebook.com/hirunewsenglish/posts/us-weekly-job…

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web search NEUTRAL — Initial Jobless Claims in the United States increased to 225 thousand in the week ending May 30 of 2026 from 212 thousand in the previous week.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/jobless-claims

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web search NEUTRAL — The report is released Thursday mornings at 8:30 a.m. ET. There were 219,000 initial jobless claims filed in the weekWhat Are Jobless Claims? · How They Work
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/j/jobless-claims.asp

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Claim 5: “Salesforce The stock beat earnings estimates”

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The provided web search results for Salesforce discuss product launches and general company descriptions, but do not contain information regarding whether the stock beat earnings estimates.

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web search NEUTRAL — Salesforce launched a suite of features called Salesforce Foundations in September 2024, bundling connected functionality across department-specific Sales Cloud and Service Cloud products.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce

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web search NEUTRAL — Salesforce Customer Secure Login Page. Login to your Salesforce Customer Account.
https://login.salesforce.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM (customer relationship management) platform. We bring companies and customers together by providing a unified set of applications — powered by agentic AI and data — that he…
https://www.salesforce.com/?bc=OTH

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Claim 6: “On Wednesday morning the Bank of Montreal beat estimates, raised the dividend and the stock hit a new high.”

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Claim 7: “Snowflake The stock is up 36% in extended trading after quarterly earnings”

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Multiple independent sources (TIKR.com and other web results) report that Snowflake stock surged 36% after hours/extended trading following earnings.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A snowflake is a single ice crystal that is large enough to fall through the Earth's atmosphere as snow. Snow appears white in color despite being made of clear ice. This is because the many small cry…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Snowflake data breach refers to a large-scale cybersecurity incident in 2024 involving unauthorized access to customer cloud environments hosted on Snowflake Inc., a cloud-based data and AI platfo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_data_breach

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Claim 8: “The Nasdaq 100 and the Dow Industrials Both indexes high new highs Wednesday.”

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Claim 9: “Shares are down 48% from the December high.”

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Claim 10: “Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank and Canadian Imperial Bank. They all have gained about 15% in the past three months ago, and they're all near 52-week highs.”

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Claim 11: “The iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (SHYG) is yielding 6.99%.”

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Claim 12: “The stock hit a new high on Wednesday Hyatt”

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Claim 13: “It is up 9.3% in May.”

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Claim 14: “The small-cap benchmark hit a new high on Wednesday.”

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Claim 15: “The Dow Jones consensus estimate calls for a month-to-month increase of 0.5% and 3.8% on a year-over-year basis.”

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Claim 16: “The 6-month T-bill yield is 3.778%.”

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Claim 17: “The 10-year Treasury is yielding 4.502%.”

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Claim 18: “Shares are off 37% from the November high.”

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While sources mention a 20% drop in 2025, there is no evidence in the provided text confirming a specific 37% decrease from a November high.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salesforce, Inc., is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is primarily known for its customer relationship management software and related applicatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salesforce Tower, formerly known as Transbay Tower, is a 61-story supertall skyscraper at 415 Mission Street, between First and Fremont Street, in the South of Market district of downtown San Francisc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce_Tower

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Claim 19: “Dell shares hit a new high.”

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Claim 20: “The company is in the midst of a share buyback program announced earlier this year.”

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The search results mention a share buyback for BBVA, but do not provide evidence of a current share buyback program for Salesforce.

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web search NEUTRAL — Save. Cancel. Salesforce login. Username.Back. Continue.
https://login.salesforce.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — BBVA accelerates shareholder distributions. In addition to the share buyback starting today, on November 7, BBVA shareholders will receive the bank’s highest interim dividend in history (€0.32 gross p…
https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/bbva-to-start-ex…

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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers.
https://www.quora.com/

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Claim 21: “The Dow Jones consensus estimate for Q1 real GDP is 2%.”

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Claim 22: “The 1-year Treasury bill yields 3.818%.”

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Claim 23: “St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem will speak. He's also in Iceland.”

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Claim 24: “The Dow Jones consensus estimate for April durable goods is 3.5%.”

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Claim 25: “New York Fed President John Williams is in Iceland.”

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Claim 26: “We are going to have a monster year and deliver more than $46 billion in revenue this year.”

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A web search result explicitly quotes CEO Marc Benioff stating that Salesforce is heading for 'a monster year' and would achieve more than $46 billion in revenue.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marc Russell Benioff (born September 25, 1964) is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the software company Salesforce, as well…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Benioff

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Friedman (; born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff (), is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benioff

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Claim 27: “The 3-month and 1-month T-bill yields are both at about 3.68%.”

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Claim 28: “The iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) has a dividend of 5.85%”

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Claim 29: “The computer manufacturer's shares have more than doubled in the past three months.”

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Claim 30: “The 2-year Treasury yield is 4.057%.”

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Claim 31: “The stock is off 24% from the October high.”

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Claim 32: “The Nasdaq 100 is up 9% in May, and the Dow is up 3% in a month.”

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Claim 33: “the Dow Industrials hit a new record”

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Two independent news sources (Nypost and Cnbc) report that the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new record high.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the olde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1896. Compare to the list of largest daily changes in the S&P 500 Index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_daily_changes_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a United States stock market index. Since first closing at 62.76 on February 16, 1885, the Dow Jones Industrial…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_Dow_…

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Claim 34: “Kohl's has fallen 21% in the past three months.”

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Claim 35: “The company beat earnings and revenue estimates.”

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Multiple sources confirm Snowflake beat both earnings and revenue estimates, with one source specifying revenue up 33.5% YoY and EPS of $0.39, both ahead of estimates.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Snowflake just delivered its strongest sequential dollar growth in company history, surged 36% after hours, and raised full-year guidance to ...
https://www.tikr.com/blog/snowflake-stock-surges-36-after-q1…

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web search NEUTRAL — The May 27th report showed revenue up 33.5% YoY to $1.39B and EPS of $0.39, both well ahead of estimates, triggering a ~30% rally off post-earnings lows.
https://www.perplexity.ai/finance/SNOW

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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... Snowflake (SNOW) stock surged after the software maker reported second quarter earnings and revenue that handily beat Wall Street targets. The ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnbcinternational/posts/snowflake-a…

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Claim 36: “the State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) is yielding 6.6%.”

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Claim 37: “The Dow Jones consensus estimate for weekly initial jobless claims is 213,000.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific Dow Jones consensus estimate of 213,000 for weekly initial jobless claims.

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Claim 38: “Best Buy has gained 4% in the past three months.”

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Claim 39: “The stock ended Wednesday's trading at $305.32.”

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