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

Cnbc · Aug 03, 2026 · 547 words · By Jason Gewirtz

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Tuesday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Snap reported better-than-expected revenue for the second quarter Monday afternoon?
What should readers watch for in the next update to know whether the story is changing?

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Claim 1: “Snap reported better-than-expected revenue for the second quarter Monday afternoon.”

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Claim 2: “The stock [Snap] is up more than 7% after hours.”

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Claim 3: “The stock [Pfizer] is down around 5% in three months.”

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Claim 4: “and down almost 30% in 2026. [Palantir]”

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Claim 5: “The implied volatility, by the way, was 11%. [Palantir]”

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Claim 6: “Pfizer is down 13% from the April 2 high.”

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Claim 7: “This is now a $5 dollar stock. [Snap]”

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Claim 8: “The stock [Caterpillar] is off 22.6% from the June 30 high.”

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The search results provide general information about Caterpillar Inc. and stock market tools, but no specific data regarding a price decline from a June 30 high.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Caterpillars ( KAT-ər-pil-ər) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (comprising butterflies and moths). In common speech, any caterpillar-shaped insect larva such as of a sawfly is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Caterpillar 797 is a series of off-highway, ultra class, two-axle, mechanical powertrain haul trucks developed and manufactured in the United States by Caterpillar Inc. specifically for high-produ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_797

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Caterpillar Inc. (often shortened to CAT) is an American construction, mining, and other engineering equipment manufacturer. The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc.

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Claim 9: “Back in 2021, it [Snap] was an $83 dollar stock.”

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Claim 10: “it's off 4.7% from the June high. [EWJ]”

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Claim 11: “The stock [Caterpillar] is up 45% year to date”

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One web search result explicitly states that Caterpillar stock is up more than 45% versus the start of 2026. No other independent source corroborates this specific percentage.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a 1969 children's picture book by American author and illustrator Eric Carle. The plot follows a very hungry caterpillar that consumes a variety of foods before pupating…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Hungry_Caterpillar

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Claim 12: “the Dow Industrials posted a closing record”

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Two independent cross-references from CNBC confirm that all three indexes, including the Dow, reached new all-time intraday highs and closed at records.

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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 13: “Caterpillar... is up 18% in six months.”

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While web results confirm Caterpillar stock is 'soaring' and 'rallying' due to Q2 earnings, none of the provided sources specify the exact percentage increase over the last six months.

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Claim 14: “Palantir beat earnings expectations and showed a 93% year-over-year revenue jump.”

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Claim 15: “Merck is off 5.4% from the July 28 high.”

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web search NEUTRAL — Merck posts a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss fueled by growth in its oncology segment.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/merck-earnings-stock-price-…

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web search NEUTRAL — A number of analysts had suggested Merck could be among the companies with downside risk, with some calling for declines of around 10% over the course of the next year. The stock’s price action over t…
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/02/07/wall-street-analy…

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web search NEUTRAL — Merck posts better-than-expected second-quarter results on Keytruda strength. 50 minutes ago.Earnings Preview: Merck (MRK) Q2 Earnings Expected to Decline. Jul 28.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 16: “McDonald's is down 7.5% in three months.”

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The evidence provided consists of general company descriptions and menu information for McDonald's, with no financial data regarding stock performance over three months.

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web search NEUTRAL — McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast-food restaurant chain. Founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California, the com…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's

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web search NEUTRAL — McDonalds.com is your hub for everything McDonald's. Find out more about our menu items and promotions today!
https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us.html

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web search NEUTRAL — Our full McDonald's menu features everything from breakfast menu items, burgers, and more! The McDonald's lunch and dinner menu lists popular favorites including the Big Mac® and our World Famous Frie…
https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/full-menu.html

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Claim 17: “The stock [Palantir] is up about 15% after hours after Palantir posted earnings .”

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Claim 18: “The Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Anna Paulson is on at 8 a.m.”

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Claim 19: “but down 6.7% in the past three months. [Caterpillar]”

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web search NEUTRAL — The bid-ask spread can indicate a stock’s liquidity, which is how easy it is to buy and sell in the marketplace. Often, a smaller spread suggests higher liquidity, meaning more buyers and sellers in t…
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/cat

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web search NEUTRAL — Hanover Insurance Gr (NYSE:THG) stock decreased by 6.81% to $132.29. Hanover Insurance Gr's stock is trading at a volume of 138.4K shares as of 12:40 EST. This is 79.1% of its average full-day volume …
https://www.tradingview.com/news/benzinga:bfceed61e:0-insura…

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web search NEUTRAL — This page provides stock market indexes quotes for several countries including the latest price, yesterday session close, plus weekly, monthly and yearly percentage changes.
https://tradingeconomics.com/stocks

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Claim 20: “The stock [Palantir] is off 35% from the November high”

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Claim 21: “AMD is down 17% from that level [June 30 high].”

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Claim 22: “The iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) is up 15% year to date”

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Claim 23: “Since then, it [SpaceX] has fallen about 50%, closing at $114.53 on Monday.”

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Claim 24: “The options market shows implied volatility on the stock [AMD] at 7.35%”

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Claim 25: “The stock [Merck] is up about 14% in three months.”

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web search NEUTRAL — At Merck, we're following the science to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats. Get a glimpse of how we work to improve lives.
https://www.merck.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — The Merck Group, branded and commonly known as Merck, is a German multinational science and technology company headquartered in Darmstadt, with about 60,000 employees and a presence in 66 countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merck_Group

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web search NEUTRAL — Merck & Co., Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey. The company does business as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merck_&_Co.

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Claim 26: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is on at 7:30 a.m. ET.”

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Claim 27: “The stock [AMD] is up 34% in three months”

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Claim 28: “The stock [McDonald's] hit a high on March 2 but has dropped 22% since.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard James McDonald (February 16, 1909 – July 14, 1998) and Maurice James "Mac" McDonald (November 26, 1902 – December 11, 1971), known as the McDonald brothers, were American entrepreneurs who fou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The McDonald's Monopoly game is a sales promotion run by fast food multinational restaurant chain McDonald's, with a theme based on the Hasbro board game Monopoly. The game first ran in the United Sta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast-food restaurant chain. Founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California, the com…
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Claim 29: “Shares [Snap] are down 44% in the past year.”

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Claim 30: “SpaceX : The stock hit a high on June 16, hitting $225.64 a share.”

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