Stock futures were declining Thursday, a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared nearly 3,000 points, the S&P 500 jumped 9.5%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite surged 12% following President Donald Trump's move to pause most reciprocal tariffs for 90 days. The U.S. stock market gained roughly $5.1 trillion in market capitalization on Wednesday, a record.
These stocks were poised to make moves Thursday:
Shares of Nvidia were falling 4% in premarket trading after the maker of artificial-intelligence chips finished Wednesday up 19% and gained $439.9 billion in market cap, the largest one-day market cap gain for any company on record, according to Dow Jones Market Data. A report from NPR said the White House has paused plans to put additional restrictions on sales of Nvidia's H20 artificial-intelligence chips after CEO Jensen Huang attended a dinner hosted by Trump and promised more investment in U.S.-based AI data centers.
Fellow chip maker Advanced Micro Devices closed Wednesday with a gain of nearly 24%, the most the shares have risen in a session since April 22, 2016. AMD fell 4.4% in the premarket session.
Apple was down 3.4% in premarket trading after the iPhone maker jumped 15% on Wednesday after Trump put a pause on most tariffs but increased China's tariff rate to 125%. Apple makes most of its iPhones in China through contract manufacturer Foxconn, meaning that prices on everything from iPhones to MacBooks would rise if the levies were to stick.
Apple also became the world's most valuable public company again, leapfrogging over Microsoft, which had taken the crown from Apple the day before. Apple's closing market cap value on Wednesday was $2.987 trillion, topping Microsoft's $2.903 trillion, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Microsoft rose 10% on Wednesday and was down 2% in the premarket session.
Tesla declined 4.6% in premarket trading after skyrocketing 23% on Wednesday to $272.10. It was the electric-vehicle maker's largest daily percentage increase since May 9, 2013, when it rose 24.4%. Trump's pause on tariffs was good news to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who isn't a fan of broad tariffs and went so far as to say over the weekend that the U.S. and Europe shouldn't impose tariffs on one another.
United States Steel was down 12% after Trump said the steel maker should remain an American company and not be be sold to Japan's Nippon Steel. Trump had said last week that his administration would conduct a new review of U.S. Steel's $14 billion combination with Nippon Steel. But Wednesday the president said, "U.S. Steel is a very special company, we don't want it to go to Japan or any other place."
Delta Air Lines rose 23% on Wednesday for the carrier's highest daily percentage gain since Sept. 16, 2008. The company scrapped its full-year financial guidance and warned " growth has largely stalled" given the uncertainty over how developments on global trade will affect the economy. But Delta came into the earnings report down 40% for the year, and it appeared the airline's first-quarter report may have been less bleak than feared. United Airlines finished up 26% on Wednesday for its best one-day percentage gain since Oct. 16, 2008. Delta fell 4.4% in premarket trading while United tumbled 3.9%.
Wayfair fell 5.6% in premarket trading, Nike fell 2.7%, and Deckers Outdoor, the maker of Hoka sneakers and Ugg boots, declined 2.8% in premarket trading after surging Wednesday following Trump's tariff pause. Wayfair had the biggest gain Wednesday, closing up 23%. Many retailers make a large portion of their products in Vietnam, which accounted for roughly 15% of textile and apparel imports to the U.S., and about 20% of furniture imports, according to trade data.
Constellation Brands was falling 3.8% after the maker of Modelo beers and Kim Crawford wines issued a weaker-than-expected fiscal 2026 outlook even as fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat analysts' estimates. The company also said it would be selling off some of its lower-costing wine brands to focus on more premium brands.
Costco Wholesale fell 1.1%. Sales in March at the warehouse retailer rose 8.6% year over year to $25.5 billion, slightly decelerating from the 8.8% increase in February. Same-store sales in March rose 6.4% year over year after increasing by 6.5% in February.
CarMax is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the stock market opens Thursday. Shares of the company, which sells used vehicles, fell 0.8% in premarket trading.
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