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Four cybersecurity names took the top gainer slots at Friday's close, with CrowdStrike up 8.2% to lead a group that rarely moves in lockstep. The damage sat in telecom, where AT&T and T-Mobile both landed among the day's worst losers alongside Bloom Energy.
CrowdStrike closed up 8.16% on Friday, with Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare, and Zscaler filling out the next three spots on the day’s gainer list. That kind of sector-wide alignment across four distinct companies is uncommon, since these names do not typically move in lockstep.
Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare, and Zscaler each settled roughly 7% higher. SLB was the lone non-cybersecurity name in the top five.
The day’s heaviest selling landed in telecom and energy. Bloom Energy was the session’s worst performer, sliding 11.13%, with AT&T and T-Mobile both lower, making telecom the clear pressure point of the day.
Infosys and Comcast also finished among the day’s worst losers, each declining more than 6%. Friday’s session split sharply between cybersecurity strength and telecom weakness heading into the week ahead.
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A satellite network has now out-scaled the subscriber base AT&T spent years and billions of capex building, which reframes who sets broadband pricing from here.
T-Mobile closed at $146.54, a fresh 52-week low that undercuts the October 9 bottom by 1.37%. The $157.2 billion carrier has now spent two weeks setting new floors.
This morning's Q3 earnings beat drove a rare one-day move for a $78.5 billion oilfield services bellwether. Management's 2027 commentary is the next thing to track.
A 5.95% jump to $52.85 follows this morning's Q3 earnings beat, a rare single-session move for a $78 billion oilfield-services bellwether. How the gain holds into the close sets the tone for the rest of the group's reports.
American Tower opened up 8.07%, the only move above 4% on the upside across a 385-name board. Bloom Energy is off 11.67%, with Moderna, Infosys, GE Aerospace and AT&T sliding too.
A fourth straight EPS beat, with Data Center Solutions revenue up 76% year on year as the company builds thermal and power infrastructure for AI buildouts. Management is already flagging a compelling 2027 with Middle East activity only starting to recover.
Five straight EPS beats ride on this morning's 6:50 AM ET report, with consensus at $0.62 on $9.27 billion in revenue from 22 analysts. The read-through sets the tone for Halliburton and Baker Hughes on offshore spending.
AI data center customers are pulling fuel cell deployments forward fast enough to force a third full-year guidance raise, now $4.4 billion to $4.6 billion in revenue.
An 11.1% slide to $212 lops roughly $7 billion off a $62 billion fuel cell name in a single session, and it lands with Q3 results due tonight. Keep an eye on whether the stock holds this level into the report.
Spotify opened up 10.5% to lead a 389-name board, with Lockheed Martin close behind at 9.3%. The pain is concentrated in chip gear and optics, where Lam Research gave up 10.2% at the bell.
Nearly 16 points separated the best and worst close across a 390-name watchlist, with Super Micro Computer up 9.56% to $35.58 and AT&T down 6.08% to $22. AI infrastructure and crypto-linked names took the top spots; communications and consumer took the hits.
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