{"id":1907,"date":"2025-10-18T00:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-premarket-jef-orcl-fitb-mu\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T00:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:37:08","slug":"stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-premarket-jef-orcl-fitb-mu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-premarket-jef-orcl-fitb-mu\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: JEF, ORCL, FITB, MU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<div data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\">\n<p><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ArticleBody-extraData\"><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ArticleBody-extraData\"><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"xyz-data\">Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Regional bank stocks \u2014 The subsector ticked higher after driving down the broader market on Thursday. Zions rose more than 1% on the back of a Baird upgrade , while Western Alliance bounced by less than 1%. The SPDR S &amp; P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) advanced 0.4%. Jefferies \u2014 The investment bank&#8217;s shares jumped 3% following Thursday&#8217;s plunge of more than 10%. Oppenheimer upgraded the stock to outperform on Friday, with the firm saying Jefferies&#8217; exposure to First Brands is &#8220;very limited.&#8221; CSX \u2014 The railroad stock added 2.5% following better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter. CSX reported adjusted earnings of 44 cents per share on $3.59 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG penciled in 42 cents a share and $3.58 billion. Interactive Brokers Group \u2014 Shares lost 2.6% despite an expectation-beating earnings report for the third quarter. Interactive Brokers recorded earnings of 57 cents per share, excluding items, and $1.61 billion in revenue. That topped an LSEG of 54 cents in earnings per share and $1.52 billion in revenue. Oracle \u2014 The software stock shed 2.4%, giving back a chunk of its rally in Thursday&#8217;s session. Oracle on Thursday confirmed a cloud computing deal with Meta. Bank OZK \u2014 The regional bank slipped around 2% as third-quarter earnings missed expectations, adding to losses seen during Thursday&#8217;s regional bank sell-off. Bank OZK earned $1.59 per share, missing the consensus forecast for $1.66 a share from analysts surveyed by FactSet. Novo Nordisk , Eli Lilly \u2014 The pharmaceutical stocks each lost about 4% after President Donald Trump suggested obesity drug costs could be &#8220;much lower.&#8221; However, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, noted that the price of the popular GLP-1 medications had not yet been negotiated by the White House. Fifth Third \u2014 Shares of the bank, which announced its acquisition of Comerica last week, gained 2.8% on the back of a better-than-expected earnings report for the third quarter. Fifth Third earned 91 cents per share and $2.31 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG forecasted 87 cents and $2.28 billion. Comerica shares rose 0.8% after also posting earnings. Micron Technology \u2014 Shares traded 1.8% lower after Reuters reported , citing sources, that Micron would exit the server chips business in China. Reuters reported that Micron&#8217;s business in the Asian country had failed to recover following a 2023 ban on its products in critical infrastructure. Huntington Bancshares \u2014 The regional bank popped 2%. Huntington earned 41 cents per share in the third quarter, surpassing the LSEG consensus forecast 37 cents a share. American Express \u2014 The financial stock added about 1% after beating expectations for the third quarter and raising its full-year guidance. American Express said it earned $4.14 per share on $18.43 billion in the quarter, while analysts polled by FactSet anticipated $4 a share and $18.05 billion. Truist Financial \u2014 The bank&#8217;s stock rose 2.8% on a stronger-than-anticipated third-quarter earnings report. Truist earned $1.07 per share, excluding items, and $5.24 billion in revenue, while analysts were expecting $1 and $5.20 billion. Intuitive Machines \u2014 The space technology stock rallied 4.8% on the heels of Deutsche Bank&#8217;s upgrade to buy from hold. Deutsche said the stock&#8217;s risk-to-reward ratio looks attractive and that the business has commercial catalysts on the horizon. \u2014 CNBC&#8217;s Pia Singh contributed reporting<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Regional bank stocks \u2014 The subsector ticked higher after driving down the broader market on Thursday. Zions rose more than 1% on the back of a Baird upgrade , while Western Alliance bounced by less than 1%. 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