🗞 Newsmakers — MID ET, 2026-10-27

📊 MARKET MACRO: S&P 500 $770.18 +0.63% Nasdaq $722.09 +1.39% Dow $523.18 +0.04% Russell 2K $279.86 +1.03% VIX $17.55 -4.57% US Dollar $29.09 +0.29% Oil $163.49 -1.65% Gold $371.85 +1.10% Bitcoin $80,480.00 +0.59% Treasuries: 10Y 5% 30Y 5.33% Today's Fed / econ events: 20:30 [Medium] API Crude Oil Stock Change (Oct/23) 15:00 [Medium] Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q3) 14:30 [Low] Dallas Fed Services Index (Oct) 14:30 [Low] Dallas Fed Services Revenues Index (Oct) 14:00 [Medium] CB Consumer Confidence (Oct) 14:00 [Low] Richmond Fed Manufacturing Shipments Index (Oct) 14:00 [High] New Home Sales MoM (Sep) 14:00 [Low] Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Oct) 14:00 [Low] Richmond Fed Services Index (Oct) 14:00 [High] New Home Sales (Sep) 13:00 [Medium] S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price YoY (Aug) 12:30 [High] Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense MoM (Sep) 12:30 [High] Durable Goods Orders Ex Transp MoM (Sep) 12:30 [High] Durable Goods Orders MoM (Sep) 12:00 [Medium] Building Permits MoM (Sep)

🔥 HOT SECTORS TODAY (the sectors to watch): Technology +1.16% Consumer Cyclical +1.11% Industrials +1.02% Real Estate +0.88%

📰 MARKET THEMES & CATALYSTS: • ‘I Felt Blind Panic.' They Opened Their New $2,000 iPhone Duo—and It Broke. Apple acknowledges an issue affecting the interior, folding screen on a ‘small number of iPhone Duo units.' — wsj.com · 10/27 11:37a https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/iphone-duo-broken-hinge-screen-31b2b28a • U.S. economy is gathering steam. This is the chief reason why. The AI boom shows no sign of easing as Anthropic prepares to go public and businesses gobble up durable goods. — marketwatch.com · 10/27 11:34a https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-economy-is-gathering-steam-this-is-the-chief-reason-why-9772978f • Sen. Ashley Moody: Washington tried to 'CRAM DOWN' on everyday Americans Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., tells Fox News Digital how Florida became the top state for economic growth, stood up to federal overreach and developed a blueprint that can be replicated nationwide. — youtube.com · 10/27 11:30a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWhCrVoeJzc • Consumer Confidence Rises for First Time in Four Months US consumer confidence rose in October for the first time in four months due to brighter views about the job market and business conditions. Mike McKee reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest. — youtube.com · 10/27 11:23a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7USm-ruYwM • Turning Point? - Weekly Blog # 964 With so much debt, debtors are being forced to raise interest rates to compete for sources of funding, increasing the size of their debt service payments. What is much worse is the quality of debt being offered to those who are increasingly less schooled in debt management - a f… — seekingalpha.com · 10/27 11:05a https://seekingalpha.com/article/4958003-turning-point-weekly-blog-964

🐘 BIG-CAP MOVERS ON NEWS (≥$10B — the MRVL-class catalysts):

1. SOFI +15% $16.69 (22B cap) Stock Market Midday, Oct. 27: Tech Stocks Drive Momentum and SoFi Surges 15% As of 11:41 AM ET, the S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.68%) is up 0.61% to 7,723, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +1.32%) has climbed 1.08% to 26,458 as technology stocks lead the session, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +0.15%) is trading 0.16% higher at 52,447. — fool.com · 10/27 12:20p https://www.fool.com/coverage/stock-market-today/2026/10/27/stock-market-midday-oct-27-tech-stocks-lead-as-nasdaq-climbs-on-market-momentum/

2. SOXL +11% $100.27 (25B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

3. CRWV +7% $59.27 (33B cap) AI Cloud Stocks Rise as CoreWeave Adds Denmark Capacity: CoreWeave and Nebius Climb 4%, Oracle Ticks Up A fresh capacity expansion from CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) is landing alongside a broad rally in AI cloud names, and the group is outpacing large-cap tech by a wide margin. CoreWeave stock is at $57.54, up 4% in morning trading. — 247wallst.com · 10/27 9:17a https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/10/27/ai-cloud-stocks-rise-as-coreweave-adds-denmark-capacity-coreweave-and-nebius-climb-4-oracle-ticks-up/

4. TQQQ +4% $71.30 (44B cap) Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Makes New $1.90 Million Investment in ProShares UltraPro QQQ $TQQQ Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI purchased a new stake in ProShares UltraPro QQQ (NASDAQ: TQQQ) during the undefined quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 24,300 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock, valued at appr… — defenseworld.net · 10/27 4:03a https://www.defenseworld.net/2026/10/27/citizens-financial-group-inc-ri-makes-new-1-90-million-investment-in-proshares-ultrapro-qqq-tqqq.html

5. INTC +4% $93.96 (497B cap) Can Higher Data Center Revenues Propel Intel's Q3 Earnings? INTC's Q3 earnings could benefit from higher data center revenue, driven by AI infrastructure expansion and rising demand for Xeon processors. — zacks.com · 10/27 11:36a https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/3016128/can-higher-data-center-revenues-propel-intel-s-q3-earnings?cid=CS-STOCKNEWSAPI-FT-analyst_blog|earnings_preview-3016128

6. SPCX +3% $150.91 (2090B cap) How SpaceX Defied This Week's Broad-Market Tech Chop Subscribers to  Chart of the Week  received this commentary on Sunday, Oct. 25. — schaeffersresearch.com · 10/27 12:13p https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/bgs/2026/10/27/how-spacex-defied-this-weeks-broad-market-tech-chop

📈 TOP 6 GAINERS (small/mid-cap % leaders, with catalyst):

1. OSGIX +38% $50.50 (16B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

2. PGSGX +29% $24.55 (2.8B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

3. MFIC +24% $10.35 (852M cap) SHAREHOLDER NOTICE: Brodsky & Smith Announces an Investigation of MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (MFIC) Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania--(Newsfile Corp. - October 27, 2026) - Law office of Brodsky & Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of MidCap Financial Investment Corporation ("MidCap" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MFIC) for possible br… — newsfilecorp.com · 10/27 11:11a https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/321159/SHAREHOLDER-NOTICE-Brodsky-Smith-Announces-an-Investigation-of-MidCap-Financial-Investment-Corporation-MFIC

4. KNSA +22% $89.11 (7.0B cap) What Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International (KNSA) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International NASDAQ: KNSA raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance after reporting third-quarter ARCALYST revenue growth of 58% year over year, as the company continued to expand use of the drug for recurrent pericarditis and advance its clinical pipel… — marketbeat.com · 10/27 12:06p https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/transcript-what-kiniksa-pharmaceuticals-international-knsa-said-on-its-q3-earnings-call-2026-10-27/

5. HRI +18% $149.72 (5.0B cap) Herc Holdings Inc. (HRI) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Herc Holdings Inc. (HRI) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — seekingalpha.com · 10/27 11:00a https://seekingalpha.com/article/4958001-herc-holdings-inc-hri-q3-2026-earnings-call-transcript

6. VHIAX +16% $44.27 (25B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

— auto-generated, alert-only (not investment advice). 'No fresh news' = likely a technical/low-float move, not a catalyst.