US stock futures slipped Wednesday, paring gains from Tuesday that saw the S&P 500 rise 2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average jump more than 700 points as President Donald Trump agreed to delay 50% tariffs on goods from the European Union until July 9.
These stocks were poised to make moves Wednesday:
Nvidia was flat in premarket trading ahead of first-quarter earnings from the leading maker of artificial-intelligence chips. Analysts expect Nvidia to report after the closing bell Tuesday adjusted profit of 73 cents a share on revenue of $43.3 billion. Data-center revenue has been forecast to rise 74% from a year earlier to $39.4 billion but slower than the fourth-quarter pace of 93%.
For the current second quarter, Wall Street estimates Nvidia will report earnings of $1 a share on revenue of $45.9 billion. Tae Kim of Barron's said the estimates for the first and second quarters may be too high since the release of Nvidia's next AI server, the Blackwell Ultra NVL72, is slated for the second half of this year and customers may wait for the faster product.
Shares of Tesla fell 0.4%, a day after the electric-vehicle maker rose 6.9% even as data showed the company's sales in Europe slumped 49% in April. CEO Elon Musk provided the stock with a boost, saying on social media platform X over the weekend that he was "back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms." Coming into Wednesday, Tesla shares have risen more than 50% since the company's first-quarter earnings report on April 22.
Okta reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts' estimates but shares were down 13% after the cloud-based software and identity-access solutions company maintained guidance for the fiscal year, disappointing investors. Okta said it was taking a "prudent approach to forward guidance" and was factoring "in potential risks related to the uncertain economic environment for the remainder" of its fiscal 2026. The company previously had said it expected fiscal-year revenue of between $2.85 billion and $2.86 billion.
Box Inc., the cloud-storage company, reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and issued guidance for its second quarter and fiscal year that also topped Wall Street estimates. Box expects fiscal-year sales up 7% to $1.165 billion to $1.17 billion, higher than previous guidance of $1.155 billion to $1.16 billion. Shares jumped 12% in the premarket session.
Semiconductor supplier Semtech swung to a profit in the first quarter and posted adjusted earnings that beat analysts' expectations. CEO Hong Hou said the company saw "improving demand trends" in the first quarter. Semtech said it anticipates second-quarter adjusted profit of 40 cents, plus or minus 3 cents, versus consensus of 39 cents. The stock fell 3%.
In addition to earnings from Nvidia, companies reporting Wednesday include Salesforce, Synopsys, Agilent Technologies, Veeva Systems, HP Inc., Nutanix, Pure Storage, Dick's Sporting Goods, SentinelOne, e.l.f. Beauty, Abercrombie & Fitch, Macy's, and C3.ai.
Trump Media & Technology, President Trump's media company, rose 1.3% in premarket trading. The stock declined 10% on Tuesday after Trump Media said it plans to raise $2.5 billion and use the proceeds to create a Bitcoin treasury. The issuance of new shares will dilute the holdings of present owners, including shares held by the Trump family, pushing its share of the stock -- and the votes that come with it -- below 50% for the first time.
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