The first profitable quarter in two years rests on licensing: a $613 million recognition on the Bristol Myers Squibb pumitamig deal carried the beat. Track the oncology launch timeline rather than the headline numbers.
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Bristol Myers Squibb cut full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $6.35 to $6.55 from $6.75 to $7.00 even though both lines topped expectations, a split driven by acquired IPRD charges while the revenue outlook went up. Keep an eye on the stock as investors weigh the dealmaking hit.
Defense and big pharma own the top of the board at the open, led by Northrop Grumman up 5.36%, with Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck also higher. The pain is concentrated in crypto miners and optics names, where IREN leads the decline.
Every one of today's five worst performers in a 383-name universe lost double digits, led by CoreWeave's 15.42% drop. The best gain on the other side was capped at 4.62%, so the downside is moving far faster than the upside.
A 4.10% intraday move to $58.90 adds roughly $5 billion to a $120 billion drugmaker, and big pharma rarely travels that far in a single session. Worth seeing whether the gain holds into the close.
A 4.29% slide to $57.23 is an outsized single session for a $117 billion pharma name that usually trades like a bond proxy. Dividend buyers watching for an entry get a cheaper one today.
Both Petrobras lines closed double digits higher, the only names in a 383-stock board to do it. MercadoLibre and Tempus AI each added more than 9%, while the worst loser gave up under 5%, so the upside skew was lopsided.
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