Deere falls on mixed guidance
Deere shares fell more than 6% in the premarket after the agriculture equipment maker issued mixed guidance for the fiscal year.
The company expects net income of $4.75 billion to $5.25 billion. The top end of that range is below a prior guidance that showed net income coming in at around $5.5 billion.
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Asia-Pacific markets ended the day mixed
Asia-Pacific markets mostly closed lower Thursday.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dropped by 0.37% to close at 25,519.32, while mainland China’s CSI 300 index was flat at 4,173.31.
Meanwhile, South Korea’s Kospi index closed flat at 3,225.66, while the small-cap Kosdaq ticked up 0.14% to 815.26.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 benchmark advanced 0.53% to 8,8738.80, after hitting an intra-day high earlier in the session.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark declined by 1.45% to end the day at 42,649.26, while the broader Topix index lost 1.1% to 3,057.95.
Over in India, the 50-stock benchmark Nifty 50 was up 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex index ticked up 0.11% as of 1:40 p.m. Indian Standard Time (4:10 a.m. ET).
— Amala Balakrishner
Bitcoin hits all-time high above $123,600
Crypto currencies bitcoin and ether continued to rally Wednesday night, benefiting from increased institutional interest and a more favorable regulatory environment.
Bitcoin hit a fresh all-time high of $123,693, according to Coin Metrics. Ether also pushed higher, getting ever-closer to its 2021 record. The price of ether, better known by its ticker ETH, was recently up 5.7% at 4,763.49.
Increased adoption of cryptocurrency also was reflected in the robust interest in the Bullish IPO on Wednesday. The crypto exchange nearly doubled in its debut. Shares opened at $90, or 143% above its IPO price of $37. The stock closed at $68, or an 84% first-day gain. In extended trading Wednesday evening, Bullish shares added another 12%.
—Christina Cheddar Berk
Gold mining stocks ‘starting to rebuild investor confidence/trust,’ UBS says
The outlook for gold mining stocks is finally brightening, with companies “starting to rebuild investor confidence/trust,” UBS analysts led by Daniel Major wrote Tuesday.
Looking ahead, “balance sheets are in great shape and if the gold price remains in the current range, we expect the run-rate of buybacks to accelerate in 2H25,” UBS wrote. Companies’ own internal growth projects will likely accelerate in the midst of long-term gold price assumptions that are increasing faster than cost or capital spending projections, resulting in better internal rates of return. Moreover, the mergers and acquisitions are likely to heat up, the bank said.
As evidence, UBS pointed to recent outperformance after many years of underperformance for the miners. Gold stocks, represented by the VanEck Gold Miners ETF, have outperformed the price of gold by more than 40% so far in 2025, and by 15% in the past three months, when gold has done little. In the last 90 days, Gold Fields is up about 40% and AngloGold Ashanti by 30%, while Newmont Corp. is ahead 30% and Kinross Gold by 25%, the UBS report said.
VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the past three months.
Cisco, Ibotta among the names making moves after hours
Check out the stocks making moves in extended trading Wednesday:
Cisco — The tech stock pulled back as much as 3% after its fourth-quarter results barely beat expectations. Cisco posted adjusted earnings of 99 cents per share on revenue of $14.67 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for a profit of 98 cents per share and $14.62 billion in revenue. The company’s guidance also just barely surpassed expectations. Cisco stock is up almost 19% year to date.Ibotta — The stock plunged more than 23% on the heels of the tech company’s second-quarter results missing expectations. Ibotta reported earnings of 8 cents per share, below the 19 cents per share that analysts had anticipated. The company also saw its revenue for the quarter come in at $86 million, while analysts had estimated $90.5 million. Its third-quarter revenue guidance also came in weaker than expected.Coherent — Shares of the semiconductor manufacturer plummeted almost 18%. The company earned $1.00 per share, excluding items, on revenue of $1.53 billion, above the profit of 91 cents per share and revenue of $1.51 billion that analysts had penciled in, according to LSEG. It also announced that it is selling its aerospace and defense business to Advent for $400 million.
Read the full list of stocks here.
— Sean Conlon
Stock futures open little changed
U.S. stock futures traded just below the flatline on Wednesday evening.
S&P 500 futures fell 0.1% shortly after 6 p.m. ET, along with Nasdaq 100 futures. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 36 points, or about 0.1%.
— Sean Conlon
