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DoorDash shares rise after it beat out other companies to make it into the S&P 500

DoorDash shares rose in premarket trading after the committee responsible for choosing the S&P 500 inducted the food delivery business into the benchmark index.

DoorDash was one of four companies added to the S&P 500 this quarter, along with TKO Group Holdings, Williams-Sonoma, and Expand Energy. Companies are added and removed from the list — which anchors millions of portfolios — based on minimum market capitalization requirements and profitability criteria, among other factors. Now tons of investor money will flow into the stock because ETFs that track the S&P 500 will need to buy it.

DoorDash beat out other companies with bigger market caps that were thought to be possibilities to join, like AppLovin, which fell more than 7% in premarket trading. Other companies that Wall Street thought might join the index but didn’t include Coinbase and Robinhood. Both fell premarket.

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US airlines climb as President Trump shifts his tone about the urgency of ending the shutdown

Shares of US airlines are climbing as the government shutdown stretches into a record 36th day.

Stocks of several carriers, including Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and American Airlines, rose significantly following an apparent change of tune from President Trump, who on Wednesday told Senate Republicans that they “must get the government back open soon, and really immediately.”

It’s a shift from the president, who’s traveled frequently during the shutdown and stuck firmly to the idea that the administration wouldn’t negotiate with Democrats before the government reopened.

Airlines had tumbled on Tuesday, following comments from Transportation Secretary Duffy that the US could close parts of its airspace amid an air traffic controller shortage that’s been escalated by the shutdown.

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Top Trump trade hit by Trump tariffs

In the early days of Trump 2.0, Axon, the maker of Taser, body cameras, and other gear for police and security forces, was a top Trump trade.

That is, it was one of the group of companies whose share prices soared on expectations of big changes — in this case a surge of spending on police and immigration enforcement — under the new administration.

And sales of the company’s security products, under its Connected Products division, did rise. But in the just-reported third quarter, costs rose more. And one of those rising costs was the Trump administration’s tariffs.

In its post-earnings conference call, Axon officials blamed tariffs for a large part of the earnings miss that sent the stock plummeting by roughly 20% in the after-hours session Tuesday.

“The impact from tariffs is obviously hitting the Connected Devices business overall. This was the first quarter that we had a full quarter of impact from tariffs,” Axon CFO and COO Brittany Bagley told analysts on the call. “So as we look at the year-over-year step down, that really is attributable to tariffs.”

She continued, “As long as tariffs stay in place, I view that as sort of a onetime adjustment. So now that’s baked into the gross margins.”

Clearly the market didn’t like the sound of that. But perhaps those tariffs may not stay in place.

Late in the morning, Axon sharply cuts its losses on the day — it had been down as much as 20% — as oral arguments in the Supreme Court case to determine the legality of President Trump’s tariff regime got underway. On balance, its seems the administration’s arguments were getting a chilly reception from the justices.

And sales of the company’s security products, under its Connected Products division, did rise. But in the just-reported third quarter, costs rose more. And one of those rising costs was the Trump administration’s tariffs.

In its post-earnings conference call, Axon officials blamed tariffs for a large part of the earnings miss that sent the stock plummeting by roughly 20% in the after-hours session Tuesday.

“The impact from tariffs is obviously hitting the Connected Devices business overall. This was the first quarter that we had a full quarter of impact from tariffs,” Axon CFO and COO Brittany Bagley told analysts on the call. “So as we look at the year-over-year step down, that really is attributable to tariffs.”

She continued, “As long as tariffs stay in place, I view that as sort of a onetime adjustment. So now that’s baked into the gross margins.”

Clearly the market didn’t like the sound of that. But perhaps those tariffs may not stay in place.

Late in the morning, Axon sharply cuts its losses on the day — it had been down as much as 20% — as oral arguments in the Supreme Court case to determine the legality of President Trump’s tariff regime got underway. On balance, its seems the administration’s arguments were getting a chilly reception from the justices.

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