By Peter Nurse
Investing.com -- Stocks in focus in premarket trade on Friday, September 2nd. Please refresh for updates.
-
Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) stock rose 9.7% after the athletic clothing retailer raised its full-year outlook, the latest sign that consumer demand among high-income shoppers remains strong even as inflation soars.
-
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) stock rose 2% after the semiconductor company forecast strong fourth quarter revenue, expecting resilient demand from businesses going digital even with a likely chip industry slowdown.
-
PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) stock rose 7.4% after the cloud computing company lifted its guidance following quarterly results that topped estimates, driven by growing corporate cloud adoption.
-
Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) stock fell 5.1% with investors still deserting the troubled retailer even after it announced on Wednesday plans to revive the business, including layoffs and store closures.
-
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock fell 0.4% after Daiwa downgraded its stance on the artificial intelligence software company to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’, saying its valuation is still too high.
-
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) stock rose 0.5% after the coffee chain announced that Laxman Narasimhan will take over as chief executive in October, joining from Reckitt Benckiser.
- Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) stock rose 4% after the aerospace company successfully test-fired a reused Rutherford first-stage engine for the first time.
- Shell (NYSE:SHEL) ADRs rose 1.8% after Reuters reported that CEO Ben van Beurden is preparing to step down next year from the energy giant, after nearly a decade in that job.