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These Stocks Moved the Most Today: Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, ASML, AMD, Nvidia, Bunge, Progressive, Abbott, and More

Oct 15, 2025 05:53:00 -0400 by Joe Woelfel | #Technology

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Key Points

Stocks were mostly higher Wednesday as Wall Street focused on the latest round of upbeat earnings reports and looked past the latest flare-up in trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

These stocks made notable moves Wednesday:

Crop traders Archer Daniels Midland and Bunge Global gained 2.5% and 13%, respectively, after President Donald Trump said his administration was considering terminating some business with China connected with cooking oil and “other elements of trade.”

ASML Holding , the Dutch semiconductor-equipment maker, reported third-quarter earnings that beat expectations but revenue that missed. Guidance, however, was upbeat. ASML previously had said that tariff uncertainty prevented it from guaranteeing growth in 2026, but on Wednesday the company reiterated its 2025 growth expectations and said it doesn’t expect 2026 sales to be below 2025 levels. The company’s U.S.-listed shares rose 2.7%.

Nvidia traded flat after the leading maker of artificial-intelligence chips was upgraded to Buy from Hold at HSBC. The stock tumbled 4.4% on Tuesday after Oracle and Advanced Micro Devices announced they would be partnering to launch an AI “supercluster.”

Separately, HSBC boosted its price target on AMD to $310 from $185. Shares of the chip maker jumped 9.4% to $238.60 on Wednesday.

Bank of America climbed 4.4% as third-quarter earnings topped Wall Street expectations. Bank of America’s third-quarter profit rose 23% from a year earlier to $8.5 billion. Earnings came in at $1.06 a share, surpassing the 95 cents expected by analysts. Revenue rose 11% to $28.1 billion. The bank also raised its fourth-quarter outlook for net interest income.

Morgan Stanley rose 4.7%. Third-quarter earnings of $2.80 a share topped Wall Street expectations of $2.10. A buoyant stock market and a surge in dealmaking lifted revenue at Morgan Stanley’s investment bank and wealth management units.

PNC Financial Services fell 3.9% even as third-quarter earnings and revenue rose from a year earlier and beat analysts’ estimates. The company set aside more money within its retail banking unit in case customers fall behind on loan payments, while decreasing its provision for credit losses within its corporate and institutional banking unit.

Abbott Laboratories declined 2.4%. The maker of medical devices and nutrition products reported third-quarter earnings that were in line with analysts’ estimates and narrowed its fiscal year adjusted earnings outlook to $5.12 to $5.18 a share from $5.10 to $5.20.

Progressive fell 5.8%. The insurance giant posted third-quarter earnings of $4.45 a share, which missed analysts’ estimates of $5.05. Net premiums written totaled $21.38 billion, up 10% from the prior year but below the $21.73 billion forecast by Wall Street. Net premiums earned also came in below expectations.

Amphenol jumped 2.4% to $125.61 after shares of the maker of high-technology connectors were upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA. The firm also increased its price target to $150 from $120.

Sunrun rose 3% to $21.29. Analysts at BMO Capital upgraded the stock to Market Perform from Underperform and hiked their price target to $19 from $10. The analysts see the solar company now in a better cash position to be able to boost shareholder returns via share buybacks or dividends in 2026.

Earnings reports were expected after the closing bell Wednesday from United Airlines and J.B. Hunt Transport Services.

Corrections & Amplifications:

Kinder Morgan is scheduled to report quarterly earnings on Oct. 22. Earlier versions of this article incorrectly said the company would be issuing its earnings report after the closing bell Wednesday.

Write to Joe Woelfel at joseph.woelfel@barrons.com and Mackenzie Tatananni at mackenzie.tatananni@barrons.com