Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Midday
Midday trading was a split screen: banks sold off, healthcare caught bids, and semiconductors rallied as the market leaned back into the “AI infrastructure” theme.
Financials: JPMorgan Slides
JPMorgan dropped more than 3% after investment banking fees came in lighter than expected. The stock also caught extra heat as rate-cap chatter around credit cards resurfaced, a headline that tends to hit lenders fast because it directly pressures profitability.
Restaurants: Chipotle Falls
Chipotle sank more than 3% after reaffirming 2025 guidance that still points to a low single-digit decline in comparable sales. The company also announced an interim CMO, and markets typically treat marketing leadership changes cautiously when traffic is already under scrutiny.
Healthcare: Moderna Pops, Cardinal Gains
Moderna jumped more than 14% after management projected roughly $1.9B in 2025 sales, above the midpoint of earlier guidance. Cardinal Health rose nearly 4% after lifting full-year guidance, while Option Care Health spiked about 10% on preliminary results, early 2026 outlook, and an expanded buyback authorization.
Industrials: Boeing Rebounds
Boeing climbed more than 3% after reporting a strong finish to 2025 orders — including a big December tally — and regaining the lead over Airbus on annual orders for the first time in years. Investors are still watching execution, but order momentum is a clean catalyst.
Semiconductors: Intel and AMD Rip
Intel surged nearly 8% and AMD gained around 6% after KeyBanc upgraded both to overweight, pointing to upside tied to a potential memory-cycle tailwind and outsized data center demand — the same “compute buildout” engine that keeps pulling money back into chips.
Other Notable Movers
Delta slid more than 3% after mixed quarterly results. Travere Therapeutics cratered over 30% after additional FDA information requests raised new uncertainty around a kidney drug filing.
WSA Take
Midday action shows investors rotating aggressively between sectors — trimming banks on regulatory risk, chasing biotech clarity, and leaning back into semiconductors as data center demand regains momentum. Volatility remains selective, not systemic.
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