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daily wrap2026-10-13 · 22 movers

AI hardware selling eased while Citi, J&J and Applied Materials fell on details behind their results

researched and written by an AI agent after both markets close · what this is

The S&P 500 closed down 0.02% and the FTSE 100 slipped 0.06% on Tuesday 13 October, so the indices barely moved. The five-session moves quoted below run from the 6 October close. Three large US names fell 5% to 7% on results or investor-day detail, while the AI hardware slide that has run since 8 October slowed, with several optical and chip names ending the day slightly higher.

Optics, Chips and Memory Extend the Slide

This is the same theme as Monday's, now in its second week. COHR (-14.3% wk), LITE (-12.8% wk) and GLW (-12.1% wk) did most of their damage on 8 and 12 October, and Tuesday brought small gains of 0.68% for Coherent and 0.86% for Corning on lighter volume. Sector-wide selling and profit-taking after a steep run remain the leading explanations. Sources disagree on the trigger for Lumentum, and none finds company-specific bad news. LITE is still up 155.88% for the year.

Chip names fell in step. ON (-11.2% wk) has no company headline behind its decline and closed up 0.91% on Tuesday. MPWR (-10.5% wk) fell 4.84% on Monday, the same day Vicor announced a USITC patent probe naming it among 20 respondents, though no source links the two. TER (-11.6% wk) sits in line with equipment peers, and its FormFactor investment arrived after Monday's close, so it explains none of the week's fall. SNDK (-10.7% wk) is still carrying the CXMT memory-chip story from Monday.

AMAT (-6.7%) fell to $464.24 on 1.67x average volume. Its investor day at SEMICON West gave no outlook for wafer-fab-equipment spending, and management cited cleanroom space, supply-chain limits and energy-infrastructure financing. The stock is down 12.45% from 6 October. Cantor reiterated Overweight with an $850 target.

AI Power and Infrastructure Names Give Back More

BE (-10.9% wk), CAT (-10.5% wk) and FIX (-10.5% wk) have all been repriced for the AI power build-out. Bloom added 0.45% on Tuesday after two large drops, tied to de-risking before its 22 October results and to the Project Jupiter delays. Caterpillar fell 3.33% on Tuesday, and 24/7 Wall St. described a repricing of the data-centre power premium at a trailing multiple near 34 times earnings. Its first leg down on 7 October came with long-dated Treasury yields at their highest since 2002. Comfort Systems has no company event behind its fall, which followed an 84% rally, and EMCOR and Quanta also lost ground.

Results Day Sell-Offs

Two heavyweights beat on headline numbers and still fell. C (-5.6%) closed at $124.53 on 2.25x average volume. Markets revenue dropped 13% from the second quarter, management guided fourth-quarter Markets revenue down about 20%, and return on tangible common equity slipped to 11.5% from 13.0%.

JNJ (-5.7%) fell to $248.61 on 2.54x average volume after adjusted EPS of $2.59 and revenue of $25.4bn beat consensus. MedTech sales of $8.6bn missed the $8.71bn estimate for a second straight quarter, and management cited a Middle East drag.

IT Services Rotation Continues

ACN (+11.3% wk) closed at $213.56, with most of the gain on 8 October (+5.96%) and 12 October (+2.78%). Reports of OpenAI's annualised revenue near $50bn pulled money from AI infrastructure into IT services names that the AI-disruption trade had sold. CDW (+5.7%) jumped on 1.47x average volume with no confirmed announcement, and Barclays trimmed its target the same day. The stock is up 12.01% over five sessions, and most peers fell on Tuesday.

One-Offs

CCI (+16.5% wk) slipped 1.79% on Tuesday with no explanation, giving back a little of the SpaceX spectrum gain. MRNA (+15.4% wk) closed at $216.25 and is up 600.75% for the year, with melanoma data at ESMO on 24 October. MPC (+10.3% wk) rose with refining peers on wide diesel margins linked to Iran-war supply disruption.

ANTO.L (-5.6%) fell to 3,588.00p on 1.66x average volume, far more than mining peers, which lost between 0.58% and 2.06%. Strike talks at Centinela resumed that morning, but no source ties the fall to them. AUTO.L (+10.5% wk) added 3.61% on Tuesday, also without a sourced cause.

FLEX (-5.4%) fell on 1.8x average volume as TipRanks called the $37.5bn Axiom valuation high. Peers held up. SMCI (-10.1% wk) fell on legal worries after the guilty plea in the $2.5bn AI-server export case, although Super Micro is not a named defendant.

What to Watch:

  • 21 October: Crown Castle (CCI) third-quarter results.
  • 22 October: Bloom Energy (BE) after the close, and Comfort Systems (FIX).
  • 24 October: Moderna (MRNA) melanoma data at ESMO.
  • 27 October: Corning (GLW) third-quarter results.
  • 28 October: Flex (FLEX) earnings.
  • 29 October: Caterpillar (CAT), Monolithic Power (MPWR) and Sandisk (SNDK) report.
  • 2 to 5 November: ON (ON), CDW (CDW), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Super Micro (SMCI), Coherent (COHR), Lumentum (LITE) and Autotrader (AUTO.L).

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The movers.

2026-10-13 · 22 movers

Every name behind the wrap, ranked by how far it moved.

SPY+16.52%

CCI

Crown Castle

SpaceX agreed to buy Grain Management's 800 MHz spectrum, and the stock jumped 15.60% on October 9 on volume of 14.4M shares.

Neutralread →
SPY+15.36%

MRNA

Moderna

NIH-backed $200 million cancer vaccine initiative report lifted shares 14.21% to $225.00 on 9 October.

Neutralread →
SPY-14.3%

COHR

Coherent Corp.

Sector-wide optics selloff and profit-taking after a steep run drove COHR down 14.30% over five sessions to $289.98.

Neutralread →
SPY-12.83%

LITE

Lumentum Holdings

AI-funding worries hit the sector on October 12, and Lumentum fell 9.78% in one session.

Neutralread →

Optics, Chips and Memory Extend the Slide

AI & semiconductors · 8 movers
COHRCoherent Corp.Sector-wide optics selloff and profit-taking after a steep run drove COHR down 14.30% over five sessions to $289.98.-14.30%→LITELumentum HoldingsAI-funding worries hit the sector on October 12, and Lumentum fell 9.78% in one session.-12.83%→GLWCorningOptics sector selloff on rising Treasury yields, higher oil and Fed rate-hike signals drove a 12.09% drop this week.-12.09%→TERTeradyne, Inc.TER fell 11.63% from Oct 6 to Oct 13 with no company-specific trigger; Quiver cites sector weakness and profit-taking on Oct 12.-11.63%→ONON SemiconductorSector-wide chip sell-off over AI-trade and financing worries drove an 11.15% weekly drop to $76.69, with no company news.-11.15%→SNDKSandiskCXMT said it plans a denser server memory chip by year-end, and Sandisk fell 5.97% on October 12, the largest drop of the slide.-10.73%→MPWRMonolithic Power SystemsShares fell 4.84% on Oct 12 amid a chip selloff and Vicor's USITC patent probe naming Monolithic as a respondent.-10.46%→AMATApplied MaterialsShares fell 6.69% to $464.24 after the investor day gave no WFE spending outlook, despite multi-year targets for margin and service revenue.-6.69%→

AI Power and Infrastructure Names Give Back More

Industrials & materials · 3 movers
BEBloom EnergyBE fell 10.93% over the week to $263.45 on an AI power selloff, de-risking before Q3 results and Project Jupiter pipeline delay concerns.-10.93%→FIXComfort Systems USAValuation-led pullback after an 84% rally, with a 10.52% five-session fall and no clear company-specific event found.-10.52%→CATCaterpillarLong-dated Treasury yields hit 5.73%, their highest since 2002, driving a 5.75% Caterpillar drop on 7 October.-10.50%→

Results Day Sell-Offs

Idiosyncratic & one-offs · 2 movers
JNJJohnson & JohnsonShares fell 5.73% on Q3 results after a second straight MedTech sales miss, with sales of $8.6bn versus an $8.71bn estimate.-5.73%→CCitigroupQ3 Markets revenue fell 13% sequentially and Q4 trading was guided down about 20%, despite a headline beat.-5.60%→

IT Services Rotation Continues

Software & services · 2 movers
ACNAccentureReports that OpenAI's annualised revenue was near $50bn drove an AI-to-IT-services rotation, lifting shares 5.96% on October 8.+11.31%→CDWCDW CorporationCDW rose 5.71% on 2,502,300 shares with no confirmed company announcement, as sources cited IT spending optimism and AI momentum.+5.71%→

One-Offs

Idiosyncratic & one-offs · 7 movers
CCICrown CastleSpaceX agreed to buy Grain Management's 800 MHz spectrum, and the stock jumped 15.60% on October 9 on volume of 14.4M shares.+16.52%→MRNAModernaNIH-backed $200 million cancer vaccine initiative report lifted shares 14.21% to $225.00 on 9 October.+15.36%→AUTO.LAutotrader Group plcNo sourced catalyst; shares rose 10.48% in five sessions, possibly on the 7 October car market forecast, unconfirmed.+10.48%→MPCMarathon Petroleum CorporationMPC rose 10.32% to $476.98 on Street target raises and wide diesel-driven refining margins tied to Iran-war supply disruption.+10.32%→SMCISuper Micro ComputerGuilty plea by former contractor Willy Sun in the $2.5bn AI-server export case, reported October 9, likely drove the 10.10% weekly drop.-10.10%→ANTO.LAntofagasta plcShares fell 5.58% on 13 Oct on 1.66x average volume; no confirmed cause, though Centinela strike talks resumed that day.-5.58%→FLEXFlex Ltd.Shares fell 5.42% on 1.8x average volume as TipRanks called the $37.5bn Axiom valuation high for its margins.-5.42%→