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DAL fires the first shot in Q3 earnings season today, reporting at 12:30pm ET. The heaviest week lands Tuesday. JNJ, WFC and UNH all report before the open. UNH carries a $337 billion market cap. Its medical cost ratio will set the tone for the entire healthcare sector. BAC follows Wednesday at 6:45am ET alongside STT. , and close out the week Thursday. Nordic heavyweight also posts Thursday.
Short sellers targeted two very different sectors this week. LEN saw short interest jump from 10.3% to 14.1% of free float in five days. That is a sharp move for a $15.8 billion homebuilder. Analysts are divided on the consumer backdrop. APP faces pressure from both directions. Jefferies cut its price target 32% to $375. Options sentiment has also turned negative, with put activity building just as call-side open interest was peaking. That is a painful combination for bulls.
MU leads the positive options screen for the seventh straight session. NVDA and AMD sit alongside it. Chip stocks fell in Asia overnight, so volatility into expiry is worth watching. The drop in Asia may set up intraday swings as US markets open.
Japan's numerically controlled machine tool orders hit 193,463 JPY million in August 2026. That is a 63% rise on August 2025, according to the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association. Domestic orders rose 62% on the same comparison. Both export and domestic legs moved together. The breadth makes the reading harder to dismiss. Singapore recorded its largest-ever August for battery-electric car registrations, with 2,880 new BEVs logged by the Land Transport Authority.
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