Health insurer Centene Corp. shocked investors this week when it withdrew its profit outlook on rising risks from Affordable Care Act plans.

The company appears to have been badly caught off guard by the impact of US government actions. It’s an ominous sign for insurers, whose purpose is to price for risk but have lately been blindsided by it.

Shares of Centene dropped more than 40% on Wednesday, the biggest one-day drop since its initial public offering in 2001. Other insurer stocks including Molina Healthcare Inc. and Oscar Health Inc. and Elevance Health Inc. also sank by double digits.

For more on the fallout, Paul Sweeney and Norah Mulinda speak with Glen Losev, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Healthcare Analyst.

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Tesla reported sales that slowed in the most recent quarter. But, shares climbed after the decline was less drastic than analysts feared.

The company delivered 384,122 vehicles during the last three months, down 13% from a year earlier. While that leaves Tesla in a deep hole to dig out from to avoid another annual drop, some investors were braced for a more than 20% plunge.

For more on the data, Paul Sweeney and Norah Mulinda speak with Pierre Ferragu, Head of Global Technology Infrastructure at New Street Research.

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Restaurant valuations are diverging between market-share winners and losers, with casual dining outpacing quick service. Fast-casual chains like Shake Shack and Cava can take market share this year but already trade at 100x and 124x 2025 EPS, respectively.

For analysis on current restaurant valuations, Alix Steel and Paul Sweeney speak with Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Restaurant Analyst Michael Halen.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- LVMH Hennessy is one of the three big cognac makers — including Remy Cointreau SA and Pernod Ricard SA - that have reached price undertaking agreement with China after it imposed anti-dumping duties on drinks including European brandy for five years.

- Rheinmetall’s up after its South African subsidiary Rheinmetall Denel Munition secured an artillery ammunition order worth several hundred million Euros from an unnamed European NATO country.

- CVC Capital has been upgraded by JP Morgan to overweight from neutral as resilient exit volumes are supporting an improved outlook for European private markets managers.

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Synopsys Jumps, Meta's strong labor productivity, Datadog will enter S&P 500

• The US lifted export license requirements for chip design software sales in China, clearing the way for the companies to resume services. Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Niraj Patel and Maria Beltran write that both Synopsys and Cadence are “likely to resume electronic design automation (EDA) sales to China after Siemens said it had been informed of the removal of some US export restrictions." Chinese customers represent 14% of sales for Synopsys

• Meta raised to hold from underperform at Needham, with analysts citing “channel checks driving upside to our estimates” and the company’s “strong labor productivity metrics." Labor productivity is driven by a model that is “globally scaled, doesn’t pay for content, is software only, ‘free-rides’ on mobile devices and has closed loop attribution for advertisers”

• Cloud monitoring and analytics company Datadog (DD)G) had its highest intraday level since February, after the software solutions company was added to the S&P 500 index effective prior to the opening of trading on July 9, replacing Juniper Networks. Scotiabank analyst says entry into S&P 50 makes the stock a "must-own" and OpenAI’s spend is a “massive net positive” and affirms proves Datadog’s differentiation in monitoring the most modern environments

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Software company Datadog (DDOG) will be added to the S&P 500 index next week, replacing Juniper Networks Inc. after its recent acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
- FedEx (FDX) is double-upgraded to outperform at BNP Paribas Exane, with the broker saying the stock is “arguably oversold,” expecting the firm’s relative operational outperformance vs. rival UPS to continue. UPS is meanwhile upgraded to neutral from underperform.
- Synopsys (SNPS) and Cadence Design both gain 6.1% in premarket trading after the US lifted export license requirements for chip design software sales in China, clearing the way for the companies to resume services in the world’s second-biggest economy.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Siemens shares rise as much as 3% after the company said the US has lifted export license requirements for chip design software sales in China, allowing it to resume sales in the country. Citi said this is a “clear positive” for the stock.
- Watches of Switzerland shares drop as much as 10%, the most in three months, after the company warned its margin could contract this year, which analysts at Shore said is disappointing following the recovery in profitability seen in FY25. That is overshadowing a solid set of FY25 results.
- UK housebuilders are under pressure on Wednesday, with RBC Capital Markets pointing to concerns that a widening fiscal hole facing the government could lead to a potential rise in taxes and cause a slowdown in the housing market. The drop comes hot on the heels of data out Tuesday showing house prices fell the most in more than two years in June.

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