Check out the companies that made headlines before the stock market’s opening bell: JPMorgan Chase — Shares rose 0.2% after JPMorgan Chase’s results beat analyst estimates. Trading revenue reached a record of nearly $9 billion. Goldman Sachs — The investment bank fell 0.3% after Goldman beat Wall Street expectations with better-than-expected investment banking and bond trading. Goldman earned $12.25 a share, beating analyst consensus of $11 a share, according to LSEG. Sales were $15.2 billion, exceeding expectations of $14.1 billion. Wells Fargo — San Francisco-based Wells reported better-than-expected third-quarter results, sending its stock up 2.5%. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected revenue of $21.44 billion, earnings of $1.55 per share and revenue of $21.44 billion. Wells Fargo also raised its earnings target. BlackRock — The asset manager fell 0.3% after its third-quarter results beat expectations. BlackRock’s earnings, excluding one-time items, were $11.55 per share on revenue of $6.51 billion, while analysts expected earnings of $11.24 per share and revenue of $6.23 billion. Citigroup — Shares rose 0.3% after Citi announced third-quarter earnings of $1.86 a share, beating the $1.73 expected by analysts surveyed by FactSet. Revenue was $22.09 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $21.09 billion. Levi Strauss — The denim maker fell 0.4%. Levi Strauss’ third-quarter adjusted earnings per share were estimated at $1.54 billion, or 31 cents on revenue of $1.5 billion, according to LSEG research. Energy Fuels, MP Materials, US Rare Earths — Rare earth miners continued to rise after China imposed export restrictions and speculation grew that the Trump administration would increase investment in domestic supply chains. Energy Fuels rose more than 12%, MP Materials rose about 7% and U.S. Rare Earths rose nearly 11%. Johnson & Johnson — J&J rose 0.2% after the New Jersey-based drugmaker earned an adjusted profit of $2.80 per share on revenue of $23.99 billion in the third quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.76 on revenue of $23.75 billion, according to LSEG. General Motors — The Detroit automaker said in a public filing that its third-quarter financial results to be released next week will include a $1.6 billion charge for rolling back its electric vehicle ambitions. The stock price fell 1.7%. Ford Motor Co. — The F-Series pickup truck maker fell 5% after a Wall Street Journal report that a fire at an aluminum supplier temporarily halted production of at least five models, including the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. Polaris — The snowmobile automaker rose 10% after announcing it would spin off its Indian motorcycle business. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026. PotlatchDeltic, Rayonier — Rayonier and PotlatchDeltic announced that they plan to combine in an all-stock merger of equals to form the second largest publicly traded timber and wood products company in North America. Potlatch Deltic rose 5% and Rayonier rose 1%. Arm Holdings — The British semiconductor designer added nearly 2% after The Information reported that OpenAI is working with Arm to develop custom central processing units as part of OpenAI’s partnership with Broadcom. Robinhood Markets — The financial trading platform fell 2% after Reuters reported that Robinhood is open to a deal to expand its prediction markets business. — CNBC’s Michelle Fox, Alex Harring, Spencer Kimball and Fred Imbert contributed reporting.
