Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.77%) is in second place on Tuesday afternoon.

Elsewhere, S&P 500 constituents Palantir Technologies (PLTR 41.03, +2.14, +5.50%), Edwards Lifesciences (EW 67.98, +3.44, +5.33%), and Palo Alto Networks (PANW 352.85, +14.91, +4.41%) dot the top of the standings. PLTR is leading today's trading, making highs not seen since the early going of 2021, EW gains as Piper note suggests high expectations for EW's EARLY-TAVR study at TCT in late October, and PANW was initiated with an Outperform at Exane BNP Paribas as well as being the subject of a bullish Goldman note suggested subscription upgrades could drive 7-21% upside in NGS ARR over the next 3 years.

Meanwhile, Marathon Petroleum (MPC 160.19, -13.08, -7.55%) is today's top laggard, pressured in part by worse-than 4% losses in crude oil futures.