Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.35%) is in "first" place on Thursday afternoon, down the least among the majors.

Briefly, S&P 500 constituents United Airlines (UAL 110.20, -6.73, -5.76%), Accenture (ACN 212.38, -11.23, -5.02%), and Molson Coors Brewing (TAP 48.20, -2.62, -5.16%) dot the bottom of the average. For its part, TAP slides after the brewer guided FY26 underlying EPS to decline 11%-15% amid commodity inflation headwinds, overshadowing a modest Q4 EPS beat and reinforcing concerns about margin pressure despite expectations for flat sales and top-line improvement next year.

Meanwhile, Omnicom (OMC 80.14, +9.98, +14.22%) is today's top gain getter after the company authorized a $5 bln buyback, including a $2.5 bln accelerated repurchase, and doubled its cost-synergy target to $1.5 bln following its acquisition of Interpublic Group, boosting confidence in earnings and margin expansion.