On this episode of Stock Movers:
- LyondellBasell (LYB) and other US chemicals stocks are rising Wednesday as higher oil prices are giving gas-based producers an advantage and as analysts see upside for US chemicals and fertilizer firms.
- Wells Fargo (WFC) missed analysts’ profit estimates as severance costs drove up expenses. Shares of the company fell by the most in six months. The bank spent $612 million on severance as part of a plan designed to cut costs. Expenses were $13.7 billion, compared with the $13.6 billion predicted by analysts in a Bloomberg survey, according to a statement Wednesday. The fourth-largest US bank generated $21.3 billion in net income for 2025, compared with analysts’ estimates of $21.6 billion. Shares of the company, up 25% in the past 12 months, fell as much as 5.8% in New York, the biggest intraday decline since July 15.
- Royal Caribbean (RCL) shares fall as much as 4.7% on Wednesday after Citi analyst James Hardiman issued a downside 30-day short-term view on the cruise operator ahead of its quarterly report expected towards the end of the month.
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