Closing Bell: Storage Stocks Surge, Credit-Reporting Stocks Fall

On this episode of Stock Movers:

Listen for comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the US market close as heard on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

- Shares of data storage companies, Sandisk (SNDK), Western Digital (WDC), Micron Technologies (MU) and Seagate (STX) soared on Tuesday after Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang highlighted the need for memory and storage in comments at the tech conference CES. Shares of Sandisk soared 24% to $339.40 as investors continued to pour money into the flash memory company. Western Digital rose 16%, putting the stock on track for a record closing high and its best day since 2020. Stock in Seagate Technology Holdings also jumped 13%.

- Onestream (OS) is in advanced talks to be taken private by Hg Capital, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Talks are ongoing and a deal for the financial software could be announced as early as this week but could also not come to fruition, the report said, citing unnamed sources. OneStream shares were up over 3% in recent premarket activity Tuesday.

- Shares of America’s largest credit-reporting companies are getting pummeled after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte called out the firms for raising prices.Equifax (EFX) slid as much as 6% Tuesday, TransUnion (TRU) fell 6.8% and Experian (EXPN) fell 2.7% in New York trading. Shares of Fair Isaac Corp. also dropped by as much as 4.9%.

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