Small Caps
Russell 2000 Edges Higher Ahead of CPI as Small-Business Optimism Hits One-Year High
Small caps outpaced the major averages in Tuesday morning trading, helped by the strongest NFIB optimism reading since last August, as investors braced for Wednesday's inflation report.
Movers
Earnings Season Bites: OppFi and Purple Innovation Sink on Guidance Cuts While Plug Power and Riot Rally
IPOs & Deals
Deal Flow Heats Up: Biotech IPOs Deliver Big Pops as Curaleaf Goes Hostile for Aurora and Archer Buys Boeing Units
Analysis
Small Caps' Best Run in Two Decades Faces Its Next Test: This Week's Inflation Data
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Movers
Earnings Season Bites: OppFi and Purple Innovation Sink on Guidance Cuts While Plug Power and Riot Rally
Second-quarter results drove sharp two-way moves in smaller stocks Tuesday, with guidance cuts punished severely and beats rewarded with double-digit gains.
IPOs & Deals
Deal Flow Heats Up: Biotech IPOs Deliver Big Pops as Curaleaf Goes Hostile for Aurora and Archer Buys Boeing Units
A cluster of early-August biotech listings is trading well above offer prices, while a hostile cannabis takeover bid and Archer Aviation's three-part Boeing deal headline a busy stretch for small-cap M&A.
Analysis
Small Caps' Best Run in Two Decades Faces Its Next Test: This Week's Inflation Data
The Russell 2000's strongest year since 2003 has been built on rate-cut hopes and AI supply-chain enthusiasm, and back-to-back CPI and PPI reports will now test both pillars.