Daily digest

Stock market news — Tuesday, 29 September 2026

28 headlines. Of the 25 with a specific market target, 11 were positive, 9 negative and 5 neutral — overall mood neutral. Most mentioned: DJI, AMD, META.

Mood Index53Neutral · about the index
Sentiment
11 positive5 neutral9 negative

Top stories

OilPrice.comMacro context

Hormuz Rerouting Doubles Cape Traffic Without Delivering a Windfall

Over the past seven months, shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dwindled to a trickle, with Iran effectively closing the critical maritime chokepoint ever since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks against it.…

NasdaqNegative

Stocks Settle Lower on Rising Bond Yields

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -0.77% on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.67%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.08%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 )…

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Yahoo FinanceNeutral

Hormel Foods Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend

Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company, today announced its quarterly dividend on the common stock, authorized by the Board of Directors at $0.2925 per share. The dividend will be paid on…

Yahoo FinancePositive

Can Cloudflare (NET) Become the Gatekeeper of the AI Web?

On September 15, Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE:NET) announced its new Accountable designation for AI crawling alongside the launch of “Disallow AI Training.” This tool allows website owners to block AI models from scraping their content for…

Yahoo FinancePositive

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Stock Trades Up, Here Is Why

Shares of cybersecurity platform provider Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) jumped 5.1% in the afternoon session after BTIG raised its price target on the cybersecurity provider to $425 from $404 and reiterated a Buy rating following…

NasdaqNegative

Soybean Fall on Monday, as Beans Left Off the Tariff Exemption List

Soybeans rounded out the bloody Monday session with contracts down 17 to 30 ¾ cents across the board. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 29 1/2 cents at $12.32. Soymeal futures were down $3.60 to $12.20, with Soy…

NasdaqPositive

Cotton Closes Higher with Tariff Exemptions

Cotton futures were up 4 to 71 points across the board at the close. Crude oil was up 88 cents per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.232 higher. Weekly Crop Progress data showed 70% of the US cotton crop with bolls…

NasdaqPositive

Wells Fargo Upgrades Sweetgreen to Overweight from Equal-Weight

Fintel reports that on September 28, 2026, Wells Fargo upgraded their outlook for Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG) from Equal-Weight to Overweight.This rating action follows a prior action by Wells Fargo on August 7, 2026, when the firm maintained…

NasdaqNegative

Corn Holds onto Monday Losses, but Pulls Off Early Lows

Corn futures posted losses of 1 to 5 ½ cents across the board on Monday, pulling off some of the early lows at the close. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 5 1/4 cents at $4.79 3/4. Following last week’s US/China…

NasdaqNegative

Stocks Settle Lower on Rising Bond Yields

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -0.77% on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.67%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.08%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 )…

NasdaqNegative

Wheat Posts Monday Losses

The wheat complex posted losses across the three exchanges on Monday. Chicago SRW was down 9 1/2 to 14 3/4 cents on the day. KC HRW futures were 11 to 16 3/4 cents lower the close. MPLS spring wheat was 4 1/2 to 11 3/4 cents in the red.…

Yahoo FinanceNegative

Why Atlassian (TEAM) Stock Is Down Today

Shares of collaboration software company Atlassian (NASDAQ:TEAM) fell 4.6% in the afternoon session after Meta launched Meta Enterprise Platform, adding competitive pressure for business software just as higher yields hit rate-sensitive…

OilPrice.comMacro context

Hormuz Rerouting Doubles Cape Traffic Without Delivering a Windfall

Over the past seven months, shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dwindled to a trickle, with Iran effectively closing the critical maritime chokepoint ever since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks against it.…