Pre-Market Money Movers

by @tabber

OCT 28, 2026

Scorecard: 3/4 — Whirlpool's gap-down reversed to green

Tuesday, October 27, 2026: three of four featured calls got the day's direction right.

Scorecard
In this brief: 4 sections 2 min read
    • Closed ~$276.54 (+12.1% vs $246.65) after jumping to ~$288 after hours on Q3 revenue up 83% and the $40B 2027 outlook.
    • Traded $261.50–$283.00 on ~8.1M shares, grinding back from an early flush.
    • Gave back part of the gap but kept the bulk of the earnings move.
    • Closed ~$10.26 (+22.7% vs $8.36) on Ares' ~$2.6B deal valuing MidCap at $10.88 per share.
    • Opened at $10.20 and held green, closing below the $10.88 consideration.
    • Deal premium of over 30% to Monday's close kept buyers in control.
    • Closed ~$27.42 (+3.7% vs $26.45) despite the adjusted Q3 loss and third outlook cut.
    • Fell to a $25.50 day low, then recovered steadily on ~12.4M shares.
    • The after-hours drop was fully given back before the close.
    • Closed ~$86.01 (-5.7% vs $91.17) as Q3 revenue of $18.6B missed the ~$19B forecast.
    • Pretax profit jumped 32% to $9.63B and a $1B buyback was announced, but the CET1 ratio slipped to 13.9%.
    • London shares closed -5.4% at 1,291.40p, the FTSE 100's biggest drag.
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