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Netflix, Fox and Tesla fall premarket; Baker Hughes, Western Alliance rise

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By Peter Nurse

Investing.com — Stocks in focus in premarket trade on Wednesday, April 19th. Please refresh for updates.

  • Netflix (NASDAQ:) stock fell 1.3% after the ’s guidance fell short of expectations even after the launch of its ad-supported tier, and added 1.75 million users in the first quarter, below the expected 2 million.
  • Fox (NASDAQ:) stock fell 0.7% after the media giant settled its defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, the largest ever settlement struck by an American media company.

  • Tesla (NASDAQ:) stock fell 1.9% ahead of its quarterly earnings as the electric vehicle manufacturer cut prices for some of its Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles in the United States, the sixth time it has lowered U.S. prices this year.

  • United Airlines (NASDAQ:) stock rose 0.9% after the reported better than expected and forecast a profitable second quarter on a surge in travel demand.
  • Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:) stock rose 2.5% after the oilfield technology firm , boosted by higher demand for its services from oil and producers.
  • Walt Disney (NYSE:) stock fell 0.6% after Bloomberg reported that the mass media and entertainment company plans to start cutting thousands of jobs next week, including about 15% of the staff in its entertainment division.

  • Amazon (NASDAQ:) stock fell 0.8% after the e-commerce giant announced additional layoffs in its advertising unit on Tuesday, as part of its plan to rein in costs.

  • ExxonMobil (NYSE:) stock fell 0.9% after crude prices adjusted sharply lower Wednesday. However, UBS has upgraded the oil major to ‘buy’ from ‘neutral’ ahead of its first-quarter earnings report next week, calling it the “leader of the pack”.

  • Western Alliance (NYSE:) stock soared 21.5% after the regional lender posted stronger-than-expected and said its deposits had stabilized after the March banking crisis.

  • Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:) stock fell 1.7% after RBC Capital downgraded the electric vehicle manufacturer to ‘sector perform’ from ‘outperform’, seeing “limited catalysts” ahead.

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