Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 closed higher in volatile trading, and what’s on the radar for the next session. Gold, copper and the mining stocks On Wednesday, CNBC TV will take a special look at both commodities that have been on the move recently. So far this year, gold is up 19%. Copper is up 25% in 2025. The SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) hit a high Tuesday, but closed lower by 0.2%. Year to date, it is up about 19%. U.S.-traded shares of Rio Tinto is up 2.4% in 2025. The stock is down 19% from the May 2024 high. U.S.-traded shares of BHP are flat year to date. The stock is off 23% from the October high. Freeport-McMoRan is also flat in 2025. The stock is off 30% from the high reached last May. GLD YTD mountain The SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) in 2025 Tesla and Rivian CNBC TV’s Phil LeBeau will report on both as they release numbers on first-quarter deliveries. Tesla was up 3.6% on Tuesday. The stock is 45% from the December high. Rivian Automotive was up 6.7%. The stock is up 12% in a month, and it’s off 30% from the July high. Boeing CEO goes before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee CEO Kelly Ortberg took the helm at Boeing on Aug. 8 . The stock is up 3% since then. Shares are off 14% from the July high. The stock is down about 8% in the last five days. BA 5D mountain Boeing shares over the past five trading days Software in the U.S.A. “Mad Money” man Jim Cramer did a great take-out on software highlighting the drops for Adobe , Oracle , Salesforce and ServiceNow . The software enterprise companies have “turned real ugly,” he said. Cramer added that “slowing tech spending” is part of the picture and that some of the pain is due to the problems in the overall market. Adobe is off 35% from the September high. Shares are down 5% in a week. Shares of Oracle are down 28% from the December high. The stock is down nearly 8% in a week. Salesforce is off 27% from the Dec. 4 high. Shares are down 6.4% in a week. ServiceNow shares are down 32% from the Jan. 28 high. The stock is down almost 6% in a week. Cramer is sticking with Salesforce, but he believes there are concerns for ServiceNow because of large exposure to the federal government. He thinks Adobe could be vulnerable to AI but urges investors to do their homework and to be selective and pay attention to valuations. He likes cybersecurity. CyberArk is 17% from the February high but up around 3% in two days. SentinelOne is off 36% from the November high. The stock was up 2.4% on Tuesday. CrowdStrike is down 20% from the Feb. 19 high. The stock is up about 6% in three months. American Express Cramer likes the stock. On the “Lighting Round” segment Tuesday night, he called it “one of the great American franchises of all time.” American Express is 17% from the Jan. 23 high. If you bought one year ago, you’d be up around 19%. AXP 1Y mountain American Express in the past 12 months The Great American Consumer Two of Tuesday’s top five gainers in the S & P 500 were big retail stocks. Ralph Lauren was up 3.7% on Tuesday. The stock is down 15% in the last month, and it’s off 21% from the February high. Tapestry was up 3.5% Tuesday. The stock is down 14.7% in a month. Shares are down 20% from the Feb. 18 high. Health Care, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Health Care was the worst performing sector of the day, down 1.75%. The Pharmaceuticals, Biotech and Life Sciences industry group was the second worst in the S & P 500, down nearly 3% on Tuesday. Both categories dropped amid layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday. Reports say 10,000 jobs could be slashed.
