Who’s Winning on Wall Street Today? Top Movers Revealed

The S&P 500 fell 0.2% on Tuesday amid growing concerns over a potential U.S. government shutdown, with the Dow dropping 0.4% and the Nasdaq declining 0.1%.

While shutdowns typically don't heavily impact markets, investors are more cautious this time due to fears of stagflation, a weakening labor market, and high stock valuations.

A shutdown could also affect credit ratings and delay key economic data, including the September jobs report.

Despite Tuesday’s dip, markets are heading for a strong September and third quarter. The S&P 500 is up 3% for the month and 7% for the quarter.

The Nasdaq leads with a 5% monthly gain and 10% for the quarter, while the Dow has gained 1% in September and 5% for the quarter—potentially marking its fifth consecutive positive quarter.

Top Movers: Under $10 

Beneficient (BENF) is up 58.76% today to trade at the current level of $0.58. This comes after the company reported results for the fourth quarter & fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.

Sunrise New Energy Co. Ltd (EPOW) zoomed 45.72% in today’s trade to $1.31. This rally can be attributed to news that the company's subsidiary, Sunrise (Guizhou) New Energy, received a $137,000 grant from the Guizhou Science and Technology Department to establish an innovation workstation for new energy battery materials.

In current trading, Ten League International Holdings Ltd (TLIH) stock is at $0.73 after announcing its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

Draganfly Inc (DPRO) rose 25.61% in the early hours of today's trading to move at $8.73. The strong performance came as investors were encouraged by the company’s announcement that it had been selected by the U.S. Army to provide its Flex FPV drone systems.

In the current trading session, Robo.ai Inc (AIIO) jumped 20.73% to $2.33 over a previous close of $1.93 after Burkhan Capital announced a $300 million strategic investment to accelerate Robo.ai’s growth and transformation.

Ex-Dividend Stocks

Andersons Inc (ANDE) is about to trade ex-dividend tomorrow, meaning that investors who buy the stock after tomorrow will not be eligible for the next dividend payment. The company's next dividend payment will be $0.2 per share. It has fixed October 01 as the record date for the same and will pay the actual dividend on October 22. Last year, the company distributed a total of $0.77 to its shareholders. Based on the last year's worth of payments, ANDE has a trailing yield of 1.96% on the current stock price of $39.47.

Another stock that is shelling out dividends tomorrow is Comcast Corp (CMCSA), having a market capitalization of $116.88B. It will pay a dividend of $0.33 per share, the payment date of which is October 22. Currently, the stock is trading at a trailing dividend yield of 4.04%.

Shares of Fulton Financial Corp (FULT) will be the talk of the stock market on Wednesday as the stock will turn ex-dividend. The company's next dividend payment will be $0.18 per share, and in the last 12 months, it paid a total of $0.71 per share. Last year's total dividend payments show that FULT has a trailing yield of 3.79% on the current share price of $18.72.

Pegasystems Inc (PEGA) is also set to go ex-dividend tomorrow. The next dividend payment from PEGA will amount to $0.03 per share. October 01 has been designated as the record date for this dividend, with the actual payout scheduled for October 15. In the previous year, PEGA distributed a total of $0.07 to its valued shareholders. Considering the cumulative dividend payments from last year, the trailing yield for PEGA stands at 0.13% based on the current stock price of $58.24.

Preformed Line Products Co (PLPC) will be paying out a dividend of $0.2 per share to shareholders holding their shares as of the close of the business hours on the record date of October 01. Over the past 12 months, PLPC has paid out a total of $0.80 per share in dividends. Based on the total dividends paid out last year, PLPC boasts an impressive trailing yield of 0.41% on the current share price of $196.12.

Crypto Market Highlights

• Republic to tokenize equity in Hong Kong-based Web3 investment giant Animoca Brands, expanding real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.

• Deutsche Börse partners with Circle to drive stablecoin adoption across Europe.

• IoTeX launches the Real-World AI Foundry, a global effort to develop open, decentralized, blockchain-powered AI systems.

• Horizen Labs introduces a dedicated layer-1 blockchain focused on private data verification using zero-knowledge cryptography.

• Visa begins a pilot program enabling banks to pre-fund cross-border payments with stablecoins.

Most Shorted Stocks

Nurix Therapeutics Inc (NRIX) was one of the most shorted stocks as of the latest short interest figures, with 18.10% short interest. The days to cover ratio, a measure of how long it would take for all the short positions to be covered based on average trading volume, is 15.7. This represents a change of -70000 shares, which corresponds to a -0.54% decrease in short interest. The total value of the shares held short is estimated to be around $119.13 million. The average daily volume stands at 898.20K shares, and the market capitalization of the company is $710.60M.

The Designer Brands Inc with the symbol DBI currently has a short interest of 18.24%. The short interest has changed by -1010000 shares. The days to cover ratio stands at 4.0. The estimated value of the shares held short is approximately $22.17 million. On an average day, 1.20M shares are traded, with the company's market capitalization totaling $176.87M.

For the stock Caleres Inc (CAL), the current short interest is at 17.12%. This represents a significant short interest change of -240000 shares, corresponding to a short interest percentage decrease of -4.15%. The days needed to cover the short positions amount to 6.8. The approximate worth of the shares held short is $72.24 million.

With the symbol MVIS, the stock currently has a short interest of 16.72%. The short interest change is -210000 shares, compared with a short interest percentage change of -0.42%. It would take approximately 7.2 days to cover all the short positions. The shares' short value is estimated to be around $6.87 million. The company boasts an average daily volume of 6.32M shares, contributing to a market capitalization of $373.20M.

The stock RCEL has a current short interest of 18.76%. The short interest percentage has experienced decrease of -14.50% while there was a change of -780000 shares in short interest. The ratio indicating the time required to cover short positions is 13.8. The calculated worth of the shorted shares amounts to around $259.06 million. Trading activity averages at 659.84K shares per day, while the company's market capitalization stands at $129.17M.

EV Stocks to Watch

According to our ST Score evaluation, Cirrus Logic, Inc (CRUS) emerges as a high-quality stock in the EV industry, attaining an impressive score of 57. The stock's profitability, financial strength, and Piotroski Score are strong. However, its growth is weak. Additionally, it is neutral in terms of performance, stock sentiment, and forecast.

Our ST Score also classifies General Motors Company (GM) as a high-quality EV stock today, presenting a Score of 54. The stock has strong fundamentals in terms of profitability, performance, and Piotroski Score. However, it has weak growth, and financial strength. The stock sentiment and forecast are neutral.

Another stock in the category, Aptiv PLC (APTV) has the ST Score of 53, which means that the stock carries the potential for higher returns. The stock is strong in profitability, performance, and Piotroski Score, but weak in growth, and financial strength. Stock sentiment and forecasts suggest a neutral outlook.

Teck Resources Ltd (TECK) stock has the ST Score of 52, which implies that the EV company has a high probability of beating the market. The stock's strengths lie in its profitability, financial strength, and Piotroski Score, but its weaknesses are in its performance. However, it shows neutral outlook in growth, stock sentiment, and forecast.

Li Auto Inc ADR (LI) currently has the ST Score of 51, which signifies a huge upward potential. The EV stock's strong points are its profitability, performance, financial strength, and Piotroski Score. The stock's growth, stock sentiment, and forecast indicate a neutral outlook.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading. Good luck out there!

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Stocks Telegraph Team

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