economy
January 29, 2026
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: ServiceNow, Salesforce, Southwest, Carnival & more
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

TL;DR
- ServiceNow's stock fell 11% despite better-than-expected results, as investors worried about AI competition.
- Other software stocks like Atlassian, Datadog, Salesforce, and Workday also declined due to AI disruption fears.
- United Rentals reported disappointing fourth-quarter results, causing its stock to fall 14%.
- Tesla's stock dropped over 2% after announcing its first annual revenue decline and a shift in focus towards robots and driverless cars.
- Royal Caribbean's stock surged 15% after providing strong first-quarter earnings guidance.
- Meta Platforms' shares jumped 8% on upbeat first-quarter sales forecasts, despite a larger-than-expected operating loss in its Reality Labs unit.
- Southwest Airlines rallied 13% with a forecast for significant profit growth in 2026.
- Caterpillar and IBM reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, leading to stock price increases.
- Microsoft's stock fell 12% due to slowed cloud growth and cautious guidance.
- Las Vegas Sands and L3Harris saw stock price declines despite some positive financial metrics.
- International Paper shares fell 7% after announcing a plan to split into two companies.
- Lockheed Martin's stock rose 5% following strong fourth-quarter financial results and positive full-year guidance.
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