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Thursday Morning's 14 Tech Stock Movers Include Datadog, PayPal and Zoom

Paul Ausick

Published: February 10, 2022 10:39 am

Tech stocks got off to a slow start Thursday morning. The Nasdaq traded down about 1.7%, the S&P 500 down by about 1.1% and the Dow down by around 0.5% shortly after the opening bell. All three also closed higher on Wednesday.

The consumer price index (CPI) rose 7.5% year over year in January, and consumer prices rose 0.6% month over month, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Labor. Excluding food and energy, core CPI rose 6% year over year and 0.6% month over month. This may signal more hawkish moves by the Federal Reserve to stem inflation, not a good indicator for equities.

At the same time, new claims for unemployment benefits last week came in at 223,000, below economists’ estimate for a rise of 230,000. Continuing claims totaled 1.62 million, unchanged week over week.

Tech stocks came out of the chute about 1.8% lower, while consumer cyclical stocks traded down around 1.5%. Ten of 11 market sectors traded lower in the first few minutes of Wednesday’s session, with energy, up 0.7%, posting the only gain.

Here are the 14 Nasdaq 100 index stocks that made the biggest (a relative term in this case) moves early Thursday.

Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) traded down about 3.5%, at $312.76 in a 52-week range of $217.69 to $377. 60. The company had no specific news Thursday morning.

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) traded down about 3.5%, at $503.27 in a 52-week range of $420.789 to $699.54. The company has filed a mixed securities shelf offering.

Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) traded down by about 3.4%, at $242.89 in a 52-week range of $226.40 to $344.39. The company had no specific news.

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) traded down about 3.1%, at $149.68 in a 52-week range of $118.11 to $192.70. The company had no specific news.

Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) traded down by about 3.0%, at $562.22 in a 52-week range of $365.15 to $716.86. The company had no specific news this morning.

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) traded down about 2.7% at $119.25 in a 52-week range of $105.45 to $176.66. The company had no specific news.

Zoom Video Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) traded down about 2.6%, at $146.15 in a 52-week range of $134.70 to $451.77. The company had no specific news.

On the positive side, Datadog Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG) traded up about 13.8% at 176.90 in a 52-week range of $69.73 to $199.68. The company reported quarterly results before markets opened that beat on both the top and bottom lines. And more:

CoScreen is now part of @datadoghq! Datadog shares our vision for a collaborative, real-time working experience that makes technical teams better at what they do, and we're excited to be part of the team. https://t.co/BIYKXnujnM

— CoScreen by Datadog (@CoScreen) February 10, 2022

Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) traded up by about 5.4%, at $92.91 in a 52-week range of $65.67 to $96.45. The company had no specific news.

Okta Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA) traded up about 1.6%, at $198.54 in a 52-week range of $171.86 to $294.00. The company had no specific news.

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) traded up about 1.1%, at $188.89 in a 52-week range of $150.02 to $298.48. The company had no specific news.

Atlassian Corp. PLC (NASDAQ: TEAM) traded up about 0.3%, at $336.56 in a 52-week range of $198.80 to $483.13. The company is considering moving its headquarters from the United Kingdom to the United States.

Skyworks Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS) traded up about 0.2% at $144.21 in a 52-week range of $129.72 to $204.00. The company had no specific news.

PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) traded up about 0.2%, at $123.20 in a 52-week range of $118.55 to $310.16. The company has created an advisory panel to consider whether it should introduce its own cryptocurrency.