Today’s Market Movers: Nvidia, Salesforce, CrowdStrike, and Okta Surge on Strong Earnings

TLDR

• Nvidia shares rose around 7% in premarket after Q2 results beat expectations and Q3 guidance came in ahead of forecasts
• Salesforce jumped 13% after topping Q2 estimates and announcing a new partnership with Anthropic
• CrowdStrike climbed around 10% following better-than-expected Q2 results and raised full-year guidance
• Okta soared 21% after posting strong Q2 earnings and lifting its fiscal 2027 outlook
• HP fell nearly 9% despite a beat-and-raise quarter, dragged down by weak unit sales and rising memory costs

Nvidia led a wave of strong tech earnings on Thursday, sending stock futures higher in premarket trading. Several AI-linked companies posted results that beat Wall Street expectations, while a handful of others fell short.

Nvidia reported Q2 revenue that jumped roughly 106% year over year. Data center revenue hit $89 billion, above the $85 billion analysts had expected. The company guided Q3 revenue to $108 billion, ahead of the $104.86 billion consensus. CEO Jensen Huang pointed to accelerating AI demand and said production of the next-generation Vera Rubin platform is ramping up.

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