Stock Struggling For Direction To Start New Week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are flat this afternoon, with the blue-chip index coming off its session lows as traders keep an eye on President Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) is marginally in the red, as Wall Street look ahead to big box retail earnings and Fed rhetoric later this week. In other news, Bitcoin (BTC) was last seen testing the $115,000 level.

First Solar Inc (Nasdaq: FSLR) stock is seeing an uptick in options volume today. At last check, more than 57,000 contracts have changed hands, volume that's five times the average intraday amount. The most popular contract is the September 220 call, with new positions being bought to open there. Solar stocks are up across the board, after the new federal tax subsidy rules came in lighter than anticipated. FSLR is up 8.9% to trade at $217.79, and earlier hit a new year-to-date peak. So far in 2025, the stock has added23.1%.
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Lululemon Athletica Inc (Nasdaq: LULU) stock is one of the better stocks on Wall Street today, last seen up 3.6% to trade at $205.61. The athleisure stock is brushing off two price-target cuts from TD Cowen and UBS, to $298 and $240, respectively. LULU hit an Aug. 11, five-year low of $185.95, and is down 46.3% in 2025.
EQT Corp (NYSE: EQT) stock is near the bottom of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today, down 5% to trade at $50.19 at last glance. Roth Capital downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "buy," and trimmed its price target to $57 from $75. The analyst in coverage was bearish on the entire natural gas sector, citing oversupply conditions. Year to date, EQT is still 9.1% higher.
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