Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 climbed to a new record, and what’s on the radar for the next session. The S & P 500 The index hit a new record high Tuesday. The S & P 500 is up 1.94% in 2026. The tech sector, up 1.4% on Tuesday, pushed the broad market index over the top. Energy is the top performing sector so far this year, up 11%. Every sector is positive so far in 2026 except the financials. The NYSE Composite also hit a new record on Tuesday. It is up around 4% in 2026. The Russell 2000 is up 7.5% so far in 2026. It is 2.5% from the high reached last week. .SPX YTD mountain The S & P 500 in 2026 AT & T reports before the bell The ” Squawk Box ” team of Becky Quick, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen will have the numbers and analysis, as well as the instant stock reaction after the earnings report comes out. Shares of AT & T have fallen around 10% over the past three months. The stock is off 23% from the Sept. 15 high. AT & T pays a 28-cent per share dividend. The current dividend yield on the stock is 4.83%. Elevance Health reports before the bell The stock got beat up from the feet up on Tuesday along with the other stocks in the sector. The declines came after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed keeping rates nearly flat for Medicare Advantage insurers in 2027. Elevance dropped 14%. The stock has lost nearly 6% in the past three months. Shares are now off 30% from the April high. ELV 3M mountain Elevance Health in the past three months The other big health-care stocks UnitedHealth fell nearly 20% Tuesday on that same Medicare news. Shares are now down 53% from the April high. Humana fell 21% Tuesday. The stock is down 34% from the early September high. CVS Health fell 14% on Tuesday. Shares are off 15% from the Oct. 29 high. After the bell on Wednesday, watch for several big tech earnings Meta Platforms has dropped 10% over the past three months. The stock is down 15% from the August high. As Jim Cramer said last night: Watch what the company says about capital expenditures, including spending on future artificial intelligence capabilities. IBM has lost 6% over the past three months. Shares are down 9.5% from the November high. Microsoft has fallen nearly 10% in the past three months. The stock is off 13% from the July high. Tesla has slid 5% in three months. The stock is down 13% from the Dec. 22 high, but it’s up 36% in six months. TSLA 6M mountain Tesla shares in the past six months South Korea The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) hit a new high on Tuesday despite President Donald Trump saying he would raise tariffs on several of the country’s key exports up to 25%. He said this was due to a delay in that country’s legislature approving a U.S.-South Korean trade deal. The EWY was up 4.6% on Tuesday in part due to optimism in the South Korean chip market. The EWY ETF has advanced 28% in the past month and about 125% in a year.
