Microsoft, Boeing, Humana rise premarket; Alphabet falls

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• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock rose 8% after Britain’s top competition regulator moved to block the software giant’s expensive acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), which fell 11%. Microsoft’s key intelligent cloud division posted late Tuesday $22.1 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2023, an uptick of 16% compared to the same period last year.

• Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stock fell 0.6% after the Google parent posted a slight slip in quarterly advertising revenue to $54.55B.

• Boeing (NYSE:BA) stock rose 3.8% after the aircraft manufacturer announced plans to boost 737 MAX production to 38 planes per month while backing its annual cash flow goal.

• First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) stock fell 15%, set to hit a record low as investors worry about the troubled lender's plans to turn around its business.

• Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock fell 0.2% after Jefferies downgraded its stance on the electric vehicle manufacturer to ‘hold’ from ‘buy’, after last week’s warning of continued price cuts.

• General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) stock rose 1% after the defense company reported a 5.2% rise in quarterly revenue, boosted by strong demand for weapons amid geopolitical instability.

• Humana (NYSE:HUM) stock rose 1.9% after the health insurer raised its full-year adjusted profit forecast, banking on strength in its government-backed schemes.

• CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) stock rose 1.3% after the exchange operator posted higher first quarter profits, helped by market volatility amid a banking crisis and worries over slowing macroeconomic growth.