Take a look at the businesses making the largest strikes noon: Taiwan Semiconductor — Shares surged 12% after the corporate, which is the world’s largest producer of superior chips, reported a 54% achieve in web revenue for the third quarter pushed by sturdy AI-related demand. Shares of chip giants Nvidia and Micron every rose about 3% in sympathy following the quarterly outcomes. Nvidia — The AI-darling was up almost 3% after hitting a report excessive earlier within the buying and selling session. Taiwan Semiconductor, which is rallying on its earnings report, is a serious Nvidia provider. Expedia , Uber — Shares of the businesses moved in reverse instructions following a Monetary Instances report, which cited folks accustomed to the method, that Uber explored a possible takeover bid for Expedia. The paper mentioned Uber’s curiosity within the on-line journey firm was at a “very early stage.” Following the report, Expedia rose greater than 3%, whereas Uber fell greater than 2%. Elevance Well being — The well being insurer dropped 12% after reporting a revenue of $8.37 per share for the third quarter, excluding gadgets, whereas analysts polled by LSEG anticipated $9.66 a share. The corporate cited “unprecedented challenges” within the Medicaid enterprise. Nonetheless, Elevance noticed $44.72 billion in income, above the consensus forecast of $43.37 billion. Vacationers — Shares jumped 7.6% after the insurance coverage firm posted an enormous earnings beat earlier than the bell. Vacationers’ third-quarter earnings got here in at $5.24 per share, topping the $3.55 a share anticipated from analysts polled by LSEG. Nonetheless, income missed estimates. Lucid Group — The electrical car maker tumbled 15% after the corporate introduced a public providing of just about 262.5 million shares of its frequent inventory to boost $1.67 billion. Blackstone — The inventory rallied almost 7% on the again of the choice asset managers’ monetary report. Blackstone reported third-quarter earnings of $1.01 per share on income of $2.43 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG had anticipated EPS of 92 cents on income of $2.41 billion. CSX — Shares slipped 5.9% after the transportation firm reported disappointing third-quarter outcomes. CSX’s earnings had been 46 cents per share on income of $3.62 billion. That is under the consensus estimate of 48 cents per share and $3.67 billion in income, per LSEG. Nokia — U.S.-listed shares of the Finnish telecommunications large fell 3% after the corporate posted an 8% dip in third quarter gross sales attributable to a slowdown within the Indian market. Nonetheless, its quarterly revenue elevated 22%. Alcoa — The aluminum producer’s inventory shed greater than 3% after the corporate reported third-quarter income of $2.90 billion, under the $2.97 billion LSEG consensus estimate. Nonetheless, its adjusted earnings of 57 cents per share topped the 28 cents a share anticipated from analysts. Equifax — Shares fell 2.6% after the corporate’s steerage fell wanting expectations. Equifax expects fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share between $2.08 and $2.18, versus the $2.20 a share estimate from analysts polled by FactSet. The corporate guided for full-year adjusted EPS between $7.25 and $7.35, wanting the $7.36 consensus estimate. Income for each the fourth quarter and full 12 months additionally got here in under expectations. Metal Dynamics — The inventory gained almost 5% after the metal producer beat earnings and income expectations for the third quarter. For the interval, Metal Dynamics posted earnings of $2.05 per share on $4.34 billion in income, above the $1.97 per share on $4.18 in income that analysts had been anticipating, in accordance with LSEG. Trying towards 2025, the corporate mentioned it expects metal pricing to get better. Synovus Monetary — Shares popped 5% after the corporate reported better-than-expected adjusted earnings per share for the third quarter. Synovus additionally guided for fourth-quarter adjusted income of $560 million to $575 million, above the $558 million anticipated from analysts polled by FactSet. Walgreens Boots Alliance — The inventory dropped about 5%, paring a number of the 15.8% it gained within the prior session and now on tempo for its worst day since Aug 27. On Wednesday, Walgreens reported a fourth-quarter earnings beat and mentioned it plans to shut about 1,200 shops over the subsequent three years. — CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Hakyung Kim, Alex Harring and Pia Singh contributed reporting.