Preopen Brief

Session update: 10 gainers, 24 decliners in pre-market - Eli Lilly (LLY)

Session update read: 10 gainers and 24 decliners. Eli Lilly (LLY) led upside while International Business Machines (IBM) weighed on breadth.

Analyst commentary

What moved and why

Session breadth: 10 gainers vs 24 decliners. High-volume names: 10. Average move: -1.38%.

Breadth check

The dashboard tracks 10 gainers and 24 decliners, with an average move of -1.38%.

10 names are trading in the high-volume bucket, which keeps this session relevant for short-horizon positioning.

Leadership map

Eli Lilly (LLY) remains one of the strongest names in the tape, while International Business Machines (IBM) continues to pressure risk appetite.

This split usually favors selective positioning over broad index exposure until leadership broadens.

Next checkpoint

Watch whether leadership survives the next two hours with stable turnover.

If breadth improves together with top-volume follow-through, continuation risk rises; otherwise expect choppy rotation.

News catalysts in focus

Recent headline flow for LLY supports this setup: Novo Nordisk selloff continues as stock gets hit with rating downgrades. This is treated as a likely driver, pending follow-through confirmation.

A second catalyst from ORCL (Yahoo Finance) helps frame whether this move has broad confirmation or remains a single-name event.

  • LLY: Novo Nordisk selloff continues as stock gets hit with rating downgrades (Yahoo Finance, 2026-02-24, 2h ago)
  • ORCL: Demolition work begins on Oracle Corp. Nashville HQ campus (Yahoo Finance, 2026-02-24, 1h ago)
  • WMT: Indian textile exporter Gokaldas expects margin lift after US trade deal (Yahoo Finance, 2026-02-24, 3h ago)
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ELI LILLY & Co (LLY)

Interactive OHLC + volume chart from the same market-history feed used on the company profile page.

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Seven-day trend

Market breadth
Feb 13
Feb 17
Feb 18
Feb 19
Feb 20
Feb 23
GainersDeclinersHigh volume
Recent sessions table
DateGainersDeclinersHigh volumeAvg move
Feb 18, 202616910+0.10%
Feb 19, 202671510-0.32%
Feb 20, 2026151610-0.14%
Feb 23, 2026102210-1.00%

Top gainers

Momentum
LLY
+4.48%
WMT
+2.68%
PEP
+2.32%
XOM
+2.17%

Top decliners

Risk pockets
IBM-12.34%
ORCL-5.16%
ADBE-4.50%
CRM-4.00%

Sector rotation

Relative strength
Technology-4.66%
Services-Prepackaged Software-4.50%
National Commercial Banks-3.99%
Financials-3.42%

Markets in focus

Country concentration
US-1.38%
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Methodology

Transparency
  • Coverage universe: 35 liquid public tickers tracked for 2026-02-23.
  • Publication mode: pre-market. Reports are generated only when the corresponding market window is valid.
  • Ranking combines absolute move, relative volume, market breadth, and sector dispersion.
  • Each draft is checked against trigger logic and edited for readability before publication.
  • Method notes are intentionally high-level and avoid implementation-specific source details.