the tape · 2026-08-21COIN▲ +8.2%FCX▲ +7.6%MRVL▼ -5.6%TSLA▲ +5.1%GS▲ +3.7%PLTR▲ +3.4%MS▲ +3.3%ORCL▲ +3.1%NEM▲ +3.1%ARM▼ -3.0%MRK▲ +2.4%INTC▼ -2.2%SPCX▲ +2.2%ABT▲ +2.2%SMCI▲ +2.0%VST▼ -2.0%DLR▼ -1.9%CRM▲ +1.8%PM▼ -1.7%DELL▲ +1.7%
MS
Morgan Stanley ·
28 big moves · since May 2026
From the desk · Aug 20, 2026
MS is down 3.2 percent today, and the honest answer is: nothing company-specific drove it. No earnings miss, no analyst downgrade, no regulatory filing. This looks like broad financials sector flow — institutional money rotating out of the group, and Morgan Stanley happens to be in the basket. Here's what a lot of people miss: when a sector ETF like XLF faces heavy redemptions, authorized participants are mechanically selling the underlying stocks to keep the fund balanced. Fundamentals are irrelevant in that process. So the stock fell because the sector fell, not because Morgan Stanley did anything. Next real catalyst to watch is earnings. That's when the company actually gets to answer back.
Every move of 1.5% or more
2026-08-21 · Yahoo Finance
+3.3% — Morgan Stanley Says AI Data Centers Face a 38-Gigawatt Power Gap. These Industrial Stocks Fill It.
T+1 — pendingT+5 — pendingT+20 — pending
2026-08-20 · no single source
-3.2% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +3.3%T+5 — pendingT+20 — pending
2026-08-19 · Benzinga
-1.5% — Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Receives European Commission Approval For Acquisition Of Nicollin SAS, SMN, NHE,
T+1 -3.2%T+5 — pendingT+20 — pending
2026-08-06 · no single source
-2.1% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +1.2%T+5 +2.2%T+20 — pending
2026-08-04 · no single source
+2.8% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +0.6%T+5 -0.9%T+20 — pending
2026-07-30 · no single source
+3.4% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +0.2%T+5 +1.8%T+20 — pending
2026-07-29 · no single source
-4.0% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +3.4%T+5 +7.5%T+20 — pending
2026-07-23 · no single source
-1.5% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.3%T+5 -2.4%T+20 -3.6%
2026-07-21 · no single source
+2.6% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +1.0%T+5 -2.2%T+20 +0.5%
2026-07-20 · no single source
-2.1% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +2.6%T+5 +1.7%T+20 +3.4%
2026-07-16 · no single source
-4.5% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -1.3%T+5 -1.5%T+20 +0.0%
2026-07-14 · no single source
+3.0% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +0.4%T+5 -5.0%T+20 -5.5%
2026-07-09 · no single source
+1.9% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +0.1%T+5 -1.7%T+20 -3.8%
2026-07-08 · no single source
-1.8% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +1.9%T+5 +4.8%T+20 +0.1%
2026-07-06 · no single source
+3.8% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.0%T+5 -0.5%T+20 -4.9%
2026-06-26 · no single source
-4.1% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.1%T+5 +4.7%T+20 +1.2%
2026-06-24 · no single source
-2.7% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +0.5%T+5 -3.6%T+20 -2.1%
2026-06-22 · no single source
+1.8% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.5%T+5 -6.8%T+20 -4.7%
2026-06-17 · no single source
+1.9% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.8%T+5 -1.7%T+20 -4.2%
2026-06-15 · no single source
+1.8% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +1.3%T+5 +3.7%T+20 +4.8%
2026-06-11 · no single source
+2.9% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +0.6%T+5 +4.9%T+20 +4.0%
2026-06-10 · no single source
-1.7% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +2.9%T+5 +8.9%T+20 +7.6%
2026-06-05 · no single source
-2.9% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +0.1%T+5 +1.0%T+20 +4.8%
2026-06-04 · no single source
+3.9% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -2.9%T+5 -2.6%T+20 +1.8%
2026-06-03 · no single source
-2.3% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +3.9%T+5 -1.7%T+20 +1.8%
2026-06-02 · no single source
+1.9% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -2.3%T+5 -2.2%T+20 -1.5%
2026-05-29 · no single source
+2.1% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +1.4%T+5 +1.9%T+20 +1.8%
2026-05-20 · no single source
+4.3% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +1.4%T+5 +3.0%T+20 +12.8%
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