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 posted its best daily performance since May, and what's on the radar for the next session. Big data on 'Squawk Box' with Becky Quick, Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin ADP's employment data is due out at 8:15 a.m. ET. The Dow Jones consensus estimate calls for 39,000 new jobs in the private sector. Retail sales come out at 8:30 a.m. The Dow Jones consensus calls for a 0.5% increase. Earnings for breakfast before the bell, live on 'Squawk Box' Egg producer Cal-Maine will report. The stock has been flat in the past three months. Shares are off 37% from the July high. Frozen food company Conagra is slated to report. The stock has lost 9% over the past three months, and shares are down 43% from the April 2025 high. Potato products producer Lamb Weston reports. The stock has been flat over the past three months. Shares are off 37% from the October 2025 high. CAG 3M mountain Conagra Brands in the past three months Apple turns 50 years old CNBC TV's MacKenzie Sigalos looks at what's next for the consumer tech giant. Apple went public in December 1980. In the last 20 years, because that's how far how charts go back, the stock is up 11,229%. That's not bad. Apple has become one of the world's best known companies and most loved stocks. Another investing icon, Jim Cramer of "Mad Money" has been a fan for a long time. He last bought shares for his charitable trust back in April 2014. Since then the stock is up 1,270%. Compare that to the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) , which follows the Nasdaq 100 and is up less than half that amount. Meta's next problem CNBC TV's Julia Boorstin looks at the social media company's problem overseas complying with rules that keep young people off the platform until they reach a certain age. Meta Platforms was up 6.7% on Tuesday. It has been flat over the past 12 months. Shares are down 28% from the August 2025 high. Last week, Meta lost lawsuits in New Mexico and Los Angeles for not doing enough to protect children. On Monday, just a few days after Meta lost those two pretty harsh lawsuits, Morgan Stanley said "It's time to buy." The firm isn't alone: In all, about 90% of analysts covering the stock rate it overweight or buy, while roughly 10% deem it a hold, according to FactSet. META 5D mountain Meta Platforms in the past five days Just did it Nike beat Wall Street earnings and revenue estimates in this afternoon's quarterly report. CFO Matt Friend sees earnings falling between 2% and 4% in the current quarter. The stock is getting hit in the after hours, down almost 9%. Shares are now off 35% from the August 2025 high mark. Auto sales CNBC TV's Phil LeBeau has the details on first-quarter sales with those higher gasoline prices. GM has declined 8% in the past three months. Shares are down 15% from the February high. Stellantis has lost about 35% in the past three months. The stock is down 42% from the December high. Ford has dropped 12% in the last three months. The stock is off 22% from the February high. STLA 3M mountain Stellantis in the past three months Back to the Moon Artemis 2 is set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. after 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Ahead of the launch, here are some stocks that have taken off in the last month. Iridium Communications has advanced 16% in a month. Shares are down 17% from the July 2025 high. Planet Labs has jumped more than 15% in a month. Shares are off 25% from last week's high. Telesat has gained15% in a month. The stock is off17% from the high hit two weeks ago. The start of the second quarter The Russell 2000 was the best performing index among the majors in the first quarter, up 0.58%. The NYSE Composite was up 0.4% in the first quarter. The Dow Industrials was down 3.58% in the first quarter. The S & P 500 was down 4.63% in the first quarter. The Nasdaq 100 was down 5.98% in the first quarter. .SPX 3M mountain The S & P 500 in the past three months The best top picks of the first quarter Chord Energy was up 53% in the first quarter. That pick came from Mizuho. Generac was up 43% in the first quarter. That was a call by the analysts at Needham. ConocoPhillips was up 41% in the first quarter. That's another good call from Mizuho. The top picks that had a tough first quarter PAR Technology lost 63% in the first quarter. Atlassian fell nearly 58% in the period. ADMA Biologics dropped 50% in the first quarter. Markets shift and headlines fade, but the core principles of building long-term wealth remain constant. 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