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 a winning day in what’s been a rocky week, and what’s on the radar for the next session. Target The stock fell 4.86% on Wednesday. Target is now 41% from the April 1 high. On Wednesday night, “Fast Money” contributor Courtney Garcia asked the rhetorical question of whether the consumer is deteriorating. Also from “Fast Money,” Steve Grasso said he won’t buy Target until he sees proof of a turnaround. TGT 1Y mountain Target shares over the past year Consumer staples This S & P Sector was the worst performer of the day, down 2%. Consumer staples are down nearly 5.3% so far in March. Tech and consumer discretionary are faring worse in the period, however. Dollar Tree is down 15% in March. Target is down about 13.7% in March. Walmart is down 13.6% in March. Costco is down 11.6% in March. Walgreens and Constellation Brands are the big winners in March in consumer staples. Both stocks are up about 4.8% this month. Dollar General reports in the morning The stock is down 4.5% in three months. Dollar General is off 53% over the past 12 months. DG 1Y mountain Dollar General over the past 12 months Ulta Beauty reports after the bel l The stock is down 22% over the past three months. Ulta is down 40% in the past year. Tariffs and a different part of the Great American Car Market “Mad Money” man Jim Cramer made the point that used car dealers may be about to get a pickup because the cost of new vehicles may rise due to tariffs. Carvana was up 4.1% on Wednesday. It is 39% from the Feb. 19 high. CarMax is 20.5% from the December 52-week high. Group 1 Automotiv e is 12.3% from the Feb.14 high. CVNA 5D mountain Carvana over the past five trading days The airlines When Phil LeBeau interviewed Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on ” Closing Bell: Overtime ” Monday, he said consumer confidence was weakening and that would hurt the stock and the industry. Delta is down 15% week to date following Wednesday’s nearly 3% decline. United Airlines is down 12.6% so far this week. The stock fell 4.7% Wednesday. American Airlines is down 16% so far this week. It lost 4.6% on Wednesday. JetBlue is down roughly 9% this week. It fell about 3.7% Wednesday. Southwest is up 3% this week. Coal in the U.S.A. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who was interviewed by CNBC’s Brian Sullivan at the big CERAWeek conference in Houston this week, said the U.S. should look at bringing back coal-fired power plants. He told Sullivan clean U.S. coal is needed to help power the country as the nation’s energy needs grow. All the big coal players are still far off their 52-week highs. Ramaco is off about 53% from the high hit a year ago. Peabody is 58% from the November high. Core Natural Resources is 47% from the November high. Warrior Met Coal is 37% from the July high. Alliance Resource is 19% from the January high.
