Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Overstock, Tesla, Accenture and more

Check retired the companies making headlines successful midday trading.

Overstock.com — Shares jumped 16% connected quality that the e-commerce company won the auction for Bed Bath & Beyond's integer assets and intelligence property, which includes the marque name.

Spirit AeroSystems — Shares of the Boeing supplier dropped astir 9% aft the institution halted accumulation successful its Wichita, Kansas factory pursuing an announcement that workers volition strike, starting Saturday. Boeing's banal besides fell much than 2%. Spirit AeroSystems makes fuselages for Boeing's 737 Max, arsenic good arsenic the guardant conception of galore of Boeing's different aircrafts.

Accenture — The banal fell 2.6% aft the consulting steadfast shaved the apical extremity of its revenue expectations for the fiscal year. The steadfast said to expect betwixt 8% and 9% successful section currency aft antecedently mounting a scope betwixt 8% and 10%.

Darden Restaurants — The Olive Garden genitor dropped 2%. Darden posted net of $2.58 per stock connected gross of $2.77 cardinal successful its latest quarter. The results bushed analysts' forecast of $2.54 successful net per share, but met gross expectations, according to Refinitiv. The company's full-year net guidance scope included the statement estimation of analysts polled by FactSet. The institution besides accrued its quarterly dividend and announced Chairman Eugene Lee would retire.

Anheuser-Busch InBev — Shares gained astir 2% aft Deutsche Bank upgraded the brew elephantine to a bargain from a clasp rating, citing fading headwinds from the caller formation of customers amid its collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

NRG Energy — The banal gained 4.6% a time aft The Wall Street Journal reported that Elliott Investment Management, an activistic investor, wanted to region the CEO and different executives.

Tesla – Tesla shares traded level amid a choppy league aft Morgan Stanley downgraded the electric-vehicle elephantine to an adjacent value rating from overweight, citing valuation concerns.

Root — The car security banal soared much than 35% pursuing a Wednesday study from The Wall Street Journal that Embedded Insurance offered $19.34 per stock successful a takeover bid.

Sotera Health — Shares changeable up 18% aft the laboratory investigating institution said it settled a lawsuit implicit ethylene oxide successful Illinois.

Alcoa – The aluminum institution dropped 4% pursuing a downgrade to underweight from adjacent value by Morgan Stanley. The steadfast warned that Alcoa could miss estimates connected a cardinal nett measurement successful upcoming quarters.

Amazon — The e-commerce elephantine added 3.6% aft JPMorgan reiterated the stock arsenic overweight, noting the accidental for further maturation successful Amazon Prime. Loop besides reiterated its bargain standing and raised its terms people fixed what it sees arsenic an accidental for the banal to rally further.

Dow — The chemic institution shed 1% connected the backmost of a downgrade to underperform from neutral by Bank of America. The steadfast said betterment successful request was "elusive" and wounded prices.

Expedia, TripAdvisor — Expedia and TripAdvisor gained 1.5% and 3.2%, respectively, aft B. Riley initiated sum connected each banal arsenic buy. The steadfast said Expedia has an appealing risk-reward ratio, portion TripAdvisor could spot its margins expand.

Eli Lilly — Shares roseate 1.5% aft Bank of America reiterated the banal arsenic a buy, saying it was inactive the firm's favourite successful the biopharmaceutical space.

— CNBC's Samantha Subin, Michelle Fox and Jesse Pound contributed reporting