US Rail, Steel, and Tech Stocks Gain in Pre-market Trading

Key Facts

1The Surface Transportation Board denied requests to dismiss the revised merger application between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.

2Steel Dynamics expects third-quarter earnings to be between $5.34 and $5.38 per diluted share.

3Copart stock rose 0.54% pre-market following Q4 results and the acquisition deal for ACV Auctions.

The Surface Transportation Board denied requests to dismiss the revised merger application between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, according to Ad Hoc News. In the industrial sector, Steel Dynamics announced it expects third-quarter earnings to range between $5.34 and $5.38 per diluted share. Additionally, Copart stock rose 0.54% in pre-market trading following the release of its fourth-quarter results and the acquisition of ACV Auctions.

UNP closed at $272.13 and NSC closed at $309.00 on September 30, 2026, ahead of the regulatory updates regarding their merger. Meanwhile, STLD closed at $221.61 on the same date, while CPRT and ACVA ended the September 30 session at $27.28 and $10.43 respectively.