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GPN −12.2%: one of its biggest daily moves this year. GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC moved 11.6 points less than its sector, on 2.5× its usual volume.

2026-11-12 · GPN

GPN −12.2%: one of its biggest daily moves this year

GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC moved 11.6 points less than its sector, on 2.5× its usual volume.

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Thursday, November 12, 2026. GPN −12.2%: one of its biggest daily moves this year. GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC moved 11.6 points less than its sector, on 2.5× its usual volume.

What the data shows for Global Payments (GPN): GPN −12.2% today. Its sector fund (XLF) −0.6% today. S&P 500 (SPY) −0.4% today.

Worked out from that data: 11.6 points less than its sector. Volume 2.5× its 20-day average. Bigger than 99% of its daily moves over the past 250 trading days. After the 12 most similar GPN days since Nov 24, 2021, the stock was higher 5 days later 5 of 12 times (History, not a forecast).

Possible contributors. These line up in time with the move; they are not confirmed causes: News: “GPN Stock On Track For Its Worst Day In About 19 Months As Private Equity Firms Reportedly Abandon Takeover Talks” (Published around the move. Timing only, not a confirmed cause). News: “Global Payments falls 9% as CD&R, GTCR abandon takeover talks” (Published around the move. Timing only, not a confirmed cause).

About the company: Global Payments trades as GPN and is part of the S&P 500, in the Financials sector (Transaction & Payment Processing Services), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2000.

This is one of CookieStocks’ daily stock stories about unusually large one-day price moves in S&P 500 stocks, measured against each stock’s own history, its sector and its usual volume. Stories are found automatically each trading day from market data and SEC filings, and every claim is labelled as observed, calculated or a possible contributor. Statistics only, not investment advice.

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Every claim on the graphic, labelled: observed (straight from the data), calculated (worked out from it), or possible contributor (lines up in time, not a confirmed cause).

  • OBSERVED
    GPN −12.2% todayNov 12, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
  • OBSERVED
    Its sector fund (XLF) −0.6% todayNov 12, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
  • CALCULATED
    11.6 points less than its sectorHow: stock return − sector fund return · Nov 12, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
  • OBSERVED
    S&P 500 (SPY) −0.4% todayNov 12, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
  • CALCULATED
    Volume 2.5× its 20-day averageHow: today’s volume ÷ average of the last 20 days · Nov 12, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
  • CALCULATED
    Bigger than 99% of its daily moves over the past 250 trading daysHow: share of past daily moves smaller in size · Nov 12, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
  • POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTOR
    News: “GPN Stock On Track For Its Worst Day In About 19 Months As Private Equity Firms Reportedly Abandon Takeover Talks”Published around the move. Timing only, not a confirmed cause. · Nov 12, 2026, 2:18 PM ET
  • POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTOR
    News: “Global Payments falls 9% as CD&R, GTCR abandon takeover talks”Published around the move. Timing only, not a confirmed cause. · Nov 12, 2026, 12:42 PM ET
  • CALCULATED
    After the 12 most similar GPN days since Nov 24, 2021, the stock was higher 5 days later 5 of 12 timesHistory, not a forecast. · How: same-company days with a move of similar size and direction

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Statistics only, not investment advice. Past moves don’t predict future ones. Data as of Nov 12, 2026, 4:05 PM ET.