Wall Street is aiming for gains after two straight days of losses. All three major averages (^GPSC, ^DJI, ^IXIC) were slightly higher as investors analyzed last night’s first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. But oil prices fell (CL=F) after Reuters reported that divisions between Saudi Arabia and Iran remain wide — dashing hopes of a potential production deal.

Deconstructing the debate

Trump went on the attack early in the debate, ripping Clinton for supporting trade deals he says have cost America jobs. Clinton went after Trump on his failure to release tax returns and his degrading statements about women. How will investors vote in the month ahead?

Musk on Mars

SpaceX founder Elon Musk today delivers a speech in Mexico about his vision of colonizing Mars, long an ambition of the entrepreneur. He’s expected to lay out plans involving collaboration between governments and businesses. Do his plans make sense?

Buying a stake in Dick Clark Productions

There are reports that the Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Dick Clark Productions. The Wall Street Journal says the deal would value the Hollywood production company at about $1 billion. What’s driving deals like this?

Stocks to watch

Deutsche Bank’s (DB) US-listed shares touched a new low in early trading before bouncing back. Investors remain concerned that the German lender may need to raise more capital to pay a $14 billion fine in its legal battle with the US Justice Department over its dealings of toxic mortgage securities before the financial crisis.

Twitter (TWTR) remains on investors’ watch list as takeover chatter for the social media firm grows louder. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Walt Disney (DIS) was working with a financial adviser to evaluate a possible bid for Twitter. Disney is not the only company on the potential suitor list: Salesforce.com (CRM), Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) have also reportedly showed interest.

SeaWord (SEAS) said it will spend $175 million on new projects next year, including major new rides at three of its theme parks, a virtual reality experience in Orlando and a new orca presentation in San Diego. SeaWorld stock has fallen more than 31% so far this year as public scrutiny over its treatment of orcas has taken a toll on attendance in recent years.

Nike (NKE) is set to report first-quarter results after the close today. Analysts are looking for the sneaker giant to earn $0.56 a share on revenue of about $8.9 billion.

Kite Pharma (KITE) shares were flying high in early trading after a mid-stage study of its new cancer drug showed positive results for patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma.