Shares of Eli Lilly & Co. LLY slipped 6.59% to $744.91 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.11% to 5,842.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.

Turning to 2025 guidance, Lilly noted that new medicines and new uses of existing medicines, expansion of production, and global expansion of sales of its diabetes and weight loss drugs should all add up to strong, 32% sales growth in the new year. The company forecasts 2025 sales of $58 billion to $61 billion.

Eli Lilly (LLY) reduced its fourth-quarter sales guidance by 5%, lowering expectations to $13.5 billion. This figure is $400 million below the low end of the company’s prior guidance and includes $3.5 billion from its type 2 diabetes drug Mounjaro and $1.