-- Stocks in focus in premarket trade on Thursday, June 1st. Please refresh for updates.

• Nordstrom (NYSE:) stock rose 3.5% after the department store operator better-than-expected sales for the April quarter, confirming its outlook for fiscal 2023.

• Macy’s (NYSE:) stock fell 10% after the high-end department store chain missed quarterly expectations and cut its full-year outlook, as consumers limit non-essential spending due to persistently high inflation.

• Dollar General (NYSE:) stock fell 9.4% after the discount store chain cut its full-year same-store sales forecast as inflation-hit customers tightened spending.

• Salesforce (NYSE:) stock fell 6.6% after the cloud-based software company posted an 11% rise in quarterly , its slowest pace of growth in 13 years, as companies dialed back spending.

• (NYSE:) stock fell 1.6% after JPMorgan downgraded its stance on the big box department store chain to ‘neutral’ from ‘overweight’, citing future margin concerns.

• CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:) stock fell 10% after the cybersecurity company reported slowing growth, with the 42% year-over-year revenue increase below the 61% growth seen a year ago.

• Okta (NASDAQ:) stock fell 19% after CEO Todd McKinnon predicted tough times ahead for the identity software company even after it recorded stellar first-quarter .