Stock Market News — July 10, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed higher Friday as the S&P 500 approached record highs, buoyed by SK Hynix's historic 13% Nasdaq debut—the largest foreign IPO ever—which reignited AI chip enthusiasm and lifted NVIDIA 3.5%. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions pushed oil prices higher, Apple sued OpenAI over trade secr
Stock Market News — July 01, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Semiconductor stocks plunged 6% as OpenAI's efficiency gains and Meta's cloud infrastructure plans threatened chip demand, though Meta surged 9% on its monetization strategy. Strong IPO debuts from ITG and Lime, plus robust M&A activity including Kroger's $1.65B Giant Eagle acquisition, signaled res
Stock Market News — June 25, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Apple's price hikes triggered an 8% KOSPI plunge in South Korea, while a reported OpenAI IPO delay to 2027 hammered SoftBank 13% and extended Nasdaq losses. However, Micron's stellar earnings and Samsung's $648B decade-long AI investment plan signal underlying strength in semiconductor infrastructur
Stock Market News — June 24, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Micron Technology's record quarter sparked a $400+ billion chip stock rally, with SK Hynix surging 9% and KOSPI briefly halting after a 5%+ spike, while Anthropic accused Alibaba of "industrial-scale" AI model scraping, adding geopolitical tension to the semiconductor-driven market surge.
Stock Market News — June 17, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Semiconductor stocks led a broad market rally as Intel's 18A-P process entered risk production, lifting ASML to a 52-week high and Applied Materials nearly 9%, while a reported U.S.-Iran peace deal and biotech wins offset BMW's 7% profit warning plunge ahead of today's Fed decision.
Stock Market News — June 16, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
SpaceX surges past Microsoft and Amazon with a $3 trillion valuation and record options volume, while acquiring Cursor AI for $60 billion to boost its competitive edge. The Dow hits a record high as investors digest Iran peace deal relief, though the Nasdaq faces positioning risks amid mixed sentime
Stock Market News — June 15, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
US-Iran peace deal sends Dow to record highs and Nasdaq to best day since March, while Nvidia's blockbuster $25B bond offering and SpaceX's $3 trillion valuation surge underscore booming AI investment momentum amid geopolitical optimism.
Stock Market News — June 15, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
U.S.-Iran peace deal sparks broad rally with S&P 500 surging and Nasdaq jumping 3%, while SpaceX's record $85.7B IPO values the company at $2.1 trillion and makes Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. AMD hits all-time highs on its MEXT acquisition, and Nvidia announces a $20B bond sale as AI an
Stock Market News — June 14, 2026 — Weekend Recap & US Pre-Market — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
U.S.-Iran peace deal sends Asian markets and Wall Street futures soaring while crushing oil prices; SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, reshaping mega-cap benchmarks and reigniting institutional appetite for mega IPOs.
Stock Market News — June 12, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
SpaceX's historic Nasdaq debut surged ~19% to push the company past $2 trillion valuation, making Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. Broader markets rallied on U.S.-Iran peace deal optimism that lowered oil prices, while the DOJ cleared Paramount-Skydance's $110B Warner Bros. merger and Roku
