Stock Market News — July 27, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets rallied Monday as a U.S.-Iran hostilities pause sent oil prices tumbling 8%, boosting airlines and risk assets—but a bombshell report that China is manufacturing domestic DUV lithography machines triggered a brutal semiconductor selloff, with ASML, Lam Research, and AMD all down 5–8%+, signa
Stock Market News — July 24, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Nvidia and SK Group's $500B+ AI data center deal boosted sentiment, but tech stocks sold off on AI spending concerns ahead of earnings, while Tesla plunged 16% and trade tensions escalated between the US and EU. The Nasdaq closed lower despite the bullish AI infrastructure news, reflecting investor
Stock Market News — July 23, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 3 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street tumbles as Alphabet's first-ever free cash flow burn and Tesla's 33% EPS miss spark AI spending fears, sending the Nasdaq down 2.5%. Oil surging past $91 on geopolitical tensions compounds the selloff, though earnings winners like Blackstone and Thermo Fisher provide pockets of resilienc
Stock Market News — July 23, 2026 — Pre-Market — Last 9 Hours (Pacific Time)
Alphabet's first-ever cash burn and Tesla's 33% EPS miss spark a pre-market selloff, with Nasdaq 100 futures down over 1% as investors demand proof that AI spending translates to profits. Defense and industrial stocks provide offsets, with Lockheed Martin and United Rentals surging on strong earning
Stock Market News — July 22, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Alphabet's blowout Q2 results and raised AI capex forecast sparked a bullish rally across semiconductors and enterprise software, with AMD securing a landmark Anthropic deal and ServiceNow raising guidance again. Tesla's cash burn and IBM's revenue cut tempered gains, signaling a divergence between
Stock Market News — July 20, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
AMD surges 5% on a massive Microsoft AI infrastructure deal, while IREN jumps 16% after landing $2.8B in cloud contracts and Hut 8 signs a $9.8B data center lease—signaling relentless AI capital deployment despite geopolitical tensions from ongoing U.S. airstrikes on Iran keeping gains in check ahea
Stock Market News — July 17, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street's two-week winning streak ended Friday as a semiconductor rout—sparked by Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI designing a chip in 48 hours without proprietary tools—sent the SOX into bear market territory. Cadence and Synopsys plummeted over 9% each on existential EDA software concerns, while
Stock Market News — July 13, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets tumbled over 1.5% as Trump's Iran blockade spiked oil prices and reignited inflation fears, while Nvidia's halved Asia buyer list and SK Hynix's 5.4% plunge deepened semiconductor sector pain ahead of Tuesday's CPI report and Q2 earnings season.
Stock Market News — July 09, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Chip stocks surged Thursday as Micron pledged $250B in U.S. investment and SK Hynix's ADR debut drew overwhelming demand, while Meta's AI infrastructure expansion boosted semiconductor suppliers. The rally was tempered by AstraZeneca's 9% plunge after a late-stage trial failure and software stocks'
Stock Market News — July 08, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Trump's declaration that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is "over" triggered a broad global selloff, with the Dow down over 1% and European indices falling sharply (DAX -2.35%, CAC -2.18%). Meanwhile, Apple's $30B Broadcom deal and China's limited Nvidia H200 access provided isolated tech strength amid the
