Stock Market News — July 15, 2026 — After Hours — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed higher Wednesday on cooler inflation data and strong earnings, but a $53 billion Stripe-Advent bid for PayPal (sending PYPL up 15%) and a brutal AI hardware selloff led by Dell's 14% plunge dominated trading. Anthropic's formal IPO push and DeepSeek's $74B fundraising round unders
Stock Market News — July 14, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Stripe and Advent International's $53 billion offer to acquire PayPal reshapes the payments landscape, while cooler CPI data and strong Goldman Sachs earnings lift equities—though IBM's AI warning and Lucid's near-collapse keep gains measured.
Stock Market News — July 08, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets closed mixed Wednesday as Trump declared the U.S.-Iran deal "over," triggering military strikes and a broad selloff that hit European stocks hardest. Tech provided some cushion with Nvidia rallying 3.8% and SK Hynix's $28B ADR drawing massive institutional demand, but geopolitical uncertaint
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 — July 01, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Meta's stock surged 10% after announcing plans to sell excess AI compute capacity, rattling chip stocks and cloud infrastructure providers like CoreWeave and Nebius. Meanwhile, the Dow hit a new intraday record as OpenAI efficiency gains and a wave of mega-deals and IPOs drove mixed but broadly opti
Stock Market News — June 30, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Semiconductor stocks surge to record market share as the Philadelphia chip index posts its best first-half performance since the dotcom era, up ~94%, while NVIDIA and AMD recover on bullish outlooks. A landmark Visa/Mastercard stablecoin launch reshapes crypto payments, though BMW's profit margin co
Stock Market News — June 08, 2026 — Morning Update (Pacific Time)
U.S. stocks rebounded Monday as Iran paused strikes on Israel, lifting sentiment across tech and defense. Intel surged ~12% on reports Google and Nvidia are considering it as a backup chip manufacturer, while Marvell jumped ~9% following S&P 500 inclusion, signaling a powerful semiconductor rotation
Stock Market News — May 26, 2026 — Evening Update (last 12 hours), Pacific Time
S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs as Micron joins the $1 trillion club, while Goldman Sachs raises its year-end target to 8,000. AI semiconductor momentum spreads globally with SK Hynix crossing $1 trillion and Japan's Nikkei hitting fresh records, though U.S.-Iran tensions and chip export control
Stock Market News — Evening Update (last 12 hours, Pacific Time) - May 18, 2026
Markets closed mixed Monday as Iran conflict fears, surging Treasury yields hitting 14-month highs, and a tech selloff pressured sentiment. NextEra Energy's $66.8 billion bid for Dominion Energy dominated headlines, creating the largest U.S. power company amid AI-driven electricity demand, while Goo
Stock Market News — Morning Update (last 12 hours) - May 15, 2026
Global markets plunged Friday as Treasury yields hit year-long highs amid Iran inflation fears and a steep bond selloff, while the Trump-Xi summit disappointed without a major trade breakthrough. Chip stocks tumbled with Korea's KOSPI sinking 6%, though Boeing surged on a landmark 200-jet China orde
