Stock Market News — April 29, 2026 — Morning Update (Last 12 Hours PT)
Stocks dip as Fed decision and Big Tech earnings loom. NXP surges 17%. Starbucks +5% on turnaround. Visa beats, raises forecast. Kone confirms $34B TK Elevator deal. Yen breaks 160. Goldman lifts inflation forecast. Robinhood -11%. KalVista +39% on $1.9B buyout. Pershing Square IPO stumbles.
Stock Market News — April 28, 2026 — Evening Update (Last 12 Hours PT)
OpenAI growth fears trigger AI selloff; S&P, Nasdaq slide. Starbucks raises outlook, +5% AH. Visa beats on strong spending. Seagate surges on AI storage demand. Ackman raises $5B IPO. Kone nears $34B TK Elevator deal. US tightens China chip curbs. Fed decision looms Wednesday.
Stock Market News — April 28, 2026 — Last 12 Hours PT (morning update)
Nasdaq slides >1% as OpenAI growth concerns trigger AI selloff. Hormuz transits at 3% of normal. Coca-Cola surges on raised guidance. Dimon warns of worse credit downturn. Citi lifts AI market view to $4T. Earnings flood continues.
Stock Market News — April 27, 2026 — Last 12 Hours PT (Morning update)
OpenAI breaks Microsoft exclusivity, free to deal with Amazon and Google. Qualcomm surges 13% on OpenAI chip tie-up. Shell acquires ARC Resources for $16.4B. Ackman's Pershing Square IPO oversubscribed at $5B. Bridgewater warns AI is existential threat to software.
Stock Market News — April 26, 2026 — Last 12 Hours PT (Evening Update)
Nikkei and KOSPI hit record highs as Intel's CPU rally extends into Asia. Sun Pharma confirms $11.8B Organon acquisition. Oil jumps on stalled US-Iran talks. US State Dept warns globally about DeepSeek AI thefts. Taiwan court jails execs in TSMC trade secrets case.
Stock Market News — April 24, 2026 — Last 12 Hours PT
Google plans up to $40B Anthropic investment. S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs. Intel's AI CPU boom lifts AMD +12%, Arm +8%. Meta taps AWS Graviton for AI agents. DeepSeek drops V4. China curbs US tech investment. European shares post first weekly loss on Iran fears.
Stock Market News — April 22, 2026 — Evening Update (Last 12 Hours PT)
S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs on ceasefire relief and earnings. Tesla beats, raises capex to $25B+ for AI and robotics. Intel lands Tesla as first 14A customer. IBM disappoints. ServiceNow crashes on Middle East delays. SoftBank seeks $10B loan against OpenAI shares.
Stock Market News — April 20, 2026 — Evening Update (Last 12 Hours PT)
Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO; John Ternus takes the helm. Anthropic commits $100B+ to Amazon cloud. SpaceX preps IPO with 3-day analyst meeting. Alaska Air pulls forecast on fuel surge. KOSPI hits record on AI chip rally. Strategy buys $2.54B in Bitcoin.