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29
Jul

Stock Market News — July 29, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Markets face a perfect storm today: the Fed rate decision looms at 2 PM EDT, oil has spiked 6% on Middle East tensions, and chip stocks are reeling from SK Hynix's disappointing quarter. Tonight's mega-cap earnings from Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Apple could define the rest of 2026.
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28
Jul

Stock Market News — July 28, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Dow and S&P 500 rose Tuesday despite a brutal AI-driven tech selloff sparked by SK Hynix's record profit miss and Iran tensions, while strong earnings from Ford and Visa provided support. The Fed rate decision and mega-cap earnings from Meta and Amazon Wednesday make the next 24 hours one of 2026's
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28
Jul

Stock Market News — July 28, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Semiconductor stocks plummeted globally as China launched homegrown DUV chipmaking tools and AI financing concerns mounted, sending South Korea's KOSPI down 10% and triggering a chip rout. Apple hit $5 trillion market cap while strong earnings from Coca-Cola, Boeing, and UPS helped Wall Street parti
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27
Jul

Stock Market News — July 27, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

China's reported DUV lithography breakthrough triggered a brutal semiconductor selloff, with ASML, Lam Research, and Applied Materials plunging 5–8% and South Korea's KOSPI crashing over 9%. Meanwhile, Nvidia's $5B bet on Ilya Sutskever's AI startup and Cadence's raised guidance offered rare bright
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27
Jul

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
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24
Jul

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
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24
Jul

Stock Market News — July 24, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Memory chip stocks cratered across Asia and the U.S.—SK Hynix fell 7.1%, Micron dropped 5.8%, and SanDisk slid 8.6%—as AI spending concerns and U.S. tariffs triggered a brutal semiconductor rout, while SAP's strong earnings lifted European markets and Intel surged 6% on its best quarterly beat in ye
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23
Jul

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
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23
Jul

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
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22
Jul

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
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