Stock Market News — July 30, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Microsoft surged 16% on strong Azure growth, while Amazon jumped nearly 7% after-hours on its best cloud sales in four years, fueling AI infrastructure momentum. However, Apple slid 4.5% on supply chain concerns, and gaming and crypto stocks tumbled double digits post-earnings, creating a sharp spli
Stock Market News — July 30, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Microsoft's blowout earnings lifted the Nasdaq 2.5% and reignited the AI trade, but Meta's heavy AI spending concerns and a forced liquidation by Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund created sharp volatility across tech stocks. Micron surged 12.3% while Meta tumbled 10%, highlighting the market's conf
Stock Market News — July 29, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Fed dissent over rate hikes sent the Dow tumbling 2.18% Wednesday, while Microsoft soared ~9% on cloud strength but Meta crashed ~8.6% on earnings miss, leaving markets torn between AI optimism and macro headwinds.
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.
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
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
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
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 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
