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 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 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 21, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Tech stocks rallied Tuesday as Super Micro Computer surged 20% on a $60B backlog and strong margins, lifting the AI hardware complex. TSMC's plan to raise chipmaking prices up to 10% in 2027 and Trump's 100% tariff on generic drug imports from 2028 add cost pressures, but accelerating AI infrastruct
Stock Market News — July 21, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Semiconductor stocks lead a broad market rebound Tuesday, with Nvidia's "Vera Rubin" AI chips entering full production and analyst upgrades lifting the entire chip sector. Airbus surges on ambitious 2029 earnings targets and a €5 billion buyback, while Coinbase jumps 12% on regulatory clarity and Ap
Stock Market News — July 20, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed lower Monday as Iran tensions and pre-earnings caution pressured all three major indexes, while a federal judge temporarily blocked Paramount Skydance's $110B Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, injecting major uncertainty into the year's biggest media deal. Gold reclaimed $4,000/
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 16, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Tech and semiconductor stocks plummeted Thursday as AI spending concerns intensified, with Alphabet losing $200B in market cap over Google's Gemini delays and Netflix disappointing with weak Q3 guidance. The selloff spread globally—Nikkei fell 5%+ to June lows—while SpaceX's failed Starship test and
Stock Market News — July 15, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 9 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed higher Wednesday on cooling inflation and Magnificent 7 strength, but South Korea's KOSPI plunged 7.2% as SK Hynix crashed 11.3%, signaling semiconductor contagion risk. PayPal surged 17% on a $53B Stripe-Advent bid, while TSMC's record profit expectations and Hyundai's full Bosto
