Today: 3 July 2026
Dow up but AI-chip slide hits Nasdaq after jobs report
3 July 2026

US stock futures set for gains ahead of July 4; chip selloff masks broader move

U.S. stock investors go into the long weekend without the usual premarket session, as exchanges stay closed for Independence Day observed. The last read on futures had buyers stepping in after a weaker jobs report eased worries about a Fed rate hike soon. U.S. stock and bond markets are shut Friday and regular trading starts back up Monday, July 6. The Dow finished at a record, but the bigger story was the split between index price and market breadth. On Thursday, the S&P 500 closed little changed, but over two-thirds of its stocks traded higher. The Nasdaq slipped as traders reduced chip bets. That leaves Monday looking less like a typical risk-on move and more like a check on whether
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Ondas Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) heads into shortened week after 315 million shares trade

Ondas Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) heads into shortened week after 315 million shares trade

3 July 2026
Ondas Inc. heads into the U.S. holiday break after a busy session that finished lower. Thursday’s $7.41 close stands as the last regular-session price before Nasdaq shuts down July 3 for Independence Day observed and trading resumes next week. The key stat isn’t just Thursday’s 6.44% drop. It’s the churn: Ondas saw 315.5 million shares traded from Monday to Thursday, about 60% of its 523.16 million shares outstanding, according to Google Finance. That kind of turnover doesn’t mean every share changed hands, but it does show a lot moved as the stock stalled under $8.50.
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Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) slips, AI data-center premium narrows ahead of holiday

Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) slips, AI data-center premium narrows ahead of holiday

Marvell Technology, Inc. dropped 10.8% to $242.78 on Thursday afternoon, leading losses among chip stocks. Broadcom Inc., NVIDIA Corp. and the broader market also slipped as traders sold semiconductors ahead of the long U.S. market holiday. Valuation is more clear cut. Marvell posted $1.83 billion in data-center revenue for the first quarter, making up 76% of total sales. With 874.8 million shares outstanding, according to Google Finance, that puts the equity market paying roughly 29 times Marvell’s current annualized data-center run rate. At the 52-week peak, the multiple was about 39.
2 July 2026
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Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) wipes out $1.6B in value intraday after Taiwan letter fizzles

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) wipes out $1.6B in value intraday after Taiwan letter fizzles

Super Micro Computer, Inc. gave up early gains Thursday. The stock’s initial rise faded as a relief rally tied to the Taiwan probe reversed, wiping out about $1.61 billion intraday before the final hour on the Nasdaq. The AI server stock slipped 2.8% to $26.87 as of the latest quote before the dateline. It had earlier hit $29.20, or 5.6% above Wednesday’s close, but then gave up those gains and dropped below the previous close. Shares finished the stretch 8.0% off the day’s high.
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Netflix stock jumps as ad revenue and live sports test loom before Q2 results

Netflix stock jumps as ad revenue and live sports test loom before Q2 results

Netflix, Inc. rose more than 5% on Thursday, a rare green patch in a weak tech tape, as traders bought the streaming stock two weeks before earnings and ahead of a July live-sports test that may matter more for ads than for pure viewing time. The stock traded at $78.24, up $4.05, or about 5.5%, with volume above 35 million shares. It had opened at $75.13 and touched $78.425, while Invesco QQQ Trust fell about 2.0% and VanEck Semiconductor ETF dropped about 5.4%.
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Keel Infrastructure shares fall, nearly wiping out June note sale amount

Keel Infrastructure shares fall, nearly wiping out June note sale amount

Keel Infrastructure Corp. slid hard Thursday, giving back nearly as much market cap as it raised in a June convertible note sale. The drop came three days after its addition to the Russell 3000. Shares changed hands at $4.64 at 12:36 p.m. EDT, down 13.66%, after dropping to an intraday low of $4.57. Google Finance listed 603.83 million shares outstanding, which means the market cap dropped by around $447 million from the last close. Keel wrapped up a $458 million convertible senior note deal on June 9, with about $445.4 million in net proceeds before costs tied to the offering and capped calls.
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TELUS (TSE:T) slide gives new CEO a tougher dividend challenge

TELUS (TSE:T) slide gives new CEO a tougher dividend challenge

TELUS Corporation dropped in Toronto on Thursday, the first day of trading since Victor Dodig became CEO. The yield on the stock sits well above that of other big Canadian telecoms, but TELUS is still working to cut its leverage, leaving investors with a new issue to figure out. The Toronto Stock Exchange was shut Wednesday for Canada Day, with trading back to normal on Thursday. TELUS started at CA$15.00, moved up to CA$15.25 before dropping to CA$14.71—the same 52-week low shown on Google Finance. S&P/TSX Composite Index traded higher late morning.
2 July 2026
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BlackBerry (TSX:BB) gains put focus on buyback math and valuation after QNX update

BlackBerry (NYSE:BB; TSE:BB) rally pauses as note conversion faces test

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2 July 2026
BlackBerry Limited shares dropped sharply Thursday, but the daily move wasn’t the whole story. The recent rally has brought the company’s convertible notes into focus as investors rethink the valuation for its QNX embedded systems business. BlackBerry’s U.S. shares were at $11.68 as of 11:54 a.m. EDT, off $1.13 from the previous close. The stock opened at $12.75 and touched $13.00 earlier in the session. Trading volume reached 28.4 million shares. That’s under the 43.7 million average from Google Finance, but still kept BlackBerry active ahead of the U.S. holiday break.
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares up, leaving little margin for error on AI upgrade story

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares up, leaving little margin for error on AI upgrade story

Apple Inc. jumped 3.9% to $305.81 at about 10:50 a.m. in New York, tacking on around $168 billion in market value. That move cut against the broader tape: Invesco QQQ Trust slipped 0.8%, while SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust traded up 0.2%. The focus is on the gap here—Apple is being pushed back toward its June highs even as fresh survey data raises doubts about whether AI features are making iPhone owners upgrade any faster. UBS analyst David Vogt wrote Thursday that roughly 24% of survey respondents now say they would upgrade sooner due to Apple Intelligence, a drop of 500 basis points from the last six months. At the same time, about 31% reported the new features have no
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Strategy to sell bitcoin gives room as MSTR buyback lags new shares

Strategy stock gains still trail $19 billion bitcoin pile as buyback calculus moves

Strategy Inc traded at $99.17 in premarket Thursday, gaining 6.2% from its $93.39 close Wednesday. The bitcoin treasury firm moved to allow BTC sales and to buy back common and preferred shares. U.S. cash markets hadn't started when dateline hit. Nasdaq's main session is 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, with premarket from 4 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET. The exchange shuts Friday, July 3, for Independence Day observed.
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Nokia (HEL:NOKIA) shares drop as FMR cuts stake below 5% ahead of Q2

Nokia (HEL:NOKIA) shares drop as FMR cuts stake below 5% ahead of Q2

Nokia Oyj dropped in Thursday’s midday trading in Helsinki, heading lower even as the overall market stayed firm, after new filings revealed FMR LLC’s stake slipped under the 5% voting-rights threshold. The move comes with three weeks to go before Nokia’s Q2 report. Nasdaq says Helsinki stocks trade 10:00–18:30 local time. As of 15:02 EEST, Google Finance had Nokia at 11.14 euros, down 2.15%. The gap is notable since Nokia dropped about 2% on Thursday even as the local market was higher. Trading Economics had the Helsinki index up 0.19% and the Helsinki 25 up 0.41% on July 2.
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EchoStar Dish bankruptcy raises questions on $3.6 billion wireless claim shortfall

EchoStar Dish bankruptcy raises questions on $3.6 billion wireless claim shortfall

EchoStar’s looming bankruptcy issue goes beyond the $2 billion note coming due. The market focus is now on the $2.4 billion FCC trust compared to over $6 billion in 5G shutdown claims that are being disputed. Numbers from the court filings suggest a gap of more than $3.6 billion, topping 12% of EchoStar’s current market cap. Dish DBS and units filed for a prepackaged bankruptcy on June 30. Over 88% of secured and unsecured noteholders, who also hold more than $8.8 billion in Dish Wireless debt, agreed to the restructuring plan, according to the company. Dish DBS said it needed to file because the AT&T deal hadn't closed, so it didn't have the liquidity to pay the July 1 notes
2 July 2026
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Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) faces holiday with short interest, volume spike and resale shares

Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) faces holiday with short interest, volume spike and resale shares

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2 July 2026
Ondas Inc. is showing up as another crowded short-interest play early Thursday, alongside its reputation as a defense-drone stock. Shares dropped 3.88% Wednesday, ending at $7.92, after ranging from $7.85 to $8.44. The stock was last at $7.96 in premarket trade, up 0.51% at 5:55 a.m. EDT, ahead of the regular Nasdaq open. Nasdaq lists normal hours as 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern, with U.S. markets set to close on Friday, July 3, for the Independence Day holiday. Volume hit 88.57 million shares on Wednesday, or 131% of the 65-day average, and that’s about 53% of reported short interest. MarketWatch put short interest at 167.52 million shares as of June 15, or 32.70% of the float. This is the
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CrowdStrike split moves option-lot to $19,300 with stock holding close to highs

CrowdStrike split moves option-lot to $19,300 with stock holding close to highs

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2 July 2026
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. starts its first day after the 4-for-1 stock split with a lower per-share number for retail and options trades, but the valuation is unchanged. Shares climbed 1.26% Wednesday to $772.74, extending their winning streak to five sessions. The close left CrowdStrike 1.64% under its 52-week high of $785.66. On a split-adjusted basis, that puts the price at $193.19 ahead of the regular session open. At the time of the dateline, markets were still in the pre-open phase. The Nasdaq’s regular trading hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern, with premarket open from 4:00 a.m. Nasdaq will be closed July 3 for Independence Day observed. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 0.24% as of 5:00 a.m. ET, according to
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Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) slides as neocloud contract bump gets tested

Nebius falls after Nasdaq-100 inclusion puts Meta exposure in focus, high shorts in play

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2 July 2026
Nebius Group N.V. traded lower ahead of the U.S. session Thursday, quoted 0.40% down to $228.27. The stock had dropped 17.01% to $229.18 on Wednesday. Trading volume hit 30.68 million shares that day, or 174% of the 65-day average, with shares moving between $228.17 and $246.49. The dollar loss from the selloff was bigger than the percentage figure shows. A $46.99 fall on 253.9 million outstanding shares as of March 31 works out to about $11.9 billion off Nebius’s equity value. Nebius’s market cap was $57.67 billion after Wednesday’s close, MarketWatch data shows.
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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock tests $200 as chip selloff shifts to AI capacity risk

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock tests $200 as chip selloff shifts to AI capacity risk

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2 July 2026
NVIDIA Corporation is starting Thursday with a cleaner test than most chip stocks: the stock is below $200, but it did not fall like the rest of the semiconductor tape. Nvidia closed Wednesday at $197.58, down $2.51, or 1.25%, after touching $193.45. It was quoted at $195.50 at 4:07 a.m. EDT in premarket trade. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ended Wednesday down 6.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.66% and the S&P 500 fell 0.22%. Meta Platforms rose 8.8% after a report that it is building a cloud business to sell excess AI computing capacity.
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BlackBerry (NYSE:BB; TSE:BB) surge highlights $200 million convertible-note deal

BlackBerry (NYSE:BB; TSE:BB) surge highlights $200 million convertible-note deal

BlackBerry Limited heads into next week with its U.S. shares still well above the trigger for a $200 million convertible-note deal, an investor focus that stands out in the usual chatter on the stock. U.S. markets were closed Friday for Independence Day observance, while in Toronto the S&P/TSX composite added 1.0% to 35,333.96 as of 10:23 a.m. ET. U.S.-listed shares changed hands Thursday at $11.51, down 10.2%. The stock swung from $11.21 to $13.00. Over on the TSX, Google Finance showed a Friday trading range of C$15.91 to C$16.34 and 956,880 shares moved.
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03 Jul
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) trades near 7% yield as pharma stocks stay soft, options imply calm

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) trades near 7% yield as pharma stocks stay soft, options imply calm

Pfizer Inc. heads into the long U.S. holiday weekend trailing the broad Big Pharma bounce this week. Shares added 1.84% to close at $24.32 on Thursday. The S&P 500 Index held nearly flat at 7,483.24, while the Dow climbed 1.14% to 52,900.07. NYSE trading is shut Friday with July 3 on the exchange’s holiday calendar as the 2026 Independence Day observed. Pfizer traded on heavier volume last week, with 53.14 million shares changing hands, or 134% of its 65-day average. Shares are still off 6.61% for the month and down 14.12% over three months. The stock is hovering near the bottom of its 52-week range of $23.11 to $28.75.
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03 Jul
Trump crypto gains reach level of new federal child seed fund

Trump crypto gains reach level of new federal child seed fund

President Donald Trump’s reported crypto income now ties in with a new taxpayer-backed equity plan. His crypto total for 2025, more than $1.4 billion, about matches the government’s starter fund for 1.4 million eligible Trump Accounts. The Office of Government Ethics posted Trump’s certified annual disclosure June 30. Reuters reported the filing lists over $1.4 billion from crypto, with nearly $800 million from World Liberty Financial and $635 million from Trump meme coin sales. The comparison is notable because the same week saw two Trump-branded flows. One is private crypto income linked to an industry his administration has supported. The other is a government account program backed by Treasury, set for launch Saturday, with default exposure to stocks and an
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03 Jul
Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU) buyback seen as limited against $2.8B in shares traded during holiday week

Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU) buyback seen as limited against $2.8B in shares traded during holiday week

Nu Holdings Ltd. comes into Monday trading with the board-approved $1 billion buyback in focus, as investors weigh if the move means much while daily turnover easily tops that figure over a handful of sessions. The New York Stock Exchange’s website shows July 3 as the observed holiday for Independence Day in 2026, so Thursday’s close is the last U.S. print for NU before markets reopen after the break next week. Nu finished Thursday up 1.64% at $13.61, trading about 55.85 million shares. The company’s market cap was roughly $65.1 billion.
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03 Jul
Dow sets new record close as Apple and Amgen help blue chips, AI stocks lag

Dow hits record, chips drop 11% as short week focuses on jobs

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average heads into the July 4 break at a record, but action below the surface is not as solid as the close looks. The NYSE counted Friday, July 3, as the holiday, so last cash trading was Thursday. The Dow closed at 52,900.07 after hitting 52,903.85—its 52-week high—according to MarketWatch data. The S&P 500 was flat. The Nasdaq Composite slipped while the Dow climbed almost 600 points.
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03 Jul
Nasdaq under pressure with chip names lower; futures drift before jobs data

Dow hits another high but chip names slip as markets eye Fed minutes

U.S. stock markets did not hold regular trading hours Friday since the July 4 holiday was observed early this year, with Independence Day landing on Saturday. That made Thursday’s close the final full price for U.S. stocks ahead of the long weekend. On normal days, NYSE’s core session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern, with Nasdaq following the same hours. The odd thing this week wasn’t market softness. It was about where the selling showed up. On Thursday, NYSE advancers led decliners 1.42 to 1, but on the Nasdaq, decliners edged out advancers 1.05 to 1. The S&P 500 finished up by just one-hundredth of a point. That’s important for investors since the index’s steady look actually masked
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03 Jul
Keel Infrastructure drop brings June convert terms back ahead of Nasdaq open

Keel Infrastructure drop brings June convert terms back ahead of Nasdaq open

Keel Infrastructure Corp heads into the U.S. holiday with its shares on Nasdaq trading lower than the convertible note pricing from last month, under the original conversion level, and well below the capped-call upper limit. Nasdaq says July 3 is Independence Day observed, so U.S. markets are closed. Trading starts again Monday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern. Keel ended its last U.S. session Thursday at $4.59, off 79 cents, or 14.68%, on volume of 49.9 million shares.
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SpaceX stock gets hit as Nasdaq-100 weight triggers short bets

SpaceX stock gets hit as Nasdaq-100 weight triggers short bets

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. heads into the long U.S. weekend with a flow trade in focus. Index funds are still looking to buy shares, but shorts have piled into the part of the stock that's available to trade. That setup could draw more attention than the latest analyst note. Nasdaq’s calendar shows U.S. equity and options markets will be closed Friday for Independence Day observed, with Thursday’s session the last regular close before the week ahead. SpaceX finished Thursday at $162.00, up 2.83%. Volume reached 61.3 million shares.
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03 Jul
Palantir surges, adding $23 billion as Nvidia AI tie-up pushes valuation

Palantir stock takes holiday break with $117 billion AI control-layer bet hanging

U.S. stock markets were closed Friday for the Independence Day observed holiday, so Palantir Technologies Inc. only had a four-day trading week. That ended a rough June, with the stock starting July on a firmer note. The New York Stock Exchange will also observe Independence Day on Friday, July 3 in 2026, while regular trading runs 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET otherwise. Palantir didn’t just come back; it outperformed. Shares finished at $129.30 on Thursday, up 2.84% for the session, while SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust fell $0.85 and Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 dropped $12.33 in the final U.S. trade before the holiday.
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03 Jul
SL Science Holding (NASDAQ:SLBT) jumps, trades at 1,500x ’25 sales after Nasdaq debut

SL Science Holding (NASDAQ:SLBT) jumps, trades at 1,500x ’25 sales after Nasdaq debut

SL Science Holding Limited closed the U.S. holiday-shortened week on a strong move, but with a $3.36 billion market cap and just $2.20 million expected 2025 revenue, valuation remains a sticking point. Nasdaq is closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday after listing July 3, 2026, as a closure on its holiday schedule. The last regular session saw the stock close at $5.99, a jump of $1.54, or 34.61%. The shares moved between $4.30 and $6.25, with 1.22 million traded. Google Finance had it at $5.76 after hours, off 3.84%.
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03 Jul
Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) shares pop as O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) bid tests value

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) shares pop as O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) bid tests value

NYSE markets are closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday. Thursday's session was the last trading day this week for Genuine Parts Company, which finished at $132.57, gaining 12.9% for the day. The stock is up about 14.3% from a June 26 close of $116.02. The question for investors now isn't only if O’Reilly Automotive will pick up GPC’s auto-parts arm. The market is also starting to focus on the value of what’s left—Motion, GPC’s industrial parts division. Bloomberg reported the auto unit could fetch $10 billion or more, Reuters said, and noted GPC might still hold onto the business, go for a spinoff, or wait for another offer. GPC had no comment, according to Reuters.
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03 Jul
Pembina up after AI power project seen as better bet than pipeline

Pembina up after AI power project seen as better bet than pipeline

Pembina Pipeline Corporation climbed Friday after the company locked in a deal to build a gas-fired power plant driven by data-center demand and announced a conditional commitment to invest in a planned crude pipeline to the West Coast. The stock was up 1.6% at C$66.89, after closing at C$65.82. Shares stayed under the 52-week high of C$69.42 but held above the 52-week low of C$48.74. That outpaced the S&P/TSX Composite, which opened 0.3% higher.
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03 Jul
Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) sheds $202 billion in market cap in two-day chip selloff before holiday

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) sheds $202 billion in market cap in two-day chip selloff before holiday

U.S. stock markets closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday, leaving Micron Technology with a two-session slide going into the break. The company’s shares dropped from $1,154.29 on Tuesday to $975.56 at Thursday’s close, down 15.5%. That move wiped out roughly $202 billion in market cap, based on MarketWatch’s figure of 1.13 billion shares. The loss is the trade here. It’s about four times where Micron set its midpoint for fiscal Q4 revenue and about 11 times the adjusted free cash flow Micron reported for fiscal Q3. The company guided for $50.0 billion, give or take $1.0 billion, in fiscal Q4 revenue, and said fiscal Q3 adjusted free cash flow came in at $18.3 billion.
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03 Jul
Joby Aviation slips after Toyota JV filing points to modest launch, possible $250 million add-on

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) drops after Toyota boost fades, JV terms in focus

Joby Aviation closed out the week on a softer note than Toyota’s news signaled. The NYSE was shut Friday, July 3, for the observed Independence Day holiday, so $8.49 on Thursday was the last trade before the break. Joby shares dropped 3.9% from the $8.83 close last Friday, despite news of the manufacturing JV with Toyota Motor Corp. Trading picked up: 207.7 million shares moved in four sessions, or about 51.9 million a day, above the 37.42 million daily average on Google Finance.
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03 Jul
ASML rally trims analyst upside ahead of July 15 earnings

ASML rally trims analyst upside ahead of July 15 earnings

ASML Holding N.V. traded higher Friday, with shares last at 1,626.60 euros, up 3.1% from Thursday's close of 1,577.80 euros. The stock moved between 1,588.40 and 1,636.40 euros on the day. Some investors are watching the gap between the current price and analyst targets instead of just the daily move. The rebound keeps the stock 6.6% under its June 30 record of 1,741 euros. It’s now close to the average 12-month price target of 1,695.96 euros. Investing.com pegs the room to target at 4.26%, with 38 analysts rating it a buy and two at sell.
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03 Jul
TELUS yield hits 11.6% with payout eyed ahead of CEO change

TELUS yield hits 11.6% with payout eyed ahead of CEO change

TELUS Corporation opened Friday trading with the stock mostly reacting to its dividend, not this week’s CEO news. TSX shares ended July 2 at C$14.46, a 3.6% slide. The quarterly payout is C$0.4184, putting the yield around 11.6% at that price. With a telecom yield over 11%, questions on cash flow are front and center. TMX Group’s 2026 market calendar shows Canada Day, July 1, as a holiday on Canadian exchanges. July 3 is listed as a U.S. holiday, with special settlement rules for USD-denominated issues. NYSE and Nasdaq stayed closed for the U.S. Independence Day holiday, leaving the Toronto board as the main price for TELUS on Friday.
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03 Jul
Plug Power (PLUG) short interest in focus ahead of the holiday week

Plug Power (PLUG) short interest in focus ahead of the holiday week

Plug Power Inc. heads into the extended U.S. weekend stuck in a holding pattern. Nearly 25% of its public float traded over five days, but the stock closed Thursday flat against Wednesday's finish. PLUG finished at $2.64 on July 2. Shares traded in a range between $2.51 and $2.80, swinging about 11.6% from the session low to high. Volume hit 60.8 million, worth around $160.5 million at the close, making up about 4.4% of Plug’s $3.67 billion market cap.
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03 Jul
UiPath (NYSE:PATH) rally sticks as ARR focus moves weight to H2

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) climbs with focus on short positions, buyback ahead of July 10 short seller report

U.S. markets were closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday, so the last trade for UiPath, Inc. came on Thursday. Shares ended that session at $11.71, rising 1.39% for the day and gaining 11.2% from last Friday’s $10.53 close, historical data shows. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq both count July 3 as a holiday in 2026. The week wasn’t just about an “AI stock bounce.” UiPath surged and squeezed shorts, with cash on hand and a buyback program big enough to move the needle on its market cap.
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03 Jul
Sam’s Club comes out ahead of Costco (NASDAQ:COST) on chicken; Walmart (NASDAQ:WMT) gains in traffic

Sam’s Club comes out ahead of Costco (NASDAQ:COST) on chicken; Walmart (NASDAQ:WMT) gains in traffic

Sam’s Club, owned by Walmart, ranked first in a Consumer Reports test of rotisserie chickens, beating out Costco Wholesale. The test looked at products from 10 grocery chains, grading taste, sodium, and packaging. Sam’s Club took the top spot, followed by Costco and Stop & Shop, part of Ahold Delhaize. “Flavor and freshness” and “genuine value” for members are the focus, Sam’s Club divisional meat and seafood manager Shana DeSmit said to USA Today. Looking at parent companies, Walmart had two of the six birds Consumer Reports said were tasty enough to eat on their own: Sam’s Club and Walmart stores. Costco had one, and Amazon.com had one from its Whole Foods Market chain. Ahold Delhaize had one from Stop
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03 Jul
Samsung rally pushes leverage as KOSPI whips nearly 10%

Samsung rally pushes leverage as KOSPI whips nearly 10%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. bounced sharply Friday. But for some investors, the volatility trade looks cleaner than the chip trade right now. The stock ended the session at 309,500 won, rising 8.22% by the 3:30 p.m. KST close. Volume came in at 31.5 million shares, topping the 65-day average of 30.6 million. Shares remain 17.4% under the 52-week peak of 374,500 won set June 19.
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03 Jul
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) trades lower as Starlink selloff overshadows July dividend

Verizon (NYSE:VZ) trades lower as Starlink selloff overshadows July dividend

U.S. stock markets are closed Friday, July 3, for the Independence Day holiday, leaving Verizon Communications Inc. with no new trading as it heads into the long weekend. Income investors face a big question: is the 6% yield enough while new threats from SpaceX can erase several quarters of dividends in a week? The NYSE calls Friday a 2026 holiday. Verizon last traded at $42.56 as of Thursday’s close, up 1.36% that day but 8.55% lower over five days. Verizon’s Thursday bounce left the week’s trend in place. WSJ data show shares fell from $46.54 on June 26 to $42.56 on July 2. Between June 29 and July 2, about 232 million shares traded, an average of 58 million a
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03 Jul
IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) falls as AI-cloud ARR valuation slips, Meta risk weighs on neoclouds

IREN drops after Russell 1000 debut wipes out $2.8 billion, compensation questions rise

U.S. equity markets are closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday, so Thursday’s session marked the last trading for IREN Limited. According to Nasdaq, July 3, 2026 is listed as a market holiday for Independence Day observed. Usual hours run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern. IREN ended Thursday at $38.82, dropping 10.39%. Shares hit a session low of $37.66 before settling. In late after-hours trading, the stock was at $39.17. The fall wrapped up nine straight lower closes from June 22 to July 2, according to daily data.
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03 Jul
Sam’s Club chicken price win gives Walmart (NASDAQ:WMT) edge on Costco (NASDAQ:COST)

Sam’s Club chicken price win gives Walmart (NASDAQ:WMT) edge on Costco (NASDAQ:COST)

Sam’s Club, part of Walmart Inc, took the top spot in Consumer Reports’ rotisserie chicken test, beating Costco Wholesale Corp, whose chickens have been a longtime price play. The key takeaway isn’t that one chicken boosted sales for the quarter. It’s that Sam’s Club hit Costco’s $1.66-a-pound price on rotisserie chicken and came out ahead on taste, scoring a small win in the warehouse club battle for trips, loyalty, and membership revenue.
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