Iwona Majkowska

Iwona Majkowska is a financial markets journalist at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, artificial intelligence and technology. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, she previously worked in equity research and financial analysis before focusing on market reporting. Her daily coverage helps investors follow major developments across U.S. and global markets. Follow Iwona Majkowska on Google News.

IonQ stock trades ahead of holiday with eyes on products and partnerships

IonQ shares picked up 3.4% to end at $56.55 Thursday, heading into the long U.S. market weekend with some gains. After hours, the price edged down to $56.00. Still, the stock ended the week below last Friday’s close at $57.85.

20 June 2026

NASDAQ:IONQ·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Sandisk stock hits record as AI memory rally faces long weekend and Micron test

Sandisk Corp’s stock entered the weekend at a record, capping a sharp holiday-shortened advance as investors crowded into memory-chip names tied to the build-out of artificial-intelligence data centers. The shares were shown at $2,184.75, with pricing history showing a June 18 close at that level, up $225.95, or 11.54%, before U.S. trading paused for Juneteenth.

20 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:SNDK·NASDAQ:STX·NASDAQ:WDC·Stock Market·Technology

Nebius stock heads to Nasdaq-100 debut after holiday-shortened rally

Nebius Group N.V. heads into Monday’s Nasdaq-100 debut after a sharp, holiday-shortened rally that took its Nasdaq-listed shares to $286.69 at Thursday’s close, with U.S. equity markets shut Friday for Juneteenth and then for the weekend. The stock ended the week 23.4% above its June 12 close and touched $298.80 intraday on Thursday.

20 June 2026

NYSE:BID·Stock Market

Merrill Fined Again by FINRA as Bank of America Expands in Louisiana

Merrill Lynch, part of Bank of America, got hit with a $175,000 fine from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for missing municipal-bond disclosures. This is the second fine for Merrill reported this month. Bank of America is also moving ahead with plans to open its first Baton Rouge branch.

20 June 2026

NYSE:BAC·Stock Market

Dispute over ASML China EUV orders puts U.S. export rules to the test

ASML is under new scrutiny in the U.S. after reports surfaced that China could have one of the company’s most advanced chipmaking tools. The move throws Europe’s biggest tech name back into the spotlight as Washington presses efforts to block Chinese access to high-end artificial intelligence hardware.

20 June 2026

AMS:ASML·Semiconductors

Dow Jones Pauses for Juneteenth Holiday After Weekly Gain

Dow Jones trading stopped on Friday, as the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq remained closed for Juneteenth. The index’s last value held at Thursday’s close of 51,564.70, up 72.15 points, or 0.14%.

19 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Federal Reserve·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:INTC·NASDAQ:MU·NYSE:ACN·Stock Market

Fermi rally stalls with Nasdaq closed for Juneteenth as proxy fight simmers

Fermi Inc. heads into the long weekend after a sharp rally, with no Friday session to follow it up. The Nasdaq-listed AI power campus builder ended Thursday at $9.50, gaining around 10%, before U.S. equity markets closed for Juneteenth.

19 June 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:FERMI·Stock Market

Rocket Companies shares gain ahead of holiday pause as mortgage rate bets linger

Rocket Companies shares climbed 9.08% on Thursday to end at $14.42, their highest single-day gain this week. Trading volume hit around 52.8 million shares. The jump sends Rocket into the long U.S. holiday weekend with momentum, as the New York Stock Exchange closes Friday for Juneteenth. Thursday’s finish stands as the last regular close.

19 June 2026

NYSE:RKT·Stock Market

HIVE Digital stock gains after Bell-Cohere AI deal, Bitcoin miner pushes pivot

HIVE Digital Technologies shares in Toronto jumped Friday after its BUZZ High Performance Computing unit nailed down a $220 million GPU cloud deal over three years with Bell Canada and Cohere. Investors got a live look at the Canadian stock, with Nasdaq trading paused for Juneteenth. HIVE traded at C$6.57, up 8.8%, at 12:52 p.m. ET. On the U.S. side, HIVE’s Nasdaq shares last ended Thursday at $4.26, up 7.3%, and ticked up to $4.28 in after-hours.

19 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cryptocurrency·NASDAQ:HIVE

Transocean slips ahead of Juneteenth holiday; contract wins don’t lift RIG

Transocean Ltd. heads into the long U.S. holiday weekend under pressure, with shares sagging after Thursday’s drop wiped out gains from new contract awards. RIG ended Thursday off 4.8% at $5.31. U.S. equity markets are shut Friday for Juneteenth National Independence Day.

19 June 2026

NYSE:RIG·Oil Industry

AT&T stock enters Juneteenth break under pressure as California fight widens

AT&T Inc. shares go into the Juneteenth break near a June low, after a four-day slide and a fresh push by California regulators to keep the company tied to its legacy phone network.

19 June 2026

NYSE:T·Stock Market

Apple’s price changes draw attention to AI memory issues; Micron stock climbs

Apple will hike prices to make up for higher memory and storage chip costs, tying AI expansion more clearly to consumer device prices. CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal that “price increases are unavoidable” after Apple had tried to cover the rising costs, Reuters reported.

19 June 2026

Apple·Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:MU

Nvidia ends up ahead of Juneteenth, chip names eye AI moves next week

Nvidia shares firmed up ahead of the Juneteenth holiday, finishing at $210.69 on Thursday for a 2.95% gain. Investors went back to semiconductor stocks after the week opened with swings.

19 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market

QuantumScape surges 16.5% after Honda battery deal in short U.S. week

QuantumScape shares surged 16.52% to $8.04 on Thursday after the company announced an R&D deal with Honda, handing the solid-state battery firm its first obvious catalyst in months during the holiday-shortened trading week. Markets are shut Friday for Juneteenth, so investors will have to wait for Monday to see where the stock trades next.

19 June 2026

Electric Vehicles·NASDAQ:QS·Stock Market

Accenture slide puts AI consulting trade in focus when markets reopen after Juneteenth

Accenture shares finished Thursday at $127.98, down 17.97%, after hitting a 52-week low of $125.60 in the session. The move puts the consulting giant’s AI pitch in the spotlight ahead of the long weekend, with Monday’s U.S. open set to test market conviction.

19 June 2026

NYSE:ACN·Stock Market·Technology

Kardigan pops in first Nasdaq trading after $400 million IPO

Kardigan Inc. shares surged Thursday as the heart-drug company started trading on Nasdaq. The IPO brought in $400 million after being upsized, getting Kardigan off to a strong start in the public market.

19 June 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:KARD·Stock Market

Rocket Lab stock slips as Nasdaq-100 entry nears and SpaceX fever cools

Rocket Lab Corporation shares slipped on Thursday after a volatile, heavy-volume session, as investors weighed its looming Nasdaq-100 entry against fresh pressure from SpaceX’s post-IPO retreat. The stock finished at $107.24, down 0.7%, after trading between $101.12 and $110.98.

19 June 2026

NASDAQ:RKLB·Space Industry·Stock Market

Lucky Supermarkets to shut Danville, San Francisco locations as Save Mart points to weak results

Lucky California plans to close its Danville supermarket on July 17, marking another retreat for The Save Mart Companies in the Bay Area. The privately held grocer also has a San Francisco Lucky location set to close later this year. The Danville store at 660 San Ramon Valley Blvd. in Sycamore Square will close to shoppers at 5 p.m., according to Patch, which cited Save Mart spokesperson Phil Keene.

18 June 2026

Stock Market

Lockheed Martin stock falls as defense shares lag broader Wall Street rally

Lockheed Martin shares fell sharply on Thursday, underperforming a rising U.S. market as investors cut exposure to major defense contractors after a Middle East de-escalation cooled part of the conflict trade. The stock was last quoted at $510.76, down 4.1%, after opening higher and then sliding as low as $505.27.

18 June 2026

Defense Industry·NYSE:GD·NYSE:LMT·NYSE:NOC·NYSE:RTX·Stock Market

US stocks finish up as chip shares surge and oil falls

Nasdaq led gains as U.S. stocks finished up on Thursday. Chipmakers rallied, and oil pulled back after an early U.S.-Iran deal took some heat off inflation worries.

18 June 2026

Federal Reserve·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:CTSH·NASDAQ:INTC·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:NVDA·NYSE:ACN·NYSE:IBM·NYSE:IT·NYSE:KR·Oil Prices·Stock Market·Technology

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Iwona Majkowska

IonQ stock trades ahead of holiday with eyes on products and partnerships

Sandisk stock hits record as AI memory rally faces long weekend and Micron test

Nebius stock heads to Nasdaq-100 debut after holiday-shortened rally

Merrill Fined Again by FINRA as Bank of America Expands in Louisiana

Dispute over ASML China EUV orders puts U.S. export rules to the test

Dow Jones Pauses for Juneteenth Holiday After Weekly Gain

Fermi rally stalls with Nasdaq closed for Juneteenth as proxy fight simmers

Rocket Companies shares gain ahead of holiday pause as mortgage rate bets linger

HIVE Digital stock gains after Bell-Cohere AI deal, Bitcoin miner pushes pivot

Transocean slips ahead of Juneteenth holiday; contract wins don’t lift RIG

AT&T stock enters Juneteenth break under pressure as California fight widens

Apple’s price changes draw attention to AI memory issues; Micron stock climbs

Nvidia ends up ahead of Juneteenth, chip names eye AI moves next week

QuantumScape surges 16.5% after Honda battery deal in short U.S. week

Accenture slide puts AI consulting trade in focus when markets reopen after Juneteenth

Kardigan pops in first Nasdaq trading after $400 million IPO

Rocket Lab stock slips as Nasdaq-100 entry nears and SpaceX fever cools

Lucky Supermarkets to shut Danville, San Francisco locations as Save Mart points to weak results

Lockheed Martin stock falls as defense shares lag broader Wall Street rally

US stocks finish up as chip shares surge and oil falls

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