Today: 22 June 2026

Jerzy Lewandowski

Jerzy Lewandowski is a senior markets editor at TS2.tech covering stocks, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and global financial markets. He studied economics at the University of Warsaw and previously worked in investment analysis before moving into financial journalism. His daily coverage focuses on the trends and events that matter most to investors worldwide.

MP Materials Stock Jumps as Wall Street Moves on Rare-Earth Play

MP Materials Stock Jumps as Wall Street Moves on Rare-Earth Play

MP Materials surged 7.7% to $69.70 after Needham initiated coverage with a Buy rating and $81 target, citing MP’s advantage over new entrants. First-quarter revenue jumped 49% to $90.6 million, with record NdPr output and sales, though net loss was $8 million. Shares outpaced major indexes. USA Rare Earth rose 6.3% after announcing a possible €175 million France investment. Rare-earth sector faces price volatility and project risks.
1 June 2026
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United Rentals Nears $1,000 Again as Big Funds Circle the Industrial Workhorse

United Rentals Nears $1,000 Again as Big Funds Circle the Industrial Workhorse

United Rentals traded at $995.67, near its 52-week high, after new filings showed MUFG Securities EMEA, Thames Capital, Norges Bank, and National Pension Service adjusted stakes. Record Q1 results included $3.42 billion rental revenue, 8.7% growth, and raised 2026 guidance. The company returned $500 million to shareholders and plans $1.5 billion in 2026 buybacks. Used equipment sales dropped 7.2%; specialty rental margins narrowed.
1 June 2026
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Super Micro Stock Rallies Again on AI Buzz, but Caution Lingers

Super Micro Stock Rallies Again on AI Buzz, but Caution Lingers

Super Micro rose 0.7% premarket to $46.43 after unveiling new Nvidia-powered data center blueprints and Mizuho raised its price target to $44. The stock surged 11.6% Friday and 29.5% over five sessions. Fiscal Q3 net sales hit $10.2 billion. An independent board review is underway over export-control transactions linked to a March smuggling case. Demand for AI servers remains strong, but some investors eye further investigations and audits.
1 June 2026
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Microsoft Shares Surge 5.4%, Wall Street Watching for AI Payoff

Microsoft Shares Surge 5.4%, Wall Street Watching for AI Payoff

Microsoft surged 5.45% to $450.24 Friday as AI stocks drove Wall Street to record closes; volume hit 77.3 million shares. After-hours trading held steady. Investors returned to AI tech, with Microsoft’s cloud and AI revenue jumping. Gross margin fell on heavy AI spending. Microsoft plans new Windows PCs with Nvidia chips and faces rising competition from Google and Amazon. The stock now trades on whether AI infrastructure will deliver high-margin software sales.
1 June 2026
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Healthpeak Drops the Ball—What’s Next for Investors

Healthpeak Drops the Ball—What’s Next for Investors

Healthpeak sank 1.85% to $19.15 Friday, capping a 2.9% weekly drop on heavy volume after hitting a 52-week high Tuesday. The REIT raised its 2026 adjusted FFO outlook to $1.71–$1.75 per share. Analysts split on the stock after the run. Monthly dividend is $0.10167 per share, yielding about 6.4%. Investors eye June 5 jobs data and rates, with risks from bond yields, lab leasing, and deal timing flagged by management.
31 May 2026
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Archer Aviation Rises as Air-Taxi Hopes Return

Archer Aviation Rises in Short Trading Week; Monday Poses Next Challenge

Archer Aviation shares closed Friday at $6.81, up 7.1% for the holiday-shortened week, with 56.89 million shares traded. The company became the first eVTOL firm to close Phase 3 of FAA type certification. Q1 net loss widened to $217.7 million; R&D expense jumped 65.6%. Archer expects U.S. operations to start this year under the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. Canaccord cut its target to $12 but kept a Buy rating.
31 May 2026
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Apple Stock Briefly Nears Record as Siri Faces Key Test

Apple Stock Briefly Nears Record as Siri Faces Key Test

Apple shares closed Friday at $312.06, near record highs, after hitting $315 during the session. The stock rose about 1% for the holiday-shortened week. Investors await Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference starting June 8, where new AI features are expected. Analyst Wamsi Mohan raised his price target to $380, citing the need for Siri to become more capable with agentic AI.
31 May 2026
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HPE stock hits record ahead of earnings as AI server trade faces new test

HPE stock hits record ahead of earnings as AI server trade faces new test

Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares closed at a record $43.04 Friday, up 12.64% after Dell’s earnings fueled gains in AI server stocks. HPE hit an intraday high of $44.58 on heavy volume. The company reports fiscal Q2 results after the close Monday, with investors focused on AI server orders and networking performance following the Juniper acquisition.
31 May 2026
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POET Technologies Stock Rebounds as Marvell Fallout Turns Into a June Lawsuit Deadline

POET Shares: Looking to Monday After Recent Swings

POET Technologies shares fell 7.3% Friday to $12.29, down nearly 16% for the week, while the Nasdaq rose 2.4%. The company raised $400 million in a direct offering but faces lawsuits and uncertainty after losing Celestial AI orders. Q1 revenue was $503,389 with a $12.3 million net loss. CEO Suresh Venkatesan said production capacity is expanding tenfold.
31 May 2026
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Micron Hits $1 Trillion, Week Ahead Could Decide Its Fate

Micron Hits $1 Trillion, Week Ahead Could Decide Its Fate

Micron Technology’s market cap topped $1 trillion this week as shares closed at $971 Friday, up 5.14%. Analysts at UBS, Susquehanna, and DA Davidson sharply raised price targets, citing tight high-bandwidth memory supply and rising AI demand. Micron posted Q2 revenue of $23.86 billion in March and guided for $33.5 billion in Q3. Samsung began shipping its new HBM4E chip to customers Friday, intensifying competition.
31 May 2026
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Oklo Stock Higher After Plutonium-Fuel Update

Oklo Stock Higher After Plutonium-Fuel Update

Oklo shares closed at $66.88 Friday, down 1.78%, after a week of gains sparked by news the U.S. Department of Energy selected the company for advanced talks on using surplus plutonium as reactor fuel. Trading volume reached 27.67 million shares. Oklo reported a first-quarter net loss of $33.1 million and ended March with $2.54 billion in cash and equivalents.
31 May 2026
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Quanta Services Stock Pauses; What’s Next for PWR

Quanta Services Stock Pauses; What’s Next for PWR

Quanta Services shares fell 2.5% Friday to $711.73, capping a 1.6% decline for the Memorial Day-shortened week. The stock remains nearly 10% below its May 6 peak. Investors weigh a $1 billion buyback, a recent Oppenheimer upgrade, and ongoing risks tied to power-grid and data-center projects. Quanta’s board approved an $0.11 dividend, payable July 13 to shareholders of record July 1.
30 May 2026
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Coupang Shares Recover This Week, with June in Focus

Coupang Shares Recover This Week, with June in Focus

Coupang shares closed at $16.60 on May 29, up 2.47% for the day but still down about 20% from early May after first-quarter losses. Net revenue rose 8% to $8.5 billion, while net loss reached $266 million. A $5 million class action over a data breach is set for a June 17 conference in New York. South Korea’s privacy regulator may announce penalties soon after probing a leak affecting 33.6 million accounts.
30 May 2026
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SLB Stock Drops From 52-Week High as Traders Eye AI Deal

SLB Stock Drops From 52-Week High as Traders Eye AI Deal

SLB shares closed at $54.55 Friday, down 1% and marking a third straight loss after hitting a 52-week high of $58.82 earlier in the week. The company agreed to acquire software firm Tachyus and expanded its digital partnership with Vår Energi. Oilfield-services stocks, including Halliburton and Baker Hughes, also declined. Investors remain focused on oil prices and Middle East risks.
30 May 2026
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Atlassian Jumps 26% in a Week as Shares Surge

Atlassian Jumps 26% in a Week as Shares Surge

Atlassian shares surged 15.35% Friday to $107.61, closing the week up about 26% after strong quarterly results and rising cloud revenue. After-hours trading lifted the stock to $108.50. U.S. software stocks rebounded as Snowflake and Dell posted gains, easing AI-related concerns. The Nasdaq closed up 2.39% for the week.
30 May 2026
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Palantir Jumps 9% as AI Software Stocks Face Next Test

Palantir Jumps 9% as AI Software Stocks Face Next Test

Palantir shares rose 9.2% to $156.54 Friday, marking their strongest two-day rally since April 2025. The move followed upbeat AI-driven results from Dell and Snowflake, with Palantir raising its 2026 revenue outlook to as much as $7.66 billion. First-quarter revenue jumped 85% to $1.63 billion, beating estimates. Palantir’s price-to-earnings ratio reached 176, far above most peers.
30 May 2026
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Stock Market Today

  • Corn Futures Drop Ahead of Juneteenth Holiday on Export and Weather Updates
    June 22, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT. Corn futures declined by 3 ½ to 5 ¾ cents across most contracts on Thursday ahead of the Juneteenth holiday, with July corn gaining 4 ¾ cents. The USDA reported a private export sale of 285,775 metric tons to Mexico and weekly export sales for 2025/26 hits a four-week high at 1.157 million metric tons, up 28% from last year. New crop commitments stand 41.2% higher year-over-year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasted significant precipitation in the Western Corn Belt, potentially affecting crop conditions. July 2026 corn closed at $4.17 ½, down 3 ½ cents, while nearby cash prices fell to $3.86 ½. Market closure on Friday and a Sunday night open complete the short trading week.

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Solana DEX Volume Rises, Heaping Pressure on Coinbase and Kraken

22 June 2026
Solana-based decentralized exchanges posted $1.31 billion in 24-hour volume and $9.92 billion over seven days, surpassing Coinbase and Kraken in weekly spot trading and drawing integration moves from both exchanges, but Galaxy warns Solana’s activity is heavily tied to speculative trading cycles and memecoins, making future volume sustainability a key investor risk.
Brands push influencer ads toward $44 billion in creator spend

Brands push influencer ads toward $44 billion in creator spend

22 June 2026
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Crypto trading app Fomo raises $75 million as retail interest returns to digital assets

Crypto trading app Fomo raises $75 million as retail interest returns to digital assets

22 June 2026
Fomo raised $75 million in Series B funding led by Index Ventures at a $550 million valuation as Bitcoin traded above $64,000 and global crypto search and trading volumes showed signs of recovery, signaling renewed investor appetite for retail crypto platforms after a market pullback, but regulatory uncertainty and infrastructure challenges remain key risks for growth.
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