Today: 26 June 2026

Khadija Saeed

Khadija Saeed is a financial markets reporter at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, technology and emerging industries. She studied economics and finance at the London School of Economics and previously worked in market research before moving into financial journalism. Her coverage focuses on the companies, innovations and economic trends influencing global investors.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Faces Fresh U.S. AI Chip Export Risk as Washington Weighs New Rules

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Faces Fresh U.S. AI Chip Export Risk as Washington Weighs New Rules

U.S. officials are drafting new AI chip export rules that could require foreign governments to invest in U.S. data centers or provide security guarantees before buying large volumes, potentially affecting AMD, Nvidia, and Intel. The proposal follows AMD’s $60 billion chip deal with Meta and comes as tech giants plan over $600 billion in AI infrastructure spending this year. The draft is not final.
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Sandisk to Join Bloomberg 500 Index as SNDK Shares Whipsaw After Market Jitters

Sandisk to Join Bloomberg 500 Index as SNDK Shares Whipsaw After Market Jitters

Sandisk will be added to the Bloomberg 500 index on March 12, Bloomberg Indices said Thursday. The stock ended down 5.6% at $565.55 after sharp swings this week, following its spin-off from Western Digital and focus on AI-driven storage. Western Digital has been selling its Sandisk stake to cut debt. The B500 tracks 500 large U.S. companies with a combined $58.19 trillion market cap.
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Broadcom Stock Climbs as AI Chip Forecast Tops $100 Billion, Q2 Outlook Beats

Broadcom Stock Climbs as AI Chip Forecast Tops $100 Billion, Q2 Outlook Beats

Broadcom raised its 2027 AI chip sales forecast to over $100 billion, sending shares up 4.8% to $332.65. First-quarter revenue rose 29% to $19.31 billion, with AI revenue more than doubling to $8.4 billion. The company expects $22 billion in second-quarter revenue and approved a $10 billion share buyback plan. CEO Hock Tan said Broadcom will ship custom chips to Anthropic and OpenAI in 2026 and 2027.
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Goldman Sachs warns $100 oil could hit growth and stoke inflation as Iran war widens

Goldman Sachs warns $100 oil could hit growth and stoke inflation as Iran war widens

Goldman Sachs warned a temporary jump in oil to $100 a barrel, driven by widening conflict in Iran, could cut global growth by 0.4 percentage point and raise inflation by 0.7 points. The bank raised its Brent crude forecast for Q2 2026 to $76 a barrel, citing risks to Middle East supply. Oil prices rose over 3% to $83.81 on Thursday. Morgan Stanley now expects the ECB to hold rates steady through 2026.
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Chevron stock jumps as oil surges on Iran conflict and Hormuz choke point fears

Chevron stock jumps as oil surges on Iran conflict and Hormuz choke point fears

Chevron shares rose 1.7% to $189.28 Thursday as oil prices surged after Iran’s conflict disrupted supply and shipping. Brent crude settled up 4.93% at $85.41 a barrel, while U.S. WTI jumped 8.51% to $81.01, its highest since July 2024. Shipping costs for Middle East-to-China crude soared to over $450,000 a day. Chevron’s Israeli gas fields, including Leviathan and Tamar, were idled by Iranian strikes.
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Bloom Energy Corporation lands Bloomberg 500 Index spot as BE stock slips — what investors watch next

Bloom Energy Corporation lands Bloomberg 500 Index spot as BE stock slips — what investors watch next

Bloom Energy will join the Bloomberg 500 Index before the market opens on March 12, Bloomberg Indices said Thursday. Shares fell 3.8% to $158.47 in afternoon trading, valuing the company at about $19.8 billion. Bloom reported 2025 revenue of $2.02 billion and expects up to $3.3 billion in 2026. The company cited data-center demand as a key growth driver.
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Credo Technology Group Holding stock jumps as Broadcom backs copper over optics in AI racks

Credo Technology Group Holding stock jumps as Broadcom backs copper over optics in AI racks

Credo Technology shares climbed 9% to $111.94 Thursday after Broadcom endorsed copper-linked wiring for AI data centers. The gain followed a 14.8% drop earlier in the week on lower gross-margin guidance despite record quarterly revenue of $407 million, up 201.5% year over year. Credo’s top three customers grew sequentially, but together made up 88% of revenue, heightening concentration risk.
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Marvell Technology targets AI data-center bottlenecks with new 1.6T “pluggable” optics

Marvell Technology targets AI data-center bottlenecks with new 1.6T “pluggable” optics

Marvell Technology unveiled a 1.6-terabit pluggable optical module and 2-nanometer coherent chips with built-in security, targeting AI-focused cloud data centers. The company will debut the products at OFC 2026 in March and expects sampling to start in the second half of the year. Marvell shares fell 2.5% to $76.12 Thursday morning. Investors await the company’s earnings call later today.
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Adobe stock jumps as Wall Street fixates on AI recurring revenue ahead of earnings

Adobe stock jumps as Wall Street fixates on AI recurring revenue ahead of earnings

Adobe shares jumped 3.9% to $283.86 on Thursday as investors focused on AI-driven recurring revenue ahead of next week’s earnings. Piper Sandler maintained a Neutral rating, while Barclays trimmed its price target to $335 but stayed positive. Analysts highlighted annual recurring revenue and AI adoption as key metrics. The stock remains about 40% below its 52-week high.
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Expedia stock jumps as OpenAI pulls back ChatGPT checkout plans — here’s what’s driving it

Expedia stock jumps as OpenAI pulls back ChatGPT checkout plans — here’s what’s driving it

Expedia shares surged 11% Thursday after a report said OpenAI is scaling back direct checkout plans in ChatGPT, easing fears that AI could bypass online travel agencies. Booking Holdings rose 8% and Tripadvisor gained nearly 3%. OpenAI reportedly found users were researching but not completing purchases inside ChatGPT. Expedia last reported Q4 gross bookings up 11% to $27 billion, with revenue at $3.55 billion.
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GE Vernova wins 17-turbine Italy wind deal as it pours $30 million into grid parts plant

GE Vernova wins 17-turbine Italy wind deal as it pours $30 million into grid parts plant

GE Vernova will supply 17 onshore wind turbines to IVPC Group’s Fortore wind farm in Benevento, southern Italy, with deliveries starting in the second quarter of 2027. The company is investing about $30 million to expand transformer-component production at its Sesto San Giovanni site, adding around 50 jobs. GE Vernova shares fell roughly 4% to $806.50 in U.S. trading on Thursday.
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Coherent Corp rolls out 224Gbps chip for AI data centers as OFC 2026 approaches

Coherent Corp rolls out 224Gbps chip for AI data centers as OFC 2026 approaches

Coherent Corp on Wednesday launched a 224Gbps quad-channel transimpedance amplifier for 800G and 1.6T optical transceivers, and debuted the WaveMaker 4000A test instrument for Super C-band DWDM systems. Bloomberg Indices will add Coherent to its Bloomberg 500 index effective March 12. Coherent shares fell about 9% Thursday afternoon. The company recently raised $2 billion from Nvidia through a share sale.
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Heating Oil price today: ULSD futures jump near 10% as Strait of Hormuz fears bite

Heating Oil price today: ULSD futures jump near 10% as Strait of Hormuz fears bite

U.S. April heating oil futures surged 9.8% to $3.6163 a gallon Thursday, hitting a 52-week high as supply risks and Middle East tensions rattled markets. Brent crude rose to $84.32 a barrel and U.S. WTI to $79.06. Average U.S. retail diesel prices climbed to $4.04 per gallon. Distillate inventories remain about 3% below the five-year average, EIA data showed.
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Gas prices jump again: RBOB gasoline futures spike 6% as Iran conflict tightens supply

Gas prices jump again: RBOB gasoline futures spike 6% as Iran conflict tightens supply

NYMEX RBOB gasoline futures jumped 6% to $2.67 a gallon Thursday amid supply fears tied to the Iran conflict. AAA reported the U.S. average pump price rose nearly 27 cents in a week to $3.25. Oil and diesel prices also climbed as traders tracked shipping and output risks in the Gulf. U.S. gasoline inventories fell by 1.7 million barrels last week, while crude stocks increased.
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Stock Market Today

  • Live Cattle Prices Drop Amid Light Cash Trade and Lower Beef Stocks
    June 26, 2026, 3:57 PM EDT. Live cattle prices fell by 35 cents to $1.20 midday Friday, pressured by light cash trade volumes at $260 live and $408 dressed reported Wednesday. The Fed Cattle Exchange online auction recorded no sales on 1,636 head offered, with bids at $255. Feeder cattle futures also declined by $3.47 to $3.70. USDA data showed beef stocks at 403.474 million pounds at May's end, down 1.06% from last year. Wholesale boxed beef prices decreased, with Choice boxes down $4.22 to $392.10 and Select down $2.33 to $372.41. Federally inspected cattle slaughter rose slightly to 109,000 head Thursday but remained below last year's level. These factors combined indicate weakness in the cattle market heading into Friday's trading session.

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AT&T dividend yield near 5% puts cash flow back in the spotlight

AT&T dividend yield near 5% puts cash flow back in the spotlight

26 June 2026
AT&T (NYSE:T) rose 0.6% to $22.55 as investors weighed its 4.9% dividend yield and $8 billion 2026 buyback—together nearly 10% of equity value—against Q2 free-cash-flow guidance of $4.0–$4.5 billion, which would cover the dividend by just over 2x ahead of July 22 results.
Tesla (TSLA) swings lower with June drop wiping out $240 billion in market value

Tesla (TSLA) swings lower with June drop wiping out $240 billion in market value

26 June 2026
Tesla shares jumped 1.3% to $380.03 after a $68 billion intraday swing—exceeding Ford’s entire market value—but remain down 15% in June as investors weigh delivery data, FSD probes, and soaring AI spending; a $240 billion equity loss this month highlights the risk if Tesla’s premium stays tied to autonomy and software amid ongoing legal and regulatory scrutiny.
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