Today: 11 July 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.

Vera Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VERA) stock up; Trutakna approval shifts attention to Q3 kidney data

Vera Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VERA) stock up; Trutakna approval shifts attention to Q3 kidney data

Vera Therapeutics, Inc. finished up 7.05% at $42.96 on Tuesday after U.S. regulators approved Trutakna. The bigger investor focus was on the size of the bid. With 71.78 million shares outstanding from Google Finance and a $2.83 move on the day, that comes out to roughly $203 million more in equity value added. That’s around a third of Vera’s last reported cash, and not a big reset for a $3.08 billion biotech that’s now swapped FDA risk for launch risk.
Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock trades at 43 times sales as holiday week begins

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) edges higher after Mexico insurer deal

Palantir Technologies Inc. moved up late Tuesday morning as the company said Grupo Nacional Provincial, or GNP Seguros, is its first announced commercial customer in Latin America. The news gave Palantir its first non-U.S. commercial reference on a day tech stocks traded down. Nasdaq was open for a normal session. Nasdaq’s 2026 holiday schedule puts the July Independence Day closure on July 3, with regular hours at 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern.
SK Hynix eyes $28 billion Nasdaq sale, aims to cover most AI memory push

SK Hynix eyes $28 billion Nasdaq sale, aims to cover most AI memory push

SK Hynix on Monday kicked off a U.S. share sale that looks more like a funding bet on the AI memory market rather than a straight foreign stock listing. The company’s 43.141 trillion won target aims to fund about 77% of a 55.92 trillion won plan for HBM, new fabs and advanced packaging. Reuters said 17.79 million new shares go out through Nasdaq ADRs. The Elec cited the capex details from SK Hynix’s registration filing.
Nasdaq futures move higher in early trading, Dow stays near record

Nasdaq futures move higher in early trading, Dow stays near record

U.S. stock futures edged higher ahead of Monday’s opening bell, with gains looking tight in early trading. Nasdaq-100 futures gained 1.02% as of 05:40, S&P 500 futures were up 0.44% by 05:42, and Dow futures added 0.06% at 05:31. The gap between Nasdaq-100 and Dow futures stood at 96 basis points.
AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) edges lower as market looks at $1 trillion CPU potential

AMD stock rebound weighs on AI premium after Nvidia delay chatter

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. traded at $530.64 in premarket at 04:46 ET, showing a 2.47% uptick from its $517.82 close in the last session, per Investing.com. The stock had dropped 4.26% in regular hours. The premarket rebound clawed back $12.82 of a $23.06 slide, or about 56%, but AMD was still $10.24 below its previous close using this calculation.

Stock Market Today

  • Buybacks Near $1 Trillion as Insiders Keep Selling
    July 11, 2026, 2:09 PM EDT. U.S. companies have rolled out almost $1 trillion in stock buybacks for the first half, with tech and financial stocks making up 68% of the total. But corporate insiders are mostly selling, not buying, as they exercise stock options rather than load up on shares. That suggests less faith in the outlook. Research shows buyback-heavy stretches usually don't lead to outperformance-the data points to weaker returns when buybacks run high. Heavy insider selling during this buyback wave points to a more cautious view, pushing back on the usual bullish read on buybacks.
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