Today: 13 May 2026

Khadija Saeed

A dedicated markets reporter, she covers stocks, macroeconomics, and major business developments with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy.

IREN Stock’s Nvidia Boost Now Faces a $2.6 Billion Reality Check

IREN Stock’s Nvidia Boost Now Faces a $2.6 Billion Reality Check

IREN raised $2.6 billion in an upsized convertible-note sale after announcing a Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure plan. Nvidia secured a five-year option to buy up to 30 million IREN shares at $70 each. The companies aim to deploy up to 5 gigawatts of AI data-center capacity, focusing on IREN’s Texas sites. IREN shares rose 2.6% premarket; Nvidia gained 0.6%.
US Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Futures Bounce, but Hot CPI Keeps the Fed Risk Alive

US Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Futures Bounce, but Hot CPI Keeps the Fed Risk Alive

Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.82% premarket as traders bought back into chip stocks ahead of Trump’s China visit, while Dow futures fell 0.3%. April CPI climbed 0.6% month over month, with energy accounting for over 40% of the increase. Oil hovered near $106 a barrel, fueling inflation concerns and reducing expectations for Fed rate cuts. Markets now see a higher chance of a December rate hike.
Intuitive Machines Stock Jumps Before Earnings as Space Force Win Reframes the LUNR Debate

Intuitive Machines Stock Jumps Before Earnings as Space Force Win Reframes the LUNR Debate

Intuitive Machines shares jumped 8.35% to $34.77 in premarket trading after the company announced selection for the U.S. Space Force’s Andromeda contract, which has a raised ceiling of over $6.2 billion. The move pushed LUNR above its 52-week high ahead of Thursday’s earnings. The Andromeda contract allows Intuitive Machines to compete for future task orders in space domain awareness.
Alibaba’s Earnings Test Is Whether AI Can Pay for the Delivery Fight

Alibaba’s Earnings Test Is Whether AI Can Pay for the Delivery Fight

Alibaba’s U.S. ADRs rose 1.02% to $136.15 in early premarket trading Wednesday, after closing down 1.84% at $134.78 ahead of fiscal fourth-quarter results due before the U.S. open. Revenue is expected to rise to 282.44 billion yuan, but net profit is projected to fall to 11.71 billion yuan. Investors remain cautious as AI and cloud spending weigh on margins.
Digi Power X Stock Jumps as Investors Price the AI Data-Center Pivot Before Q1 Update

Digi Power X Stock Jumps as Investors Price the AI Data-Center Pivot Before Q1 Update

Digi Power X Inc. shares traded near $9 in early premarket Wednesday after closing at $8.39, up nearly 13%. The move follows a 10-year, $1.1 billion AI data-center deal with Cerebras Systems and anticipation of Friday’s Q1 results. Volume surged to 21 million shares Tuesday. Investors are watching for proof that new AI contracts will generate real revenue.
Nebius Stock’s Pre-Market Bounce Puts the AI Factory Trade Back on Trial

Nebius Stock’s Pre-Market Bounce Puts the AI Factory Trade Back on Trial

Nebius Group shares rose 3.53% to $185.42 in early extended trading after a 3.76% drop Tuesday, ahead of its Q1 earnings release. The company broke ground on a gigawatt-scale AI factory in Missouri and announced a technology deal with Clarifai’s founder and team. NBIS is up 32.79% in the past month and 454.18% over the past year. Investors are weighing rapid expansion against ongoing losses and heavy capital spending.
Wolfspeed Stock Rally Tests Whether WOLF’s Balance-Sheet Fix Can Beat Negative Margins

Wolfspeed Stock Rally Tests Whether WOLF’s Balance-Sheet Fix Can Beat Negative Margins

Wolfspeed shares closed Tuesday at $53.72, up 6.8%, then showed a premarket quote of $77.00, a 43% jump, as traders focused on debt reduction and high short interest. Fiscal Q3 revenue fell 19% to $150.2 million, gross margin remained negative, but net loss narrowed and interest expense dropped 39%. Short interest stood at 16.1 million shares, about a third of the float.
Ouster Stock Jumps as NVIDIA Tie-Up Tests the Line Between Real Demand and Rich Valuation

Ouster Stock Jumps as NVIDIA Tie-Up Tests the Line Between Real Demand and Rich Valuation

Ouster shares rose 6.1% to $28.75 in early premarket trading after its Rev8 lidar sensors qualified for NVIDIA’s DRIVE Hyperion autonomous-vehicle platform. The company reported first-quarter revenue of $49 million and a net loss of $17.5 million. Investors cited the NVIDIA qualification as a potential new channel, though no purchase order was announced.
Nvidia’s Record Run Hinges on China Access and a May 20 Earnings Test

Nvidia’s Record Run Hinges on China Access and a May 20 Earnings Test

Nvidia closed Tuesday at $220.78, near a record, after CEO Jensen Huang joined President Trump’s China trip, fueling speculation about renewed H200 AI-chip sales to Chinese buyers. The stock has surged 12% in five sessions, ahead of next week’s earnings. Wall Street raised price targets as investors watch for signs of a China policy shift before Nvidia’s results.
US Stocks Lose Their Record Edge After Hours as Oil Turns Inflation Into a Fed Problem

US Stocks Lose Their Record Edge After Hours as Oil Turns Inflation Into a Fed Problem

Tech stocks led declines Tuesday after April CPI data showed consumer prices rose 0.6% for the month and 3.8% year-over-year, pushing Treasury yields higher and weighing on rate-cut hopes. Brent crude settled above $107, fueling inflation concerns. The S&P 500 slipped 11.88 points to 7,400.96, while the Nasdaq lost 185.92 to 26,088.20. Chip stocks fell sharply, with Qualcomm down 11% and Intel off 6.8%.
Karman Stock’s Rally Turns Into an Earnings Test as Backlog Jumps and Valuation Bites

Karman Stock’s Rally Turns Into an Earnings Test as Backlog Jumps and Valuation Bites

Karman Holdings shares closed up 6.2% at $62.48 on May 12, then fell 11% after hours following first-quarter results and a raised 2026 outlook. Q1 revenue jumped 51% to $151.2 million, net income reached $7.8 million, and backlog hit $1.0 billion. Adjusted EPS matched the $0.11 estimate. The company announced over $1 billion in new contingent demand commitments.
Penguin Solutions Stock Gets a Fresh AI Memory Re-Rate, Even as Chip Tape Turns Rough

Penguin Solutions Stock Gets a Fresh AI Memory Re-Rate, Even as Chip Tape Turns Rough

Penguin Solutions shares surged nearly 20% after hours to $52.85 following management remarks at a Needham investor conference and a target hike from Rosenblatt Securities. The move came despite fiscal Q2 net sales falling 6% year over year, though Integrated Memory revenue jumped 63%. CEO Kash Shaikh highlighted AI inference workloads driving memory demand. Trading volume topped 5 million shares.
13 May 2026
Rackspace’s AI Rally Turns Into a Test of Debt, Deals and Short-Squeeze Momentum

Rackspace’s AI Rally Turns Into a Test of Debt, Deals and Short-Squeeze Momentum

Rackspace Technology shares closed at $6.33, up 34.97%, with trading volume tripling the average after a new AI cloud deal with AMD. The stock surged from a $4.79 open, peaking at $6.34, before slipping to $6.20 after hours. Q1 results showed revenue up 2% to $678 million and a swing to $8 million net income. Short covering contributed to the sharp move as 24.55% of shares were held short.
Nextpower’s Late Jump Says Investors Are Buying the Platform Story—For Now

Nextpower’s Late Jump Says Investors Are Buying the Platform Story—For Now

Nextpower shares rose about 10% to $138 in after-hours trading Tuesday after Q4 results beat estimates and management raised fiscal 2027 revenue guidance to $3.8–$4.1 billion. Q4 revenue fell to $881 million from $924 million a year earlier, but backlog climbed above $5.25 billion. The company also announced an acquisition of power conversion assets, including Apex Power.
13 May 2026

Stock Market Today

  • Analog Devices (ADI) Stock Valuation Assessment Amid Strong Price Gains
    May 13, 2026, 2:53 PM EDT. Analog Devices (ADI) stock has surged nearly 20% in the past 30 days and delivered an 87.95% total shareholder return over one year, drawing investor attention. The stock trades at $419.65, about 6.8% above its modeled fair value of $392.94, indicating potential overvaluation. Drivers include growth from robotics and automation expanding ADI's addressable market and boosting revenue. However, risks remain from increased competition in China and rising manufacturing and R&D costs that could pressure margins. Investors should weigh ADI's growth potential against these challenges when considering inclusion in portfolios.

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Palantir Stock Slides as Zelenskiy Meeting Puts War-AI Bet in Focus

Palantir Stock Slides as Zelenskiy Meeting Puts War-AI Bet in Focus

13 May 2026
Palantir shares fell 4.4% to $129.97 Wednesday as CEO Alex Karp met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv to discuss expanding AI use in Ukraine’s war effort. Kyiv’s Brave1 Dataroom project, launched with Palantir, is training AI models to intercept Russian drones. Russia fired at least 800 drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, killing six. Palantir’s U.S. government and commercial revenue surged in the first quarter.
Why Grab Holdings Stock Is Back Under Pressure After a Big Q1 Beat

Why Grab Holdings Stock Is Back Under Pressure After a Big Q1 Beat

13 May 2026
Grab shares fell 1.1% to $3.60 in New York after first-quarter revenue beat estimates, rising 24% to $955 million. Profit jumped to $120 million from $10 million a year earlier. Investors weighed strong results against Indonesia’s new 8% ride-hailing commission cap. Grab kept its 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA outlook unchanged.
SoFi Bought a Key IPO Access Tool. The Stock Is Still Telling a More Cautious Story

SoFi Bought a Key IPO Access Tool. The Stock Is Still Telling a More Cautious Story

13 May 2026
SoFi acquired PrimaryBid’s technology to expand IPO access for retail investors, confirmed by both companies. SoFi shares fell 2.9% to $15.44 after Truist cut its price target, citing concerns over loan and technology platforms. The acquisition follows a drop in technology-platform accounts and comes as SoFi reported strong first-quarter revenue and member growth. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Sivers Semiconductors AB Stock Jumps as MSCI Add Meets Nasdaq Listing Push

Sivers Semiconductors AB Stock Jumps as MSCI Add Meets Nasdaq Listing Push

13 May 2026
Sivers Semiconductors shares surged 31.3% to 56.65 crowns after MSCI added the company to its Sweden small-cap index. Shareholders recently approved a private placement of 8.62 million shares at 14.50 crowns each, raising about 125 million crowns. Sivers is preparing accounts to U.S. standards as it considers a dual listing on Nasdaq New York. The company delayed its 2025 annual report to May 15.
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