Today: 21 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.

Plug Power Stock Drops Again: The $5 Billion Hydrogen Turnaround Faces Its Cash Test

Plug Power Stock Drops Again: The $5 Billion Hydrogen Turnaround Faces Its Cash Test

Plug Power shares fell 1.7% to $3.725 in early Nasdaq trading Friday, following a volatile week after first-quarter results. The company reported a 22% revenue increase to $163.5 million and improved gross margin, but its net loss widened to $245.3 million and operating cash use rose to $150 million. Plug ended March with $802 million in cash and expects $142 million from a hydrogen asset sale in June.
15 May 2026
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Why Ford Motor Company Stock Is Sliding After Its AI Data Center Rally

Why Ford Motor Company Stock Is Sliding After Its AI Data Center Rally

Ford shares dropped 7% to $13.43 in early Friday trading, reversing part of a rally sparked by the launch of its new Ford Energy unit. The subsidiary, announced this week, will sell large battery energy storage systems to utilities and data centers, with first deliveries expected in late 2027. CEO Jim Farley said Ford is in the contracting phase with several customers. The stock had surged 13% Wednesday after Morgan Stanley highlighted the business.
15 May 2026
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Biogen Closes Apellis Deal; APLS Leaves Nasdaq As $5.6 Billion Rare-Disease Bet Begins

Biogen Closes Apellis Deal; APLS Leaves Nasdaq As $5.6 Billion Rare-Disease Bet Begins

Biogen has closed its acquisition of Apellis Pharmaceuticals, making Apellis a wholly owned subsidiary and delisting its shares from Nasdaq. Apellis shareholders receive $41 per share in cash plus a contingent value right tied to Syfovre sales. Biogen gains the drugs Empaveli and Syfovre, and expands into kidney disease. Biogen borrowed $2 billion to help finance the deal.
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Nokia Oyj Stock Pulls Back After AI Rally: What Investors Need to Know

Nokia Oyj Stock Pulls Back After AI Rally: What Investors Need to Know

Nokia’s U.S.-listed shares dropped about 5% Friday, trading at $13.74 after a recent AI-driven surge. The decline followed a rally sparked by Cisco’s report of $5.3 billion in AI infrastructure orders from hyperscalers. Nokia saw a 54% jump in first-quarter operating profit and named Siemens’ Emma Falck as president of Mobile Infrastructure, effective September 1.
15 May 2026
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Ondas Stock Faces a $390 Million Test After Drone-Revenue Surge

Ondas Stock Faces a $390 Million Test After Drone-Revenue Surge

Ondas raised its 2026 revenue target to at least $390 million after first-quarter revenue jumped to $50.1 million from $4.3 million a year earlier. Shares traded near $11.20 Friday after a 27% gain Thursday. The company posted a $42.7 million operating loss and widened its adjusted EBITDA loss to $10.9 million. Backlog rose to $457 million, up from $68.3 million at the end of 2025.
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Magnum Ice Cream Buyout Buzz: Blackstone and CD&R Circle Ben & Jerry’s Owner After Stock Slide

Magnum Ice Cream Buyout Buzz: Blackstone and CD&R Circle Ben & Jerry’s Owner After Stock Slide

Blackstone and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice are considering bids for Magnum Ice Cream Company, owner of Ben & Jerry’s and Cornetto, Reuters reported. Magnum shares surged nearly 16% after the news. The company, split from Unilever less than six months ago, reported Q1 revenue of €1.77 billion and 4.5% organic sales growth. Magnum holds about 21% of the global ice cream market.
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Baiya International Stock Jumps Premarket as BIYA Traders Eye Cash Raise, Crypto Plan and Deep Loss

Baiya International Stock Jumps Premarket as BIYA Traders Eye Cash Raise, Crypto Plan and Deep Loss

Baiya International Group shares surged 56.6% to $1.21 in U.S. premarket trading after a $4.21 million share sale and widened 2025 net loss to $9.5 million. Revenue rose 28.6% to $16.5 million, but operating expenses jumped 754.6% to $11.5 million. Baiya plans a $1 million Binance Coin purchase under its new crypto initiative. Cash fell to $0.7 million by year-end.
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ServiceNow Stock Gets an AI Boost From Experian Deal—but Wall Street Will Want Proof

ServiceNow Stock Gets an AI Boost From Experian Deal—but Wall Street Will Want Proof

ServiceNow and Experian announced a global multi-year partnership to integrate Experian’s Ascend data tools into ServiceNow workflows. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal comes days after ServiceNow’s $4 billion bond sale and a 3.96% rise in its stock price Thursday, though shares remain below their 52-week high. Initial uses include employee onboarding and risk management.
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Pershing Square Inc. Bets on Microsoft as Ackman Sees an AI Bargain

Pershing Square Inc. Bets on Microsoft as Ackman Sees an AI Bargain

Bill Ackman said Friday that Pershing Square has built a new position in Microsoft, citing the stock’s “highly compelling” valuation. The disclosure follows Pershing Square’s $5 billion IPO and private placement last month. Ackman began buying Microsoft in February after a drop tied to slower cloud growth and heavy AI spending. Microsoft shares traded at $409.43, up 1% premarket.
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Ackman’s Microsoft Bet Puts $190 Billion AI Spending Plan Back in Wall Street’s Crosshairs

Ackman’s Microsoft Bet Puts $190 Billion AI Spending Plan Back in Wall Street’s Crosshairs

Pershing Square will disclose a new stake in Microsoft in a 13F filing Friday, according to Bill Ackman. Microsoft shares have dropped about 15% this year amid concerns over AI spending and slower cloud growth. The company reported $82.9 billion in revenue and $31.8 billion in net income last quarter, but plans to invest around $190 billion in capital expenditures in 2026.
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Boeing Got Its China Breakthrough. Wall Street Wanted More.

Boeing Got Its China Breakthrough. Wall Street Wanted More.

China agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets, President Donald Trump said, with a possible commitment for up to 750 aircraft. Boeing shares fell 4.7% in premarket trading to $229.21 after the announcement, as investors had expected a larger order. Terms, including model types and delivery dates, were not disclosed. The deal would be Boeing’s first major Chinese order in nearly a decade.
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Atmos Energy Stock Is Back in Focus After Strong Q2 Results — But Cash Still Matters

Atmos Energy Stock Is Back in Focus After Strong Q2 Results — But Cash Still Matters

Atmos Energy raised its fiscal 2026 earnings guidance to $8.40–$8.50 per share and increased its quarterly dividend to $1.00, up 14.9% annually. First-half net income reached $984.9 million, with $2 billion spent on capital projects. The company added over 51,000 customers in the past year, including 39,000 in Texas. Shares traded at $180.87 premarket, valuing the utility at $30.35 billion.
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Auddia Stock Surges as McCarthy Finney AI Merger Hits SEC Filing Stage

Auddia Stock Surges as McCarthy Finney AI Merger Hits SEC Filing Stage

Auddia filed a Form S-4 with the SEC for its planned merger with Thramann Holdings, aiming to form McCarthy Finney, which would trade on Nasdaq as MCFN. AUUD shares jumped 59% in premarket trading to $1.94. The company said it completed $12 million in financing to meet the deal’s cash-at-close requirement. Auddia shareholders are expected to own about 20% of the new company.
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Gemini Space Station Stock Jumps After Winklevoss Twins’ $100 Million Bitcoin Bet

Gemini Space Station Stock Jumps After Winklevoss Twins’ $100 Million Bitcoin Bet

Winklevoss Capital Fund bought 7.14 million Gemini Class A shares at $14 each, paying with about 1,258 bitcoin. Gemini posted first-quarter revenue of $50.3 million, up 42%, and a net loss of $109 million. Shares rose over 20% premarket after closing at $5.26 Thursday. Exchange revenue fell 27% as trading volume dropped, but services and interest revenue more than doubled.
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Figma Stock Jumps 10% Premarket After AI Tools Lift 2026 Revenue Forecast

Figma Stock Jumps 10% Premarket After AI Tools Lift 2026 Revenue Forecast

Figma raised its 2026 revenue forecast to $1.422 billion–$1.428 billion after first-quarter revenue jumped 46% to $333.4 million. Shares climbed 10.6% in premarket trading to $22.39. Paid customers rose 54% to about 690,000, with strong adoption of AI-linked products and new charges for AI credits. Figma began enforcing AI credit limits in March; over 75% of affected enterprise users kept using the service.
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SolarEdge Stock Jumps 17% as Tax-Credit Deadline Puts SEDG Turnaround Back on Watch

SolarEdge Stock Jumps 17% as Tax-Credit Deadline Puts SEDG Turnaround Back on Watch

SolarEdge Technologies shares surged 17.47% to $50.24 on Thursday as investors anticipated a spike in orders ahead of a July 4 U.S. solar tax-credit deadline. CEO Yehoshua Nir told a Deutsche Bank conference that demand rose in March and April. First-quarter revenue reached $310.5 million, with a net loss of $57.4 million. Maoz Sigron will become CFO on May 31, replacing Asaf Alperovitz.
15 May 2026
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Smart Powerr Stock Surges 257%: The Nasdaq Delisting Fight Behind CREG’s Wild Move

Smart Powerr Stock Surges 257%: The Nasdaq Delisting Fight Behind CREG’s Wild Move

Smart Powerr Corp.’s shares fell to $0.4868 in Friday premarket trading after closing up 257% at $0.7143 Thursday, driven by speculation over a possible Nasdaq delisting delay. The stock remained below Nasdaq’s $1 minimum bid-price rule, keeping its listing at risk. Trading volume surged to 500.7 million shares Thursday from 5.8 million the day before. Smart Powerr reported $262,509 in 2025 sales.
15 May 2026
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AEP Stock Sale Swells Toward $3 Billion as Data-Center Power Boom Tests Utilities

AEP Stock Sale Swells Toward $3 Billion as Data-Center Power Boom Tests Utilities

American Electric Power’s stock sale grew to nearly $3 billion after underwriters exercised options for 3.07 million additional shares, SEC filings showed. The move follows AEP’s decision to raise its 2026–2030 capital plan to $78 billion amid surging demand from data centers and industrial users. Shares fell 3% Wednesday on dilution concerns. AEP expects to receive proceeds by May 2028 upon settlement of forward contracts.
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Dow Back Above 50,000 as Nvidia, Cisco AI Rally Faces Friday Yield Shock

Dow Back Above 50,000 as Nvidia, Cisco AI Rally Faces Friday Yield Shock

U.S. stock futures dropped early Friday, with Dow E-minis down 0.66%, S&P 500 E-minis off 1.07%, and Nasdaq 100 E-minis falling 1.56% after record closes. Cisco shares jumped 13.4% Thursday on strong earnings and a raised revenue forecast. The 10-year Treasury yield reached 4.54%, and Brent crude climbed to $109 a barrel as the Strait of Hormuz stayed closed. Investors await Nvidia and retailer earnings next week.
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US Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Futures Slide as Oil Shock and Treasury Yields Hit Wall Street

US Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Futures Slide as Oil Shock and Treasury Yields Hit Wall Street

U.S. stock futures dropped early Friday, with Nasdaq 100 E-minis down 1.56% and S&P 500 E-minis off 1.07%, as Treasury yields and oil prices surged. Brent crude climbed to $109.19 after Donald Trump warned Iran, while the 10-year Treasury yield hit 4.54%. April retail sales rose 0.5%, dampening hopes for a Fed rate cut. Beijing summit produced no clear breakthrough on Iran.
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Stock Market Today

  • U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop to 6.47% on Iran Deal Relief Amid Fed and Geopolitical Uncertainties
    June 21, 2026, 10:38 AM EDT. U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rates dipped to 6.47% as of June 18, down from 6.52% a week earlier, driven by easing Treasury yields following a tentative U.S.-Iran accord that softened energy market concerns. Despite this relief, the Federal Reserve's inflation policies continue to support borrowing costs, limiting further declines. The strain over the Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon ceasefire pose fresh risks for oil and bond markets, critical factors for mortgage rates' direction. While homebuyers see modest improvement in purchase demand, affordability remains tight, with refinancing rates slightly higher at 6.68%. Rising pending home sales indicate ongoing demand, but economists warn rates may not fall much soon due to persistent inflation focus by the Fed.

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Marvell set for S&P 500 entry after AI-driven jump

Marvell set for S&P 500 entry after AI-driven jump

21 June 2026
Marvell Technology surges 11% for the week and joins the S&P 500 on June 22, driven by a KeyBanc price target hike and a milestone shipment of over five million optical networking chips for AI data centers, with index fund buying and robust AI-related bookings fueling investor focus.
Mortgage rates fall to 6.47% as Iran deal relief meets Fed, Hormuz risks

Mortgage rates fall to 6.47% as Iran deal relief meets Fed, Hormuz risks

21 June 2026
U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rates fell to 6.47%—the lowest in over a month—after a tentative U.S.-Iran accord eased energy-market fears, but the Federal Reserve’s inflation stance and renewed Strait of Hormuz tensions could quickly reverse the drop, keeping housing affordability tight and market moves volatile.
US shifts Global Hawk drone to Japan, stiffening Pacific watch

US shifts Global Hawk drone to Japan, stiffening Pacific watch

21 June 2026
The U.S. Air Force has permanently stationed three RQ-4B Global Hawk surveillance drones at Yokota Air Base near Tokyo, shifting from seasonal to year-round operations to boost U.S.-Japan intelligence gathering as regional military activity rises; local pushback over drone operations remains a key risk.
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