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.

GitLab Layoffs Send Stock Lower as AI ‘Agentic Era’ Bet Tests Investor Patience

GitLab Layoffs Send Stock Lower as AI ‘Agentic Era’ Bet Tests Investor Patience

GitLab Inc. will cut jobs and restructure global operations to fund artificial-intelligence agents, sending shares down 9.6% to $23.18 Tuesday. The company did not specify the number of roles affected. CEO Bill Staples said most savings will be reinvested, with details expected at the June 2 earnings call. Raymond James downgraded the stock, citing execution risks and slowing growth.
12 May 2026
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Flashscore Beats Broadcasters in Fastest Sports App Survey Before 2026 World Cup

Flashscore Beats Broadcasters in Fastest Sports App Survey Before 2026 World Cup

Flashscore ranked as the fastest live sports results platform by fans in the UK, Italy, and Brazil, according to commissioned research released Tuesday. The survey, published weeks before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, found 46% of UK, 49% of Italian, and 53% of Brazilian respondents rated Flashscore quickest for updates. Flashscore attributed its speed to a new Prague data centre and distributed cloud setup.
12 May 2026
NuScale’s Selloff Is About More Than a Q1 Miss: Investors Want Contracts, Not Nuclear Optionality

NuScale’s Selloff Is About More Than a Q1 Miss: Investors Want Contracts, Not Nuclear Optionality

NuScale Power shares fell 11.4% to $11.78 Tuesday after Citi cut its price target to $7 and the company reported Q1 revenue of $565,000, far below the $7 million consensus. Net loss widened to $44 million from $14 million a year earlier. Trading volume reached 28.7 million shares by mid-afternoon. NuScale cited completed engineering work and lower licensing revenue for the drop.
12 May 2026
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USBC Stock Spikes as a Thin Float Turns a Tokenized-Deposit Bet Into a Momentum Trade

USBC Stock Spikes as a Thin Float Turns a Tokenized-Deposit Bet Into a Momentum Trade

USBC shares surged nearly 59% to $0.81 Tuesday, hitting $0.8824 intraday on over 71 million shares traded, despite no new company news. The move came as Bitcoin and crypto stocks fell, making USBC an outlier. Volume was almost six times the float, with short interest low. Traders cited the firm’s tokenized deposit plans and Bitcoin treasury strategy.
12 May 2026
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PACS Group Stock Jumps as Raised EBITDA Outlook Cuts Through Regulatory Noise

PACS Group Stock Jumps as Raised EBITDA Outlook Cuts Through Regulatory Noise

PACS Group shares surged 23% Tuesday after Q1 results beat estimates, with revenue up 11.2% to $1.42 billion and net income rising to $80.7 million. The company raised its 2026 adjusted EBITDA outlook to $605–$625 million and authorized a $250 million buyback. PACS still faces DOJ and SEC investigations and internal-control issues. Over 2.1 million shares traded as the stock hit $41.63 before settling near $39.30.
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Venture Global Stock Jumps as LNG Deals Push Scarcity Into 2026 Guidance

Venture Global Stock Jumps as LNG Deals Push Scarcity Into 2026 Guidance

Venture Global shares jumped 16% Tuesday after the LNG exporter raised its 2026 earnings guidance and reported new supply deals with TotalEnergies and Vitol. First-quarter revenue rose 59% to $4.6 billion, with net income up 23% to $488 million. The company said 84% of 2026 cargoes are now contracted, up from 69% last quarter. The stock traded at $13.49, up $1.87, with over 26 million shares changing hands.
12 May 2026
Under Armour’s Selloff Shows Investors Still Don’t Trust the Turnaround Math

Under Armour’s Selloff Shows Investors Still Don’t Trust the Turnaround Math

Under Armour shares plunged nearly 20% Tuesday after the company forecast fiscal 2027 adjusted earnings of 8 to 12 cents per share, far below analysts’ 23-cent estimate. Revenue for the quarter fell 1% to $1.17 billion, with North America sales down 7%. The company raised its restructuring cost estimate to $305 million and expects the overhaul to finish by the end of 2026.
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Apple Holds Up as Hot Inflation Hits Tech, With Investors Paying for iPhone Demand and AI Optionality

Apple Holds Up as Hot Inflation Hits Tech, With Investors Paying for iPhone Demand and AI Optionality

Apple shares rose 0.4% to $293.85 at midday Tuesday, outperforming Microsoft, Alphabet and Nvidia, which traded lower. The stock gained after record March-quarter results, a $100 billion buyback, and anticipation for AI announcements at WWDC. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% and Nasdaq dropped 1.6% as inflation rose 3.8% in April. Apple reported $111.2 billion in quarterly revenue and raised its dividend to $0.27 per share.
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Energy Vault’s Eskom Gravity Storage Deal Puts South Africa’s Coal Pivot on the Clock

Energy Vault’s Eskom Gravity Storage Deal Puts South Africa’s Coal Pivot on the Clock

Energy Vault and Eskom signed a deal to build a 25-MW, 100-MWh gravity energy storage system at Hendrina Power Station in Mpumalanga. The project will use Energy Vault’s EVx 2.0 technology and could scale up to 4 GW at the site. The partners plan to co-develop up to 4 GWh of storage across Southern Africa by 2035. Coal supplied 83% of South Africa’s electricity in 2024, according to official data.
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RKLB Stock Pulls Back After Breakout as Neutron Demand Starts to Set the Price

RKLB Stock Pulls Back After Breakout as Neutron Demand Starts to Set the Price

Rocket Lab shares fell 2.4% to $114.58 Tuesday after hitting an all-time high of $123.94 Monday, following a 40% rally last week. The company reported Q1 revenue of $200.3 million, a $2.2 billion backlog, and more launch contracts booked in three months than in all of 2025. Investors cited both profit-taking and continued bullish sentiment on Neutron and defense demand.
12 May 2026
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SoFi Stock Slips as Truist Puts the Lending-Platform Question Back in Front of Investors

SoFi Stock Slips as Truist Puts the Lending-Platform Question Back in Front of Investors

SoFi Technologies traded near $15.75 midday Tuesday, down 51 cents, after Truist cut its price target to $17 and maintained a Hold rating. The move followed record Q1 results but reflected investor doubts about the strength of SoFi’s technology and loan-platform businesses. SoFi’s recent PrimaryBid acquisition did not offset the pressure. Other fintech stocks, including Upstart and Robinhood, also fell.
12 May 2026
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Circle Stock Gives Back Its Earnings Pop as Arc Ambition Meets Rate Reality

Circle Stock Gives Back Its Earnings Pop as Arc Ambition Meets Rate Reality

Circle Internet Group shares fell 5.1% to $125.05 by late morning Tuesday after an early surge post-earnings. Revenue for the quarter rose 20% to $694 million but missed one forecast, while net income dropped 15% to $55 million. USDC in circulation climbed 28% to $77 billion. The stock swung from $139.63 to $122.20 as investors weighed growth against rate-sensitive income.
12 May 2026
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Tesla’s AI premium hits a real-world check as shares reverse from China-FSD rally

Tesla’s AI premium hits a real-world check as shares reverse from China-FSD rally

Tesla shares fell 3.9% to $427.60 by midday Tuesday after April inflation data came in hotter than expected and Reuters reported slow progress in Tesla’s Texas robotaxi rollout. The stock had surged in recent days on optimism over AI and China, but concerns about execution and valuation resurfaced. Reuters tests found long waits and limited robotaxi availability in Austin, with about 50 Tesla vehicles versus over 250 for Waymo.
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PayPal Stock Stalls Near $45 as Truist Cut Tests the Lores Turnaround

PayPal Stock Stalls Near $45 as Truist Cut Tests the Lores Turnaround

PayPal shares hovered near $45 midday Tuesday, little changed despite a price target cut to $44 and a maintained Sell rating from Truist. The firm cited rising rewards spending and soft international payment volume. PayPal reported Q1 total payment volume up 11% to $463.96 billion, but projected a 3% drop in Q2 transaction margin dollars and a 9% decline in adjusted EPS.
12 May 2026
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Hims & Hers’ GLP-1 Reset Hits the Stock as Investors Reprice Growth Quality

Hims & Hers’ GLP-1 Reset Hits the Stock as Investors Reprice Growth Quality

Hims & Hers Health shares fell 14.6% to $24.89 Tuesday after a Q1 net loss of $92.1 million, reversing a $49.5 million profit a year ago. Revenue rose 4% to $608.1 million, but gross margin dropped to 65% from 73% as the company shifted from compounded GLP-1s to branded drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic. Subscribers climbed to 2.584 million, while monthly revenue per subscriber slipped to $80.
12 May 2026
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POET Stock Rebounds as New COO Gives AI-Photonics Rally a Fresh Test

POET Stock Rebounds as New COO Gives AI-Photonics Rally a Fresh Test

POET Technologies named Sandeep Kumar as chief operating officer, triggering a 2.95% stock rise to $14.31 on heavy volume after shares hit $15.15 intraday. Kumar, formerly of Silicon Labs, will oversee Malaysia manufacturing as the company targets high-volume production. The move comes after Marvell canceled Celestial AI orders, which had weighed on the stock. Broader tech indices fell Tuesday, but POET shares outperformed.
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Stock Market Today

  • AI Infrastructure Stocks Surge as Power Grid Constraints Slow Nvidia Gains
    June 21, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT. Shares of AI infrastructure providers outperformed Nvidia in a four-day U.S. trading week, with GE Vernova up 18%, Vertiv 10%, and Eaton 7.8%, compared to Nvidia's 2.7% rise. U.S. grid operators received a 60-day deadline from regulators to revise rules for connecting large power users like data centers, highlighting electricity infrastructure as a bottleneck for AI expansion. GE Vernova reported a 71% organic increase in Q1 orders, including significant data center equipment demand. Vertiv and Eaton also posted strong sales growth, reflecting rising demand for power, cooling, and electrical distribution solutions essential to AI data centers. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission aims to expedite grid connections amid soaring electricity consumption driven by AI technologies.

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AI Infrastructure Stocks Outpace Nvidia as Power Becomes the Bottleneck

AI Infrastructure Stocks Outpace Nvidia as Power Becomes the Bottleneck

21 June 2026
GE Vernova surged 18% in a four-day week, outpacing Vertiv, Eaton, and Nvidia, as federal regulators ordered six regional grid operators to justify or revise rules for connecting large electricity users like data centers, spotlighting the urgent need for power infrastructure to keep pace with AI-driven demand.
$350 Billion Worth of Russell Trades Set to Hit Stocks This Week

$350 Billion Worth of Russell Trades Set to Hit Stocks This Week

21 June 2026
SpaceX’s entry into the Russell 1000 after its record $75 billion IPO is set to trigger $350 billion in index fund trades at Friday’s close, far surpassing last year’s reshuffle, as funds scramble to match new benchmarks—potentially amplifying volatility with much of the activity compressed into the final minutes of the session.
NuScale Power Eyes Week After 14% Gain and Paragon SMR Deal

NuScale Power Eyes Week After 14% Gain and Paragon SMR Deal

21 June 2026
NuScale surged 13.54% to $11.74 after Paragon won the final design contract for its small modular reactor systems, but first-quarter revenue plunged to $565,000 from $13.4 million a year earlier and the company reported $314.7 million in operating cash use, highlighting ongoing execution and funding risks as investors await the next trading session after the Juneteenth market holiday.
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