NuScale Power Eyes Week After 14% Gain and Paragon SMR Deal
NuScale Power Corp was last at $11.74 in regular trading Thursday, holding most of a sharp rally in a holiday-shortened week. The NYSE-listed nuclear stock surged about 19% from a week earlier, but markets were closed Friday for Juneteenth and through the weekend.
SoFi trades up after holiday-shortened week as investors keep watch on guidance
SoFi Technologies shares picked up steam heading into the week, closing at $17.91 on Thursday, a 2.8% gain in the last U.S. session before the Juneteenth holiday. The digital lender ended last week at $16.58, so SoFi added about 8% over the four sessions.
QuantumScape shares surge after Honda battery deal, next up is scale test
QuantumScape Corp. opened the new week with shares reflecting Thursday’s big Honda boost, a move that came right before the Juneteenth holiday and weekend. The stock ended June 18 at $8.04, up from $7.09 on Friday, after dropping early in the week before turning higher.
Mortgage rates fall to 6.47% as Iran deal relief meets Fed, Hormuz risks
U.S. mortgage rates fell to their lowest level in more than a month, giving homebuyers a small break as markets tried to price a tentative U.S.-Iran peace framework and the chance that energy-driven inflation pressure may ease. The move was modest. In housing, modest now counts.
Mexico air travel slump worsens in May, international traffic down
Mexico’s slowdown in international air travel got worse in May, with passenger numbers weakening at resort airports and dragging on airline and airport values. Foreign passenger flows have been soft for a second month.
Cerebras set for first public earnings after stock rebounds in holiday week
Cerebras Systems Inc. goes into its first earnings as a public company with shares back over $230 after a big move higher Thursday. The stock still trades well under where it opened on Nasdaq debut.
Robinhood Gains for Week as Layoffs, Trading Volumes Boost Shares
Robinhood Markets shares are up sharply into the new week. Investors see the company's planned 10% cut to staff as a sign of tighter cost control, not distress, following stronger activity on the platform.
Western Digital ends week higher as AI demand boosts WDC
Western Digital closed out the week at a new all-time high, as investors bought up hard disk drive plays with links to AI data centers. Shares were up 4.79% to $746.23 at Thursday’s close, after hitting $799.87 earlier in the day.
ADTX shares climb ahead of holiday as insider sales, Nasdaq listing pressure linger
Aditxt, Inc. jumped ahead of the Juneteenth holiday, with shares among the most heavily traded on Thursday’s Nasdaq. The microcap health innovation firm saw big volume, records showed, though new filings revealed some major holders were selling.
PG&E cuts power in Monterey, Clovis, Shasta County with fire-weather risk rising
Power went out for PG&E customers in different parts of northern and central California this week. Local outlets reported outages stretching from the Monterey Peninsula up to Clovis and Shasta County. Storms and early-summer fire weather hit the region.
PayPal edges higher as questions linger over turnaround
PayPal Holdings shares gained over the shortened U.S. trading week. Investors weighed the small move higher as CEO Enrique Lores kept trimming parts of PayPal’s former growth strategy.
Keel Infrastructure trades near highs going into the week with AI-infrastructure theme in focus
Keel Infrastructure Corp starts the week with its stock trading close to recent peaks. Canadian-listed shares climbed Friday. Its Nasdaq shares saw strong gains in the last session ahead of the Juneteenth holiday. The company, formerly Bitfarms, remains in the pack of power-backed artificial-intelligence infrastructure plays.
TD Bank stock rises on Canada’s capital buffer cut
TD Bank shares moved higher on the Toronto exchange late Friday after Canada’s regulator lowered the capital buffer for top banks, freeing up capital for Toronto-Dominion and its rivals. TD traded at C$169.38, up 0.44%, at 3:46 p.m. EDT. The stock touched C$170.66 earlier, a 52-week high according to Google Finance.
Qatar-Donated Air Force One for Trump Starts Final Tests at Andrews
U.S. Air Force officials on Friday showed off a former Qatari Boeing 747-8, now parked at Joint Base Andrews, that they're fitting out as a temporary Air Force One. The jet will start commissioning flights before joining the presidential fleet.
MDA Space stock rises as Blue Canyon deal targets U.S. defense market
MDA Space shares rose in Toronto on Friday after the Canadian satellite and robotics company agreed to buy Blue Canyon Technologies from RTX’s Raytheon business for US$620 million in cash, a deal investors treated as a bet on U.S. defense-space demand. The TSX-listed stock was up 4.4% at C$58.08 in delayed afternoon trading.
Coeur Mining set for S&P MidCap 400 entry after turbulent week for metals stocks
Coeur Mining will start trading next week in the S&P MidCap 400 following the long U.S. weekend. The inclusion puts the stock in a midcap benchmark watched by index funds and big investors.
Keel Infrastructure trades higher in Toronto with U.S. markets closed for Juneteenth
Keel Infrastructure’s stock jumped on the Toronto exchange Friday, with its Nasdaq shares quiet due to the Juneteenth holiday. Investors continued to drive up the former Bitfarms, betting on AI data center demand and moving past crypto mining. The U.S. shares last finished at $6.29, gaining 5.36% Thursday. Toronto shares traded at CA$10.36 midday Friday, up 17.19%.
Tesla stock on hold for Juneteenth with AI spending, Europe FSD in focus
Tesla shares went into Friday’s Juneteenth market holiday as investors weighed optimism about AI against new regulatory headwinds in Europe tied to self-driving tech. U.S. equity and options trading is closed June 19 for Juneteenth, according to Nasdaq’s holiday calendar, so the last official price is from Thursday’s close.
Pfizer shares dip after CFO departure raises new questions about 2026 outlook
Pfizer dropped 2.7% to $25.21 Thursday, closing out a short week lower after its CFO said he is leaving. The news raised questions about Pfizer’s 2026 outlook and its post-pandemic turnaround. U.S. markets shut Friday for Juneteenth.
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