Today: 29 June 2026

Roman Perkowski

Roman Perkowski is a senior markets reporter at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, technology and macroeconomic trends. A graduate of the Cracow University of Economics, he previously worked in investment research and corporate finance. His coverage helps readers understand the key forces driving global financial markets and emerging industries.

Pentagon Could Outpace Tech Giants on Small Nuclear Projects

Pentagon Could Outpace Tech Giants on Small Nuclear Projects

Key takeaways Modular nuclear reactors crossed from policy to hardware this week. The U.S. Department of Energy said Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 reactor reached zero-power fueled criticality at the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab on June 18, joining Antares’ Mark-0, which did the same at Idaho National Laboratory on June 4 through the DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program. This step shifts the nuclear energy debate beyond clean power for data centers. Now it’s about where resilient electricity lands first: military bases, remote sites, industrial hubs, and Gulf states looking at similar security needs.
22 June 2026
NuScale Power Eyes Week After 14% Gain and Paragon SMR Deal

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. Timing could be key. Investors will get their first full shot at this stock on Monday after a volatile rally last week. The New York Stock Exchange’s regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. The exchange lists Juneteenth National Independence Day as a market holiday on Friday, June 19, 2026.
21 June 2026
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SoFi trades up after holiday-shortened week as investors keep watch on guidance

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. SoFi is now behaving more like a high-beta fintech stock than a standard lender, tied to swings in risk appetite, rate moves and consumer credit sentiment. Gains in the broader market padded things: the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.91% on Thursday and finished the week up 2.43%. The S&P 500 added 0.93% for the week, helped by weaker oil prices and chip stocks, even as worries about more Fed rate hikes returned.
21 June 2026
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QuantumScape shares surge after Honda battery deal, next up is scale test

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. QuantumScape shares moved after the company announced a joint research deal with Honda R&D aimed at working on its solid-state lithium-metal battery technology and related manufacturing. Honda R&D’s Atsushi Ogawa said the platform had “compelling and unique advantages.” QuantumScape CEO Siva Sivaram described Honda’s review as “one of the most rigorous assessments” yet for the technology.
21 June 2026
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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

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. The decline matters because the spring selling season is still running through a high-rate market. Existing home sales have been stuck near a 4 million annual pace, below a long-run norm closer to 5.2 million, while buyers remain sensitive to even small moves in monthly payments.
21 June 2026
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Mexico air travel slump worsens in May, international traffic down

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. Early signs of strain are turning up in the passenger mix, not a sharp fall in Mexican travel overall. Domestic business helped keep some volume steady, but international travelers mean more for airport fees, retail, and airline yields. So the softer foreign arrivals make a bigger dent than headline traffic data shows.
21 June 2026
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Cerebras set for first public earnings after stock rebounds in holiday week

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. The market is closed for the weekend following the Juneteenth holiday, giving investors a break until trading starts again next week. Nasdaq says June 19, 2026, will be a day off for Juneteenth and keeps its standard U.S. stock market hours Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern.
20 June 2026
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Robinhood Gains for Week as Layoffs, Trading Volumes Boost Shares

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. HOOD finished Thursday’s session at $108.15, gaining 2.8% on the day. The stock is now up about 16% from its June 12 close of $93.19. That trading week was cut short for the Juneteenth holiday. Nasdaq stayed closed Friday, with normal trading expected back on Monday unless there’s another market issue.
20 June 2026
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Western Digital ends week higher as AI demand boosts WDC

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. The U.S. market holiday made the timing stand out. With Friday closed for Juneteenth, Thursday’s rally was the last move before trading resumes next week. Nasdaq’s normal trading window is 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern, Monday to Friday, except holidays.
20 June 2026
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ADTX shares climb ahead of holiday as insider sales, Nasdaq listing pressure linger

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. No typical Friday follow-through showed up. Nasdaq put June 19, 2026 down as a closed market day for Juneteenth, so traders looking to respond to the rally, insider filings, or the company’s uncertain listing had to wait for regular trading to pick up again on Monday, June 22.
20 June 2026
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PG&E cuts power in Monterey, Clovis, Shasta County with fire-weather risk rising

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. The outages are a problem now because they’re big enough to show how tough it is for California utilities to keep power on in the heat and storms, without risking fires from broken equipment. PG&E says it serves over 16 million people in northern and central California, across 70,000 square miles.
20 June 2026
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Keel Infrastructure trades near highs going into the week with AI-infrastructure theme in focus

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. The timing is key here. U.S. trading in Keel stopped for the Juneteenth holiday on June 19 and didn’t reopen before the weekend. Nasdaq marks Juneteenth as a market holiday in 2026, with normal hours at 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. When markets reopen Monday, U.S. investors will get their first shot at the stock after it rallied Friday in Canada.
20 June 2026
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TD Bank stock rises on Canada’s capital buffer cut

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. OSFI cuts DSB to 3.0% from 3.5% for major banks, effective right away The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions dropped the Domestic Stability Buffer to 3.0% from 3.5% of total risk-weighted assets, effective immediately. The DSB is extra capital Canada's big banks have to keep on hand to cover losses and keep lending when things get rough. Risk-weighted assets are loans and exposures adjusted for risk.
19 June 2026
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Qatar-Donated Air Force One for Trump Starts Final Tests at Andrews

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. Pressure is up as the current VC-25A jets get older, with more maintenance work needed, and Boeing’s replacement planes still years from delivery. The name "Air Force One" refers to any U.S. Air Force jet that has the president on board, not to a single aircraft.
19 June 2026
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MDA Space stock rises as Blue Canyon deal targets U.S. defense market

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. The move matters now because MDA is trying to shift from being a supplier around the edges of U.S. defense programs toward a deeper local manufacturing and contracting role. Canada’s broader stock market gave little help: the S&P/TSX Composite was largely unchanged earlier Friday, with energy gains offsetting weakness in gold miners.
19 June 2026
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Coeur Mining set for S&P MidCap 400 entry after turbulent week for metals stocks

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. No Friday cash session this week, so markets won’t get a chance to digest news flow ahead of the weekend. The New York Stock Exchange shows Friday, June 19, as a Juneteenth holiday. Coeur’s index change will go through before the open on Monday, June 22.
19 June 2026
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Keel Infrastructure Falls as Investors Eye $400 Million AI Data-Center Spend

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%. Timing is a factor here. Keel wants the market to see it as a player with rare power and locations that can handle high-performance computing, or HPC, instead of just bitcoin mining. HPC powers AI training and operation—so Keel needs to show signed leases, grid deals, financing, and solid execution to back that up.
19 June 2026
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Tesla stock on hold for Juneteenth with AI spending, Europe FSD in focus

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. The stock settled at $400.49 Thursday, up $4.11, or 1.04%. Shares moved between $384.70 and $402.52 in the session. For the holiday-shortened week, the stock lost about 1.5% from last Friday’s $406.43 finish. Thursday’s bump missed the Nasdaq Composite’s 1.91% jump and lined up with the S&P 500’s 1.08% gain.
19 June 2026
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Pfizer Stock Falls as CFO Dave Denton Exit Revives Questions on Growth Plan

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. That’s what investors head into next week with. Pfizer isn’t only swapping finance chiefs; the company is making the change as it works to prove its deals, cuts, and fresh drugs are enough to offset weaker COVID vaccine and antiviral demand.
19 June 2026
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