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.

Casey’s climbs late as pizza and fuel beat Street

Casey’s climbs late as pizza and fuel beat Street

Casey’s General Stores shares rose late Tuesday after the company reported quarterly earnings that beat forecasts. The convenience-store chain said higher fuel margins and pizza sales boosted fourth-quarter profit. The stock finished the session at $761.18, up 1.3%. Shares were changing hands at $783.60 in after-hours action at 6:43 p.m. ET, according to Benzinga. The company announced results after the close.
10 June 2026
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Oracle shares fall ahead of looming AI earnings test

Oracle shares fall ahead of looming AI earnings test

Oracle Corp shares dropped Tuesday, as the database and cloud software group faces new pressure ahead of earnings due Wednesday. The results could show if investors still have confidence in Oracle’s expensive push into AI infrastructure. The stock finished at $205.81, down 2.84%, after moving in a range from $197.79 to $220.50. It last changed hands at $207.10 in after-hours, up 0.63%, according to Google Finance.
10 June 2026
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NuScale Tumbles as Nuclear-AI Trade Hits Bump

NuScale Tumbles as Nuclear-AI Trade Hits Bump

NuScale Power shares dropped hard late Tuesday, pushing the small modular reactor stock close to $10 again as investors pulled back from risk in nuclear names. Shares last changed hands at $10.00, off roughly 7.2%. Market cap stood at about $3.2 billion. Why it matters right now is clear. NuScale is a traded way to play small modular reactors, or SMRs—factory-made nuclear units set up in clusters—just as AI data centers have utilities and tech firms chasing constant power. Tuesday, the stock’s growth appeal faded. The Nasdaq dropped 0.97% with renewed selling in tech, and the S&P 500 fell 0.26%.
10 June 2026
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Visa, Mastercard get court win in $38 billion swipe-fee case

Visa, Mastercard get court win in $38 billion swipe-fee case

Visa and Mastercard’s new $38 billion deal with merchants won preliminary approval from a U.S. judge Tuesday, moving forward a settlement in the long-running dispute over credit card fees. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn signed off on the deal, calling it “fair, reasonable, and adequate.” A court ruling could impact swipe fees—interchange fees that are part of nearly all card payments and are often baked into retail prices. Visa and Mastercard credit-card swipe fees hit $118.8 billion in the U.S. in 2025, up from $111.2 billion in 2024, according to the Merchants Payments Coalition, which represents retailers and merchants.
10 June 2026
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Colorado PERA pay dispute spotlights mix of big bonuses and lower pensions

Colorado PERA pay dispute spotlights mix of big bonuses and lower pensions

Colorado’s Public Employees’ Retirement Association paid hefty bonuses to its investment team even though the fund lost $9.8 billion last year, according to a Colorado Sun analysis. That raises fresh scrutiny over the pension system while retirees’ payments trail inflation. Pension Policy International published the report on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the separate debate over executive pay at the UK’s Nationwide Building Society continues. PERA’s “shared sacrifice” pitch comes as Colorado state workers, retirees, and taxpayers keep taking hits to shore up the fund. Since 2010, retirees—teachers, bus drivers, other state employees—have seen pension buying power drop 21% to inflation as PERA pushed through benefit cuts and hiked contributions to close a $29 billion shortfall, according to the Sun.
9 June 2026
Bitcoin Hovers at $61,000 With CPI Report in Focus for Crypto Traders

Bitcoin Hovers at $61,000 With CPI Report in Focus for Crypto Traders

Bitcoin fell toward $61,000 again Tuesday, erasing its early-week rise as traders waited for a U.S. inflation report that could shift Federal Reserve rate bets and weigh on crypto prices. CoinDesk said bitcoin was trading near its session low after U.S. stocks lost earlier gains. Live prices showed bitcoin around $61,700, down roughly 3% on the day. Traders are watching the May Consumer Price Index due out Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. FactSet is calling for a 4.2% year-on-year rise, with core CPI—stripping out food and energy—at 2.9%.
9 June 2026
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BlackBerry Shares Stall After QNX Push

BlackBerry Shares Slip Ahead of Results — What’s Moving BB Today

BlackBerry Ltd shares slid 8.5% to $8.50 late Tuesday morning in New York, giving up early gains after the open. The stock moved between $8.48 and $9.46. Around 26.4 million shares changed hands. The drop comes after a recent rally around the company's software turnaround pitch. BlackBerry’s update is in focus with earnings due soon. The company’s investor site says it will post fiscal Q1 results on June 25 for the quarter ended May 31.
9 June 2026
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Dow climbs in New York, but gains may stall

Dow climbs in New York, but gains may stall

U.S. stocks climbed Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 154.87 points, or 0.30%, to close at 50,940.88. Tech names bounced and traders cited lower Middle East tensions. The S&P 500 was up 0.22%. The Nasdaq Composite edged down 0.03%. Numbers are from LSEG, via Reuters, and are delayed at least 15 minutes. The Dow is trying to stay positive after last week’s tech selloff rattled a market that had been driven by AI demand. The regular New York session was underway; the NYSE core hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern. The next holiday for U.S. equity markets is Juneteenth on June 19.
9 June 2026
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IREN Stock Approaches $60 as AI Data-Center Bet Hits Key Point

IREN Stock Approaches $60 as AI Data-Center Bet Hits Key Point

IREN Limited was indicated slightly higher before Tuesday’s Nasdaq open after jumping 8.9% on Monday, a quick rebound for one of the market’s more volatile AI-and-crypto infrastructure names. The shares closed at $59.19 on June 8 and were quoted at $60.07 in premarket trade at 8:36 a.m. EDT, StockAnalysis.com data showed. The move matters now because investors are trying to decide whether IREN should trade like a bitcoin miner or like an AI cloud company. AI cloud means renting out graphics processing units, or GPUs — chips used to train and run artificial-intelligence models — from data centers that have large amounts of power and cooling. TipRanks said IREN and other AI cloud infrastructure and bitcoin-mining stocks rose Monday as bitcoin rebounded about 2% after sliding toward $60,000 late last week.
9 June 2026
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Keel Infrastructure Shares Climb Premarket on $400M AI Power Deal

Keel Infrastructure Shares Climb Premarket on $400M AI Power Deal

Keel Infrastructure Corp. shares were up ahead of Tuesday’s Nasdaq open as the company advanced its rebound, with traders reacting to a bigger debt sale aimed at funding its AI data-center expansion. The stock traded at $5.84 in U.S. premarket, up 3.18%. Keel closed Monday at $5.66, up 10.33%. Timing is a factor. Keel said its $400 million deal for 1.250% convertible senior notes due 2032 is set to close around June 9, if conditions are met. The offer grew from an initial $350 million target. Buyers can also pick up an extra $58 million of notes in a 13-day window.
9 June 2026
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Why Novo Nordisk Stock Fell Even After Wegovy Pill Hit 3 Million Prescriptions

Why Novo Nordisk Stock Fell Even After Wegovy Pill Hit 3 Million Prescriptions

Novo Nordisk’s Copenhagen-listed B shares fell 4.2% to DKK 272.00 after Monday’s session, underperforming a 0.9% drop in the OMX Copenhagen 25, even as the Danish drugmaker reported another strong demand marker for its Wegovy pill. Its U.S.-listed shares were at $41.02, down about 4.6%. Novo said Wegovy tablets had surpassed 3 million U.S. prescriptions since their Jan. 5 launch, equal to roughly one filled every five seconds. More than 80% of new prescriptions were for people new to GLP-1 therapy — drugs that mimic a gut hormone involved in appetite and blood-sugar control — suggesting the pill is bringing in patients rather than only switching existing users from injections. Jamey Millar, Novo’s U.S. operations chief, said patients and doctors were making “choices that fit their needs.”
9 June 2026
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IREN Shares Rally After Bitcoin Rebound and $4.4 Billion AI Data Center Move

IREN Shares Rally After Bitcoin Rebound and $4.4 Billion AI Data Center Move

IREN Limited clawed back some ground Monday, with shares up to $59.19 near the market close. Investors came in after a rough week for crypto and AI infrastructure stocks. IREN picked up $4.84 compared to Friday, and trading topped 40 million shares. IREN doesn't just trade as a bitcoin miner now. The company is pushing into AI cloud, renting out computing from its power and data-center facilities to customers handling AI tasks. The stock now sits between two sectors—bitcoin and AI infrastructure, both known for wild moves.
8 June 2026
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Social Security Payments Land This Week—June 10 Recipients

Social Security Payments Land This Week—June 10 Recipients

Social Security’s next batch of payments comes Wednesday, June 10, hitting accounts for people with birthdays from the 1st to the 10th of any month. Newsweek said Monday this June 10 round covers retirees, people with disabilities, and survivors. Timing is important here. The first two June payment dates have come and gone. Supplemental Security Income payments went out June 1. Some Social Security beneficiaries — such as those getting both SSI and Social Security, people living abroad, those with state-paid Medicare premiums or who filed before 1997 — were on the schedule for June 3.
8 June 2026
Nu Shares Drop, $1 Billion Buyback Doesn’t Ease Market

Nu Shares Drop, $1 Billion Buyback Doesn’t Ease Market

Nu Holdings Ltd. shares slipped in Monday’s afternoon session, erasing more of last week’s gains after the buyback. Traders pointed to uncertainty over management changes and credit costs. The NYSE-listed stock last traded at $11.60, off 37 cents, or roughly 3.1%. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF was up around 0.5%. Nu, the parent of Brazil’s Nubank, wants investors to look past risk and see its capital position. On June 4, the board signed off on a $1 billion buyback program that runs 12 months. Nu said a buyback lets it purchase its own stock, which can help the share price or cut the float. But it isn’t required to buy any exact number of shares and can change or end the plan at any point.
8 June 2026
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Cerebras shares jump as Wall Street eyes AI chipmaker’s Nvidia bid

Cerebras shares jump as Wall Street eyes AI chipmaker’s Nvidia bid

Cerebras Systems Inc. shares surged roughly 20% Monday as the AI chipmaker drew interest in early coverage from Wall Street firms. The stock was last seen at $241.44 at 1:47 p.m. EDT, up from a prior close near $201.01. It earlier hit an intraday high at $247.75. Cerebras' rally stands out since the company is getting valued as more than just another chip IPO. Investors are watching it as a test of appetite for “inference,” which means running an AI model to generate things like answers or code after training. That’s where many see the next phase of AI spending going.
8 June 2026
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Meta $145 Billion AI Push Faces Snag With Wall Street

Meta $145 Billion AI Push Faces Snag With Wall Street

Meta Platforms fell again Monday as investors reacted to talk that the Facebook owner could look to sell tens of billions in stock to pay for AI expansion. Shares dropped 0.8% to $587.97. The move comes after the stock slid 5.5% Friday when the news first hit. Big Tech’s push in AI is shifting into capital markets. Alphabet boosted its equity offerings to $84.75 billion last week, signaling heavy demand for AI financings. But it’s also a signal that more equity supply could hit the market from sector leaders.
8 June 2026
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Apple Faces Key AI Event, Wall Street Focuses on Siri

Apple Faces Key AI Event, Wall Street Focuses on Siri

Apple rose 2.2% to $314.17 Monday morning, pushing its market cap to roughly $4.63 trillion with investors watching for updates from its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The company said the WWDC keynote would kick off at 10 a.m. Pacific. WWDC is Apple’s big shot to lay out its AI strategy this year—what it will build, maybe what it can sell. Yahoo Finance said Apple shares were up 0.3% premarket. The Wall Street Journal noted the company heads into the event with expectations high for its AI push, thanks to its valuation.
8 June 2026
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TSMC Chip Bottleneck Turns Into Global Concern

TSMC Chip Bottleneck Turns Into Global Concern

Taipei, June 9, 2026, 00:05 UTC+8 TSMC’s supply pinch is pushing the chip business into new territory. Google is said to have picked Intel for its next batch of in-house AI chips, and Nvidia is testing if Intel can manufacture a separate advanced chip design, according to reports. “AI’s biggest players are racing to diversify a supply chain still heavily concentrated in TSMC,” eMarketer analyst Jacob Bourne said.
8 June 2026
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SOXL’s 433% Rally in AI Chip Sector Meets Sharp Pullback

SOXL’s 433% Rally in AI Chip Sector Meets Sharp Pullback

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares climbed in early U.S. trading Monday, bouncing after last week’s sharp drop. Investors went back into chip names following a snap in the AI trade. The inverse fund, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares, fell. SOXL traded at $209.62, up $27.08 from Friday. SOXS dropped to $5.75. Among unlevered semiconductor ETFs, iShares Semiconductor ETF rose roughly 5.2% and VanEck Semiconductor ETF added around 4.6%. That’s less than SOXL, reflecting the effect of leverage on daily moves.
8 June 2026
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Stock Market Today

  • US Bancorp's USB.PRR Set for Ex-Dividend June 30, 2026
    June 29, 2026, 2:38 PM EDT. US Bancorp's 4.00% Depositary Shares Series M Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred (USB.PRR) goes ex-dividend June 30, 2026. The board set a quarterly payout of $0.25 per share, payable July 15, which gives USB.PRR a roughly 6.47% annualized yield at the latest $15.53 close. Shares are pricing in an expected 1.61% drop on ex-date. That current yield runs just under the 6.79% average for Financial preferreds. On June 29, USB.PRR added about 0.5%, keeping pace with the move in the commons (USB). US Bancorp makes up 14.62% of the iShares US Regional Banks ETF (IAT), which slipped 0.3% Monday. Traders eyeing USB.PRR should be ready for the price adjustment on ex-dividend day.
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