Today: 26 June 2026

Mortgage rates today: 30-year nudges higher as Rocket, UWM stocks slide on oil-driven yield jitters

Mortgage rates today: 30-year nudges higher as Rocket, UWM stocks slide on oil-driven yield jitters

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.15% Tuesday, up from 6.12% Monday, according to Mortgage News Daily. Shares of Rocket Companies fell 2.1%, UWM Holdings dropped 2.2%, and loanDepot lost 3.1% as Treasury yields climbed. Homebuilder ETFs ITB and XHB declined about 1.5% and 1.7%. Investors are awaiting Friday’s U.S. jobs report and the Fed’s March policy meeting.
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Strategy Inc stock price slips even after fresh bitcoin buy; traders eye March 15 record date

Strategy Inc stock price slips even after fresh bitcoin buy; traders eye March 15 record date

Strategy Inc shares fell 2.6% to $134.11 midday Tuesday after the company disclosed a $204.1 million bitcoin purchase funded by stock and preferred share sales. The board raised the STRC preferred dividend rate to 11.5%, with dividends payable March 31 to holders on record March 15. Strategy now holds 720,737 bitcoin, valued at $54.77 billion. Bitcoin traded down 2.1% at $67,956.
3 March 2026
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Circle (CRCL) stock jumps as oil shock shifts rate bets; insider sale filing lands

Circle (CRCL) stock jumps as oil shock shifts rate bets; insider sale filing lands

Circle Internet Group shares rose 5.8% to $101.76 Tuesday amid volatile trading, as investors focused on its rate-sensitive USDC stablecoin business. CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen sold 47,908 shares at $90 on Feb. 26 under a pre-arranged plan. Mizuho raised its price target to $100. The market faces inflation fears as oil prices surge and the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran escalates.
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Western Digital stock slides 6% in regular trade as oil spike rattles AI-linked tech, insider sale filing surfaces

Western Digital stock slides 6% in regular trade as oil spike rattles AI-linked tech, insider sale filing surfaces

Western Digital shares fell about 6% to $253.68 Tuesday, leading declines in data storage stocks as oil prices surged and Wall Street indexes dropped over 2%. A Form 144 filing showed a proposed sale of 6,000 Western Digital shares tied to a trust. Micron, Seagate, and Sandisk also traded sharply lower. Oil jumped 8% amid rising tensions in the Middle East, fueling inflation concerns.
3 March 2026
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AMD stock price slides nearly 5% today as chip shares sink — here’s what’s driving it

AMD stock price slides nearly 5% today as chip shares sink — here’s what’s driving it

AMD shares fell 4.8% to $189.16 by midmorning Tuesday amid a broad tech selloff, with Nvidia down 2.8% and Intel off 6.3%. Flex began U.S. manufacturing of AMD’s Instinct MI355X GPU platform in Austin, Texas, with volume ramping next quarter. Wall Street indexes dropped over 2% as investors reacted to Middle East tensions and rising oil prices. AMD CTO Mark Papermaster was set to speak at a Morgan Stanley conference.
3 March 2026
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Amazon stock slides after AWS drone strikes hit Middle East data centers — what’s next for AMZN

Amazon stock slides after AWS drone strikes hit Middle East data centers — what’s next for AMZN

Amazon shares fell 2.6% to $203 Tuesday after AWS reported drone strikes damaged data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, disrupting services with a “prolonged” recovery expected. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank said its mobile banking and contact center services were temporarily down amid the outage. The Invesco QQQ Trust and S&P 500 ETF also dropped more than 2% in morning trading.
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Silver plunges as Iran war boosts dollar and delays Fed cuts — SLV back in focus

Silver plunges as Iran war boosts dollar and delays Fed cuts — SLV back in focus

Gold fell 5.6% to $5,029.59 an ounce and silver dropped 11.2% to $79.42 as investors fled to the dollar and bond yields climbed. Wall Street’s main indexes slid over 2% amid oil-driven inflation fears and delayed Fed rate cut bets. Supertanker freight rates in the Middle East hit records as Strait of Hormuz traffic slowed. U.S. oil rose more than 13% since Friday; retail gasoline prices jumped 10 cents in 24 hours.
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Exxon, TotalEnergies face fresh output risk as Iran war squeezes Hormuz — and oil stocks react

Exxon, TotalEnergies face fresh output risk as Iran war squeezes Hormuz — and oil stocks react

Brent crude rose 7% to $83.44 a barrel Tuesday as Iran’s war with the U.S. and Israel disrupted Middle East oil and gas output, hitting Exxon Mobil, TotalEnergies, and Shell. Qatar halted LNG production after drone attacks, affecting about 20% of global supply. Tankers have avoided the Strait of Hormuz after insurers pulled coverage. Exxon shares gained 1.1% Monday; analysts raised price targets.
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Nvidia stock drops in New York as $4 billion photonics bet meets a risk-off market

Nvidia stock drops in New York as $4 billion photonics bet meets a risk-off market

Nvidia shares dropped 2.2% to $178.52 Tuesday morning, trailing a broad tech selloff that hit the Nasdaq and optics suppliers. The company announced $2 billion investments each in Lumentum and Coherent for advanced optics, but both suppliers’ stocks also fell sharply. Traders are watching for updates at Nvidia’s GTC event later this month.
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Stock Market Today

  • QQQ Falls 0.4% Led by WDC's 10.7% Drop and Insider Selling
    June 26, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT. The Nasdaq-100 ETF $QQQ declined 0.4% amid significant drops in top holdings. Western Digital Corp ($WDC) plunged 10.7%, weighing heavily on QQQ. Other notable decliners include Micron Technology ($MU) down 4.0%, Lam Research ($LRCX) down 5.4%, and SanDisk ($SNDK) down 7.6%. $WDC saw extensive insider selling with 125 trades over six months, none being purchases, including CEO Irving Tan's 26 sales totaling $13.3 million. Despite steep insider sales, eight analysts maintain buy or outperform ratings with a median price target of $537.5 for $WDC. Investors can track real-time data and insider transactions on specialized platforms like Quiver Quantitative.

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Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU) stock pops after Needham says U.S. upside in play

Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU) stock pops after Needham says U.S. upside in play

26 June 2026
Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU) jumped 6.3% to $13.245 after Needham’s Kyle Peterson started coverage with a Buy rating and $17 target, citing Nu’s Brazil scale and a possible U.S. launch within 12 months; the move added $3.8 billion in market value—nearly four times its $1 billion buyback authorization.
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