Today: 30 April 2026

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end week lower — chip rally, bank jitters, and next week’s big tests

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end week lower — chip rally, bank jitters, and next week’s big tests

The Dow fell 83.11 points to 49,359.33 Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also ending lower; all three major indexes posted weekly losses. The Russell 2000 small-cap index closed at a record high. Chipmakers gained late in the week, while financial stocks declined on policy concerns. Markets reopen Tuesday after the holiday, with earnings and a Supreme Court case on the Fed in focus.
17 January 2026
Why Vistra stock sank 7% Friday as a PJM “emergency auction” idea spooked power names

Why Vistra stock sank 7% Friday as a PJM “emergency auction” idea spooked power names

Vistra shares fell 7.4% after the White House pressed PJM Interconnection for an emergency auction to address surging power demand from data centers. The move raised the prospect of caps on capacity-market charges and forced curtailments for large new users. GE Vernova rose 6.1% on turbine demand hopes, while Constellation Energy and Vistra led S&P 500 losses. PJM’s next capacity auction is set for late June.
17 January 2026
Why UnitedHealth stock fell today: UNH slides as Medicare Advantage spotlight returns

Why UnitedHealth stock fell today: UNH slides as Medicare Advantage spotlight returns

UnitedHealth shares fell 2.3% to $331.02 in after-hours trading Friday following a MedPAC report highlighting $76 billion in projected Medicare Advantage overpayments. The drop came ahead of a long holiday weekend and the company’s earnings release set for Jan. 27. Managed-care stocks broadly declined, with Humana down 3.76% and Elevance Health off 1.85%.
17 January 2026
Super Micro Computer (SMCI) stock price jumps 11% after-hours — chip rally and options expiry set up next week

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) stock price jumps 11% after-hours — chip rally and options expiry set up next week

Super Micro Computer shares surged 11% to $32.64 in after-hours trading Friday, with 78.8 million shares changing hands. Chip stocks rallied after Taiwan Semiconductor posted a 35% profit jump and forecast strong 2026 revenue. Super Micro remains 57% below its 52-week high. Investors await Intel’s earnings on Jan. 22.
Adobe stock slides again after annual report filing; what investors watch next

Adobe stock slides again after annual report filing; what investors watch next

Adobe shares fell 2.6% to $296.12 in after-hours trading Friday after filing its annual report. The company reported fiscal 2025 revenue of $23.77 billion and net income of $7.13 billion, with $5.43 billion in cash and $11.28 billion spent on buybacks. The report cited rising competition from AI in creative software. U.S. markets are closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
17 January 2026
ServiceNow stock drops nearly 3% as security flaw headlines linger ahead of Jan. 28 earnings

ServiceNow stock drops nearly 3% as security flaw headlines linger ahead of Jan. 28 earnings

ServiceNow shares fell 2.9% to $127.31 in after-hours trading Friday, extending a week of declines and leaving the stock 47% below its 52-week high. The drop followed news of a major AI security flaw, “BodySnatcher,” which the company says has been patched. U.S. stocks closed flat ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. ServiceNow reports earnings Jan. 28.
Constellation Energy (CEG) stock dives on White House push to cap PJM power-market prices

Constellation Energy (CEG) stock dives on White House push to cap PJM power-market prices

Constellation Energy shares fell 9.8% to $307.71 in after-hours trading Friday after the White House urged PJM Interconnection to hold an emergency auction for new power plants and cap earnings for existing ones. The move follows an 800% surge in PJM capacity prices and criticism from state officials over rising power bills. GE Vernova rose 6.1%, while Vistra dropped 7.5%. U.S. markets are closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
17 January 2026
Applied Materials stock rallies again after Barclays upgrade — what AMAT bulls are watching next

Applied Materials stock rallies again after Barclays upgrade — what AMAT bulls are watching next

Applied Materials shares rose 2.5% to $327.01 Friday after Barclays upgraded the stock and raised its price target to $360, citing stronger memory spending. The stock closed about 1.2% below its 52-week high and was little changed after hours. Chip-equipment peers also gained following strong results from TSMC. Applied Materials reports earnings Feb. 12.
Salesforce stock slides to $227 after insider sale filing, with Davos AI showcase next week

Salesforce stock slides to $227 after insider sale filing, with Davos AI showcase next week

Salesforce shares fell 2.8% to $227.11 Friday, then edged up to $227.20 after hours. Director Neelie Kroes sold 3,893 shares this week at a weighted average of $238.70, cutting her stake to 7,299 shares, according to a U.S. filing. The company is promoting its new AI concierge app at Davos. U.S. markets will close Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Goldman Sachs stock dips after-hours as earnings beat meets Apple Card transition

Goldman Sachs stock dips after-hours as earnings beat meets Apple Card transition

Goldman Sachs shares fell $13.48, or 1.4%, to $962 in after-hours trading Friday. The bank reported fourth-quarter net income of $4.62 billion and diluted EPS of $14.01, beating analyst estimates. Net revenues dropped 3% year-over-year to $13.45 billion, while investment banking fees rose 25% to $2.58 billion. Goldman raised its quarterly dividend to $4.50 per share.
Netflix stock barely moves after hours as KeyBanc cuts target ahead of Warner deal-heavy earnings

Netflix stock barely moves after hours as KeyBanc cuts target ahead of Warner deal-heavy earnings

Netflix shares slipped 0.1% to $88 in after-hours trading Friday after KeyBanc cut its price target to $110, citing uncertainty over the planned Warner Bros deal. Investors await Netflix’s Jan. 20 earnings and details on the $82.7 billion Warner Bros acquisition bid. U.S. markets were closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Why Strategy stock (MSTR) is moving after hours as Wall Street trims targets ahead of Feb. 5 earnings

Why Strategy stock (MSTR) is moving after hours as Wall Street trims targets ahead of Feb. 5 earnings

Strategy Inc shares rose 1.6% to $173.71 in after-hours trading Friday after a filing showed it raised $1.25 billion by selling stock and used the funds to buy 13,627 bitcoin. Mizuho and TD Cowen both cut their price targets but kept positive ratings. The company now holds 687,410 bitcoin. Strategy will report fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 5.
Eli Lilly stock: FDA pushes orforglipron decision to April 10 as lawsuit adds another overhang

Eli Lilly stock: FDA pushes orforglipron decision to April 10 as lawsuit adds another overhang

Eli Lilly shares rose 0.5% in after-hours trading after the FDA delayed its decision on the company’s obesity drug orforglipron to April 10. Lilly and Novo Nordisk face a lawsuit from Texas-based Strive Specialties, which alleges both companies restricted access to cheaper compounded versions of GLP-1 drugs. Lilly also disclosed a 10% stake in Aktis Oncology.
IREN stock price jumps 11% after-hours as Wall Street upgrade revives AI cloud bet

IREN stock price jumps 11% after-hours as Wall Street upgrade revives AI cloud bet

IREN shares jumped 11.5% to $57.82 in after-hours trading Friday on volume of 53.7 million, after H.C. Wainwright upgraded the stock to “buy” and cited a $9.7 billion AI cloud contract with Microsoft. The broker set an $80 price target, calling the deal a major shift for the former bitcoin miner. Investors await IREN’s next earnings report on Feb. 11.

Stock Market Today

  • Stock Market Closed on May 1, 2026 for Maharashtra Day: NSE and BSE Holiday Details
    April 29, 2026, 11:29 PM EDT. The Indian stock market will be closed on May 1, 2026, for Maharashtra Day, with trading suspended on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) across all segments including equity, derivatives, currency derivatives, securities lending and borrowing (SLB), and electronic gold receipts (EGR). The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will not operate during the morning session; evening hours await official confirmation. Other upcoming market holidays in 2026 include Bakri Id (May 28), Muharram (June 26), Ganesh Chaturthi (September 14), and Diwali Balipratipada (November 10). Markets close on weekends and national holidays regularly. Investors should plan trading activities accordingly given these scheduled closures.

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Soluna Holdings Stock Jumps After Sazmining Bitcoin Deal, Then SEC Resale Filing Lands

Soluna Holdings Stock Jumps After Sazmining Bitcoin Deal, Then SEC Resale Filing Lands

30 April 2026
Soluna Holdings filed to register the resale of about 2.46 million common shares, with no proceeds going to the company. The move follows Sazmining’s launch of a 3-megawatt Bitcoin mining operation at Soluna’s Project Dorothy 1B in West Texas. Soluna shares last traded at $1.28, up from a $1.08 Nasdaq sale price on April 28. The registered shares include 2.4 million issuable to YA II PN, LTD. via warrant exercise.
Brookfield Renewable Stock Drops 12% Before Q1 Results as BEPC Investors Brace for Friday

Brookfield Renewable Stock Drops 12% Before Q1 Results as BEPC Investors Brace for Friday

30 April 2026
Brookfield Renewable Corp’s NYSE shares fell 12.5% to $35.20 on Wednesday, with volume quadrupling the three-month average ahead of first-quarter results due Friday. The drop came despite a higher quarterly dividend and mixed analyst views. The company operates 47 GW of clean energy assets globally. Analysts expect a first-quarter loss of 33.92 cents per share on $1.62 billion in revenue.
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