Today: 22 June 2026

Bank of America stock price edges up after hours as traders line up a Fed week and bank earnings

Bank of America stock price edges up after hours as traders line up a Fed week and bank earnings

Bank of America shares rose 0.7% to $52.97 in after-hours trading Friday after the bank announced preferred stock dividend payments. Earlier, the stock fell 3% despite reporting $7.6 billion in earnings and record net interest income. The board approved cash dividends on multiple preferred series, payable in February and March. Investors await the Fed’s Jan. 27-28 meeting and more bank earnings next week.
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.

Stock Market Today

  • ASX 200 Flat as Energy Stocks Gain Amid Hormuz Tensions
    June 21, 2026, 11:23 PM EDT. The ASX 200 index held steady near 8,826 despite mixed sector performance. Energy shares rose on geopolitical concerns around the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route. However, gains were offset by a 1.7% decline in mining giant BHP and a sharp 13% fall in logistics software firm WiseTech Global. Investors remain cautious amid supply chain and regional tension uncertainties.

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