Artificial Intelligence 6 July 2026

AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) stock watch: Goldman ups target, chip index faces AI premium test

Nasdaq regular hours hadn’t started as of the dateline. July 8 isn’t a Nasdaq holiday in 2026, and posted trading hours run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern. Premarket hours are 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

8 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AMD·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Oracle stock drops as AI backlog gap grows and ORCL loses ground to cloud rivals

Oracle Corporation dropped Tuesday, paring Monday’s gains. The stock looked more like a debt-heavy AI infrastructure play than its usual image as a software company with a giant backlog.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NYSE:ORCL·Stock Market

DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) pops as AI cloud trade shifts on new backlog math

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. climbed 9.3% to $143.64 Wednesday afternoon after the company forecasted its Q2 remaining performance obligations topping $800 million. That puts focus on backlog and capacity instead of just stronger AI revenue. Shares touched $157.99 at their high and 3.28 million shares changed hands as of 1:50 p.m. EDT, valuing DigitalOcean near $16.1 billion.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NYSE:DOCN·Stock Market·Technology

Adobe surges while BofA sticks with AI sell call on buyback math

Adobe Inc. climbed Tuesday despite a new bearish call from Bank of America Corp. Shares traded at $227.98, up $9.91, or 4.5%, according to the latest finance feed. Invesco QQQ Trust dropped 1.4%. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust was down 0.3%.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ADBE·Stock Market

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) shares slide as memory bull cash-flow hopes tested

Sandisk stock dropped about 8.5% to $1,596.75 in morning trading on Nasdaq. That pullback hit a rally that The Motley Fool had pegged at 635% for the year as of Tuesday, down from a peak of 884%. Now investors are looking at whether slower NAND price hikes can still keep margins up if demand stays contracted.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:SNDK·Stock Market

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) edges higher after Mexico insurer deal

Palantir Technologies Inc. moved up late Tuesday morning as the company said Grupo Nacional Provincial, or GNP Seguros, is its first announced commercial customer in Latin America. The news gave Palantir its first non-U.S. commercial reference on a day tech stocks traded down. Nasdaq was open for a normal session. Nasdaq’s 2026 holiday schedule puts the July Independence Day closure on July 3, with regular hours at 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:PLTR·Technology

Semiconductors ETF slide puts AI exposure in focus; Invesco (NYSEARCA:PSI) falls back

Chip ETFs traded lower late Tuesday morning in New York, with the hardest fall coming from this year’s top performer, not the ETF with the most Nvidia. Invesco Semiconductors ETF slid roughly 7.8% to $147.08 near 11:50 a.m. EDT, according to latest pricing. VanEck Semiconductor ETF lost around 5.0%.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·ETFs·NYSEARCA:PSI·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Nokia drops as investors shrug at FiberCop news, look to AI-optics prices

Nokia Oyj dropped in Helsinki on Tuesday, reversing more of the AI-optical-network gains that took the Finnish telecom group to a 16-year high earlier this year.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·HEL:NOKIA·Innovation·NYSE:NOK·Technology

Anthropic’s $19B TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF) lease throws cost of compute into AI IPO mix

Anthropic put a price on its AI expansion Monday, signing a 20-year, $19 billion lease with TeraWulf Inc. for 401 MW of compute power in Kentucky. The agreement gives investors an early look at what a leading AI lab is spending, ahead of Anthropic’s IPO filing.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·IPO News·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:AVGO·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:WULF·Stock Market

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) dips as AI spending fears weigh, Xbox job cuts fade

U.S. stocks traded in a standard session Monday coming off Nasdaq’s July 3 holiday break. At press time, Microsoft Corporation was moving in the after-hours slot, which Nasdaq shows as running 16:00 to 20:00 ET.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Microsoft·NASDAQ:MSFT·Stock Market

Credo shares surge, AI cable outlook grows, but little room left for error

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd jumped 9.8% to $265.55 on Monday, leading gains in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which added 2.2%. William Blair’s Sebastien Naji, who rates the stock at buy, said it’s his “highest conviction semiconductor stock for the next six months,” according to Investor’s Business Daily. CRDO has climbed about 85% this year.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:CRDO·Stock Market·Technology Trends

Cipher Digital stock rebound meets short-cover test as AI data-center forecasts stay wide

Cipher Digital Inc. bounced on Monday, but the sharper investor read was not the 8.4% gain. It was the mix of heavy volume, a large short base and a still-wide forecast spread. The stock ended at $21.73 after trading from $20.54 to $22.58. Volume was 28.30 million shares, about 14% above the 24.85 million average volume shown by Google Finance.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Data Centers·NASDAQ:CIFR·Stock Market

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) stock beats Nasdaq as AI cash-flow forecast tightens

Meta Platforms Inc ended Monday up 2.98% at $600.29, outpacing the Nasdaq Composite’s 1.12% gain and the S&P 500’s 0.72% rise. The stock traded between $581.76 and $603.58, with volume of about 17.06 million shares, close to its 65-day average.

6 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:META·Stock Market·Technology

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) call activity spikes with shares testing $7 floor

SoundHound AI, Inc. jumped 6.26% to finish at $6.96 Monday. Volume hit 28.69 million shares, sitting a bit above its 65-day average. That move outpaced late-session gains in Invesco QQQ Trust and iShares Russell 2000 ETF, up 1.7% and 0.6% before the close. Trading resumed after Nasdaq’s July 3 Independence Day holiday.

6 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Nasdaq·NASDAQ:SOUN·Stock Market

US stocks end higher, most stocks trail AI gains

U.S. stocks pushed higher Monday, driven mostly by a narrow set of AI and chip stocks. The S&P 500 closed at 7,537.48 for a 0.72% gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 0.30% at 53,056.80. Nasdaq Composite finished at 26,131.63, rising 1.16%, according to Yahoo Finance data.

6 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AVGO·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:TLW·Stock Market·Technology

Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RXRX) stock gains as short interest and Russell flows hit AI-biotech rally

Nasdaq traded normally at the dateline after being shut July 3 for the Independence Day holiday. Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. rose 4.7% to $3.98 in the latest quote, adding about $95 million in market cap at that price.

6 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Biotechnology·Nasdaq·NASDAQ:RXRX·Stock Market

KIDZ AI (NASDAQ:KIDZ) rally shifts focus to trade volumes after robotics news

U.S. equity markets stayed open Monday after Nasdaq clarified its 2026 Independence Day holiday is July 3, not July 6. KIDZ AI Inc. was one of the standout microcap movers, jumping about 82% to $1.24. Volume hit 160.6 million shares as of 16:53 UTC, market data showed.

6 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:KIDZ·Robotics·Stock Market

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) rallies as AI trade outpaces Bitcoin

MARA Holdings, Inc. jumped 6.4% to $13.19 around midday Monday. Bitcoin-mining and AI-infrastructure stocks outpaced Bitcoin after TeraWulf reported new numbers tied to AI power leases. Bitcoin was up 1.4% at $63,519. Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 added 1.8%.

6 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cryptocurrency·NASDAQ:MARA·Stock Market

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) stock looks for footing after AI backlog tops market value

Oracle Corporation shares looked ready to bounce in premarket trading on Monday. Still, the main question for investors is whether Wall Street will keep backing a company with a backlog much bigger than its market cap.

6 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:ORCL·Stock Market

Nokia (HEL:NOKIA) slides in Helsinki, U.S.-listed ADRs seen lagging as AI strength fades

Nokia Oyj slipped in Helsinki on Monday. For U.S. investors, the main signal came from the spread between the updated Helsinki price and where New York closed. Nasdaq Helsinki ran normal hours, trading from 1000 to 1825 EEST.

6 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:NOK·Stock Market·Technology

Artificial Intelligence 6 July 2026 - 8 July 2026

AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) stock watch: Goldman ups target, chip index faces AI premium test

Oracle stock drops as AI backlog gap grows and ORCL loses ground to cloud rivals

DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) pops as AI cloud trade shifts on new backlog math

Adobe surges while BofA sticks with AI sell call on buyback math

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) shares slide as memory bull cash-flow hopes tested

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) edges higher after Mexico insurer deal

Semiconductors ETF slide puts AI exposure in focus; Invesco (NYSEARCA:PSI) falls back

Nokia drops as investors shrug at FiberCop news, look to AI-optics prices

Anthropic’s $19B TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF) lease throws cost of compute into AI IPO mix

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) dips as AI spending fears weigh, Xbox job cuts fade

Credo shares surge, AI cable outlook grows, but little room left for error

Cipher Digital stock rebound meets short-cover test as AI data-center forecasts stay wide

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) stock beats Nasdaq as AI cash-flow forecast tightens

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) call activity spikes with shares testing $7 floor

US stocks end higher, most stocks trail AI gains

Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RXRX) stock gains as short interest and Russell flows hit AI-biotech rally

KIDZ AI (NASDAQ:KIDZ) rally shifts focus to trade volumes after robotics news

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) rallies as AI trade outpaces Bitcoin

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) stock looks for footing after AI backlog tops market value

Nokia (HEL:NOKIA) slides in Helsinki, U.S.-listed ADRs seen lagging as AI strength fades

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