Artificial Intelligence 18 June 2026

Nvidia ends up ahead of Juneteenth, chip names eye AI moves next week

Nvidia shares firmed up ahead of the Juneteenth holiday, finishing at $210.69 on Thursday for a 2.95% gain. Investors went back to semiconductor stocks after the week opened with swings.

19 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market

Cisco trades higher ahead of Juneteenth holiday with AI-networking names in the mix

Cisco Systems shares climbed Thursday, bouncing back along with other tech stocks as investors stuck to the AI infrastructure trade ahead of a U.S. market holiday.

19 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:CSCO·Stock Market·Technology

Bloom Energy jumps to all-time high after FERC moves boost AI power demand

Bloom Energy Corp closed up 15.4% at $328.91 on Thursday, hitting a record. Shares touched $329.51 during the session and volume hit 15.7 million shares, according to StockAnalysis. Investors snapped up stocks tied to AI data centers and near-term power supply.

19 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:BE·Renewable Energy·Stock Market

FuelCell Energy pops as traders move in on AI-driven data center story

FuelCell Energy shares surged almost 20% Thursday, adding to a choppy run for the clean-power stock. Investors are buying in as they look for possible electricity suppliers to power artificial intelligence data centers.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Data Centers·NASDAQ:BLDP·NASDAQ:FCEL·NASDAQ:PLUG·NYSE:BE·Renewable Energy·Stock Market

Nvidia stock rises nearly 3% as chip rebound and Europe AI buildout lift shares

Nvidia shares climbed nearly 3% on Thursday, ending near $210 as semiconductor stocks rebounded from the previous session’s Federal Reserve-driven selloff. “All together, the package of data is still supportive whether or not the Fed has become a little bit more hawkish,” said Tony Welch, chief investment officer at SignatureFD.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market

Marvell shares gain with Amazon chip talks in focus

Marvell Technology shares jumped Thursday, with investors eyeing Amazon’s potential move to grow its Trainium AI chip business. That could open up the market for custom silicon and Marvell’s high-speed networking gear.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:MRVL·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Qnity Electronics shares climb with other AI chip material stocks

Qnity Electronics traded sharply higher Thursday as buyers moved into semiconductor suppliers in a broad chip rally. The recently spun-off materials company hovered near its session peak with markets set to close for the Juneteenth holiday.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:QNTY·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Corning stock jumps 10% as AI data-center fiber trade draws fresh bids

Corning Incorporated shares jumped 10.3% to $193.45 in Thursday afternoon trading, up $18.05 on the day, as buyers returned to one of this year’s sharper artificial-intelligence infrastructure trades. The stock’s volume stood at about 11.2 million shares.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Data Centers·NYSE:GLW·Stock Market·Technology

Amazon Shares Edge Higher, AI Chip Push Puts Spotlight on AWS Spend

Amazon.com shares gained in Thursday afternoon trade after a report said the company is in talks to sell its custom AI chips to external data-center firms, a step that could move Amazon further into a space where Nvidia has led for years.

18 June 2026

Amazon·Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AMZN·Stock Market

Apple Faces Possible Price Increases; Micron Gains on AI Memory Supply

Apple will hike prices on some products as memory and storage-chip costs jump, Chief Executive Tim Cook said to The Wall Street Journal. Cook called price rises “unavoidable,” Reuters reported. The move is the clearest sign yet that the AI infrastructure boom is now reaching consumer electronics.

18 June 2026

Apple·Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:MU·Technology

Salesforce stock falls further as AI returns, Fin deal weigh on Wall Street

Salesforce Inc. shares slipped again Thursday, down 1.8% to $152.21 by midday in New York. Investors seemed to look past AI-driven revenue growth and focused on questions about whether artificial-intelligence agents could hit the core subscription model. The stock had hit a session low of $149.96.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:CRM·Stock Market·Technology

Hyperscale Data stock gains with traders looking at AI data-center plan, Bitcoin move

Hyperscale Data Inc. shares climbed Thursday, stretching a wild stretch as traders shrugged off a standard preferred-share dividend update and zeroed in on the company’s recent moves to pitch itself as an AI data-center stock holding Bitcoin.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cryptocurrency·Data Centers·NYSEA:GPUS·Stock Market·Technology

IBM drops after Accenture outlook, AI control worries hit IT services stocks

IBM shares slid nearly 7% Thursday morning, trailing gains elsewhere in the U.S. market. The drop followed a weak outlook from Accenture and renewed worries about AI “control,” which pressured sentiment across the IT services space — the segment handling outsourced tech and consulting work for corporate systems.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:CTSH·NYSE:ACN·NYSE:IBM·NYSE:INFY·Stock Market

HIVE Digital shares jump in premarket after $220 million Bell-Cohere AI contract

HIVE Digital Technologies shares moved higher in U.S. premarket action Thursday after its BUZZ HPC arm landed a three-year GPU cloud agreement with Bell Canada’s Bell AI Fabric and Cohere valued at about $220 million. The contract is a new step for the former bitcoin miner as it pivots into AI infrastructure.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:HIVE·Stock Market·Technology

Meta shares slip as AI costs and executive changes weigh on sentiment

Meta Platforms shares were up in premarket trading Thursday, recovering some losses after a steep fall. Investors balanced new concerns about challenges in the Facebook parent’s AI revamp with a wider rally in U.S. tech futures.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:META·Stock Market·Technology

Keel Infrastructure gets premarket attention with investor focus on AI data-center bets, auditor change

Keel Infrastructure Corp. was moving before the bell Thursday, with traders still chasing its AI data-center angle. Investors also had an auditor change and fresh debt issue to consider. The stock, listed on Nasdaq, was at $6.2037 in premarket dealing, a session with lighter volume that can see sharper swings.

18 June 2026

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

Nokia trades above Helsinki market on Lenovo pact and U.S. AI push

Nokia stock moved higher in afternoon trade Thursday after the company said it entered a multi-year patent deal with Lenovo. Shares gained 1.29% to €12.20 by 14:18 EEST. The OMXH25 in Helsinki dropped 0.90%.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·HKG:0992·NYSE:NOK·Stock Market·Technology

Alphabet edges lower with shares near $362 after Gemini engineer Shazeer goes to OpenAI

Alphabet Class A lost 0.42% to $362.26 in premarket trading Thursday. Noam Shazeer, a top leader for Google’s Gemini AI, is going to OpenAI. “Incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google,” Shazeer said. Google called his work “meaningful.” Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion less than two years ago to bring Shazeer and his group back.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:GOOGL·Stock Market

Kazakhstan pins $10B data center plans on Nvidia ties, state infrastructure push

Kazakhstan is moving to turn its energy sector into an AI export play, tying a $10 billion data-center project with Firebird and Nvidia backing to a new state fund aimed at finishing 16 infrastructure projects this year.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Data Centers·NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA

Shazeer exits Google Gemini for OpenAI in latest AI talent move

Google’s vice president of engineering Noam Shazeer, who co-led development of the company’s Gemini AI models, said Wednesday he’s leaving to join OpenAI. Shazeer is one of Google’s top AI researchers. He will move to the ChatGPT maker, according to Reuters.

18 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:GOOGL·OpenAI

Artificial Intelligence 18 June 2026 - 19 June 2026

Nvidia ends up ahead of Juneteenth, chip names eye AI moves next week

Cisco trades higher ahead of Juneteenth holiday with AI-networking names in the mix

Bloom Energy jumps to all-time high after FERC moves boost AI power demand

FuelCell Energy pops as traders move in on AI-driven data center story

Nvidia stock rises nearly 3% as chip rebound and Europe AI buildout lift shares

Marvell shares gain with Amazon chip talks in focus

Qnity Electronics shares climb with other AI chip material stocks

Corning stock jumps 10% as AI data-center fiber trade draws fresh bids

Amazon Shares Edge Higher, AI Chip Push Puts Spotlight on AWS Spend

Apple Faces Possible Price Increases; Micron Gains on AI Memory Supply

Salesforce stock falls further as AI returns, Fin deal weigh on Wall Street

Hyperscale Data stock gains with traders looking at AI data-center plan, Bitcoin move

IBM drops after Accenture outlook, AI control worries hit IT services stocks

HIVE Digital shares jump in premarket after $220 million Bell-Cohere AI contract

Meta shares slip as AI costs and executive changes weigh on sentiment

Keel Infrastructure gets premarket attention with investor focus on AI data-center bets, auditor change

Nokia trades above Helsinki market on Lenovo pact and U.S. AI push

Alphabet edges lower with shares near $362 after Gemini engineer Shazeer goes to OpenAI

Kazakhstan pins $10B data center plans on Nvidia ties, state infrastructure push

Shazeer exits Google Gemini for OpenAI in latest AI talent move

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