Artificial Intelligence 29 May 2026

Ford Shares Jump 17% This Week on AI Bet, Test Ahead

Ford Motor Co shares finished Friday at $17.44, gaining 4.74%, after reaching $17.78 during the session. The stock has added around 16.8% in the past four sessions since May 22, when it ended at $14.93. Volume on Friday came in at 154.23 million shares, the largest of this stretch.

30 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:F·Stock Market

Workday up 12% as investors look again at AI risk

Workday shares surged 12.45% to $146.19 on Friday, the biggest jump of the week for the stock. Investors are putting money back into software companies hurt earlier this year by concern that AI would cut into demand for business apps. U.S. markets are closed until Monday. The Nasdaq is open 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday.

30 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:WDAY·Stock Market·Technology

Adobe stock jumps as Wall Street fixates on AI recurring revenue ahead of earnings

Adobe Stock Moves Higher After AI Struggles; Wall Street Sets Sights on Monday

Adobe Inc. rallied Friday, finishing 7.36% higher at $259.21 and erasing the week’s earlier losses. The stock ended the four-session week up about 5.9%. U.S. markets were closed Monday for Memorial Day. Volume on Friday beat the prior three sessions.

30 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ADBE·Stock Market·Technology

Asia Shares Rally in Early June, AI Hype Lifts Market Despite Fresh Inflation Risks

Asia stocks finished the week mixed, as traders bought chip names on the AI theme while others stuck to defensives in India and mainland China. Markets are closed Saturday. Investors now look ahead to a busy first week of June for data.

30 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Inflation·Stock Market·TSX:9984

US stocks notch new highs with AI trade still in focus

S&P 500 hit another record Friday, logging its ninth straight winning week. Traders bought AI-related names again, despite inflation holding up. Dell Technologies jumped 32.8% on a strong outlook, lifting server stocks across the board.

30 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Stock Market

Palantir Jumps 9% as AI Software Stocks Face Next Test

Palantir Technologies Inc. shares climbed 9.2% to $156.54 on Friday, as the data-analytics stock rallied with software names and landed back in the AI spotlight. The gain extended a two-day jump, marking its best two-session stretch since April 2025, Dow Jones Market Data told Barron’s.

30 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:PLTR·Stock Market

Palo Alto Networks Reaches All-Time High Ahead of Results as AI Security Rally Drives Wall Street

Palo Alto Networks shares jumped 9.3% to close at a record $281.69 on Friday. The cybersecurity name hit an intraday high of $283.71. Trading volume was about twice the usual level as buyers positioned ahead of the company’s earnings next week and on signs Wall Street wants more AI security names.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cybersecurity·NYSE:PANW·Stock Market·Technology

Zeta Global up 13% as traders move on AI, options hunt

Zeta Global Holdings Corp. rallied 13.43% to finish at $22.89 Friday after heavy buying sent the AI marketing software stock higher. Shares reached $23.03 on the day and volume hit 15.35 million, well above the 8.68 million average. Options trading pointed to investors looking for more gains.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ZETA·Stock Market

POET Technologies Tumbles Again as $400 Million AI Optics Push Hits Another Setback

POET Technologies shares dropped 7.3% Friday, then edged lower after market hours as investors looked again at the AI photonics firm's $400 million financing and what it means for bigger commercial orders. The Nasdaq stock finished at $12.29 and last traded at $12.23 just after 5 p.m. in New York.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:POET·Stock Market·Technology

Microsoft gets Pentagon boost in AI, Wall Street moves in

Microsoft shares rose over 5% on Friday, building on Thursday’s strong rally. Buyers cited optimism over artificial intelligence products, a big U.S. defense contract, and stronger signals from enterprise tech demand. The stock was last seen at $450.24, putting Microsoft’s market value near $3.35 trillion.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Defense Industry·NASDAQ:MSFT

Coherent Drops 6.6%, AI Optics Demand Gets Tested

Coherent Corp. dropped 6.6% Friday, falling to around $352. Shares touched $343.51 during the session. The stock had finished at $376.95 on Thursday. Coherent is among the AI-infrastructure names that have drawn attention this year.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:COHR·Technology

Dow Jones Pushes Past 51,000 After Hours on AI Momentum, Iran Moves

Dow ends over 51,000 as oil drops, Iran truce hopes lift sentiment The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the session at 51,027.94, up 358.82 points, or 0.71%. Lower oil prices and some optimism about a possible U.S.-Iran truce helped push the move. The S&P 500 was higher by 19.91 points, or 0.26%, to close at 7,583.61. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 59.92 points, or 0.23%, ending at 26,978.21.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:SMCI·NYSE:AEO·NYSE:DELL·NYSE:GPS·NYSE:HPE·Stock Market

Dell’s AI Surge Sends Wall Street Up — U.S. Markets Today

Wall Street finished up Friday, with the three major U.S. indexes posting gains. Dell jumped on strong AI demand and lower oil prices supported another leg in the May rally, which finished at new highs.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:SMCI·NYSE:DELL·NYSE:HPE·NYSE:HPQ·Stock Market

Adobe Stock Rises Again as Wall Street Revisits AI Trade

Adobe Inc. shares surged Friday afternoon as renewed buying sent the Photoshop maker sharply higher. The stock had been struggling with pressure from concerns about artificial intelligence rivals.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ADBE·Stock Market

Keel Infrastructure rises again as investors bet on AI growth

Keel Infrastructure shares climbed again Friday, stretching out a sharp rally as investors continued to buy up the stock. The former Bitfarms is now seen more as an AI infrastructure company with power assets, moving away from its bitcoin miner image.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:KEEL

BlackBerry rises as QNX AI push draws new attention

BlackBerry Limited’s U.S. shares moved higher again Friday, continuing a rally that started in late May. Traders are buying on the potential of the company’s QNX unit, with interest focused on robotics and so-called “physical AI,” where machines use artificial intelligence to interact with the physical world.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:BB·Technology

Vanguard VGT split points to the AI trade’s top play

Vanguard Information Technology ETF has moved ahead of Vanguard’s wider growth funds since an April share split. The tech-heavy ETF, which gives investors a way to buy into AI hardware and software bets, is still drawing money as buyers stay interested in focused tech trades.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·ETFs·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:NVDA·NYSE:DELL·Stock Market·Technology

CrowdStrike Moves Early in AI Trade Ahead of Earnings

CrowdStrike shares rose about 6.5% near midday Friday, pushing higher with the rest of the cybersecurity sector. Investors are betting AI can drive demand for security platforms, not only threaten software names. The stock changed hands around $714.55 after moving as high as $718.96.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:CRWD·NYSE:SNOW·Stock Market

IREN Shares Slide, Bringing Dell AI Deal and $4.4 Billion Test Into Focus

IREN Limited shares dropped in midday action Friday, pulling back after an AI-fueled run. Traders are shifting focus from the big contract figures to whether the company can actually ramp up the capacity it has said it will.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:IREN·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market·Technology

Lumentum’s Nasdaq-100 Breakthrough Turns AI Optics Stock Into Must-Watch Index Trade

Lumentum’s AI Optics Rally Crushed Nvidia’s—Now Comes the Hard Part

Lumentum Holdings shares fell on Friday, cooling a run that has made the San Jose optical-networking supplier one of the more closely watched AI infrastructure trades outside semiconductors.

29 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AAOI·NASDAQ:COHR·NASDAQ:LITE·NASDAQ:NVDA

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