Artificial Intelligence 20 February 2026

IBM stock steadies before the bell after Anthropic’s COBOL AI claim sparks worst day since 2000

IBM stock edged up roughly 0.7% before the bell Tuesday, recouping a small part of the previous day’s steep 13% slide. Investors were rattled after concerns surfaced that fresh AI coding tech might threaten some business connected to IBM’s mainframe segment.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:IBM·Stock Market·Technology

Nvidia stock steadies in premarket as earnings loom and AI spend faces scrutiny

Nvidia shares barely budged in premarket trading Tuesday. The previous session finished higher for the chipmaker, with Wall Street now looking to its quarterly results—these could prove pivotal for the AI-driven rally.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market

Shopify stock price slides 7% as tariff fog, AI jitters squeeze software names

Shopify Inc dropped 7.1% to finish at $117.28 on Monday, slipping to $115.88 at session lows, with investors moving out of software and other risk-heavy names.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:SHOP·Stock Market·TSX:SHOP.TO

Mastercard stock tumbles below $500 on AI-disruption scare — what to watch next

Mastercard Incorporated stock barely moved in early premarket action Tuesday. Shares had wrapped up the previous session down roughly 5.8% at $496.03, breaking through the $500 level and hitting an intraday low close to $490.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:MA·Stock Market

IBM stock hit by worst drop since 2000 after Anthropic’s COBOL claim — what to watch next

IBM shares took a beating Monday, plunging 13.2% to $223.35—their sharpest single-day fall since the late '90s—after Anthropic claimed its AI tools could overhaul COBOL systems still running on Big Blue’s mainframes. That news also stung other software players. CrowdStrike and Datadog both lost ground as traders started questioning how disruptive the fresh wave of AI products could be across the sector.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:IBM·Stock Market

Accenture stock sinks after OpenAI “Frontier Alliance” news as tariff, AI fears rattle Wall Street

Accenture plc dropped 6.6% to $201.18 in late trading Monday, slipping as low as $199.18 during the session. Shares kicked off at $212.02, peaked at $216.19, and volume tallied roughly 10.0 million shares.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·EPA:CAP·NYSE:ACN·Stock Market

IBM stock price dives after Anthropic’s COBOL AI tool rattles Wall Street — what to watch next

IBM shares slid roughly 13% to $223.35 in late trading Monday, following news that Anthropic, the AI startup, introduced a tool targeting faster COBOL software modernization. Earlier, the stock changed hands between $255.77 and $221.00, with volume hitting about 19.5 million shares.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:IBM·Stock Market

Mastercard stock tumbles below $500 after-hours as tariffs, AI fears rattle Wall Street

Mastercard Incorporated slid 5.7% to $496.03 in after-hours trading Monday, following a steep decline earlier in the session. Shares swung from $490.05 to $525.19 during the day.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:MA·Stock Market

Blackstone stock price slides 6% after-hours as AI scare hits private credit — what traders watch next

Blackstone Inc dropped 6.2% to $113.71 after hours on Monday, with shares moving between $121.01 and $111.06 during a choppy session. Volume came in north of 18 million shares. The stock's 52-week range sits at $111.04 to $190.09.

24 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:BX·Stock Market

Palo Alto Networks stock slips as tariff jitters and AI code-security buzz hit PANW

Palo Alto Networks dropped roughly 2.5% to $144.96 by late morning Monday, with shares dipping as low as $144.24. Volume topped 9 million shares. CrowdStrike sank 8.5%, Zscaler lost 8.7%, and Fortinet was off 4.8%.

23 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cybersecurity·NASDAQ:PANW·Stock Market

Corning stock price jumps again as AI data-center demand keeps GLW in focus

Corning shares climbed again Monday, stretching their recent surge and lifting the stock well past last week’s mark. Investors are betting on the company’s involvement in constructing data centers for the AI era.

23 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:GLW·Stock Market·Technology

CrowdStrike stock sinks nearly 9% as AI disruption fears bite and Stifel trims target

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. shares stumbled 8.8% to $354.25 in Monday morning trading. The stock opened in positive territory but quickly reversed, touching a session low of $353.61.

23 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:CRWD·Stock Market

GOOG stock price: Alphabet Class C rises after Wells Fargo upgrade puts AI capex back in spotlight

Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares ticked higher Monday, with a 0.3% gain to $315.87, after Wells Fargo analyst Ken Gawrelski bumped up the Google parent’s rating, citing a lead in AI computing strength. GOOG moved in a range from $314.49 to $319.27 during the session.

23 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:GOOG·Stock Market

Rackspace (RXT) stock back in play as Palantir AI deal meets earnings week

Rackspace Technology was trading near $1.68 ahead of the open Monday, almost flat versus Friday’s close. Last week’s surge still lingered.

23 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:RXT·NYSE:PLTR·Stock Market·Technology

CrowdStrike stock steadies premarket after Anthropic’s Claude Code Security rattles cyber shares

CrowdStrike bounced 0.6% to $391 before the bell on Monday, making up just a fraction of Friday’s 7.95% drop. Shares wrapped up last week at $388.60.

23 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cybersecurity·NASDAQ:CRWD·Stock Market

Microsoft stock (MSFT) ends Friday lower; Xbox shake-up and AI spending cues in focus for Monday

Microsoft dipped 0.3% Friday, closing at $397.23 — lagging behind the broader market as the session ended. Shares moved in a range from $396.47 up to $402.31, staying well under the 52-week peak of $468.25.

21 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Microsoft·NASDAQ:MSFT·Stock Market

Corning stock hits fresh highs after UBS lifts target to $160 as AI-fiber trade rolls on

Corning Incorporated closed at $139.51 on Friday, climbing 7.3%. Shares touched $140.27 at their peak, lifted by an analyst upgrade that pushed momentum even higher for data-center suppliers tied to AI.

21 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:GLW·Stock Market·Technology

Nvidia stock price (NVDA) in focus after $30 billion OpenAI stake report, with earnings next week

Nvidia is nearing a massive $30 billion investment in OpenAI, according to a source who spoke with Reuters. Nvidia wouldn’t comment. OpenAI is currently targeting over $100 billion for the round, with a valuation pegged around $830 billion for the ChatGPT developer, the person said. SoftBank Group and Amazon are both expected to join the deal, while the Financial Times noted that these negotiations would supersede Nvidia’s previous commitment to invest up to $100 billion toward OpenAI’s data center chip usage. Nvidia shares ended Friday up 1.02% at $189.82.

21 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market

Figma stock price today: FIG climbs as Wall Street sizes up March AI pricing shift

Figma climbed roughly 2.4% to $26.45 Friday afternoon, trading as low as $25.07 and reaching $28.40 at its peak.

20 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:FIG·Stock Market

NICE stock price rises again premarket as $600 million buyback and AI metrics grab attention

NICE Ltd picked up another 1.8% in premarket action Friday, trading at $113.59 after a sharp 13.25% rally the prior session that took shares to $111.55 at the close.

20 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NICE·Stock Market

Artificial Intelligence 20 February 2026 - 24 February 2026

IBM stock steadies before the bell after Anthropic’s COBOL AI claim sparks worst day since 2000

Nvidia stock steadies in premarket as earnings loom and AI spend faces scrutiny

Shopify stock price slides 7% as tariff fog, AI jitters squeeze software names

Mastercard stock tumbles below $500 on AI-disruption scare — what to watch next

IBM stock hit by worst drop since 2000 after Anthropic’s COBOL claim — what to watch next

Accenture stock sinks after OpenAI “Frontier Alliance” news as tariff, AI fears rattle Wall Street

IBM stock price dives after Anthropic’s COBOL AI tool rattles Wall Street — what to watch next

Mastercard stock tumbles below $500 after-hours as tariffs, AI fears rattle Wall Street

Blackstone stock price slides 6% after-hours as AI scare hits private credit — what traders watch next

Palo Alto Networks stock slips as tariff jitters and AI code-security buzz hit PANW

Corning stock price jumps again as AI data-center demand keeps GLW in focus

CrowdStrike stock sinks nearly 9% as AI disruption fears bite and Stifel trims target

GOOG stock price: Alphabet Class C rises after Wells Fargo upgrade puts AI capex back in spotlight

Rackspace (RXT) stock back in play as Palantir AI deal meets earnings week

CrowdStrike stock steadies premarket after Anthropic’s Claude Code Security rattles cyber shares

Microsoft stock (MSFT) ends Friday lower; Xbox shake-up and AI spending cues in focus for Monday

Corning stock hits fresh highs after UBS lifts target to $160 as AI-fiber trade rolls on

Nvidia stock price (NVDA) in focus after $30 billion OpenAI stake report, with earnings next week

Figma stock price today: FIG climbs as Wall Street sizes up March AI pricing shift

NICE stock price rises again premarket as $600 million buyback and AI metrics grab attention

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