Nasdaq rises after hours as chips recover
Most U.S. stocks finished up on Monday, with little change in post-market trading. Chip stocks rallied, helping the Nasdaq recover some of its losses from Friday, while the Dow lagged.
Microsoft Sinks Under $390 With Nasdaq in Recovery
Microsoft Corp. shares dropped hard Thursday, lagging a fragile bounce in U.S. stocks as traders hesitated on big technology and software names. MSFT was at $386.26 just before 1 p.m. ET, off $11.10 from Wednesday’s close. The stock moved between $386.06 and $399.20, putting the company’s market cap near $2.88 trillion.
OpenAI IPO filing puts AI rally at center stage for Wall Street
OpenAI has filed a confidential draft S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a move bringing the ChatGPT developer closer to a possible public debut. The company said it's still undecided on its IPO timing.
IREN Shares Rally After Bitcoin Rebound and $4.4 Billion AI Data Center Move
IREN Limited clawed back some ground Monday, with shares up to $59.19 near the market close. Investors came in after a rough week for crypto and AI infrastructure stocks. IREN picked up $4.84 compared to Friday, and trading topped 40 million shares.
Wall Street Watches Microsoft’s $37 Billion AI Bet
Microsoft shares fell Monday as some on Wall Street stayed upbeat, but traders focused on whether the company’s $37 billion AI business will expand quickly enough to make all the spending on chips, data centers and models pay off.
ServiceNow Drops as AI Software Stocks Lose Steam
ServiceNow fell about 6% Wednesday midday, giving up ground as other software stocks also dropped. Shares had bounced back quickly lately, with the workflow software group seen as one of Wall Street's more straightforward AI plays for corporates.
Oracle’s $50 Billion AI Bet Draws Wall Street’s Focus
Oracle shares dropped over 5% Wednesday morning as some of the AI-fueled gains came off. Investors refocused on the expense of scaling up cloud infrastructure tied to Oracle’s growth pitch. The stock was last seen at $231.41, down 5.4%, for a market cap near $674 billion.
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LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: June 3, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: June 4, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT Australia Shares Drop to One-Week Low Amid US-Iran Tensions and Sector Pressure June 4, 2026, 3:54 AM EDT. Australian shares fell to a one-week closing low on renewed US-Iran hostilities, with bank and miner stocks leading losses. Heightened geopolitical risks weighed on market sentiment, driving investors to sell off heavyweights in the financial and mining sectors. The downturn reflects concerns over potential global economic disruptions amid escalating tensions. The benchmark index closed lower after a week of volatility, highlighting sensitivity to international events affecting commodity
IREN Rises After $3.65B AI Backing Puts Focus on Microsoft Commitment
IREN Limited shares climbed in early afternoon trade on Nasdaq Tuesday. The data-center operator closed a $3.65 billion financing deal connected to its Microsoft AI cloud contract. Investors got a new read on IREN's speed in converting contracted demand to live capacity.
QQQM’s $835 Million AI Wave Meets a Zscaler Reality Check
Invesco’s Nasdaq-100 ETF QQQM edged higher Tuesday, helped by fresh inflows and gains in Nvidia, even as Zscaler slid nearly 9% and reminded investors that the AI trade is not moving in one clean line. QQQM traded at $306.54, up 0.2%, while the larger Invesco QQQ Trust rose 0.2%; Zscaler was down 8.9% at $141.90.
OpenAI’s $1 Trillion IPO Target Takes a New Twist
Anthropic said Monday it has filed a confidential draft registration for an IPO, turning up the heat on OpenAI in the race to a Wall Street debut. Anthropic hasn’t decided on the number of shares or price yet, but the move lets it go public once the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wraps its review.
Dow Inches Up After Hours; Nvidia’s AI Move Keeps Wall Street Near Highs
Dow closes up after a bumpy Monday, helped by fresh Nvidia AI news that kept tech stocks active. Weakness in oil and U.S.-Iran jitters held back gains for the rest of the market.
Stocks Hit Records as Oil Stirs Worry
Stocks in the U.S. finished up Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq close to new highs. Nvidia led tech shares higher, but gains were capped as higher oil prices pressured the rest of the market.
Dow Falls as Nvidia Gains; AI Trade Goes Up Against Rising Oil
Stocks were mixed late Monday, with the Dow in the red and the S&P 500 flat. Gains in artificial intelligence names managed to offset some of the pressure from oil, which climbed after new Middle East worries.
Dow Jones Gives Up Gains As AI Rally Hits Oil Price Jolt
Dow pulls back in late morning, dropping 111.70 points, or 0.22%, to 50,920.76 after last week’s record close. S&P 500 stayed almost unchanged, while the Nasdaq Composite inched up 0.01%, according to LSEG data on Reuters. Wall Street balanced a fresh AI buying push with rising oil prices and new inflation concerns.
IREN Stock Gets a $3.65 Billion Answer to Its Biggest AI Question
IREN shares were quoted lower ahead of Monday’s U.S. open after the data-center operator said it had closed a $3.65 billion investment-grade GPU financing facility to support delivery under its Microsoft AI cloud contract. The stock was at $63.54 at 09:06 EDT, down about 0.7% from the previous close.
US Stock Futures Edge Higher With Nvidia AI Bets in Focus
U.S. stock-index futures traded higher Monday, as Wall Street looked set to build on last week’s records. Nvidia’s newest move in artificial intelligence gave tech heavyweights a boost, helping futures hold up despite oil prices climbing again on concerns about the Middle East. Stock-index futures are contracts that indicate where investors think major indexes will be at the cash open.
Nvidia Faces Monday Test With AI PCs, Robots, China Moves
Nvidia starts U.S. trading Monday balancing news from CEO Jensen Huang’s latest product launch in Taiwan against a weekend move from Washington stepping up on advanced AI-chip export enforcement targeting Chinese firms outside China.
Microsoft Shares Surge 5.4%, Wall Street Watching for AI Payoff
Microsoft stock picked up speed going into June after jumping Friday. The move came as buyers returned to AI-related tech names, and Wall Street's main indexes closed at new highs.
Microsoft Stock Moves Higher Ahead of Build Week, AI Spend In Focus
Microsoft shares jumped Friday to close out a holiday-shortened week, pulling the company back into focus in the artificial-intelligence trade ahead of its Build developer conference this week.
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