Stock Market 1 July 2026

Walmart stock sinks, wiping $42 billion, raises questions for ad-media value

Walmart Inc. lost 4.7% to $107.99 in New York trading late Wednesday morning, wiping out around $42 billion in market cap from the previous close. That loss is big. The stock is priced like a premium growth play, and even this pullback didn’t change that for some investors.

1 July 2026

NASDAQ:WMT·Stock Market

SoFi gains over QQQ after small business loan push brushes off KBW skepticism

SoFi Technologies, Inc. climbed over 3% Wednesday, outpacing the Invesco QQQ Trust and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund. Investors responded to SoFi's launch of a small-business loan product, viewing it as a new trial for the company's cross-sell strategy.

1 July 2026

Fintech·NASDAQ:SOFI·Stock Market

Opendoor (NASDAQ:OPEN) moves higher as midday trade volume tops recent average

Opendoor Technologies Inc. surged almost 10% by late morning Wednesday, beating gains in homebuilding funds and major indexes. The stock’s move didn’t track cleanly with the U.S. housing sector. Instead, it looked more like a high-short reaction after recent index inclusion and a market trying to adjust to turnaround hopes.

1 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:OPEN·Stock Market

Dow holds top spot as component math favors blue chips; Nasdaq lags

Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed Wednesday during normal U.S. hours, holding about a 0.4 percentage point lead over the Nasdaq Composite as tech shares kept trading behind blue chips. For 2026, the NYSE says markets close on Friday, July 3, for Independence Day, not Wednesday.

1 July 2026

NASDAQ:ADP·NYSE:CAT·NYSE:CRM·NYSE:IVZ·NYSE:NKE·NYSE:WMT·Stock Market

S&P 500 Equal Weight Gains, Tech Chips Pressure Nasdaq After Weak Jobs Data

Stocks in the U.S. were mixed at midday Wednesday. Indexes started out slow, but later action in ETFs pointed to strength under the surface—average names outperformed big tech stocks.

1 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:ADP·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:AVGO·NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:TSLA·NYSE:GETY·NYSE:GS·NYSE:IVZ·NYSE:KR·NYSE:SSTK·Stock Market

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) shares climb after earnings beat, with trade timing in focus

General Mills, Inc. jumped Wednesday as the company topped profit estimates for the quarter. But investors latched onto more than the 95-cent per share figure. The real action was in factors that likely won’t show up again soon: a shift in trade expenses and an added week in the period drove much of the beat.

1 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:GIS·Stock Market

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumps, sets new valuation high after NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) AI agreement

Palantir Technologies Inc. surged 8.8% to $126.98 as of 10:47 a.m. EDT Wednesday. Shares saw an intraday low of $117.70. The company’s valuation hit around $326.5 billion.

1 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:PLTR·NYSE:SRFM·Stock Market

Social Security July 2026 payment schedule creates $11.5 billion SSI timing shift for investors

The July Social Security calendar is a cash-timing story for markets. It pulls one August Supplemental Security Income payment into July. It also moves the usual July 3 Social Security date to July 2, so benefit cash hits at both ends of the month.

1 July 2026

NASDAQ:FITB·NYSE:MA·Stock Market

Meta (NASDAQ:META) cloud move rattles CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV), Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS) as $15 billion AI compute deal shifts to risk

Meta Platforms jumped nearly 10% Wednesday after Bloomberg News said, via Reuters, that the company is starting a cloud business to sell surplus AI computing power. CoreWeave was down 14% and Nebius Group dropped 16% as of 10:50 a.m. in New York, according to current data.

1 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NASDAQ:CRWV·NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:NBIS·Stock Market·Technology

Nike (NYSE:NKE) shakes off earnings dip as tariff boost and receivables in focus

NIKE, Inc. clawed back from early declines Wednesday after results, but the rebound left the big question open for the sportswear maker: is real demand driving the numbers, or is this mostly accounting moves and shifts in wholesale timing?

1 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:NKE·Stock Market

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) delists from NYSE after buyout, last trade leaves small spread

Markets were open Wednesday, but Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. did not trade. NYSE’s regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. The 2026 NYSE holiday calendar names Friday, July 3, as Independence Day observed. The exchange filed a Form 25 on June 25 to take Clearwater’s Class A common stock off its list and end registration.

1 July 2026

NYSE:CWAN·Stock Market

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) falls under $200 after $114 billion move in S&P 500, QQQ

NVIDIA Corporation dropped under $200 early Wednesday, but the bigger signal was how much was wiped out. Shares hit $195.44, off 2.3% at 9:48 a.m. EDT. Market cap showed about $4.77 trillion. The stock was down $4.655 from Tuesday’s close. That’s about $114 billion lost in under 30 minutes of trading.

1 July 2026

NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market·Technology

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) cloud report sends shares higher, weighs on CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV), Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS)

Shares of Meta Platforms rallied Wednesday following a Bloomberg News report that the Facebook owner is planning to launch a cloud service, selling extra AI computing power. That move could help address investor concerns about high AI costs by adding a new source of revenue. Reuters, quoting the Bloomberg story, said it could not verify the report, and Meta did not reply to a Reuters request for comment.

1 July 2026

Cloud Computing·NASDAQ:CRWV·NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:NBIS·Stock Market

ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) shares climb after Guggenheim says AI pullback overdone

ServiceNow, Inc. traded higher Wednesday after Guggenheim’s John DiFucci upgraded the stock. Shares were last at $102.81, climbing 3.6%. The stock opened at $104.00 and hit $104.99 at the high. Volume reached 4.4 million shares as of 9:47 a.m. EDT.

1 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:NOW·Stock Market

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) climbs as jet fuel drops below cost forecast

American Airlines Group Inc. moved higher in premarket trading Wednesday, extending a streak that saw shares climb for seven straight sessions through Monday. The stock closed at $17.91, gaining over 16% in that run.

1 July 2026

Airlines·NASDAQ:AAL·Stock Market

AT&T stock drop draws attention to spectrum deal, dividend payout

AT&T shares were at $20.70 before trading started in New York on Wednesday, down 5.2%. The slide wiped out roughly $7.9 billion in market value for the telecom group, going by current shares outstanding and market cap. The main NYSE session begins at 9:30 a.m. ET.

1 July 2026

Dividends·NYSE:T·Stock Market

Trump student loan rulings dim private-lender tailwind as graduate caps start

The U.S. stock cash session had not opened at the dateline time. The New York Stock Exchange core session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, leaving student-loan shares to price the court rulings after pre-market checks rather than a full cash-session read.

1 July 2026

NASDAQ:SLM·NASDAQ:SOFI·NYSE:NNI·Stock Market

US stock futures slip before market open with Nasdaq down, yields up as oil declines

U.S. futures pulled back before the open on Wednesday, with Nasdaq 100 contracts lagging the other indexes. Oil prices also eased, but the gap between Nasdaq and the rest suggested traders were more worried about rates and tech valuations at the start of the new half than just oil-driven energy worries.

1 July 2026

NYSE:GETY·NYSE:NKE·NYSE:OKLO·NYSE:SSTK·Stock Market·US Economy

Kroger (NYSE:KR) Giant Eagle deal prices $9 billion grocer at 0.18 times sales

Kroger agreed to buy family-owned Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion, a small but targeted bet on Pittsburgh, northern Ohio and nearby grocery markets after its larger Albertsons Companies plan died in court. The buyer is paying $1.25 billion in cash and assuming about $400 million of Giant Eagle liabilities, Kroger said. Giant Eagle has about $9 billion in annual sales, 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies.

1 July 2026

NYSE:KR·Stock Market

US Stock Market Today: Live Updates 01.07.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 1, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 2, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT Chip Sell-Off Slams Asian Markets as Kospi Sinks 8% July 2, 2026, 3:46 AM EDT. Asian stocks fell hard Thursday on a chip sector rout that swept through the Nikkei 225, South Korea’s Kospi, and the Taiex. The Kospi dropped 7.9%, dragged down by SK Hynix, off 14.6%, and Samsung Electronics, which lost 9.1%. Tokyo Electron fell 7.4%. U.S. chipmakers Micron and Intel also slid, with Capital Economics saying AI demand is rising slower than investors hoped. Oil was down more than 1% after talks

1 July 2026

Stock Market

Stock Market 1 July 2026

Walmart stock sinks, wiping $42 billion, raises questions for ad-media value

SoFi gains over QQQ after small business loan push brushes off KBW skepticism

Opendoor (NASDAQ:OPEN) moves higher as midday trade volume tops recent average

Dow holds top spot as component math favors blue chips; Nasdaq lags

S&P 500 Equal Weight Gains, Tech Chips Pressure Nasdaq After Weak Jobs Data

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) shares climb after earnings beat, with trade timing in focus

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumps, sets new valuation high after NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) AI agreement

Social Security July 2026 payment schedule creates $11.5 billion SSI timing shift for investors

Meta (NASDAQ:META) cloud move rattles CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV), Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS) as $15 billion AI compute deal shifts to risk

Nike (NYSE:NKE) shakes off earnings dip as tariff boost and receivables in focus

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) delists from NYSE after buyout, last trade leaves small spread

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) falls under $200 after $114 billion move in S&P 500, QQQ

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) cloud report sends shares higher, weighs on CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV), Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS)

ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) shares climb after Guggenheim says AI pullback overdone

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) climbs as jet fuel drops below cost forecast

AT&T stock drop draws attention to spectrum deal, dividend payout

Trump student loan rulings dim private-lender tailwind as graduate caps start

US stock futures slip before market open with Nasdaq down, yields up as oil declines

Kroger (NYSE:KR) Giant Eagle deal prices $9 billion grocer at 0.18 times sales

US Stock Market Today: Live Updates 01.07.2026

TechStock² Updates

Student Loan Deal Worth $23 Billion Advances, With $12 Billion Distributed

MP Materials (NYSE:MP) heads into earnings with price support exceeding EBITDA as U.S. markets close for the weekend

Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU) Confronts Credit Challenge as It Trails Regional Rivals

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Shares Jump 18% After Buybacks Offset Weaker ARR Growth

Disney (NYSE:DIS) faces key earnings test as Sports excluded, aims for 25% profit rise – SEC

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