Stock Market 29 June 2026

US stocks edge higher, megacaps offset drop in small caps; Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) surges after split news

U.S. stocks traded higher Monday morning, but gains didn’t reach across the board. Big tech and other heavyweights moved up, while small caps slipped and semis lagged behind. NYSE kept regular hours, opening at 9:30 a.m. and shutting at 4 p.m. ET. The next holiday closure on the schedule is Friday, July 3, 2026.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:CMCSA·Stock Market·US Economy

Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM) rises after Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) agreement raises dilution talk

Surf Air Mobility Inc. jumped 17.5% to $1.06 on Monday. The move came after Palantir Technologies Inc. said it will give more technical and commercial support to SurfOS, the aviation software from Surf Air. Shares touched $1.405, with volume at 69.2 million near 10:09 a.m. EDT.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:PLTR·NYSE:SRFM·NYSE:UP·Stock Market·Technology

Charter stock rises after Comcast split, cable deal talk up again but buyback gap remains

Charter Communications, Inc. surged early Monday after Comcast Corp announced plans to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky from its main broadband and wireless businesses. The move turned Charter into a cable merger proxy even though it hadn’t made any big announcements itself. Charter shares were up 13.8% at $152.03, after jumping as much as 28.3% to $171.50. The rally tacked on about $2.3 billion to Charter’s market value, according to quote data.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:CHTR·Stock Market

Student loan caps, SAVE delay put lenders and colleges on watch for July 1

New U.S. limits on student loans kick in Wednesday, raising the question of whether graduate programs will lower tuition before students turn to private lenders. For investors, timing matters: the caps start July 1, but mandatory SAVE exits are now pushed to late September or after.

29 June 2026

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

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) Bitcoin sale eyed as net asset value drops below 1

Strategy Inc said Monday it could sell bitcoin to help pay dividends, interest, or buy back shares. The move would make some of Michael Saylor’s bitcoin stash an official liquidity reserve. The company’s market cap recently dipped below the value of its bitcoin holdings.

29 June 2026

Bitcoin·Cryptocurrency·Investment Strategy·NASDAQ:MSTR·Stock Market

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) jumps on volume after pressure from shorts

SoFi Technologies, Inc. traded up before the bell Monday, but Friday's volume was the clearer signal. Shares finished Friday at $17.88, gaining 3.35%, after touching $17.97 in the session. Early Monday, SOFI was quoted at $18.11 in the premarket, sitting 21% off its 52-week low and still 45% below the 52-week high.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:SOFI·Stock Market

Plug Power stock on watch before June 30 cash deadline

At the stated time, Plug Power Inc. traded in premarket. According to Nasdaq’s 2026 schedule, the next U.S. market holiday is July 3 for Independence Day observed—June 29 is not a listed closure. The exchange had premarket action open at 09:06 EDT.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:PLUG·Renewable Energy·Stock Market

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) falls behind as chipmakers rebound and foundry plans edge closer to 14A deadline

Intel Corporation moved up slightly premarket Monday, lagging the chip sector. The stock has already priced in a rebound, so traders want to see results.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:INTC·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) opens on Dow with $1.7 billion ETF flow question

Alphabet Inc. gained in premarket Monday, trading higher as it joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average, though the main action was in fund flows. The delayed quote put Class A at $340.80, up 1.01% from Friday's $337.39, which was down 1.84%. Volume Friday hit 114.71 million shares, nearly 360% of its 65-day average.

29 June 2026

ETFs·NASDAQ:GOOGL·Stock Market

Volato Group stock trades around 17 cents with dilution after share sale

Volato Group Inc is selling new shares at just about where the stock traded before Monday’s session. The move puts the spotlight on the share count, not just on cash raised. According to a Form 8-K, Volato agreed to sell 11,038,767 Class A shares at $0.165 apiece. There’s no placement agent or underwriter, and the company expects to bring in $1,821,397.02 in gross proceeds, before fees.

29 June 2026

AMEX:SOAR·Stock Market

Keel Infrastructure climbs premarket with heavy float turnover on Russell 3000 inclusion

Keel Infrastructure Corp. traded higher in premarket on Monday, climbing after the data-center and energy infrastructure company was named to the Russell 3000 Index. Shares quoted at $6.165 as of 08:01 a.m. EDT, up 2.24% from Friday’s $6.03 close. The change takes effect at the U.S. open.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:KEEL·Stock Market

Lucid’s cost cuts and promo deadlines shift focus to LCID’s next delivery numbers

Lucid Group, Inc. heads into Monday with investors focused on two things: the updated cost-cutting plan now stacks up versus the equity market cap, and the company is up against a June 30 deadline for its latest sales push.

29 June 2026

Electric Vehicles·NASDAQ:LCID·NASDAQ:RIVN·NASDAQ:TSLA·Stock Market

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) surge puts stock above most analyst targets ahead of FDA review

Moderna, Inc. heads into Monday’s U.S. session with its shares now outpacing most analyst targets, leaving the main story a stock issue instead of a scientific one. The stock traded at $67.63 in premarket at 7:01 a.m. EDT, up 0.54%, after jumping 12.59% to $67.27 on Friday. Volume hit 14.46 million shares Friday, 203% of the 65-day average.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:MRNA·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

AST SpaceMobile spike faces 62 million shares sold short

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. traded higher in premarket action Monday, though the short side looked more crowded. MarketWatch’s delayed quote at 7:01 a.m. EDT showed 461,440 shares traded before the bell. Short interest was reported at 62.49 million shares as of June 15, or 24.09% of public float, according to the same MarketWatch page.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:ASTS·Space Industry·Stock Market·Technology

Ondas Inc. ONDS stock rises as Russell 3000 add meets short-interest test

Ondas Inc. entered Monday with an index bid on one side and a heavy short base on the other. The stock was quoted at $8.01 in premarket trade at 7:02 a.m. EDT, up 18 cents from Friday’s $7.83 close, with 458,640 shares changing hands before the bell.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:NDAQ·NASDAQ:ONDS·NYSE:LMT·Stock Market

Nokia flat in Helsinki as AI-driven gains pause with traders weighing value

Nokia Oyj dipped in Helsinki on Monday, with most of the action in the broker calls. Handelsbanken took its rating down to Hold from Buy but bumped its target up to 12 euros from 10.20. The broker suggested Nokia’s AI run is now mostly reflected in the share price.

29 June 2026

Artificial Intelligence·HEX:NOKIA·Stock Market

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky exposes media profit gap

Comcast said it will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a separately listed company, giving shareholders two public stocks but also leaving the new media group with the weaker profit profile in Comcast’s latest segment data.

29 June 2026

LSE:ITV·LSE:SKY·NASDAQ:CMCSA·NASDAQ:VSNT·Stock Market

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) stock faces index-flow test after Friday selloff

Bloom Energy Corporation bounced in early U.S. trading on Monday, but the stock’s bigger test is whether last week’s selling was a one-day index-flow break or the start of a lower valuation range for one of the year’s most stretched AI-power trades.

29 June 2026

Energy Sector·NYSE:BE·Stock Market

American Airlines stock gains as fuel relief meets July 4 travel rush

American Airlines Group Inc. led the big U.S. airline shares in early electronic pricing on Monday, a small but useful tell before a short holiday week. The stock was quoted up 1.8% at $17.87 before the regular Nasdaq session, while United Airlines Holdings Inc. rose 1.1%, Delta Air Lines Inc. gained 0.5% and Southwest Airlines Co. slipped 0.4%.

29 June 2026

Airlines·NASDAQ:AAL·NASDAQ:UAL·NYSE:DAL·NYSE:LUV·Stock Market

Opendoor stock: Russell 3000 debut puts OPEN volume and short interest on clock

Opendoor Technologies Inc. enters Monday’s regular session as a new Russell 3000 stock with a cleaner test than the headline index add. The stock has already had the forced-volume day. Now investors get to see whether the buyers stay.

29 June 2026

NASDAQ:OPEN·Stock Market

Stock Market 29 June 2026

US stocks edge higher, megacaps offset drop in small caps; Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) surges after split news

Surf Air Mobility (NYSE:SRFM) rises after Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) agreement raises dilution talk

Charter stock rises after Comcast split, cable deal talk up again but buyback gap remains

Student loan caps, SAVE delay put lenders and colleges on watch for July 1

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) Bitcoin sale eyed as net asset value drops below 1

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) jumps on volume after pressure from shorts

Plug Power stock on watch before June 30 cash deadline

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) falls behind as chipmakers rebound and foundry plans edge closer to 14A deadline

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) opens on Dow with $1.7 billion ETF flow question

Volato Group stock trades around 17 cents with dilution after share sale

Keel Infrastructure climbs premarket with heavy float turnover on Russell 3000 inclusion

Lucid’s cost cuts and promo deadlines shift focus to LCID’s next delivery numbers

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) surge puts stock above most analyst targets ahead of FDA review

AST SpaceMobile spike faces 62 million shares sold short

Ondas Inc. ONDS stock rises as Russell 3000 add meets short-interest test

Nokia flat in Helsinki as AI-driven gains pause with traders weighing value

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky exposes media profit gap

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) stock faces index-flow test after Friday selloff

American Airlines stock gains as fuel relief meets July 4 travel rush

Opendoor stock: Russell 3000 debut puts OPEN volume and short interest on clock

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