Stock Market 8 May 2026

DXC Technology Stock Plunges After Earnings as 2027 Outlook Clouds AI Turnaround

DXC Technology shares dropped Friday, with the IT services company projecting another year of organic revenue losses—casting more uncertainty on the pace of its AI-driven turnaround as clients keep tightening budgets.

8 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:DXC·Stock Market·Technology

Main Street Capital Stock Drops After Q1 Earnings Miss as Dividend Story Faces a Test

Main Street Capital Corporation fell roughly 4.5% to $54.05 Friday afternoon after the Houston lender’s first-quarter results missed Wall Street’s mark. The company posted per-share income of $0.93, under the $1.04 analysts had expected, and reported $140.1 million in total investment income—short of the $146.14 million estimate, according to Investing.com. MAIN’s stumble comes as the stock remains popular among income-focused investors.

8 May 2026

Dividends·Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:MAIN·Stock Market

Wynn Resorts Stock Falls Despite Q1 Beat as UAE Delay Clouds a Big Macau Bet

Wynn Resorts Ltd. stock slid on Friday, despite the company topping first-quarter profit forecasts. Investors seemed unsettled by the postponed resort project in the UAE and news of a fresh $900 million-plus expansion planned for Wynn Palace in Macau.

8 May 2026

NASDAQ:WYNN·Stock Market

Motorola Solutions Stock Slides Despite 2026 Outlook Raise as Investors Expected More

Motorola Solutions bumped up its 2026 revenue and adjusted profit outlooks following a first-quarter sales beat, but shares tumbled $47.63 to $385.57 on Friday, down roughly 11%. Investors were looking for more than a slight guidance increase from the public-safety tech company.

8 May 2026

NYSE:MSI·Stock Market

MaxLinear Stock Nears $100 as AI Data-Center Rally Sets Up a Shareholder Test

Shares of MaxLinear Inc. shot up over 21% Friday afternoon, reaching as high as $101.20. Investors piled in on the chipmaker’s AI data-center narrative. Lately, the stock hovered near $100, putting the Carlsbad, California firm’s market cap at roughly $8.8 billion.

8 May 2026

Data Centers·NASDAQ:MXL·Stock Market

Why Arbor Realty Trust Stock Is Falling: Dividend Cut, Weak Q1 Earnings Put ABR Loan Book in Focus

Shares of Arbor Realty Trust slid roughly 11% Friday, with the commercial mortgage REIT trimming its quarterly common dividend and posting first-quarter results that offered scant cushion for its credit cleanup efforts. The stock last traded at $7.29, after hitting a session low of $7.02.

8 May 2026

Dividend Investing·Earnings Reports·NYSE:ABR·Real Estate·Stock Market

Dell Stock Soars as AI Server Boom, TotalEnergies Deal and Super Micro Trouble Collide

Investors rushed back into Dell Technologies on Friday, sending the stock up $28.92 to $259.19, not far from its session peak of $263.82. Excitement over a new supercomputer agreement fueled the rally, while renewed scrutiny of legal issues dogging its competitor, Super Micro Computer, also played into Dell’s surge.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·EPA:TTE·NASDAQ:AMD·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:SMCI·NYSE:DELL·Stock Market

Apple-Intel Chip Deal Report Sends Intel Stock To Record High As TSMC Pressure Builds

Intel stock jumped Friday, following a Wall Street Journal report that Apple and Intel have struck a preliminary deal for Intel to produce certain chips for Apple devices—a possible win for Intel as it tries to revive its contract manufacturing division. Reuters reported the two firms had discussed terms for over a year, with a formal agreement wrapped up just in the past few months.

8 May 2026

NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:INTC·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Novavax Stock Jumps As Pfizer Deal Cash Puts Vaccine Turnaround Back In Focus

Novavax surged roughly 13% by Friday afternoon, building on gains after its quarterly results. The vaccine manufacturer topped first-quarter revenue expectations, driven more by licensing and supply agreements than any recovery in COVID-19 vaccine demand. Shares were changing hands at $10.45, with intraday volume topping 8.4 million, market data showed.

8 May 2026

NASDAQ:NVAX·NYSE:PFE·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

POET Technologies Stock Rebounds as Marvell Fallout Turns Into a June Lawsuit Deadline

POET Technologies Inc. shares jumped Friday, moving as high as $11.815 before drifting down a bit—lately up $1.39 at $10.97 on the Nasdaq. Investors responded to fresh shareholder alerts connected to a federal securities class action, which focuses on the company’s tax statements and the orders it lost from Celestial AI.

8 May 2026

NASDAQ:MRVL·NASDAQ:POET·Stock Market

nLIGHT Stock Jumps as Defense Laser Sales Drive 55% Revenue Surge

nLIGHT Inc surged 10.3% to $72.98 in late-morning trade Friday, pulling back from a session high of $86.85. The laser manufacturer posted a 55.2% jump in first-quarter revenue and turned a modest profit, with record defense product sales driving the gains.

8 May 2026

Defense Industry·NASDAQ:LASR·Stock Market·Technology

Traws Pharma Stock Jumps As Biotech Targets Hantavirus After Cruise Ship Deaths

Traws Pharma Inc. on Friday announced plans to push ahead with possible clinical candidates targeting hantavirus infections, shifting the antiviral developer’s focus after a lethal outbreak on a cruise ship. The company hasn’t disclosed a frontrunner. Chief Scientific Officer C. David Pauza said Traws “plans to rapidly advance clinical candidates.” Chief Medical Officer Robert R. Redfield described the move as an emergency push for “life-saving treatments.”

8 May 2026

Health News·NASDAQ:TRPH·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

OPEN Stock Drops as Opendoor’s Bigger Q1 Loss Tests Turnaround Hopes

Shares of Opendoor Technologies Inc. slid Friday, with the stock last trading at $5.08, down roughly 4.5%. The online real estate firm reported a deeper first-quarter loss, which overshadowed a revenue beat and new evidence that its home-buying process is picking up speed.

8 May 2026

Earnings Reports·Real Estate·Stock Market

Eos Energy Stock Jumps 22% Before Earnings as AI Power Trade Takes Hold

Eos Energy Enterprises Inc. shares surged almost 22% by late Friday morning, with the zinc-battery company drawing renewed attention just ahead of a quarterly report seen by investors as a gauge of its manufacturing recovery. The stock climbed to $7.75—a gain of $1.39 from Thursday’s close—after earlier reaching $7.87.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·Energy Sector·NASDAQ:EOSE·Stock Market

US Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Records as Jobs Surprise Keeps Wall Street Rally Alive

Stocks pushed higher Friday, sending both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to new all-time highs after a jobs report beat forecasts and tech leaders like Nvidia and Apple each advanced over 2%. The chip sector kept up its momentum as well, with a key semiconductor index reaching a record on persistent demand for AI-related hardware.

8 May 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:AKAM·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market

Dow Jones Today: Jobs Beat Keeps Wall Street Rally Alive, But Fed Problem Grows

Late Friday morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered just below 49,600, lagging the S&P 500 and Nasdaq as tech stocks caught a bid following a solid U.S. jobs report. According to LSEG figures cited by Reuters, the Dow slipped 0.03% to 49,584.21, while the S&P 500 climbed 0.71% and the Nasdaq jumped 1.29%. Quotes are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

8 May 2026

Federal Reserve·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market

Antelope Enterprise Stock Jumps After Bitcoin ‘Genius Plan’ Triggers a $95,000 Buyback

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited reported Friday it had locked in $190,000 in gains through its Bitcoin-centric “Genius Plan,” committing $95,000 of that toward a share buyback. The modest repurchase triggered a disproportionately strong reaction from the market.

8 May 2026

Cryptocurrency·NASDAQ:AEHL·Stock Market

Toast Stock Drops 15% After Q1 Earnings—Why TOST’s Raised 2026 Outlook Wasn’t Enough

Toast Inc. tumbled nearly 15% Friday, with shares trading at $24.93 late in the morning—off $4.45 from their last close—even after the restaurant tech company lifted its full-year profit outlook. Investors shrugged at stronger location growth and higher payments volume, zeroing in on hardware cost headwinds and guidance for earnings instead.

8 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:TOST·Stock Market

Intuit Inc. Expands Credit Karma and QuickBooks AI Push as INTU Stock Slips

Credit Karma, part of Intuit Inc., is now letting Americans without any credit history onto its platform. The move comes only days after the company rolled out a new QuickBooks workforce tool aimed at small and mid-sized businesses, extending its consumer footprint yet again.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:INTU·Stock Market·Technology

Robo.ai Stock Jumps After $100 Million Neurovia Deal: Why the All-Share AI Bet Matters

Shares of Robo.ai Inc. surged Friday following news that the Dubai-based firm plans to buy Neurovia AI Limited—a specialist in data processing and compression technology—in a $100 million all-stock deal. According to the company, the agreement still awaits the usual closing conditions.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Stock Market