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Stock Market 4 March 2026

This category covers the latest movements in global financial markets and technology sectors, with a strong focus on the impact of central bank policy, particularly the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep rates steady while signaling possible future hikes. U.S. equities, including major indices like the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq, declined following the Fed’s announcement, affecting sectors such as technology, autos, and housing. Key companies featured include ServiceNow, SpaceX, Ford, Coeur Mining, Coherent, Vertiv, Rocket Companies, Nebius, TD, MP Materials, Coupang, Fermi, ASML, Smartbird (formerly Allbirds), Rackspace Technology, AT&T, Applied Materials, and Bradesco. Themes include AI infrastructure investment, boardroom battles, index rebalancing, executive changes, and regulatory risks. Investors are monitoring valuation risks, supply chain issues, export controls, and sector-specific catalysts like G7 coordination on critical minerals and government funding for technology expansion.
Circle Internet Group stock rises as oil-driven rate worries linger; insider sale notices filed

Circle Internet Group stock rises as oil-driven rate worries linger; insider sale notices filed

Circle shares rose 3.1% to $102.69 Wednesday, extending a rally as oil prices and Fed rate-cut odds shifted. Two insiders, CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen and officer Hossein Razzaghi, filed to sell a combined 47,357 shares under SEC Rule 144. Trading volume topped 12 million shares. Investors await Friday’s U.S. jobs data and the Fed’s March meeting for further rate signals.
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CrowdStrike stock holds steady after upbeat 2027 forecast as Wall Street sizes up ARR

CrowdStrike stock holds steady after upbeat 2027 forecast as Wall Street sizes up ARR

CrowdStrike shares traded near $391 Wednesday after volatile swings, following a fourth-quarter revenue jump of 23% to $1.31 billion and ARR of $5.25 billion, up 24%. The company’s fiscal 2027 revenue forecast topped Wall Street estimates. Investors are watching ARR growth and cash flow amid rising AI-driven competition. Costs tied to the 2024 Windows outage reached $117.7 million for fiscal 2026.
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Why Alphabet’s Google Class C stock (GOOG) is in focus today: Trump’s power pledge and a new Waymo probe

Why Alphabet’s Google Class C stock (GOOG) is in focus today: Trump’s power pledge and a new Waymo probe

Trump will meet Big Tech leaders, including Google, at the White House Wednesday to sign a “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” addressing AI data center electricity costs. U.S. safety officials opened a new probe into Alphabet’s Waymo after a self-driving car passed a stopped school bus in Texas. Alphabet’s Class C shares rose 0.26% to $304.34 in early trading.
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T-Mobile sues Verizon back over “Better Deal” ads as false-ad fight escalates

T-Mobile sues Verizon back over “Better Deal” ads as false-ad fight escalates

T-Mobile filed a countersuit against Verizon in Manhattan federal court, accusing Verizon of “bait-and-switch” tactics in its “Better Deal” ad campaign. The move follows Verizon’s February lawsuit alleging T-Mobile exaggerated savings claims. T-Mobile shares rose 0.7% to $220.12, while Verizon stock was flat. Both companies are seeking to halt each other’s ads and triple damages under the Lanham Act.
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VCI Global Limited (VCIG) Whipsaws After Malaysia NVIDIA-Powered AI GPU Center Goes Live

VCI Global Limited (VCIG) Whipsaws After Malaysia NVIDIA-Powered AI GPU Center Goes Live

VCI Global’s V Gallant unit launched what it called Malaysia’s first NVIDIA-powered AI GPU Computing Center on March 3 and introduced its Intelli‑X enterprise language model platform. The Nasdaq-listed company’s shares surged in U.S. premarket trading before retreating. The new facility targets government, enterprise, and SME customers seeking local AI compute and data control. VCI Global plans to monetize through compute leasing and subscriptions.
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Lumentum stock wobbles as Nvidia’s $2 billion optics deal sinks in, with traders eyeing what’s next

Lumentum stock wobbles as Nvidia’s $2 billion optics deal sinks in, with traders eyeing what’s next

Lumentum shares fell 0.8% to $688.94 after sharp swings following Nvidia’s $2 billion investment and purchase commitment for AI data-center optics. The deal includes 2.87 million Series A preferred shares sold to Nvidia at $695.31 each, pending antitrust review. Investors await capacity details at Lumentum’s OFC 2026 briefing on March 17. Needham raised its price target to $850, citing new laser supply commitments.
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Apple stock barely budges after $599 MacBook Neo reveal as Wall Street weighs margin risks

Apple stock barely budges after $599 MacBook Neo reveal as Wall Street weighs margin risks

Apple shares rose 0.1% to $263.94 after the company introduced the $599 MacBook Neo, its lowest-priced laptop to date. Pre-orders open Wednesday, with availability from March 11. The device features a 13-inch display, A18 Pro chip, and 8GB of memory, targeting budget buyers amid rising memory costs. The launch follows refreshed higher-end MacBook models announced a day earlier.
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Coinbase stock price jumps as bitcoin rebounds above $72,000; payrolls and Fed next

Coinbase stock price jumps as bitcoin rebounds above $72,000; payrolls and Fed next

Coinbase shares surged 12.4% to $204.89 as bitcoin rebounded to $72,088 and ether climbed 7.7%. Crypto-linked stocks including Robinhood and Riot Platforms also rose. Chainalysis reported $10.3 million exited Iranian crypto exchanges after weekend strikes. U.S. private payrolls increased by 63,000 in February, ahead of Friday’s jobs data.
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Kontoor Brands stock jumps after 2026 profit forecast lifts Wrangler and Lee owner, tariffs still a worry

Kontoor Brands stock jumps after 2026 profit forecast lifts Wrangler and Lee owner, tariffs still a worry

Kontoor Brands forecast 2026 adjusted EPS of $6.40–$6.50 and revenue of $3.40–$3.45 billion, factoring in over $100 million in tariff costs. Shares surged 21% Tuesday after the outlook, then slipped 1% early Wednesday. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 46% to $1.02 billion, boosted by the Helly Hansen acquisition. Wrangler revenue climbed 12% to $562 million; Lee rose 2% to $198 million.
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Why Transocean’s CEO and top executives just sold shares — SEC filings explain the timing

Why Transocean’s CEO and top executives just sold shares — SEC filings explain the timing

Transocean CEO Keelan Adamson and three other executives disposed of shares this week to cover taxes after equity awards vested, according to SEC filings. Shares fell 2.3% to $6.11 in premarket trading Wednesday. The disclosures come as Transocean pursues a $5.8 billion all-stock takeover of Valaris. Each filing described the sales as tax-related, not discretionary selling.
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Venture Global shares jump after New York judge blocks Shell bid in LNG fight

Venture Global shares jump after New York judge blocks Shell bid in LNG fight

Venture Global shares rose over 8% Tuesday after a New York judge rejected Shell’s attempt to overturn an LNG arbitration award. The company reported a 191% jump in adjusted core profit to $2 billion for Q4, driven by higher Plaquemines plant output. Venture Global also signed a five-year LNG supply deal with Trafigura starting in 2026. U.S. LNG supply remains tight after Qatar’s outage.
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Palantir shares jump on fresh $200 target as Thiel sale plan keeps traders edgy

Palantir shares jump on fresh $200 target as Thiel sale plan keeps traders edgy

Palantir shares rose 1.4% premarket after Rosenblatt raised its price target to $200 and kept a buy rating. U.S. agencies moved to ban Anthropic’s AI tools, shifting attention to defense AI policy and rival vendors. Palantir faces a new lawsuit in Texas alleging fraud and insider selling by a Thiel-linked entity. The U.S. Army’s $10 billion software deal with Palantir remains non-binding.
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Saylor’s Strategy buys another $204 million of Bitcoin — and leans on MSTR stock again

Saylor’s Strategy buys another $204 million of Bitcoin — and leans on MSTR stock again

Strategy Inc bought 3,015 bitcoin for $204.1 million, raising its total holdings to 720,737 tokens, according to a regulatory filing. Most of the purchase was funded by selling 1.73 million Class A shares for $229.9 million, with a smaller amount from preferred stock. Bitcoin traded at $70,684 Wednesday, below Strategy’s average purchase price of $75,985. The firm raised its Stretch preferred stock dividend rate to 11.5%.
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Stock Market Today

  • Ford Shares Drop on Fed Rate Hike Signals and China Software Import Concerns
    June 17, 2026, 5:59 PM EDT. Ford shares fell 3.1% to $13.96 amid a broader U.S. stock decline after the Federal Reserve signaled potential rate hikes later this year. The Fed's rate hold at 3.50%-3.75% came with projections showing nine officials eyeing more increases, increasing borrowing costs that weigh on auto sales. Ford faces additional pressure from a U.S. Commerce Department software license issue affecting its China-built Lincoln Nautilus, complicating exports due to new import restrictions. Weaker U.S. May vehicle sales, down 13.6% including a 44% drop in Mustang Mach-E sales, further hurt sentiment. Despite concerns, Ford raised its 2026 adjusted EBIT profit target to $8.5 billion-$10.5 billion, driven by its Ford+ plan and expectation of higher margins, but uncertainty remains over geopolitical risks and credit cost impacts on the auto sector.

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Arm spikes as Bernstein eyes $500 target on AI CPU demand

Arm spikes as Bernstein eyes $500 target on AI CPU demand

17 June 2026
Arm soared 5.69% to $418.88 after Bernstein hiked its price target to $500, citing a CPU “renaissance” driven by agentic AI and Arm’s power-efficient architecture; the rally comes as investors shift focus from graphics chips to CPUs, but risks remain from supply constraints and a reported FTC probe.
ServiceNow falls as software shares retreat on Fed-rate concerns

ServiceNow falls as software shares retreat on Fed-rate concerns

17 June 2026
ServiceNow plunged nearly 6% to $95.48, extending a two-day slide as investors dumped software stocks after the Fed signaled a more hawkish rate path, even as Benchmark raised its target to $130 and called ServiceNow a top large cap value pick; first-quarter subscription revenue jumped 22% but Middle East deal delays and the Armis acquisition pose risks to 2026 cash flow and margins.
SpaceX slides after Fed selloff hits post-IPO gains

SpaceX slides after Fed selloff hits post-IPO gains

17 June 2026
SpaceX tumbled 5% to close near $192 in its first full-session drop since going public, slipping below Amazon in market value as U.S. stocks fell after the Fed signaled a possible rate hike; volatility surged amid heavy options trading and analyst warnings of overvaluation following a $60 billion equity issue.
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