Stock Market 26 May 2026

UiPath Shares Edge Up as Investors Wait for Earnings Test Thursday

UiPath shares climbed Tuesday, with traders buying ahead of this week’s earnings. Investors are watching to see if the automation software firm’s work in AI is delivering steadier growth.

26 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:PATH·Stock Market·Technology

NuScale Stock Jumps as Washington’s Reactor Push Puts SMR Bets Back in Play

NuScale Power shares rose 7.6% to $12.27 in Tuesday afternoon trading, one of the stronger moves among U.S.-listed advanced nuclear names, as investors put fresh money into the small-reactor trade. The stock had traded as high as $12.66, while Oklo gained 7.2% and Nano Nuclear Energy rose 13.1%; the SPDR S&P 500 ETF was up 0.4% and QQQ, an ETF tracking large Nasdaq stocks, gained 1.5%.

26 May 2026

NASDAQ:SMR·Stock Market

POET Technologies’ $400 Million Question: Why the Stock Is Falling While Chip Shares Rally

POET Technologies Inc. shares fell about 7.7% to $13.46 in Tuesday afternoon trading, bucking a broad chip rally as investors kept pressure on the AI photonics company after its recent stock-and-warrant financing. The shares traded between $13.14 and $15.44 after opening at $15.00, with nearly 35 million shares changing hands, while the iShares Semiconductor ETF rose about 5.5%.

26 May 2026

NASDAQ:MRVL·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:POET·NASDAQ:SOXX·Semiconductors·Stock Market

BlackBerry Shares Jump as Stock Clears $8

BlackBerry Limited shares kept climbing Tuesday in U.S. trading, as buyers stuck with the Canadian software name's turnaround narrative tied to secure comms and its QNX auto software business.

26 May 2026

NYSE:BB·Stock Market·Technology

Ondas Stock Surges, But the $390 Million Move Has a Caveat

Ondas Inc shares climbed 9% midday Tuesday. Investors kept buying into the defense-drone company's growth push, following a revenue surge and the closing of its Israeli software deal. The Nasdaq-listed stock traded near $9.90. Volume topped 52 million shares intraday.

26 May 2026

NASDAQ:ONDS·Stock Market

Social Security Payments Go Out This Week; May 27 on Schedule

Social Security’s last May checks go out Wednesday to those with birthdays from the 21st to 31st, according to the Social Security Administration. The 2026 payment calendar has this group on the month’s fourth Wednesday, following earlier May payments sent to people born from the 1st through the 20th.

26 May 2026

Stock Market

Palantir’s AI run faces sticking point on Wall Street

Palantir Technologies shares ticked up on Tuesday, but a series of new investor comments pulled attention to the company’s valuation again. That comes after Palantir’s drop so far this year, which has been notable even in a rough year for software stocks.

26 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:PLTR·Stock Market·Technology Trends

Microsoft $190 Billion AI Spend Losing Its Sting for Investors

Microsoft shares fell late Tuesday morning, down $2.96 to $415.61. That put the company’s market cap near $3.10 trillion. Investors have been concerned about Microsoft’s AI spending this year, but recent comments suggested those worries could be already priced in. Stock is down for the year so far.

26 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Microsoft·NASDAQ:MSFT·Stock Market

Qualcomm Sale by Congresswoman Puts Spotlight on AI Rally

Rep. Sara Jacobs, Democrat of San Diego, sold up to $2 million in Qualcomm stock from a family trust, according to a House disclosure. Jacobs’s grandfather helped start Qualcomm, drawing attention to the move.

26 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:QCOM·Stock Market

Costco Stock Trades Close to Highs as Earnings Loom

Costco Wholesale stock slipped Tuesday, with traders looking at the warehouse giant’s strong run in sales but balking at its high valuation ahead of fiscal Q3 earnings due in two days.

26 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:COST·Stock Market

ASML draws fresh attention from Wall Street in AI push

ASML is back in focus for AI stocks after Coatue Management disclosed a $655.4 million stake in the Dutch chip-tool maker and UBS called it its favorite European semiconductor name. The latest moves add to the basic market view: Nvidia chips need the gear that ASML builds.

26 May 2026

AMS:ASML·Artificial Intelligence·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Wall Street rallies as AI chip demand outweighs oil shock

U.S. stocks edged higher late Tuesday morning. Most indexes were up, with the Nasdaq out front as buyers came back to artificial intelligence chip names, offsetting a weak Dow and new gains in oil prices.

26 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:MU·Stock Market·Technology

Nasdaq Gains, Dow Trails in Monday Trading

Dow slips as UnitedHealth, Chevron drag; tech lifts S&P, Nasdaq The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 132.03 points, or 0.26%, to 50,447.67 early Tuesday, pushed down by losses in UnitedHealth and Chevron. While the Dow lagged, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gauges traded higher, with tech stocks leading gains.

26 May 2026

Stock Market

Western Digital Sets New High With Wall Street Staying Bullish on AI Storage

Western Digital shares hit an all-time high Tuesday after Evercore ISI raised its price target on the data-storage company to $575. The move builds on gains as demand for hard disk drives for AI data centers keeps driving the rally.

26 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:WDC·Stock Market·Technology

Walmart Analysts Hold $140 Target but Watch Gas Prices

Walmart Inc. stayed at Outperform with a $140 target at Evercore ISI on Tuesday, as the analyst pointed to record first-quarter Walmart+ sign-ups and the retailer’s digital operation topping $100 billion. Walmart shares fell 1.1% to $118.91 by late morning.

26 May 2026

NYSE:WMT·Stock Market

Okta Shares See Sharp Analyst Shift Ahead of Results, Eyes on AI Security Demand

Arete Research upgraded Okta twice on Tuesday, moving it to Buy from Sell and lifting its price target to $127 from $83 ahead of Okta’s earnings this week. Shares gained about 0.7% to $92.89 in early Nasdaq trading.

26 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cybersecurity·NASDAQ:OKTA·Stock Market

Honeywell’s Quantum Offshoot Is Targeting $12.7 Billion In Public Debut

Quantinuum, which is backed by Honeywell, is looking for a valuation up to $12.7 billion in its planned U.S. IPO. The quantum computing firm out of Broomfield, Colorado, set terms Monday for one of the sector’s biggest swings in public markets. Quantinuum is offering around 21.05 million shares, priced between $45 and $50, to try to bring in as much as $1.05 billion.

26 May 2026

Innovation·NASDAQ:IONQ·NYSE:HON·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Arm’s 46% AI Jump Is at a Crossroads After Nvidia Surge

Arm Holdings shares edged lower Tuesday morning in New York after a quick AI rally that sent the chip stock close to record highs and past Bernstein's $300 target. The U.S.-listed stock lost 1.3% to $302.44 after an open at $317.52 and a high of $323.89.

26 May 2026

NASDAQ:ARM·NVIDIA·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Dell faces AI earnings test after record run

Dell Technologies shares kept moving higher early Tuesday, up 3.4% at $305.21. Investors are looking for its fiscal first-quarter report to show how strong the AI server demand still is and how much it can keep pushing the stock.

26 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:NTAP·NYSE:DELL·NYSE:HPE·NYSE:HPQ·Stock Market·Technology

QQQ Climbs with Nvidia’s AI Rally, Iran Deal in Focus

Invesco QQQ Trust moved higher in early trading Tuesday in New York, with investors picking up the Nasdaq-100 ETF as AI-related demand returned and there were some hopes for progress on a U.S.-Iran agreement. QQQ was last seen at $727.04, up roughly 1.3%. Nvidia added around 0.8%.

26 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market·Technology

Stock Market 26 May 2026

UiPath Shares Edge Up as Investors Wait for Earnings Test Thursday

NuScale Stock Jumps as Washington’s Reactor Push Puts SMR Bets Back in Play

POET Technologies’ $400 Million Question: Why the Stock Is Falling While Chip Shares Rally

BlackBerry Shares Jump as Stock Clears $8

Ondas Stock Surges, But the $390 Million Move Has a Caveat

Social Security Payments Go Out This Week; May 27 on Schedule

Palantir’s AI run faces sticking point on Wall Street

Microsoft $190 Billion AI Spend Losing Its Sting for Investors

Qualcomm Sale by Congresswoman Puts Spotlight on AI Rally

Costco Stock Trades Close to Highs as Earnings Loom

ASML draws fresh attention from Wall Street in AI push

Wall Street rallies as AI chip demand outweighs oil shock

Nasdaq Gains, Dow Trails in Monday Trading

Western Digital Sets New High With Wall Street Staying Bullish on AI Storage

Walmart Analysts Hold $140 Target but Watch Gas Prices

Okta Shares See Sharp Analyst Shift Ahead of Results, Eyes on AI Security Demand

Honeywell’s Quantum Offshoot Is Targeting $12.7 Billion In Public Debut

Arm’s 46% AI Jump Is at a Crossroads After Nvidia Surge

Dell faces AI earnings test after record run

QQQ Climbs with Nvidia’s AI Rally, Iran Deal in Focus

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