Stock Market 20 May 2026

ASX bounces after jobs surprise, miners and property stocks climb

Australian stocks bounced on Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 up 1.47% at the close. Materials, metals and mining, and A-REITs led gains after soft jobs data made another quick rate hike look unlikely. The S&P/ASX 200 tracks 200 large companies on the ASX.

21 May 2026

ASX News·ASX:IGO·Mining Industry·Stock Market

SPAC ETF Up as SpaceX Heads for SPCX Ticker

SPAC and New Issue ETF ended Wednesday up 0.64% at $22.09, now trading with the ticker SPCK. The move comes as U.S. new listings picked up, giving the thinly-traded fund a gauge on risk sentiment. SpaceX also filed for a roughly $75 billion IPO under the ETF’s old SPCX symbol.

21 May 2026

ETFs·NASDAQ:SPCK·Space Industry·Stock Market

EnerSys Stock Flips After Earnings as Guidance Tops Trader Hopes

EnerSys is trading up in after-hours after topping earnings estimates and issuing stronger first-quarter guidance. The stock finished Wednesday’s session down 1.3% at $214.56, with 708,643 shares traded. After the bell, Google Finance quoted $227, up 5.8%.

21 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:ENS·Stock Market

Silexion Soars After Cancer Study, Liquidity and Nasdaq Issues Linger for SLXN

Silexion Therapeutics Corp shares soared on Nasdaq Wednesday, ending the session up 96.95% at $0.5298. Shares had finished at $0.269 the day before. After the close, the stock dropped 9.5% in after-hours action. Volume topped 325 million shares as the low-priced cancer drug developer drew heavy trading.

21 May 2026

NASDAQ:SLXN·Stock Market

Jupiter Neurosciences Stock Swings on $100M MDMA Pact, $2M Equity Sale

Jupiter Neurosciences dropped late Wednesday. The stock had jumped earlier after the company said it plans to license PharmAla Biotech’s MDMA-based ALA-002 for U.S. use. A few hours after that announcement, Jupiter set terms for a $2 million stock sale. The shares reversed hard, erasing the day’s advance.

21 May 2026

OTCMKTS:JUPN·OTCMKTS:PHAB·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

Urban Outfitters Stock Swings After Record Q1—What Nuuly and Tariffs Are Telling Investors

Urban Outfitters reported record first-quarter sales and income after Wednesday’s close, testing a stock that had just ended regular trading up 4.05% at $71.67 before slipping to $70.55 at 6 p.m. Eastern in extended trading. The company posted net income of $115.7 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.30 on net sales of $1.48 billion.

21 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:URBN·Stock Market

Xanadu Jumps 20% After Quantum Selloff, Filing Remains Over XNDU

Xanadu Quantum Technologies shares surged on Nasdaq Wednesday, with the stock rebounding after a tough May. The Class B shares traded between $11.70 and $14.68, and were recently quoted at $14.13, up $2.39, or 20.4%.

20 May 2026

NASDAQ:IONQ·NASDAQ:XNDU·Stock Market

MicroAlgo Shares Surge 40% as Quantum Release Drives MLGO Spike

MicroAlgo Inc. stock surged 39.95% Wednesday after the Shenzhen-based algorithm developer announced a proposed quantum image edge-extraction algorithm for noisy images. The news fueled heavy trading in MLGO, a small-cap name known for big swings. Shares finished the day at $5.36 after hitting $6.87 earlier, then dipped to $5.22 in after-hours trading, which means trades after the closing bell.

20 May 2026

NASDAQ:MLGO·Quantum Computing·Stock Market·Technology

FuelCell Energy surges as AI-fueled rally hits again, analysts wary

FuelCell Energy shares were up 16.5% at $20.22 Wednesday, bouncing as investors moved back into fuel-cell stocks seen as AI data center plays. The stock, which had fallen for two days, traded on almost 16 million shares.

20 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:FCEL·Renewable Energy·Stock Market

e.l.f. Beauty Earnings Beat Comes With a Catch for Wall Street

e.l.f. Beauty said Wednesday its outlook for fiscal 2027 sales and adjusted profit came in below Wall Street targets. The company flagged a possible $15 million to $20 million cost hit from oil prices linked to the Iran war, which could weigh on results even after a strong fourth quarter. Shares gained after hours as the cosmetics maker topped quarterly revenue and profit estimates.

20 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:ELF·Stock Market

Nvidia Raises AI Stakes Again, Eyes Turn to Thursday Stock Action

Nvidia ended the day up 1.3% at $223.47 on Wednesday ahead of its earnings release, which showed another jump in revenue and an expansion of its share buyback program. But after hours, the stock edged down, trading at $221.90 as of 4:26 p.m. Eastern, with the results coming up against big expectations for AI.

20 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market

RBC Stock Tops 52-Week High Ahead of May 28

Royal Bank of Canada shares hit a 52-week high Wednesday as Toronto stocks bounced back after two weak sessions. RBC was at C$257.55, up C$5.02, or 1.99%, at 3:49 p.m. EDT, after reaching C$257.91 earlier in the day. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, National Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia moved higher too, with gains seen across the bank group, not just at RBC.

20 May 2026

Canadian Economy·Stock Market·TSX:RY

Arm Jumps 15% as AI CPU Trade Picks Up

Arm Holdings’ U.S.-traded ADRs jumped Wednesday, with buyers snapping up chip names with ties to artificial intelligence infrastructure.

20 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ARM·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Reddit Pushes Past $150 but Ad Campaign Still Lags

Reddit shares slipped around 5% late Wednesday, falling under $150 as the company launched new in-app ad tools it hopes will show growth in its ad business. The stock traded at $146.84, down 5.19%, at 3:56 p.m. EDT on Google Finance, after earlier bottoming at $143.91 with volume running much higher than usual.

20 May 2026

Reddit·Stock Market

Nvidia AI Chip Sales Reach $81.6 Billion

Nvidia posted record revenue for the quarter and projected stronger-than-expected sales for the second quarter. The results signal AI infrastructure spending is still strong.

20 May 2026

NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market

HCW Biologics Jumps, Doubles Again as Traders Pile Into Biotech Name

HCW Biologics Inc. shares jumped over 100% late Wednesday, pushing the volatile micro-cap biotech stock higher again after new securities filings, an ongoing Nasdaq listing dispute and the latest quarterly results.

20 May 2026

NASDAQ:HCWB·Stock Market

Dow Jones Rises Past 50,000 Again After Closing Bell

Dow tops 50,000 again as stocks bounce back The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 50,005.30 on Wednesday, up 1.30%, after sliding for three sessions on worries about inflation and bonds. The blue chips had ended at 49,363.88 the day before. In the session, the Dow traded as high as 50,013.62, according to market data.

20 May 2026

NASDAQ:ARM·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market

Dow Rises After Nvidia Rally Ends Three-Day Wall Street Slide

Chip stocks jumped on Wednesday and helped Wall Street break a three-day slide. Nvidia’s earnings were in focus, while investors welcomed lower oil prices and falling Treasury yields. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 581.66 points, or 1.18%, at 49,945.54, according to preliminary results. The S&P 500 added 68.20 points, or 0.93%, to close at 7,421.81. The Nasdaq Composite gained 344.12 points, or 1.33%, ending at 26,214.83.

20 May 2026

NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market

Bradesco Shares Up, Big Test Ahead for Brazil’s Bank Rally

Banco Bradesco preferred shares were up 3.28% at R$17.96 late Wednesday, near session highs, as Brazilian bank stocks climbed along with the market. BBDC4 opened at R$17.51, touched R$17.99, with volume around 30.9 million shares. Itaú Unibanco preferred added 2.97% and Banco do Brasil advanced 2.13%.

20 May 2026

Stock Market

AT&T Shares Fall as Fiber Expansion, Cash Vow, Satellite Strategy Under Scrutiny

AT&T Inc. traded lower Wednesday afternoon while chips led gains elsewhere on Wall Street. The phone company repeated its cash-flow goals, but investors still faced concerns over stiffer competition in broadband and wireless. Shares were off roughly 0.3% to $24.91, after rising earlier to $25.27.

20 May 2026

NYSE:T·Stock Market·Technology

Stock Market 20 May 2026 - 21 May 2026

ASX bounces after jobs surprise, miners and property stocks climb

SPAC ETF Up as SpaceX Heads for SPCX Ticker

EnerSys Stock Flips After Earnings as Guidance Tops Trader Hopes

Silexion Soars After Cancer Study, Liquidity and Nasdaq Issues Linger for SLXN

Jupiter Neurosciences Stock Swings on $100M MDMA Pact, $2M Equity Sale

Urban Outfitters Stock Swings After Record Q1—What Nuuly and Tariffs Are Telling Investors

Xanadu Jumps 20% After Quantum Selloff, Filing Remains Over XNDU

MicroAlgo Shares Surge 40% as Quantum Release Drives MLGO Spike

FuelCell Energy surges as AI-fueled rally hits again, analysts wary

e.l.f. Beauty Earnings Beat Comes With a Catch for Wall Street

Nvidia Raises AI Stakes Again, Eyes Turn to Thursday Stock Action

RBC Stock Tops 52-Week High Ahead of May 28

Arm Jumps 15% as AI CPU Trade Picks Up

Reddit Pushes Past $150 but Ad Campaign Still Lags

Nvidia AI Chip Sales Reach $81.6 Billion

HCW Biologics Jumps, Doubles Again as Traders Pile Into Biotech Name

Dow Jones Rises Past 50,000 Again After Closing Bell

Dow Rises After Nvidia Rally Ends Three-Day Wall Street Slide

Bradesco Shares Up, Big Test Ahead for Brazil’s Bank Rally

AT&T Shares Fall as Fiber Expansion, Cash Vow, Satellite Strategy Under Scrutiny

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