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Stock Market 2 February 2026
On June 23, 2026, global markets saw significant volatility, especially in technology and semiconductor stocks. Semiconductor shares dropped sharply worldwide, with South Korea’s KOSPI index falling 9.99% after a sell-off in chipmakers and regulatory warnings, leading to a trading halt. European chip stocks and Nasdaq 100 futures also declined, with Nasdaq futures down over 2% and S&P 500 futures off 1.33%. Intel fell about 8% in premarket trading, while Super Micro dropped 6.3% after a strong Monday performance linked to a new data-center design on Nvidia’s Vera Rubin NVL4 platform and an analyst upgrade. Microsoft rose 1.1% premarket after a previous decline, but concerns about AI infrastructure costs persisted. Keel Infrastructure Corp, an AI data-center stock, pulled back in premarket after hitting a 52-week high the previous day. Nokia shares dropped 2.5% in Helsinki despite gains on Wall Street, following a deal to integrate Google Cloud’s Gemini AI into its network software. Tianci International surged 73.2% premarket after reporting more than doubled revenue and a swing to positive net income for the April quarter. Catheter Precision gained 34.5% on news of new patents, a sports partnership, and a share registration filing. Ondas traded lower despite reporting over $40 million in June defense-system orders and a new resale-share filing. Infleqtion rose over 5% following a White House quantum order and the formation of a U.S. quantum-space coalition. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. continued to struggle, dropping 16.4% Monday and falling below its IPO closing price, erasing about $400 billion in market cap. IBM traded higher premarket on new quantum-computing orders and a cyber-defense deal with OpenAI. Anthropic secured a partnership with Micron Technology for memory and storage ahead of its expected IPO. SoFi traded down 2.3% after its stablecoin was listed on Bullish, while Ford looked set to open lower as Canadian labor talks began. American Airlines shares edged up, with lower jet-fuel prices as the main market driver.