Stock Market 11 July 2026

Broadcom’s Market Value Jumps $188 Billion in Apple Week—Six Times the Deal’s Worth

Broadcom Inc. closed Friday at $399.97, up 11% from July 2. Apple Inc. revealed a five-year U.S. chip deal with Broadcom that is expected to top $30 billion. Broadcom’s market cap increased by about $188 billion this holiday-shortened week, based on the company’s latest share count.

12 July 2026

NASDAQ:AVGO·Stock Market·Technology

Xero sets 30-day staff deadline, investors eye 43% stock-pay ratio

Xero Limited has told employees rated “Below Expectation” to either take voluntary severance or go on a 30-day performance-improvement plan. The company is getting stricter as it ramps up its push into artificial intelligence and U.S. payments. CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy wrote to staff, “As AI changes how work gets done, we have the chance to redefine how small business finance works.” The change follows a 58% spike in non-cash share-based payment expense to NZ$240.1 million, or 43.3% of Xero’s free cash flow. That’s up from 30.0% a year ago.

12 July 2026

ASX:XRO·Stock Market

Union Pacific’s Big Boy Draws 117,000 Visits — but a 15% Merger Gap Tells Investors More

Union Pacific Corp. drew roughly 117,000 reported visits across three Pennsylvania viewing events over the past week as its Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive crossed tracks operated by merger target Norfolk Southern Corp.. The count measures attendance, not unique visitors, and excludes several thousand spectators reported in Derry. A local Norfolk Southern crew accompanied the train on its western Pennsylvania run.

12 July 2026

NASDAQ:CSX·NYSE:NSC·NYSE:UNP·Stock Market

Starship Flight 13 Lifts Off as Wall Street Watches for 5,000 Launches

SpaceX plans to run Starship’s 13th flight test on Thursday, July 16, after firing all 33 Super Heavy engines in a full-duration static fire that left the booster bolted to the pad. The 90-minute launch window starts at 5:45 p.m. CDT. Investors will be watching closely after a tough week for the stock.)

12 July 2026

Aerospace Industry·NASDAQ:SPCX·Space Exploration·Stock Market

Stock Market Today: Live Updates 12.07.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 12, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 13, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT Debt Surge for AI Puts Bond Market Under Pressure, Wall Street Cautious July 13, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT. Tech companies are pushing record debt into the bond market as they borrow heavily to fund artificial intelligence (AI) projects. This rush to raise capital is straining the market, and Wall Street is flashing caution as concerns grow about how much more debt the market can take and the risks to credit stability. One Great Chart: Bond Market Struggles to Absorb AI Debt PageGroup Says UK Jobs

12 July 2026

Stock Market

Axon Shares Drop $6 Billion Over Three Days as 74x Earnings Multiple Comes Under Pressure

Axon Enterprise, Inc. dropped roughly $6.0 billion in market cap from the end of trade Tuesday to Friday, with shares giving up 11.7% over three sessions. The stock closed Friday at $565.80, down from $640.46 on Tuesday. The market cap drop is based on the company’s latest share count of 80.6 million.

12 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:AXON·NYSE:DELL·NYSE:MSI·Stock Market

Constellation Energy Stock Up 5%, Tuesday Seen as Test

Constellation Energy Corporation closed Friday at $251.38, up 5.1% on the week. Shares traded in line with peers Vistra Corp., which added 5.2%, and Talen Energy Corporation, up 5.8%. The moves suggest traders bought the sector as a whole instead of making a big shift just on Constellation.

12 July 2026

Energy Sector·NASDAQ:CEG·NASDAQ:TLN·NYSE:VST·Stock Market

Eaton Shares Beat S&P 500, Trade at 40x Earnings

Eaton Corporation plc finished Friday at $407.28, up 0.36% for the day. Shares gained 2.2% for the week since the July 2 close, ahead of the S&P 500’s 1.2% move. Eaton shares jumped 3.7% Monday, dropped 4.3% Tuesday, then logged gains the next three sessions. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend.

12 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:ETN·Stock Market

MaxLinear (MXL) Moved 28% in Wild Week; Shorts Boosted Positions Near Highs

Short interest in MaxLinear, Inc. rose 34.7% to 4.15 million shares as of June 30, when the stock closed at a record $128.03. Short interest tracks shares investors borrow and sell, aiming to profit if prices drop. U.S. markets are closed over the weekend. Shares ended Friday at $91.30, down 28.7% from that high.

12 July 2026

NASDAQ:CRDO·NASDAQ:MRVL·NASDAQ:MXL·Stock Market

KLA Gets $270 Price Target—TSMC Seen as Key for Stock

KLA Corporation finished Friday at $231.52, up 0.9% on the day. Stifel kept its Buy rating, sticking with a $270 target. Even so, the stock closed 1.7% under its July 2 finish and is 23.3% below its June 30 level. That's a steeper drop than other big U.S. chip-equipment names.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:KLAC·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Arista Networks Added $34B in Value This Week—But There’s a Twist in the Numbers

Arista Networks, Inc. ended Friday at $186.96, up 16.9% from July 2. That price lifts its market cap to $238.1 billion, an increase of about $34.4 billion, assuming no change in share count. That gain is nearly three times Arista’s forecast for 2026 revenue, which stands at $11.5 billion. U.S. markets did not open Saturday.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:CSCO·NYSE:ANET·Stock Market·Technology

Vertiv Climbs 6% After Tumultuous 18% Swing; 50x Earnings Level In Sight

Vertiv Holdings Co finished the week up 6.1% at $318.86, even as shares dropped 1.6% on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 1.2% for the week. VRT traded between a low of $287.11 on Tuesday and a high of $338.88 on Thursday, an 18.0% swing from low to high with Wall Street closed for the weekend.

11 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:VRT·Stock Market

Oregon backs away from bid to delay Paramount–Warner Bros—Spread at 16.6% draws focus

Oregon’s attorney general has pulled a court motion asking for a delay of Paramount Skydance Corp’s $110 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc, clearing the closest legal hurdle for now. But the state’s broader suit is still on. Oregon said it’s weighing its next move after Paramount pushed back against requests for records tied to its regulatory lobbying.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:PSKY·NASDAQ:WBD·Stock Market

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) adds $3 billion in market cap as software savings target holds

U.S. markets were closed Saturday. Starbucks Corporation ended Friday at $106.01, off 0.38% for the day but up 1.7% compared to its last U.S. close on July 2. Shares jumped 2.45% Thursday to $106.41 after a report on its in-house AI software efforts, which boosted its market value by an estimated $2.9 billion based on outstanding shares.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:SBUX·Stock Market·Technology

RTX (NYSE:RTX) Scores £2 Billion UK Deal, Revenue Impact May Be Modest

RTX Corporation edged up 0.37% to close at $195.93 on Friday. That came as Raytheon UK and its partners landed a £2 billion contract to train the British Army. Shares barely moved, as the 15-year job will be split among five firms.

11 July 2026

NYSE:RTX·Stock Market

Altria’s $1.06 Dividend Just Landed — Now Its 5.9% Yield Faces a CPI Test

Altria Group Inc. closed Friday at $71.79 and lost 1.3% over the week, lagging the S&P 500’s 1.2% gain by about 2.5 percentage points as its $1.06 quarterly dividend became payable. The five-session decline came on average volume of 6.26 million shares, roughly 24% below the stock’s listed average — light enough to make the selloff less decisive.

11 July 2026

NYSE:MO·Stock Market

Boeing (NYSE:BA) Wipes Out $9.7 Billion Before Facing 102-Jet Order

Boeing ended Friday at $222.28, dropping 1.9% from the week before. Shares climbed Monday after the company rolled out its fourth 737 MAX assembly line but then dropped the rest of the week. About $9.7 billion in market value was lost from Monday's high to Friday’s close. U.S. markets were closed Saturday.

11 July 2026

Aerospace Industry·EPA:AIR·NYSE:BA·PSE:PAL·Stock Market

Cisco Stock Rallies 8%, Adds 51 Dow Points But Trails Arista

Cisco Systems, Inc. closed Friday at $121.31, up 2.5%. The stock climbed 7.6% since July 2, adding $8.62 and about 51 points to the Dow. That helped limit the Dow’s 263-point drop for the week, a decline of 0.5%. U.S. markets stayed shut Saturday.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:CSCO·NYSE:ANET·Stock Market·Technology

Chevron Shares Up 4% This Week, New Gas Deal Smaller By 54% Per Year

Chevron Corporation finished at $176.40 Friday, gaining 4.3% over Tuesday’s close, with U.S. markets now shut for the weekend. But fresh numbers out of Alinta Energy showed its latest five-year gas deal working out to 9.2 petajoules a year on average, down 54% from the yearly volume locked in under its prior seven-year contract.

11 July 2026

NYSE:CVX·Stock Market

JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) edges close to 52-week high after Q1 profit beat

U.S. markets were shut Saturday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. finished Friday’s session at $336.47, about 2% off its 52-week high from June 25 at $343.4485. At a $901.58 billion market cap on Friday, regaining that high would tack on around $18.7 billion in value, topping the $16.5 billion JPMorgan booked in Q1.

11 July 2026

NYSE:JPM·Stock Market

Stock Market 11 July 2026 - 12 July 2026

Broadcom’s Market Value Jumps $188 Billion in Apple Week—Six Times the Deal’s Worth

Xero sets 30-day staff deadline, investors eye 43% stock-pay ratio

Union Pacific’s Big Boy Draws 117,000 Visits — but a 15% Merger Gap Tells Investors More

Starship Flight 13 Lifts Off as Wall Street Watches for 5,000 Launches

Stock Market Today: Live Updates 12.07.2026

Axon Shares Drop $6 Billion Over Three Days as 74x Earnings Multiple Comes Under Pressure

Constellation Energy Stock Up 5%, Tuesday Seen as Test

Eaton Shares Beat S&P 500, Trade at 40x Earnings

MaxLinear (MXL) Moved 28% in Wild Week; Shorts Boosted Positions Near Highs

KLA Gets $270 Price Target—TSMC Seen as Key for Stock

Arista Networks Added $34B in Value This Week—But There’s a Twist in the Numbers

Vertiv Climbs 6% After Tumultuous 18% Swing; 50x Earnings Level In Sight

Oregon backs away from bid to delay Paramount–Warner Bros—Spread at 16.6% draws focus

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) adds $3 billion in market cap as software savings target holds

RTX (NYSE:RTX) Scores £2 Billion UK Deal, Revenue Impact May Be Modest

Altria’s $1.06 Dividend Just Landed — Now Its 5.9% Yield Faces a CPI Test

Boeing (NYSE:BA) Wipes Out $9.7 Billion Before Facing 102-Jet Order

Cisco Stock Rallies 8%, Adds 51 Dow Points But Trails Arista

Chevron Shares Up 4% This Week, New Gas Deal Smaller By 54% Per Year

JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) edges close to 52-week high after Q1 profit beat

TechStock² Updates

FTSE 100 Weekly Wrap: Two Sessions Accounted for Majority of Gains

S&P 500 Rises 1% Over the Week While AI Impact Leads to Mixed Results Among Major Tech Stocks

Stock Market Today: Live Updates 01.08.2026

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Shares Climb 13% After Gemini Deal and Strong Cloud Results Boost Investor Confidence

Inno Holdings (NASDAQ:INHD) Falls 54% as Updated Share Total Suggests $45 Million Valuation

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