Stock Market 7 July 2026

Ford (NYSE:F) edges lower; Q2 sales drop but mix helps ahead of earnings

Ford Motor Company shares fell Tuesday, after the automaker reported a 10.3% drop in U.S. sales for the second quarter. But Ford pointed to a different number: stripping out planned phase-outs of the Escape and Lincoln Corsair, and assuming no change in daily-rental sales, Q2 sales would have climbed 0.5%, the company said.

7 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:F·Stock Market

Oracle stock drops as AI backlog gap grows and ORCL loses ground to cloud rivals

Oracle Corporation dropped Tuesday, paring Monday’s gains. The stock looked more like a debt-heavy AI infrastructure play than its usual image as a software company with a giant backlog.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NYSE:ORCL·Stock Market

DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) pops as AI cloud trade shifts on new backlog math

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. climbed 9.3% to $143.64 Wednesday afternoon after the company forecasted its Q2 remaining performance obligations topping $800 million. That puts focus on backlog and capacity instead of just stronger AI revenue. Shares touched $157.99 at their high and 3.28 million shares changed hands as of 1:50 p.m. EDT, valuing DigitalOcean near $16.1 billion.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NYSE:DOCN·Stock Market·Technology

State Street (NYSE:STT) at new high; ETF flows boost fee outlook

State Street Corporation gained 2.0% to close at $179.55 Tuesday, pushing market cap to $50.8 billion. The move came in regular NYSE trade after the July 3 holiday shutdown. Shares touched an intraday high of $179.87, topping Monday’s 52-week closing mark of $175.96.

7 July 2026

ETFs·NYSE:STT·Stock Market

Super Micro (NASDAQ:SMCI) trails other AI names as shares drop below June sale price

Super Micro Computer, Inc. dropped 2.8% to $26.44 on Tuesday. That’s under the $27.50 level where it sold 45,454,545 common shares in June. Shares topped out at $26.96 during the session—still short of the sale price.

7 July 2026

NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:SMCI·NYSE:DELL·NYSE:HPE·Stock Market·Technology

IREN slips after Anthropic buyout focuses attention on 2028 Australia plan

IREN Limited dropped in early afternoon trading Tuesday on the Nasdaq. But the main focus for investors was the company’s AI infrastructure timeline. The stock has been trading on expectations for AI growth. Reports suggest Anthropic is looking to buy in Australia on a quicker timeframe than IREN’s public power rollout.

7 July 2026

Energy Sector·NASDAQ:IREN·Stock Market

Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:TVRD) stock jumps as Phase 1 data puts cash-value biotech under heavy churn

Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. jumped as much as 89% on Tuesday after the STAT3 drug developer reported Phase 1 data for TTI-109, but the harder market signal was volume. About 53.9 million shares changed hands by early afternoon, equal to 5.7 times the 9.38 million shares outstanding listed in its latest quarterly filing.

7 July 2026

NASDAQ:TVRD·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

Adobe surges while BofA sticks with AI sell call on buyback math

Adobe Inc. climbed Tuesday despite a new bearish call from Bank of America Corp. Shares traded at $227.98, up $9.91, or 4.5%, according to the latest finance feed. Invesco QQQ Trust dropped 1.4%. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust was down 0.3%.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ADBE·Stock Market

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) shares dip after string of insider filings renews share count questions

Joby Aviation, Inc. dropped 72.5 cents, or around 8.1%, to $8.20 Tuesday. Volume topped 24.4 million shares at last check. The stock started at $8.76, touched $9.00 before dropping to $8.05. The New York Stock Exchange resumed its regular session after closing July 3 for Independence Day.

7 July 2026

NYSE:ACHR·NYSE:EVTL·NYSE:JOBY·NYSE:TM·Stock Market

T1 Energy (T1E) sinks 16% ahead of July warrant expiry, board RSUs post fresh supply data

T1 Energy Inc. dropped hard in midday New York trading on Tuesday. The move comes two days ahead of public warrants expiring from the NYSE. U.S. markets were running normal hours; per the NYSE’s 2026 holiday calendar, Independence Day closure was July 3.

7 July 2026

NYSE:TE·Stock Market

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) shares slide as memory bull cash-flow hopes tested

Sandisk stock dropped about 8.5% to $1,596.75 in morning trading on Nasdaq. That pullback hit a rally that The Motley Fool had pegged at 635% for the year as of Tuesday, down from a peak of 884%. Now investors are looking at whether slower NAND price hikes can still keep margins up if demand stays contracted.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:SNDK·Stock Market

Semiconductors ETF slide puts AI exposure in focus; Invesco (NYSEARCA:PSI) falls back

Chip ETFs traded lower late Tuesday morning in New York, with the hardest fall coming from this year’s top performer, not the ETF with the most Nvidia. Invesco Semiconductors ETF slid roughly 7.8% to $147.08 near 11:50 a.m. EDT, according to latest pricing. VanEck Semiconductor ETF lost around 5.0%.

7 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·ETFs·NYSEARCA:PSI·Semiconductors·Stock Market

ClearOne (CLRO) surges 48% as float turns over on Cortigent merger math

ClearOne, Inc. shares surged in active midday trade Tuesday, as the thinly traded Nasdaq stock posted one of the session’s bigger micro-cap swings. The move came after a new company filing revealed share counts and financing details tied to ClearOne’s planned merger with Cortigent, Inc.

7 July 2026

NASDAQ:CLRO·NASDAQ:VANI·Stock Market

Pfizer rebound keeps dividend stable, HSBC lowers upside by $23 billion

Pfizer Inc. traded up 1.7% at $24.13 as of 11:48 a.m. EDT Tuesday, recovering some ground after Monday’s 2.47% slide to $23.72. The stock’s loss on Monday stood out with the S&P 500 up 0.72% and the Dow up 0.29%, making it a clear underperformer, not just a victim of the broader market.

7 July 2026

Dividends·NYSE:PFE·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

Micron (NASDAQ:MU) drops $89 billion on Ford contract worries

Micron Technology, Inc. was active in Tuesday’s regular Nasdaq session. According to Nasdaq’s 2026 calendar, markets close for Independence Day on July 3, not July 7. Regular U.S. trading runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

7 July 2026

NASDAQ:MU·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Nu Holdings down as proxy reveals buyback won’t move share count much

Nu Holdings Ltd. slipped 1.1% to $13.91 Tuesday, trading near the bottom of its $13.81 to $14.37 intraday band just before 11 a.m. in New York. The NYSE ran normal hours; its calendar puts the Independence Day holiday on July 3, with no mention of a July 7 close.

7 July 2026

NYSE:NU·Stock Market

Trident Digital Tech (NASDAQ:TDTH) gains as founder debt exchange comes in under market price

Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd rose Tuesday, bucking a softer U.S. market, after investors weighed in on a related-party debt swap that would turn a founder’s claim into restricted Class B shares ahead of a shareholder vote in Singapore.

7 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:TDTH·Stock Market·Technology

Dow slides as Caterpillar and Honeywell weigh on blue chips

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks opened mostly lower Tuesday as regular cash trading began at 9:30 a.m. ET on the NYSE, with the session set to close at 4 p.m. The Nasdaq’s 2026 holiday calendar still puts the Independence Day break on July 3, not July 7. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down but outperformed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, while chip stocks were hit hardest.

7 July 2026

NASDAQ:HON·NYSE:CAT·Stock Market

Nasdaq slips on chip slump; Dow flat near record high

U.S. stocks ended sharply mixed Tuesday. The Dow hovered near Monday’s record, but the Nasdaq dropped. Big chip declines dragged the S&P 500 down, wiping out gains in most other sectors earlier in the day.

7 July 2026

KRX:005930·Nasdaq·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market

SU Group Holdings (NASDAQ:SUGP) trades volume 20 times Class A shares after Hong Kong deal

SU Group Holdings Limited rose 1.8% to $0.84 at 9:49 a.m. ET Tuesday. Shares jumped as high as $1.22 early but pulled back. Volume hit 73.5 million shares. All figures are from regular Nasdaq trading hours, which run 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. Nasdaq shows July 3, 2026, as the Independence Day holiday, not this Tuesday.

7 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:SUGP·Stock Market

Stock Market 7 July 2026

Ford (NYSE:F) edges lower; Q2 sales drop but mix helps ahead of earnings

Oracle stock drops as AI backlog gap grows and ORCL loses ground to cloud rivals

DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) pops as AI cloud trade shifts on new backlog math

State Street (NYSE:STT) at new high; ETF flows boost fee outlook

Super Micro (NASDAQ:SMCI) trails other AI names as shares drop below June sale price

IREN slips after Anthropic buyout focuses attention on 2028 Australia plan

Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:TVRD) stock jumps as Phase 1 data puts cash-value biotech under heavy churn

Adobe surges while BofA sticks with AI sell call on buyback math

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) shares dip after string of insider filings renews share count questions

T1 Energy (T1E) sinks 16% ahead of July warrant expiry, board RSUs post fresh supply data

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) shares slide as memory bull cash-flow hopes tested

Semiconductors ETF slide puts AI exposure in focus; Invesco (NYSEARCA:PSI) falls back

ClearOne (CLRO) surges 48% as float turns over on Cortigent merger math

Pfizer rebound keeps dividend stable, HSBC lowers upside by $23 billion

Micron (NASDAQ:MU) drops $89 billion on Ford contract worries

Nu Holdings down as proxy reveals buyback won’t move share count much

Trident Digital Tech (NASDAQ:TDTH) gains as founder debt exchange comes in under market price

Dow slides as Caterpillar and Honeywell weigh on blue chips

Nasdaq slips on chip slump; Dow flat near record high

SU Group Holdings (NASDAQ:SUGP) trades volume 20 times Class A shares after Hong Kong deal

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