Stock Market 3 July 2026

RBC stock near record leaves analyst targets behind as ETF weight pulls harder

Royal Bank of Canada shares held near the C$290 line on Friday, with Toronto setting the live price while Wall Street shut for Independence Day observed. The bank’s U.S.-listed shares were not trading; NYSE lists July 3 as the 2026 Independence Day holiday, while TMX lists the day as a U.S. holiday with special settlement for issues trading in U.S. dollars.

3 July 2026

ETFs·NYSE:RY·Stock Market·TSX:RY

GFL Environmental shares trade on TSX after buyout talk; NYSE shut for holiday, $1 billion spread

GFL Environmental Inc. jumped 7.56% to C$57.17 on the Toronto exchange at 12:42 p.m. EDT. Reuters, quoting Bloomberg, said the waste services company is looking at a possible take-private deal. GFL’s U.S. shares were idle with NYSE markets closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday, so the Toronto price was the basis for this update.

3 July 2026

NYSE:GFL·Stock Market·TSX:GFL

AtkinsRéalis (TSE:ATRL) gains C$680 million while Turkey nuclear review puts CANDU to the test

AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. rose 4.81% to C$91.87 in Toronto on Friday as Reuters said Turkey is set to finish an early review of the company’s CANDU reactors after an info exchange later this summer. Google Finance showed shares up C$4.22 at 12:52 p.m. EDT. The company has 161.92 million shares out and a market cap of C$14.88 billion.

3 July 2026

Stock Market·TSX:ATRL

MDA Space (TSE:MDA) climbs as TSX moves during NYSE holiday

MDA Space Ltd. climbed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Friday. The move gave the only regular trading price for the dual-listed name, with MDA Space’s New York shares paused for the U.S. market holiday.

3 July 2026

Space Industry·Stock Market·TSX:MDA

Kraken Robotics (CVE:PNG) lags after bumping 2026 forecast on Covelya deal close

Kraken Robotics Inc. traded higher Friday after it closed the C$615 million Covelya Group acquisition. Shares were up 4.71% to C$6.67 at 12:49 p.m. EDT. Market cap sat at C$2.05 billion, according to Google Finance. Volume was 745,380 shares against an average of 1.41 million.

3 July 2026

Robotics·Stock Market·Technology·TSXV:PNG

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) finishes week under exec tax price, Long Ridge figures eyed

U.S. stocks and options won't trade Friday. Nasdaq has July 3, 2026 marked as the observed Independence Day holiday, and NYSE also shows that day as closed for Independence Day in 2026. That puts MARA’s Thursday close as the final print for the week.

3 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:FIP·NASDAQ:MARA·Stock Market

SECURE Waste Infrastructure (TSE:SES) spikes on GFL buyout speculation as deal spread shrinks

SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp climbed Friday as shares of buyer GFL Environmental Inc rallied, boosting the mostly stock deal lined up between the two Canadian waste firms.

3 July 2026

Stock Market·TSX:GFL·TSX:SES

Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU) buyback seen as limited against $2.8B in shares traded during holiday week

Nu Holdings Ltd. comes into Monday trading with the board-approved $1 billion buyback in focus, as investors weigh if the move means much while daily turnover easily tops that figure over a handful of sessions. The New York Stock Exchange’s website shows July 3 as the observed holiday for Independence Day in 2026, so Thursday’s close is the last U.S. print for NU before markets reopen after the break next week.

3 July 2026

NYSE:NU·Stock Market

Dow hits record, chips drop 11% as short week focuses on jobs

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average heads into the July 4 break at a record, but action below the surface is not as solid as the close looks. The NYSE counted Friday, July 3, as the holiday, so last cash trading was Thursday.

3 July 2026

NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:PEP·NYSE:DAL·NYSE:MCD·Stock Market

Dow hits another high but chip names slip as markets eye Fed minutes

U.S. stock markets did not hold regular trading hours Friday since the July 4 holiday was observed early this year, with Independence Day landing on Saturday. That made Thursday’s close the final full price for U.S. stocks ahead of the long weekend. On normal days, NYSE’s core session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern, with Nasdaq following the same hours.

3 July 2026

Federal Reserve·Nasdaq·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:PEP·NASDAQ:SNDK·NASDAQ:TSLA·NYSE:DAL·Stock Market

Keel Infrastructure drop brings June convert terms back ahead of Nasdaq open

Keel Infrastructure Corp heads into the U.S. holiday with its shares on Nasdaq trading lower than the convertible note pricing from last month, under the original conversion level, and well below the capped-call upper limit.

3 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:KEEL·Stock Market

SpaceX stock gets hit as Nasdaq-100 weight triggers short bets

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. heads into the long U.S. weekend with a flow trade in focus. Index funds are still looking to buy shares, but shorts have piled into the part of the stock that's available to trade. That setup could draw more attention than the latest analyst note.

3 July 2026

Nasdaq·Stock Market

Palantir stock takes holiday break with $117 billion AI control-layer bet hanging

U.S. stock markets were closed Friday for the Independence Day observed holiday, so Palantir Technologies Inc. only had a four-day trading week. That ended a rough June, with the stock starting July on a firmer note. The New York Stock Exchange will also observe Independence Day on Friday, July 3 in 2026, while regular trading runs 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET otherwise.

3 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:PLTR·Stock Market

SL Science Holding (NASDAQ:SLBT) jumps, trades at 1,500x ’25 sales after Nasdaq debut

SL Science Holding Limited closed the U.S. holiday-shortened week on a strong move, but with a $3.36 billion market cap and just $2.20 million expected 2025 revenue, valuation remains a sticking point. Nasdaq is closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday after listing July 3, 2026, as a closure on its holiday schedule.

3 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:HSPT·NASDAQ:SLBT·Stock Market

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) shares pop as O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) bid tests value

NYSE markets are closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday. Thursday's session was the last trading day this week for Genuine Parts Company, which finished at $132.57, gaining 12.9% for the day. The stock is up about 14.3% from a June 26 close of $116.02.

3 July 2026

NASDAQ:ORLY·NYSE:GPC·Stock Market

Pembina up after AI power project seen as better bet than pipeline

Pembina Pipeline Corporation climbed Friday after the company locked in a deal to build a gas-fired power plant driven by data-center demand and announced a conditional commitment to invest in a planned crude pipeline to the West Coast.

3 July 2026

NYSE:PBA·Stock Market·TSX:PPL

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) sheds $202 billion in market cap in two-day chip selloff before holiday

U.S. stock markets closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday, leaving Micron Technology with a two-session slide going into the break. The company’s shares dropped from $1,154.29 on Tuesday to $975.56 at Thursday’s close, down 15.5%. That move wiped out roughly $202 billion in market cap, based on MarketWatch’s figure of 1.13 billion shares.

3 July 2026

NASDAQ:MU·Stock Market·Technology

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) drops after Toyota boost fades, JV terms in focus

Joby Aviation closed out the week on a softer note than Toyota’s news signaled. The NYSE was shut Friday, July 3, for the observed Independence Day holiday, so $8.49 on Thursday was the last trade before the break.

3 July 2026

NYSE:JOBY·Stock Market·TSX:7203

ASML rally trims analyst upside ahead of July 15 earnings

ASML Holding N.V. traded higher Friday, with shares last at 1,626.60 euros, up 3.1% from Thursday's close of 1,577.80 euros. The stock moved between 1,588.40 and 1,636.40 euros on the day. Some investors are watching the gap between the current price and analyst targets instead of just the daily move.

3 July 2026

AMS:ASML·Earnings Reports·Stock Market

TELUS yield hits 11.6% with payout eyed ahead of CEO change

TELUS Corporation opened Friday trading with the stock mostly reacting to its dividend, not this week’s CEO news. TSX shares ended July 2 at C$14.46, a 3.6% slide. The quarterly payout is C$0.4184, putting the yield around 11.6% at that price. With a telecom yield over 11%, questions on cash flow are front and center.

3 July 2026

NYSE:TU·Stock Market·TSX:T

Stock Market 3 July 2026

RBC stock near record leaves analyst targets behind as ETF weight pulls harder

GFL Environmental shares trade on TSX after buyout talk; NYSE shut for holiday, $1 billion spread

AtkinsRéalis (TSE:ATRL) gains C$680 million while Turkey nuclear review puts CANDU to the test

MDA Space (TSE:MDA) climbs as TSX moves during NYSE holiday

Kraken Robotics (CVE:PNG) lags after bumping 2026 forecast on Covelya deal close

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) finishes week under exec tax price, Long Ridge figures eyed

SECURE Waste Infrastructure (TSE:SES) spikes on GFL buyout speculation as deal spread shrinks

Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU) buyback seen as limited against $2.8B in shares traded during holiday week

Dow hits record, chips drop 11% as short week focuses on jobs

Dow hits another high but chip names slip as markets eye Fed minutes

Keel Infrastructure drop brings June convert terms back ahead of Nasdaq open

SpaceX stock gets hit as Nasdaq-100 weight triggers short bets

Palantir stock takes holiday break with $117 billion AI control-layer bet hanging

SL Science Holding (NASDAQ:SLBT) jumps, trades at 1,500x ’25 sales after Nasdaq debut

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) shares pop as O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) bid tests value

Pembina up after AI power project seen as better bet than pipeline

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) sheds $202 billion in market cap in two-day chip selloff before holiday

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) drops after Toyota boost fades, JV terms in focus

ASML rally trims analyst upside ahead of July 15 earnings

TELUS yield hits 11.6% with payout eyed ahead of CEO change

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