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IREN Drops Pre-market After $1.6B Dell AI Deal

IREN Drops Pre-market After $1.6B Dell AI Deal

IREN Limited shares fell 3.6% to $65.41 in premarket trading Thursday after surging 13.48% Wednesday on news of a $1.6 billion deal with Dell for Nvidia Blackwell systems. The hardware will support IREN’s $3.4 billion AI cloud contract at its Texas campus. The deal was signed May 19, with Dell to be paid within 30 days of each shipment. Wall Street responded as B. Riley Securities raised its price target to $88.
Intel slips ahead of inflation numbers, AI momentum cools

Intel slips ahead of inflation numbers, AI momentum cools

Intel shares fell 1.4% to $121.77 on Wednesday and traded at $119.70 after hours ahead of Thursday’s session. Reuters reported ByteDance is developing its own CPUs as Intel and AMD raised prices 10% to 35% in recent months. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 1.4% after hitting a record high. U.S. stock futures declined Thursday as traders watched inflation data and U.S.-Iran tensions.
Meta Paywall Move Rattles Shares

Meta Paywall Move Rattles Shares

Meta shares rose 3.74% to $635.25 Wednesday after launching new paid plans for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI. The company raised its 2026 capital spending outlook to $125–$145 billion, citing higher costs for data centers and chips. Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus are priced at $3.99 per month, WhatsApp Plus at $2.99. Ads remain Meta’s main revenue source, with $55.02 billion last quarter.
ServiceNow Skips Software Drop as Traders Watch

ServiceNow Skips Software Drop as Traders Watch

ServiceNow shares rose 2.2% to $102.12 Wednesday, outperforming software peers as investors responded to signs of steady enterprise demand. Oppenheimer reaffirmed its Outperform rating and $130 target after a customer survey. The stock remains well below last year’s peak despite the rebound. Roughly 28.5 million shares traded, with a market cap near $106.2 billion.
Everpure Tops Estimates But Shares Slip as AI Drives Up Storage Costs

Everpure Tops Estimates But Shares Slip as AI Drives Up Storage Costs

Everpure shares fell 2.8% to $85.74 after the company reported first-quarter revenue up 35% to $1.05 billion, beating estimates. Product revenue rose 55% to $577 million, and adjusted earnings reached 47 cents a share, above forecasts. The company raised its fiscal 2027 outlook but faces margin pressure from higher memory and component costs. Everpure completed its rebrand from Pure Storage and closed its 1touch acquisition.
Salesforce Tops Estimates, But Stock Dips as AI Concerns Return

Salesforce Tops Estimates, But Stock Dips as AI Concerns Return

Salesforce issued second-quarter revenue guidance below Wall Street estimates, sending shares down 0.8% to $177.51 after hours. First-quarter revenue reached $11.13 billion, beating forecasts, while Agentforce and Data 360 annual recurring revenue doubled to nearly $3.4 billion. The stock is down almost 33% in 2026. Investors remain cautious over AI’s impact on future growth.
Cipher Digital Shares Jump Close to All-Time High as Wall Street Watches AI Data-Center Push

Cipher Digital Shares Jump Close to All-Time High as Wall Street Watches AI Data-Center Push

Cipher Digital Inc. shares jumped 9.5% to $25.21 on Wednesday, nearing a 52-week high as trading volume surged and market cap hit $10.2 billion. The stock rose after updates on new AI data center leases and a $200 million credit facility, despite first-quarter revenue falling to $34.8 million and net loss widening to $114.3 million. Total debt stood at $5.2 billion at March 31.
Grab Shares in Focus After Banking Move

Grab Shares in Focus After Banking Move

Grab Holdings shares rose 1.3% to $3.635 in U.S. trading Wednesday, with volume over 35 million shares. The company will consolidate Indonesia’s Superbank into its financial-services segment starting in May, after its holding surpassed 50%. Financial services revenue jumped 43% last quarter to $107 million, though the segment remains unprofitable. Grab will update guidance at its second-quarter results in August.
Dycom Soars 27% as Earnings Beat, Citing Data-Center Demand

Dycom Soars 27% as Earnings Beat, Citing Data-Center Demand

Dycom Industries shares surged 27% Wednesday after the company beat first-quarter earnings estimates, raised its full-year outlook, and announced a $275 million acquisition of National Technology Integrators. Adjusted EPS reached $4.42, topping the $2.73 consensus, and revenue rose 56% to $1.96 billion. The stock traded at $533.74 in afternoon action, off session highs.
IREN Limited’s Nvidia Deal Rewrites The Bitcoin-Miner AI Cloud Trade

IREN Shares Jump After $1.6 Billion Dell Agreement Puts Focus on AI Revenue Target

IREN Limited shares rose 9.4% to $65.42 after the company announced a $1.6 billion deal to buy Dell hardware for its Texas data center. The agreement aims to speed up deployment of Nvidia Blackwell systems for AI customers, with commissioning set for early 2027. Volume topped 44 million shares, pushing market cap to $21.8 billion. IREN expects annualized run-rate revenue to reach $4.4 billion after installation.
Astrotech Stock Rockets 500% After Moon Quantum Plan — The Risk Traders Should Watch

Astrotech Stock Rockets 500% After Moon Quantum Plan — The Risk Traders Should Watch

Astrotech Corp shares surged 524% to $15.42 Wednesday after the company announced plans to explore lunar resource development and Moon-based semiconductor manufacturing. Trading volume topped 111 million shares, pushing market value to about $26 million. The company has no NASA contracts and reported a $3.8 million quarterly loss on $343,000 revenue. Astrotech’s core business remains mass spectrometry and gas chromatography.
Uber faces investor pushback after Delivery Hero offer

Uber faces investor pushback after Delivery Hero offer

Uber has made a non-binding €33-per-share takeover offer for Berlin-based Delivery Hero, but shares traded at €39.04 after Wednesday’s Xetra close. A key shareholder rejected a €38 bid, prompting Uber’s board to discuss raising its offer, Reuters reported. Some investors want over €40 a share. DoorDash is also reportedly interested in Delivery Hero.
Digital Turbine Shares Surge 45% After Earnings

Digital Turbine Shares Surge 45% After Earnings

Digital Turbine shares surged 44.9% to $6.97 in early New York trading after reporting fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $142.5 million, up 20%. The company posted a GAAP net loss of $7.3 million but forecast fiscal 2027 revenue between $630 million and $650 million. Trading volume exceeded 17 million shares. Digital Turbine expanded its Google Cloud partnership to add AI tools to its mobile ad platform.
AI Memory ETF Reaches $10 Billion Mark Quicker Than Any Previous Fund

AI Memory ETF Reaches $10 Billion Mark Quicker Than Any Previous Fund

Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) reached $10 billion in assets in 50 days, the fastest ETF to hit that milestone. The fund, up 87% since its April 2 launch, has seen heavy inflows as investors target memory-chip makers like Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix amid an AI-driven chip shortage. Micron and SK Hynix both briefly crossed $1 trillion in market value this week. Filings for a 2x leveraged version are underway.
Zscaler drops 21% premarket in early U.S. trading

Zscaler drops 21% premarket in early U.S. trading

Zscaler shares fell 21.5% in premarket trading Wednesday after the company forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $875 million to $878 million, missing Wall Street’s $878.6 million target. The stock traded at $144.84 as of 4:02 a.m. EDT, down from Tuesday’s $184.60 close. Third-quarter revenue rose 25% to $850.5 million, with adjusted profit beating estimates. Zscaler also lowered its free-cash-flow margin outlook.
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  • South Korea's Stock Market Tied to Leveraged AI Chipmakers
    May 28, 2026, 7:51 AM EDT. South Korea's stock market is heavily influenced by a handful of chipmakers fueling the global artificial intelligence (AI) surge. As Asia's fourth-largest economy, the nation's equity market shows significant leverage to semiconductor companies that supply critical AI components. Investors closely watch these firms' performance, with their success shaping broader market trends. This concentration underscores South Korea's pivotal role in the AI hardware ecosystem and highlights the risks tied to dependency on a narrow industrial segment.

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IREN Drops Pre-market After $1.6B Dell AI Deal

IREN Drops Pre-market After $1.6B Dell AI Deal

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IREN Limited shares fell 3.6% to $65.41 in premarket trading Thursday after surging 13.48% Wednesday on news of a $1.6 billion deal with Dell for Nvidia Blackwell systems. The hardware will support IREN’s $3.4 billion AI cloud contract at its Texas campus. The deal was signed May 19, with Dell to be paid within 30 days of each shipment. Wall Street responded as B. Riley Securities raised its price target to $88.
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