Technology

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

Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) drops $4.32 in short week, dividend in focus

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

Apple Stock Rose 2%, but Broadcom’s Market-Value Gain Was Nearly Twice Apple’s After $30 Billion Pact

Apple Inc. ended Friday at $315.32, up 2.2% from the July 2 close, after a week dominated by a chip-supply pact worth more than $30 billion with Broadcom Inc.. Broadcom rose 11.0%; applying each company’s latest disclosed share count, that implies roughly $188 billion of added equity value for Broadcom, against about $98 billion for Apple. U.S. cash markets were closed Saturday.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:AVGO·Stock Market·Technology

S&P 500 picks up 1.2% this week; tech sector sees 39% jump in cash inflows

S&P 500 added 1.2% for the week, but gains masked a split tape. Nasdaq Composite moved up 1.7%. Dow fell 0.5% and the small-cap Russell 2000 dropped 0.6%. S&P 500 ended just under its record as U.S. cash trading closed for the weekend.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:META·Stock Market·Technology

SK Hynix Pops 13% on First Nasdaq Trade—Attention Turns to 15.5% Seoul Premium Next Week

SK hynix Inc. wrapped up its U.S. debut at $168.01, up 12.8% from the $149 offer price. What stands out for Monday is that’s a 15.5% premium to what the chipmaker’s Seoul shares and Friday’s FX rate would suggest.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:SKHYV·Stock Market·Technology

Indian Railways okays ₹381 crore for rail tech but just over half to Kavach

Indian Railways’ ₹381 crore headline from Friday is for two separate projects, not only a Kavach rollout. Of that, ₹206 crore—about 54.1%—goes to Kavach, the train-protection tech that can brake a train if a driver skips a stop signal. The balance ₹175 crore will fund more loco maintenance space at Raipur.

11 July 2026

Technology

SWIFT Blockchain Goes Live With 17 Banks—But the Pilot Math Tells a Cautious Story

SWIFT said its blockchain ledger was ready for initial use this week with 17 banks across six continents, including Citigroup and HSBC Holdings, opening a controlled test of round-the-clock cross-border transfers using bank-issued digital deposits. The investor question is no longer whether SWIFT can build the layer, but whether its distribution network can produce meaningful payment traffic.

11 July 2026

Blockchain·LSE:HSBA·NYSE:C·Technology

AMD holds steady after UBS sets $1.1T target, AI rivalry grows

AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) Up Again, But Price Targets Showing Less Room

Advanced Micro Devices gained 1.3% to $553.71 late Friday, doing better than the PHLX Semiconductor Index but still lagging Nvidia Corp. The stock bounced back 3.1% off the session low after swinging through a $23.29 range, putting AMD’s market cap near $914 billion.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:AMD·Stock Market·Technology

CrowdStrike Drops 5.5%, Wipes Out $11 Billion in Value — Double Last ARR

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. lost about $11.0 billion in market cap in Friday’s early trading, according to the most recent share count and this month’s four-for-one split. The stock dropped 5.5% to $187.59 as of about 13:54 EDT. That day’s loss was about double CrowdStrike’s current $5.51 billion in annual recurring revenue.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:CRWD·Stock Market·Technology

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock surges, S&P 500 hides size of rally

Nvidia was up 3.1% at $209.14 as of 11:52 a.m. EDT Friday, pushing its market cap to $5.10 trillion. The gain tacked on about $155 billion since Thursday’s finish, coming as one of its biggest customers detailed plans to scale back use of outside chips.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market·Technology

SK Hynix’s $26.5 Billion Nasdaq Debut Reveals the Hidden Price Investors Pay for Access

SK hynix Inc. attracted filings from at least 10 fund managers for leveraged or inverse single-stock exchange-traded funds before its first U.S. trade, after pricing a $26.5 billion sale of American depositary receipts, or ADRs — U.S.-traded certificates representing foreign shares — at $149. The price was 2.7% above the three-day average for its Seoul shares; underwriters earned nearly $260 million, or 0.97% of the proceeds.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:EOSE·NASDAQ:PTAC·NASDAQ:SKHYV·Stock Market·Technology

Netflix stock slips on Warner Bros deal drama — earnings is the next test

Netflix Stock Gains as Live-TV Push Draws Focus to Cash Yield

Netflix rose 0.2% in Friday’s premarket after a report said the company is looking at always-on live channels and service bundles to offset sluggish viewer engagement. The move comes with Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.3% and Netflix’s Q2 earnings due in six days.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:NFLX·NASDAQ:WBD·Stock Market·Technology

Wall Street money moved out of AI chips and into defensives after soft jobs data

Wall Street Pushes AI-Memory Trade as $26.5B Bet Reveals Weak Spot

Tech stocks in the U.S. were on track for a weaker start Friday, with SK hynix launching a $26.5 billion offering on Nasdaq. Investors are watching to see if AI demand can handle a deal this size without triggering selling in other positions. Nasdaq-100 futures dropped 0.6%. S&P 500 and Dow futures were steady.

10 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:SKHYV·NASDAQ:STX·NASDAQ:WDC·Stock Market·Technology

AT&T’s 5% Yield Draws Eyes, But Starlink Casts a Shadow

AT&T Inc. traded lower Thursday, with shares now sitting around 6% above the 52-week low. The dip comes a day before a dividend cut-off date, which usually attracts income-focused buyers. This quarter’s payout comes in at about 1.3% of Thursday’s price. Meanwhile, a new Wells Fargo price target points to another 14% drop ahead.

9 July 2026

NYSE:T·Technology

TeraWulf $19B AI Lease Faces $3.5B Debt Check

TeraWulf Inc. traded higher Thursday after the company put a number on the cost of converting its $19 billion Anthropic lease into an operational AI campus: $3.5 billion in fresh debt.

9 July 2026

Cryptocurrency·NASDAQ:WULF·NYSE:MS·Technology

Wall Street Chip Rally Spreads Past Nvidia, But Risks Are Up

U.S. stocks climbed late Thursday as chip and memory stocks rallied, brushing off fresh U.S.-Iran tension. Investors came back to AI names after Wednesday’s drop. The S&P 500 was last up 0.84%, the Nasdaq gained 1.26%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.40%, according to Reuters’ late trade update.

9 July 2026

NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:NVDA·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Sandisk Gains $34 Billion; August Seen As Key Test for SNDK

Sandisk Corporation jumped 12.4% in Thursday's regular U.S. session, gaining about $33.5 billion in market cap. The flash-storage maker led memory names higher, with traders now looking toward two August events that may show if actual contract earnings can support the rally or if it's just AI momentum. Shares traded at $1,940.86 around 14:49 EDT.

9 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:SNDK·Stock Market·Technology

Rivian $1.2B stock offer puts R2 momentum in focus even as deliveries rise

Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) climbs back over deal price; focus on 42,441 vehicles

Rivian Automotive, Inc. jumped Thursday after a filing showed banks picked up the full overallotment in its stock sale. The news turned the rough equity raise into a smoother capital move than Tuesday’s steep drop had indicated.

9 July 2026

Electric Vehicles·NASDAQ:RIVN·Stock Market·Technology

Wrap Technologies (NASDAQ:WRAP) gets $45M boost on federal ruling

Wrap Technologies, Inc. stock jumped Thursday as traders reacted to a federal weapons-classification decision and news of a counter-drone system, both seen as a turning point for the micro-cap public-safety firm.

9 July 2026

NASDAQ:WRAP·Stock Market·Technology

Nokia drops as investors shrug at FiberCop news, look to AI-optics prices

Nokia (HEL:NOKIA) adds €5.6B in market cap as shares surge in Helsinki

Nokia Oyj jumped 9.64% to finish at 11.20 euros in Helsinki on Thursday. The move added about 5.6 billion euros in market cap in one session as investors bought in on new signs of the company’s AI-networking strategy. According to Google Finance, Nokia’s market value stood at 64.16 billion euros at 18:29 local time, with shares moving between 10.50 and 11.24 euros for the day.

9 July 2026

HEL:NOKIA·Stock Market·Technology

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