Technology

Nokia shares jumped on €5.5B defense-AI news—Ericsson moves in focus

Nokia Oyj heads into Monday with the Helsinki market closed for the weekend, after big swings last week. Shares soared 9.64% on Thursday as the company showed off its first operational results from the NestAI defence partnership. Nokia finished Friday at €10.90. Thursday's rally pushed up market value by about €5.5 billion, using the 5.6 billion shares not owned by the company, or 55 times the €100 million joint investment from Nokia and Tesi tied to the partnership.

12 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·HEL:NOKIA·STO:ERIC-B·Stock Market·Technology

Ondas Stock’s $58 Million DZYNE Gap Puts 85 Million New Shares in Focus

Ondas Inc. closed at $7.26 on Friday, putting the market value of the 84,999,996 shares committed in its DZYNE Technologies acquisition at about $617.1 million. That is $58.4 million below the $675.48 million value disclosed in a Form D filed on Friday. It is a market mark, not a change to the agreed purchase price.

12 July 2026

NASDAQ:ONDS·Stock Market·Technology

Intel’s Altera IPO Plans Face $53 Billion Market Test

Intel Corporation lost about $52.9 billion in market cap between the July 2 close and Friday based on its current share count. U.S. exchanges were shut Sunday; shares finished at $109.84, off 2.4% Friday and down 8.7% over those days—a drop far larger than the implied value of Intel's Altera stake.

12 July 2026

IPO News·NASDAQ:INTC·Stock Market·Technology

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

The FCC Just Approved a Space Mirror. The Math Points to a $5 Million Lighting Bet

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission last week authorized Reflect Orbital’s first space-mirror test, but a public price cited by its chief executive points to a premium lighting business before it points to a new source of power. Ben Nowack has said one mirror would cost about $5,000 an hour under an annual contract of at least 1,000 hours, implying a roughly $5 million yearly bill at those terms.

12 July 2026

Innovation·Space·Technology

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

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

Breaking·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

Breaking·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

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