Google Stock Just Hit a Record. Why Alphabet Shares Slipped Anyway
Alphabet shares edged lower on Thursday, coming off record highs after a rapid rally. Investors locked in gains in the Google parent, even as most tech stocks pushed higher.
TSM Stock Jumps: Why Taiwan Semiconductor Shares Rose Today as AI Demand Resets the Chip Trade
Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. jumped Thursday, with the U.S.-listed stock closing up 4.5% at $417.72 after touching $421.97 earlier. The world’s top contract chipmaker lifted its long-term outlook for the semiconductor market—another boost for investors riding the artificial-intelligence wave.
NANO Nuclear Stock Rises After $569 Million Cash Update And Reactor-Permit Push
NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. trimmed its quarterly loss and ended the period with roughly $568.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. That pile gives the development-stage nuclear player significant financial breathing room as it pushes ahead with efforts to get its KRONOS microreactor built.
Rackspace Stock Jumps 26% As AMD AI Deal Tests RXT Turnaround Story
Rackspace Technology Inc. surged 26.34% to end Thursday at $7.29, marking another big run as the San Antonio cloud-services player draws buyers with its artificial intelligence infrastructure narrative. Shares peaked at $7.65 before settling to $7.15 in late trading.
Verizon’s $1 Billion Spectrum Deal Wins FCC Approval as 5G Capacity Race Tightens
The Federal Communications Commission has signed off on Verizon’s $1 billion spectrum purchase from Array Digital Infrastructure, a 2024 deal aimed at boosting its wireless network’s coverage and capacity. Spectrum refers to the licensed airwaves that enable mobile calls and data.
AST SpaceMobile Stock Jumps as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile Move to End Dead Zones
Shares of AST SpaceMobile surged Thursday, after AT&T, T-Mobile US, and Verizon announced a preliminary agreement to create a joint venture. The plan: tap satellites to plug coverage gaps in U.S. wireless networks.
US Stock Market Today: Dow Retakes 50,000 as AI Rally Sends S&P 500, Nasdaq to Records
U.S. stocks climbed in after-hours trade Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reclaimed the 50,000 mark, while both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched new records. A pop in Cisco fueled renewed appetite for artificial intelligence names. Reuters pointed to tech shares as the main driver, with Cisco, Nvidia, and Cerebras drawing focus for their ties to AI spending.
Dow Jones Today: Dow Closes Back Above 50,000 as Cisco’s AI Rally Reshapes the Market After the Bell
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the session above 50,000 once again on Thursday, boosted by Cisco’s strong performance and a surge across technology shares. The index climbed 329.85 points, or 0.66%, ending at 50,023.05. The S&P 500 advanced 0.64% to 7,492.33, and the Nasdaq Composite moved up 0.77% to close at 26,604.97.
Smart Powerr Stock Nearly Quadruples as Nasdaq Delisting Threat Shadows CREG
Smart Powerr Corp. shares shot up Thursday in brisk trading, with the tiny U.S. clean-energy stock morphing into a fast-moving momentum play. The Nasdaq delisting issue? Still hanging over the company.
Snap Stock Is Sliding Again: Why Wall Street Is Turning Cautious on SNAP
Snap Inc. dropped early Thursday, sliding 34 cents to $5.27, after a new analyst downgrade stoked fresh skepticism about the Snapchat owner’s ad rebound and whether recent cost trimming will actually lead to more reliable profits. Market cap sat around $8.9 billion.
Klarna Finally Posts a Profit After IPO — But Its Outlook Gives Wall Street a Reason to Wait
Klarna Group plc finally posted a quarterly profit—the company’s first since debuting on the New York exchange—with revenue topping $1 billion. But investors didn’t get the all-clear, as management’s softer second-quarter guidance kept enthusiasm in check and signaled the post-IPO hangover isn’t over yet. Shoppers kept spending: gross merchandise volume jumped 33%, hitting $33.7 billion. The Swedish buy now, pay later outfit, which lets users split payments, continues to scale.
Quantum Cyber Stock Surges As Drone Deal And Ex-VA Chief Put Defense Pivot In Focus
Quantum Cyber N.V. has brought Peter M. O’Rourke Sr.—the former acting U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary and military vet—onto its board, the company said Thursday. The appointment comes on the heels of Wednesday’s announcement of a drone tech licensing deal by the Nasdaq-listed firm. CEO David Lazar described the move as a “defining moment.” For his part, O’Rourke said autonomous defense systems are “rapidly becoming foundational.”
Cisco Stock Surges as AI Orders Boom and Nearly 4,000 Jobs Face Cuts
Cisco Systems jumped ahead of Thursday’s open, climbing as much as 22% in premarket action after the networking giant lifted its sales outlook and announced a new AI-focused restructuring. The company now sees fiscal Q4 revenue landing between $16.7 billion and $16.9 billion, topping the $15.8 billion analysts had penciled in, according to Bloomberg.
Ondas Stock Jumps After Big Q1 Revenue Beat, With Datavault AI Earnings Next
Ondas Inc. bumped up its full-year sales outlook Thursday, after first-quarter revenue blew past earlier targets. The drone and autonomous-systems firm posted numbers that finally put its acquisition strategy and defense backlog to the test—offering investors a concrete look at reported sales.
Apple Backs Google in EU AI Fight as iPhone Rules Loom
Apple is backing Google in a dispute with the European Union over AI access, cautioning that proposed rules requiring deeper Android integration with competing AI services may compromise security for users and devices. The warning was delivered in a submission to the European Commission, as officials in Brussels gathered input on Digital Markets Act provisions targeting Alphabet’s Google.
Antelope Enterprise Stock Surges Again as AEHL’s Bitcoin Plan Draws a Fast-Moving Trade
Shares of Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited shot higher in early U.S. hours on Thursday, stretching out a steep rally for the Nasdaq-listed micro-cap, whose latest capital strategy has a Bitcoin angle.
Innoviz Technologies (INVZ) Stock Gets Fresh LiDAR Deal Boost Before Q1 Earnings
Innoviz Technologies Ltd. secured a pair of new commercial deals in LiDAR, the laser-driven tech used for high-res 3D mapping. These latest wins provide the Israeli sensor firm with fresh momentum just ahead of its first-quarter earnings release.
Cerebras IPO Prices at $185: AI Chipmaker Raises $5.55 Billion in Biggest 2026 Debut
Cerebras Systems Inc. has set its IPO price at $185 per share, topping the increased range and hauling in $5.55 billion—marking the biggest debut of the year so far. The AI chipmaker out of Sunnyvale, California, is slated to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker CBRS, with trading set to kick off Thursday.
Ondas Inc. Stock Back in Focus After Rotron SkyLance Drone Test
Rotron, the UK defense wing that Ondas Inc. just picked up, has wrapped up a firing demo for its SkyLance project. The system—a so-called “one-way effector,” basically a drone engineered for single-use, targeted strikes—adds some momentum for the Nasdaq-listed Ondas ahead of its Q1 earnings, coming later Thursday.
Enovix Stock Drops After Q1 Beat as Smartphone Battery Tests Stay Unfinished
Enovix stock tumbled 12.9% to $6.35 in after-hours action Wednesday, according to Google Finance, despite the battery maker turning in first-quarter numbers that topped estimates. Earlier, shares had gained 4.6% to finish the session at $7.29. Investors, though, didn’t get a firm timeline on when Enovix’s smartphone batteries would be cleared for use.