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28 June 2026

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) faces Gemini shortage as Chrome training draws crowds

Chrome’s 70.25% global browser share cements its role as Alphabet’s key gateway for AI features and ad revenue, with Q1 Search & other ads delivering $60.4 billion—about 55% of total revenue—while Google faces supply limits for Gemini AI and ongoing antitrust risks; shares last quoted at $337.39, down 2.0%.

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) pushes higher on fuel price moves ahead of July data

28 June 2026

American Airlines surged 11.8% last week to $17.87, just below its $18.04 52-week high, as jet fuel prices fell to $2.80 a gallon—well under the company’s Q2 planning assumption of $4.00—raising hopes for a stronger earnings setup even as analysts’ price targets remain mixed and the S&P 500 dropped 2%.

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) starts holiday week as target cuts hit defensive trade

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) jumped 1.34% to $141.39 Friday but remains 17.55% below its

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) closes week close to 52-week low, as nuclear renewal initiative continues

Constellation Energy (CEG) shares plunged 4.2% last week, erasing $4.1 billion in

Altria Group (NYSE:MO) shares climb, pressuring yield spread as FDA rule draws talk on volumes

Altria surged 6.8% last week to $73.79, just 1% below its 52-week

Disney Stock Holds Near $100 With Summer Trade in Focus

Disney (NYSE:DIS) slumps $9 billion with Toy Story 5 close to $400 million

Disney shed $8.9 billion in equity value since June 18 despite “Toy

Fifth Third’s Social Security card change puts $3.6 billion Direct Express deposit base in play

Fifth Third Bancorp (NYSE:FITB) is absorbing millions of Direct Express cardholders and $3.6 billion in noninterest-bearing deposits as Social Security ends paper checks, giving FITB a major low-cost funding boost—but execution risks loom as the bank integrates Comerica’s former program and manages potential fraud and service challenges.

27 June 2026

Breaking·Financial Technology·NYSE:CMA·NYSE:FITB·NYSE:GPN·NYSE:MA

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) gains $8.7 billion as cyber growth bucks Nasdaq drop

Palo Alto Networks surged 3.7% to $304.20, adding $8.7 billion in equity value Friday—outpacing combined gains in CrowdStrike, Fortinet, and Zscaler—after announcing a Project Lightwell partnership with IBM, as analysts reiterated price targets above current levels and the Nasdaq fell 4.6% for the week.

27 June 2026

Breaking·Cybersecurity·Nasdaq·NASDAQ:PANW·Stock Market

AbbVie grabs Apogee in $10.9 billion deal as buyouts speed up

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) jumps $18 billion Friday, beats Apogee as Skyrizi FDA decision comes Monday

AbbVie soared 4.2% to a 52-week high Friday, adding $18 billion in equity value—surpassing the $10.9 billion cash price for its Apogee buyout—even though the deal won’t boost adjusted EPS until 2032; FDA approval for expanded pediatric Skyrizi use came after the close, setting up Monday’s trading for a fresh catalyst.

27 June 2026

Breaking·NASDAQ:APGE·NYSE:ABBV·Stock Market

Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV) sees stock lift after CEO surprise

Fiserv jumped 4.8% for the week, defying market declines after insider buys clustered around $49–$51 and a CEO change; heavy Friday trading set the $49–$50 level as a key test for investor confidence in the shortened trading week, with the stock closing at $49.45—just below the insiders’ average purchase price.

27 June 2026

Breaking·NASDAQ:FISV·Stock Market

SK hynix (KRX:000660) plunge erases value equal to four pending ADR offerings in a single session

SK hynix plunged 8.36% Friday, wiping out 173.9 trillion won in equity value—almost four times its planned 45.45 trillion won Nasdaq ADR issue—amid a KOSPI rout that triggered circuit breakers for the second time in a week, with extreme volatility and retail buying setting up a high-stakes Monday open.

27 June 2026

Breaking·KRX:000660·Stock Market·Technology

ImmunityBio (NASDAQ:IBRX) trades after post-Russell spike with 46% more volume

Breaking·NASDAQ:IBRX·Stock Market

27 June 2026

ImmunityBio surged 11.8% to $8.71 on Friday with volume tripling its average, as Russell index reconstitution took effect; Monday’s trading will reveal if demand persists or if the spike was driven by index flows, with no imminent company events and recent insider selling accounting for just 0.06% of Friday’s volume.

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) price targets draw attention as shares rally into short holiday week

Moderna soared 12.6% Friday on heavy volume after unveiling new in vivo CAR-T pipeline plans, closing at $67.27—52% above the mean analyst target but still 14.5% below Piper Sandler’s new $77 target. The rally followed Science Day updates, even as analysts note the main new asset is preclinical and cash burn continues, with $7.5B cash at March-end and a projected $3B R&D spend for 2026.

27 June 2026

Biotechnology·Breaking·NASDAQ:MRNA·Stock Market

SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) index float faces $8 billion market test as IPO drops

SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) will join the Nasdaq-100 on July 7, forcing over $8.3 billion in passive index fund buying—equal to 44% of Friday’s turnover—against a $100 billion trading pool, as the stock trades at 107 times 2025 sales and sits 32% below its June 16 high.

27 June 2026

Breaking·NASDAQ:SPCX·Stock Market

IPO calendar eyes Bending Spoons as shortened week thins deal pipeline

Bending Spoons (NASDAQ:BSP) drives 61% of next week’s $2.56 billion U.S. IPO proceeds, making its $1.57 billion raise a key test for investor appetite in debt-heavy software M&A, with a $18.1 billion valuation and 4.0x net debt to EBITDA leverage, as markets brace for a holiday-shortened week and a looming $29.4 billion SK hynix Nasdaq ADR.

27 June 2026

Breaking·NASDAQ:BSP·NASDAQ:DSC·NASDAQ:ITG·NASDAQ:LIME·NASDAQ:MOT·NASDAQ:MU·NYSE:CUX·NYSE:DPC·NYSE:SIND·Stock Market

Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) shares up as Russell inclusion coincides with resale filing

Ondas shares jumped to $7.89 as the company joined the Russell 3000 index and filed to register 3.38 million acquisition-linked shares for resale, a move that adds saleable stock to the market but is limited by daily volume caps; the stock is up 21.5 cents on heavy volume, with index reconstitution and share flow in focus.

26 June 2026

Breaking·Nasdaq·NASDAQ:ONDS·Stock Market

SELLAS Life Sciences (NASDAQ:SLS) rises as short interest builds, company files change-control ahead of AML update

Breaking·NASDAQ:SLS·Pharmaceutical Industry·Stock Market

26 June 2026

SELLAS Life Sciences jumped 6.3% to $11.19 after amending executive severance terms, with short interest at 32.65% of float and trading volume doubling the average; the stock’s market value far exceeds cash on hand, and investors await final Phase 3 AML trial results with 78 of 80 events reached.

PEM vs Alkaline vs Solid Oxide Electrolyzers: The 2025 Hydrogen Technology Showdown

Breaking·NYSE:ENR·NYSE:SHEL·Renewable Energy·SHA:600028·XETRA:TKA

14 August 2025

Sunfire reported 84% LHV efficiency in a multi-megawatt SOEC unit; NASA ran a 4 MW SOEC in 2023. Alkaline electrolyzers cost $2,000/kW, Chinese units as low as $750/kW; PEM at $2,450/kW; SOEC pilots at $2,000–$3,000/kW. Alkaline and PEM reach 60,000–90,000 hours lifetime, SOEC demos 20,000 hours. Sinopec commissioned a 260 MW alkaline plant in 2023; Shell’s 100 MW PEM project targets 2027.

AI News Roundup – June 28, 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Breaking·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:BABA·NASDAQ:CRM·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:META·NYSE:ABB·Technology

28 June 2025

Meta hired OpenAI researcher Trapit Bansal and bought a 49% stake in Scale AI, valued at nearly $15 billion, while securing 1.1 GW of nuclear power for future AI data centers. Amazon’s stock nearly doubled in three years as AWS holds about 30% of the global cloud market. U.S. Judge Alsup ruled AI training on copyrighted books can be fair use, but Anthropic faces trial in December over alleged use of pirate copies.

June 2025 AI News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Surprises, and Global Developments

Breaking·Innovation·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:NVDA·Technology·TWSE:2317

28 June 2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said GPT-5 will launch in summer 2025, claiming major improvements over GPT-4. Midjourney released its first text-to-video system, Model V1, in June 2025. Meta delayed LLaMA 4 Behemoth to late 2025 due to performance issues. Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device, running vision-language-action AI entirely on robots.

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) trades after Prime Day jump, AWS in focus as basket sizes shrink

Amazon closed Friday at $232.69, up 2.5% on massive volume, but still down 4.8% from June 18; Prime Day U.S. sales jumped 9.3% to $26.4 billion as average order size fell 10.6%, while AWS will raise AI compute prices by about 20% in July, spotlighting investor focus on whether higher AWS pricing can offset soaring AI infrastructure costs.

Amazon·E-Commerce·NASDAQ:AMZN·Stock Market

28 Jun

Ripple MiCA Approval Moves RLUSD, XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) Not Focus, in Europe Payments Push

Ripple’s preliminary Luxembourg crypto license could open regulated EU payments, but XRP traded near $1.05—still 71% below its 2025 high—as investors await proof that RLUSD stablecoin flows drive real demand on the XRP Ledger, not just Ripple’s private platform; RLUSD supply fell 9% in 30 days while XRPL stablecoin value rose 20%.

Cryptocurrency·Stablecoins

28 Jun

Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) stock heads into June 30 cash deadline after shares fall five days

Plug Power (PLUG) fell 1.17% to $2.54 Friday, capping a five-day, 10.9% slide as volume jumped above average, with investors eyeing a June 30 deadline to close a $132.5M–$142M asset sale to Stream Data Centers—a key liquidity event equal to up to 64% of unrestricted cash and nearly all Q1 operating cash use—amid a shortened trading week before the July 3 market holiday.

NASDAQ:PLUG·Renewable Energy·Stock Market

28 Jun

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) faces Gemini shortage as Chrome training draws crowds

Artificial Intelligence·Breaking·NASDAQ:GOOGL·Stock Market·Technology

28 Jun

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) edges lower, pulling back from $700 billion mark

Intel shares plunged 9.3% from Monday’s 52-week high, erasing $66 billion in market value and falling back below the $700 billion threshold as chip stocks tumbled on AI spending worries, with trading volume far outpacing short interest and sector profitability questions intensifying.

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:INTC·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

28 Jun

SoFi shares hit resistance near CEO buy mark as Nasdaq pulls back ahead of short week

SoFi closed Friday at $17.88, up 3.35% on volume 30% above average, but still about 1% below CEO Anthony Noto’s recent $18.06 share purchase; the week ahead brings Russell index changes, quarter-end trading, and payrolls data, with the $18 level in focus before a shortened holiday week.

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:SOFI·Stock Market

28 Jun

Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) drops 15% in volatile week after resale filing

Ondas Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) plunged 15.5% last week to $7.83 despite joining the Russell 3000 Index and announcing $40M+ in new defense orders; a June 26 filing registered 3.38M acquisition shares for resale, equal to 0.64% of shares, setting up a key test of real demand versus supply as index-driven volume fades ahead of the July 3 market holiday.

NASDAQ:ONDS·Stock Market

28 Jun

NVDA selloff drags $74 billion equity stake into spotlight

Nvidia plunged 8.6% last week to $192.53, wiping out about $443 billion in equity value, as chip stocks suffered their worst week since April and Nvidia’s massive equity investment book added new risk to quarterly results; a further drop to $189.23 would mark a 20% slide from its May high.

NASDAQ:NVDA·NVIDIA·Stock Market

28 Jun

AAPL volume spikes as QQQ faces memory squeeze risk

Apple (AAPL) surged 3.14% Friday on massive volume after a weeklong slide, but still lost $209 billion in value as memory chip price hikes forced iPad and MacBook increases; investors face margin pressure, supply-chain risks, and a short trading week with Apple now trading more on memory costs than iPhone cycles.

NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:QQQ·Stock Market·Technology

28 Jun

Nokia Oyj (HEL:NOKIA) slides, wiping out week’s gain as ADR volume surges

Nokia shares plunged 6.52% in Helsinki and 6.94% in New York Friday, wiping out weekly gains as investors dumped tech stocks ahead of Nokia’s Q2 results due July 23, with ADR trading volume nearly doubling and the stock closing about 24% below its June 3 high.

HEX:NOKIA·Stock Market

28 Jun

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) pushes higher on fuel price moves ahead of July data

Airlines·Breaking·Nasdaq·NASDAQ:AAL·Stock Market

28 Jun

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) heads into Monday after heavy volume and silver move

Hecla Mining surged 2.57% Friday on record volume driven by Russell index rebalancing, but still ended the week down 2.8% as silver prices at $58.78 per ounce remain 29% below Hecla’s Q1 realized price, raising concerns over margin repeatability as the stock faces its first session without index-flow noise on Monday.

ARCA:SIL·NASDAQ:NDAQ·NYSE:HL·Silver

28 Jun

Heat wave turns trash routes into cost test for Republic Services (NYSE:RSG)

Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and Rumpke are shifting trash collection to earlier hours in Ohio and Indiana next week to avoid dangerous heat, as route timing is critical for controlling labor costs and maintaining margins; Republic last traded at $216.39, WM at $225.53, with no regular U.S. equity session underway at press time.

NYSE:RSG·NYSE:WM·Stock Market

28 Jun

Questions on U.S. funding follow Trump-linked KAZR investors as Kazakhstan tungsten deal hits

Skyline (NASDAQ:KAZR) secured $1.6 billion in nonbinding U.S. agency interest—145% of its Kazakhstan tungsten project’s $1.1 billion cost—before any final deal, with shares last at $3.00; investors face policy upside if financing closes, but early-stage mine risk remains, and the Cove Kaz merger still needs approvals.

NASDAQ:ASPI·NASDAQ:DOMH·NASDAQ:KAZR·Stock Market

28 Jun

Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

US Stock Market Today: Live Updates 28.06.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: June 28, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: June 28, 2026, 12:10 PM EDT Ripple's Preliminary EU MiCA Approval Raises Questions on RLUSD and XRP Impact in Europe June 28, 2026, 12:06 PM EDT. Ripple received a preliminary Luxembourg crypto-asset service provider (CASP) license under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, allowing it to offer regulated services across 30 EEA countries pending final conditions. Despite this regulatory milestone, investors remain cautious about the XRP token’s value driver, as Ripple’s license ownership does not directly translate to increased activity on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). While Ripple’s regulated stablecoin RLUSD’s

Stock Market·US Economy

28 Jun

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) trades near highs as Fed stress test details leave investors watching payout schedule

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) closed at $57.88, down 0.53% after hitting a 52-week high, as investors await a July board decision on the next dividend following a Fed stress test showing commercial and industrial loans make up the largest share of projected losses, keeping focus on corporate credit ahead of July 14 earnings.

Federal Reserve·NYSE:BAC·Stock Market

28 Jun

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) starts holiday week as target cuts hit defensive trade

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) jumped 1.34% to $141.39 Friday but remains 17.55% below its February high as Jefferies, BofA, and Citi slashed price targets ahead of July 9 Q2 results, signaling caution even as the average analyst target sits 18.27% above the last close.

Breaking·Holiday Trading·NASDAQ:PEP·Stock Market

28 Jun

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) closes week close to 52-week low, as nuclear renewal initiative continues

Constellation Energy (CEG) shares plunged 4.2% last week, erasing $4.1 billion in value and closing near a 52-week low at $264.02, even as the company filed for New York nuclear license extensions and secured Walmart’s first nuclear power purchase agreement, with Wall Street’s average analyst target still at $362.35.

Breaking·Energy Sector·NASDAQ:CEG·Stock Market

28 Jun

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) sees stock rebound, volume jumps as silver prices in focus

Hecla Mining surged 5.3 times its average trading volume Friday as index rebalancing drove 112.44 million shares traded, but the stock’s 2.6% weekly drop still beat silver and peer ETFs, signaling company-specific strength; investors now watch if Hecla can hold above $15.54 without rebalancing flows as macro risks loom.

Mining Industry·NYSE:HL·Silver Prices·Stock Market

28 Jun

Silicon Motion (NASDAQ:SIMO) eases off record high as analyst sees less upside

Silicon Motion plunged 6.14% to $305.28 Friday, ending the week 9.4% below Monday’s close despite analyst upgrades, with shares now trading just 1.8% under the average 12-month target; investors face tight upside as the stock’s recent surge means future gains hinge on further earnings upgrades or margin growth from enterprise and AI storage products.

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:SIMO·Stock Market·Technology

28 Jun

Altria Group (NYSE:MO) shares climb, pressuring yield spread as FDA rule draws talk on volumes

Altria surged 6.8% last week to $73.79, just 1% below its 52-week high, adding $7.8 billion in equity value even as the S&P 500 fell 2.05%; investors face a fresh regulatory risk/reward calculus after the FDA proposed new rules for foreign tobacco makers, while heavy trading volume was driven in part by the Russell index reset.

Breaking·NYSE:MO·Stock Market

27 Jun

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) holds firm after selloff as cyber deal at 20x tests reset

Accenture surged 2.51% to $128.98 Friday but remains 58% below its 52-week high, as Wall Street slashed price targets after mixed Q3 results and a $4.175 billion cyber deal valued at 20 times expected ARR; analysts cite weak demand and slow AI scaling, with the stock trading near 9.3 times 2026 EPS guidance.

Cybersecurity·NYSE:ACN·Stock Market·Technology

27 Jun

GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) stock ends volatile week with failed bounce before U.S. holiday break

GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) plunged 3.71% to $1,045.17 Friday, erasing 80% of its midweek rebound and capping a 7.31% weekly loss—about $22.1 billion in equity value—despite strong demand signals and a major Chevron-Microsoft turbine project announcement; investors await Q2 earnings July 22 for proof of backlog conversion.

NYSE:GEV·Stock Market

27 Jun

Disney (NYSE:DIS) slumps $9 billion with Toy Story 5 close to $400 million

Disney shed $8.9 billion in equity value since June 18 despite “Toy Story 5” hitting $398.8 million worldwide, as heavy trading and weak theme-park attendance weighed on shares; the stock closed Friday at $98.79, up 0.75% for the day but down 3.57% over five days, with its 75-cent dividend going ex-dividend June 30.

Breaking·Disney News·NYSE:DIS·Stock Market

27 Jun

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