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Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) surge puts stock above most analyst targets ahead of FDA review
29 June 2026

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) surge puts stock above most analyst targets ahead of FDA review

Moderna, Inc. heads into Monday’s U.S. session with its shares now outpacing most analyst targets, leaving the main story a stock issue instead of a scientific one. The stock traded at $67.63 in premarket at 7:01 a.m. EDT, up 0.54%, after jumping 12.59% to $67.27 on Friday. Volume hit 14.46 million shares Friday, 203% of the 65-day average. Moderna was one of the few large healthcare plays to rally Friday, as the rest of the market drifted lower. The S&P 500 slipped 0.05% and the Nasdaq lost 0.24%, according to Reuters, but Moderna shares shot up nearly 13% after its investor event. Early Monday, U.S. futures traded stronger, with S&P 500 E-minis up 0.68% and Nasdaq 100 E-minis up 1.02%
AST SpaceMobile spike faces 62 million shares sold short

AST SpaceMobile spike faces 62 million shares sold short

29 June 2026
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. traded higher in premarket action Monday, though the short side looked more crowded. MarketWatch’s delayed quote at 7:01 a.m. EDT showed 461,440 shares traded before the bell. Short interest was reported at 62.49 million shares as of June 15, or 24.09% of public float, according to the same MarketWatch page. MarketWatch’s tape had it set up like this:
AMD stock trades short week over Street average after chip selloff

AMD stock trades short week over Street average after chip selloff

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. kicks off a short U.S. trading week still sitting above the average Wall Street price target. That’s even after a sharp fall on Friday that came with big volume. Trading was closed Sunday in New York. Nasdaq says regular stock hours run 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET on weekdays. Markets are set to be closed on July 3 for the Independence Day holiday.
MARA stock: Long Ridge power deal in focus as bitcoin slides in holiday week

MARA stock: Long Ridge power deal in focus as bitcoin slides in holiday week

MARA Holdings, Inc. heads into a shortened U.S. trading week with a clearer issue for investors: is the stock mostly a bitcoin play, or has it started to trade more on its power assets? The shares finished Friday at $14.54, up 63 cents. About 56.8 million shares traded, putting the market cap close to $5.53 billion. Riot Platforms Inc. and CleanSpark Inc. also moved higher, but now MARA’s action has another catalyst after last week’s Long Ridge filing.
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) yield math back in focus after cancer drug miss, shares recover Friday

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) yield math back in focus after cancer drug miss, shares recover Friday

U.S. cash stock trading was closed Sunday. The New York Stock Exchange posts regular hours of 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, and says its next holiday for 2026 is Independence Day, observed Friday, July 3. Pfizer’s last trade was Friday’s close. Pfizer Inc. finished Friday at $24.29, up 62.5 cents after dipping as low as $23.70 during the day. About 60 million shares changed hands. The stock had dropped for six sessions in a row, ending Thursday at $23.67.
Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumps but Army contract offers no dollar terms, $40B weekly drop hangs over move

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumps but Army contract offers no dollar terms, $40B weekly drop hangs over move

Palantir Technologies Inc. was closed Sunday, but Friday’s 5.28% rebound to $112.93 puts the spotlight back on valuation. The market’s question now is whether its defense software can justify a price near 38 times its 2026 revenue target. Shares are still off 12.1% since the June 18 close. The gap tells the story. With 2.571 billion diluted shares from Palantir's Q1 EPS, the move from $128.47 on June 18 to $112.93 Friday wiped out roughly $40 billion in equity value. After closing at $107.27 Thursday, Friday's bounce put back about $14.6 billion.
BitMine stock stays below reported crypto holdings after Russell inclusion; ETH drop pressures discount

BitMine stock stays below reported crypto holdings after Russell inclusion; ETH drop pressures discount

U.S. stock markets were closed Sunday in New York. BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. will next trade in the first regular session after FTSE Russell’s June 26 reconstitution took effect after the U.S. market closed. FTSE Russell’s final Russell 3000 additions list shows “BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNO” with ticker BMNR in the technology sector. The clean trade is no longer only an “ETH proxy.” By Friday’s close, BMNR traded below an estimate of its disclosed holdings, despite this weekend’s further drop in ether. That discount is now a fact for investors. It shows the market is pricing in crypto volatility, preferred stock obligations, execution risk and potential capital needs, not awarding a premium to the biggest listed Ethereum treasury.
IonQ shares slip 15%, but quantum premium holds ahead of short U.S. trading week

IonQ shares slip 15%, but quantum premium holds ahead of short U.S. trading week

IonQ Inc closed Friday at $49.31, falling 2.47%, with 67.76 million shares traded. Volume reached 215% of the 65-day average and topped the 50.49 million shares sold short as of June 15. The stock dropped 15.45% in five sessions but remained up 85.45% over three months. This is notable because the drop did not make IonQ look cheap based on current sales. Shares last traded at a market cap of about $18.3 billion, roughly 69 times the $265 million midpoint of its 2026 revenue forecast, and about 39 times its $470 million in remaining performance obligations.
Micron (NASDAQ:MU) moves pull Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) into focus this week for AI stocks

Micron (NASDAQ:MU) moves pull Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) into focus this week for AI stocks

AI stocks in the U.S. head into the four-day week after last week’s drop facing a tighter focus: who is on the hook for memory bills. The memory crunch that helped Micron Technology is now hitting hardware prices at Apple. For investors, it’s a sharper gauge of whether AI spending still drives profit, or if those costs are now squeezing the rest of tech. Micron posted third-quarter revenue of $41.46 billion and GAAP net income at $28.24 billion. The company put its fourth-quarter revenue outlook at $50.0 billion, give or take $1.0 billion. CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said the figures and guide showed the “strategic value of memory in the AI era.”
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) bounce brings heavy Nasdaq volume ahead of Q2 earnings

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) bounce brings heavy Nasdaq volume ahead of Q2 earnings

U.S. stock markets were closed in New York on Sunday. The Nasdaq’s main session is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. For 2026, the exchange will shut on Friday, July 3 for Independence Day observed. Netflix posted a strong rebound at the close, but volume was the key move. Shares rose 4.10% Friday to $73.81, coming back from a 52-week low of $70.86 hit Thursday. Still, Netflix dropped around 4.6% for the week, after closing last week at $77.38.
Micron (NASDAQ:MU) looks to big memory contracts as stock moves into new week

Micron (NASDAQ:MU) looks to big memory contracts as stock moves into new week

Micron Technology, Inc. heads into the new week with investors trying to figure out how much of its earnings are already priced in. Shares dropped 6.69% to $1,132.33 at Friday’s close, the latest U.S. cash-market price since June 28 lands on a Sunday. Volume was heavy, with 86.41 million shares traded—about 1.6 times Micron's average. Investors looking for a clean read aren’t focusing on last quarter’s revenue. The number to watch is the gap between Micron’s market cap—about $1.28 trillion at Friday’s close—and its $100 billion or so in remaining performance obligations from key customer deals. Those contracted revenues amount to just 7.7% of its equity value. As of Friday, Micron also traded at roughly 9.1 times fiscal Q4 EPS

INLIF surges before the bell as turnover towers over shares post-reverse split

INLIF surges before the bell as turnover towers over shares post-reverse split

INLIF Limited surged in pre-market action Friday, with volume topping a billion shares. At Thursday’s close, Google Finance put the company’s value at just $412,120. The China-based industrial automation group finished Thursday at 3 cents, off 24.62%. In early pre-market, the stock was quoted at 5.5 cents. According to Google Finance, trading hit 1.06 billion shares on the day, with 13.02 million shares outstanding. The 52-week range showed a low at 3 cents and a high at $23.00.
AI News Roundup – June 28, 2025

AI News Roundup – June 28, 2025

June 28, 2025 – The world of artificial intelligence saw a flurry of developments this week, spanning major corporate moves, cutting-edge research breakthroughs, new AI-powered tools, as well as regulatory and ethical milestones. From tech giants recruiting top AI talent and investing in infrastructure, to breakthroughs in healthcare and robotics, and new laws beginning to shape AI’s future – here are the key updates in AI that everyone is talking about. Meta Recruits OpenAI Talent and Boosts AI Investments: Facebook parent Meta made headlines by hiring Trapit Bansal, a key researcher behind OpenAI’s advanced reasoning model cointelegraph.com. Bansal joins several other former OpenAI scientists recently recruited by Meta cointelegraph.com, part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s push to strengthen Meta’s AI capabilities.
June 2025 AI News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Surprises, and Global Developments

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

June 2025 was a landmark month for artificial intelligence, with major advances and unexpected events across generative AI, robotics, healthcare, defense, regulation, and business. From next-generation AI models and robots entering factories to new healthcare AI tools and calls for oversight, the AI landscape saw rapid evolution. Below is a comprehensive news-style report summarizing the month’s key AI updates and surprises. OpenAI signaled a new leap in generative AI with CEO Sam Altman announcing that GPT-5 is on the way. On an official podcast, Altman said GPT-5 is expected to launch in summer 2025 adweek.com. Early testers report it is “materially better” than GPT-4 adweek.com, suggesting a significant upgrade in capability. OpenAI is also exploring new monetization: Altman revealed he’s

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Iridium shares climb with Rocket Lab deal spread at 2.7%, $54 offer in focus

Iridium shares climb with Rocket Lab deal spread at 2.7%, $54 offer in focus

Iridium Communications traded at $52.56 before the market opened Monday, up from its $43.52 finish Friday but still under Rocket Lab’s $54 a share bid in cash and stock. That left a $1.44 discount, or about 2.7% below the offer, with the spread showing what the market sees in terms of deal timing, signoff and risks tied to Rocket Lab shares. Nasdaq’s main session in New York was still closed. The exchange lists normal trading as 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, with pre-market running from 4 a.m. up until the open.
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) jumps on volume after pressure from shorts

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) jumps on volume after pressure from shorts

SoFi Technologies, Inc. traded up before the bell Monday, but Friday's volume was the clearer signal. Shares finished Friday at $17.88, gaining 3.35%, after touching $17.97 in the session. Early Monday, SOFI was quoted at $18.11 in the premarket, sitting 21% off its 52-week low and still 45% below the 52-week high. There’s a big short base here, but it isn’t stuck. MarketWatch put short interest at 195.79 million shares on June 15, or 15.55% of the float. That works out to about 2.8 days to cover, with the stock averaging 69.85 million shares in daily volume. So a squeeze could move the stock, though it probably won’t be the only thing driving it.
Plug Power stock on watch before June 30 cash deadline

Plug Power stock on watch before June 30 cash deadline

At the stated time, Plug Power Inc. traded in premarket. According to Nasdaq’s 2026 schedule, the next U.S. market holiday is July 3 for Independence Day observed—June 29 is not a listed closure. The exchange had premarket action open at 09:06 EDT. The 1.6% premarket gain Monday isn’t the real story. There’s a heavy short position on the stock, with MarketWatch showing 339.62 million shares sold short as of June 15, or 25.5% of the public float. That’s roughly 4.6 days to cover at the average volume of 73.52 million shares.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) falls behind as chipmakers rebound and foundry plans edge closer to 14A deadline

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) falls behind as chipmakers rebound and foundry plans edge closer to 14A deadline

Intel Corporation moved up slightly premarket Monday, lagging the chip sector. The stock has already priced in a rebound, so traders want to see results. Intel traded 0.51% higher at $128.97 as of 8:43 a.m. EDT, rebounding after dropping 3.42% on Friday, according to MarketWatch. The iShares Semiconductor ETF moved up 1.34%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd ADR added 1.26%, Nvidia climbed 0.96%, and Advanced Micro Devices was up 0.90% ahead of the bell.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) opens on Dow with $1.7 billion ETF flow question

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) opens on Dow with $1.7 billion ETF flow question

Alphabet Inc. gained in premarket Monday, trading higher as it joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average, though the main action was in fund flows. The delayed quote put Class A at $340.80, up 1.01% from Friday's $337.39, which was down 1.84%. Volume Friday hit 114.71 million shares, nearly 360% of its 65-day average. Alphabet took Verizon Communications Inc.’s spot before the open Monday. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Verizon’s low share price meant the stock made up just 0.5% of the Dow and had little impact in the price-weighted index.
Volato Group stock trades around 17 cents with dilution after share sale

Volato Group stock trades around 17 cents with dilution after share sale

Volato Group Inc is selling new shares at just about where the stock traded before Monday’s session. The move puts the spotlight on the share count, not just on cash raised. According to a Form 8-K, Volato agreed to sell 11,038,767 Class A shares at $0.165 apiece. There’s no placement agent or underwriter, and the company expects to bring in $1,821,397.02 in gross proceeds, before fees. Google Finance had SOAR at $0.17, flat on the regular session. The pre-market quote was up 0.24%. The site’s page said the stock last closed at 4:00 p.m. ET on June 26. Volume showed 79.57 million shares, more than double the 35.24 million average volume shown on the page.
Keel Infrastructure climbs premarket with heavy float turnover on Russell 3000 inclusion

Keel Infrastructure climbs premarket with heavy float turnover on Russell 3000 inclusion

Keel Infrastructure Corp. traded higher in premarket on Monday, climbing after the data-center and energy infrastructure company was named to the Russell 3000 Index. Shares quoted at $6.165 as of 08:01 a.m. EDT, up 2.24% from Friday’s $6.03 close. The change takes effect at the U.S. open. Friday’s volume stood out. MarketWatch put turnover at 122.41 million shares, about 273% of the 65-day average. That’s roughly 20.4% of the public float of 601.03 million shares. Short interest was 87.29 million shares, or 14.52% of float, on June 15.
Lucid’s cost cuts and promo deadlines shift focus to LCID’s next delivery numbers

Lucid’s cost cuts and promo deadlines shift focus to LCID’s next delivery numbers

Lucid Group, Inc. heads into Monday with investors focused on two things: the updated cost-cutting plan now stacks up versus the equity market cap, and the company is up against a June 30 deadline for its latest sales push. The stock last traded at $5.92, up 82 cents from its previous close, and the company’s market cap stands at about $1.94 billion. Tesla Inc. changed hands at $379.71, while Rivian Automotive Inc. was at $15.63. That leaves Lucid with the thinnest equity buffer of the three U.S.-listed EV companies mentioned.
Southwest (NYSE:LUV) moves forward with more St. Louis route cuts as investors eye capacity

Southwest (NYSE:LUV) moves forward with more St. Louis route cuts as investors eye capacity

Southwest Airlines Co is slicing more service at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, dropping seven route pairs in the third quarter compared to last year, according to Simple Flying. The carrier still leads in seats at Lambert. The report cites Cirium data measuring Q3 schedules year over year through 2025. The main story for investors is the mix. This isn't a minor city pullback. Air Service One, citing Cirium schedules, said Southwest's St. Louis flying falls to 3.2 million two-way seats in Q3 2026, off 8% from a year earlier. Southwest's share drops to 61% from 65%. The carrier will run 53 routes, cutting Des Moines, Little Rock, Long Beach, Oklahoma City, San Jose, Tulsa and Wichita compared with Q3
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Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) heads into Monday after heavy volume and silver move

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) moves on Russell growth switch and silver gap

Hecla Mining Company stock trades after a switch into the Russell growth index, with the shares also up against a 30% gap from spot silver prices. NEW YORK, June 29, 2026, 08:03 EDT Hecla Mining started Monday’s pre-market as part of the Russell 1000 Growth Index, moving away from its usual silver-linked trade. S&P Capital IQ data on MarketScreener showed Hecla was bumped up to the Russell 1000 Growth late Sunday and at the same time removed from the Russell 2000 Value Monday morning. FTSE Russell said its June rebalance was live at the open on June 29, using the June 26 close to set the moves.
Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) surge puts stock above most analyst targets ahead of FDA review

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) surge puts stock above most analyst targets ahead of FDA review

Moderna, Inc. heads into Monday’s U.S. session with its shares now outpacing most analyst targets, leaving the main story a stock issue instead of a scientific one. The stock traded at $67.63 in premarket at 7:01 a.m. EDT, up 0.54%, after jumping 12.59% to $67.27 on Friday. Volume hit 14.46 million shares Friday, 203% of the 65-day average. Moderna was one of the few large healthcare plays to rally Friday, as the rest of the market drifted lower. The S&P 500 slipped 0.05% and the Nasdaq lost 0.24%, according to Reuters, but Moderna shares shot up nearly 13% after its investor event. Early Monday, U.S. futures traded stronger, with S&P 500 E-minis up 0.68% and Nasdaq 100 E-minis up 1.02%
AST SpaceMobile spike faces 62 million shares sold short

AST SpaceMobile spike faces 62 million shares sold short

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. traded higher in premarket action Monday, though the short side looked more crowded. MarketWatch’s delayed quote at 7:01 a.m. EDT showed 461,440 shares traded before the bell. Short interest was reported at 62.49 million shares as of June 15, or 24.09% of public float, according to the same MarketWatch page. MarketWatch’s tape had it set up like this:
Ondas Inc. ONDS stock rises as Russell 3000 add meets short-interest test

Ondas Inc. ONDS stock rises as Russell 3000 add meets short-interest test

Ondas Inc. entered Monday with an index bid on one side and a heavy short base on the other. The stock was quoted at $8.01 in premarket trade at 7:02 a.m. EDT, up 18 cents from Friday’s $7.83 close, with 458,640 shares changing hands before the bell. The regular Nasdaq session was still ahead. Nasdaq hours in New York run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT, and Nasdaq’s 2026 holiday calendar lists the next U.S. closure as July 3 for Independence Day, not June 29.
Nokia flat in Helsinki as AI-driven gains pause with traders weighing value

Nokia flat in Helsinki as AI-driven gains pause with traders weighing value

Nokia Oyj dipped in Helsinki on Monday, with most of the action in the broker calls. Handelsbanken took its rating down to Hold from Buy but bumped its target up to 12 euros from 10.20. The broker suggested Nokia’s AI run is now mostly reflected in the share price. Nokia was at 11.36 euros, off 0.40%, as of 14:01 EEST. Shares dropped 6.52% on Friday, with most of the slide coming then. Monday saw only light selling afterward.
Comcast stock in focus: CMCSA ends week higher as Jan. 29 earnings loom

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky exposes media profit gap

Comcast said it will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a separately listed company, giving shareholders two public stocks but also leaving the new media group with the weaker profit profile in Comcast’s latest segment data. The planned split separates Comcast’s broadband, wireless and business services arm from NBCUniversal’s studios, theme parks, Peacock, NBC, Telemundo, Bravo and Sky. The transaction is expected to close in about one year and still needs board, tax, regulatory and financing approvals.
American Airlines stock gains as fuel relief meets July 4 travel rush

American Airlines stock gains as fuel relief meets July 4 travel rush

American Airlines Group Inc. led the big U.S. airline shares in early electronic pricing on Monday, a small but useful tell before a short holiday week. The stock was quoted up 1.8% at $17.87 before the regular Nasdaq session, while United Airlines Holdings Inc. rose 1.1%, Delta Air Lines Inc. gained 0.5% and Southwest Airlines Co. slipped 0.4%. Regular trading in New York was due to start at 9:30 a.m. EDT. June 29 is not listed as a U.S. market holiday on Nasdaq’s 2026 calendar; the next closure is July 3 for Independence Day observed.
Coeur Mining (CDE) falls under buyback price after S&P MidCap 400 debut

Coeur Mining (CDE) falls under buyback price after S&P MidCap 400 debut

Coeur Mining, Inc. started Monday’s premarket under the level it paid for much of its May buyback, drawing new attention to the miner’s repurchase strategy just a week after it joined the S&P MidCap 400. CDE traded at $15.84 in premarket at 05:54 ET, off 1.1%. Shares closed Friday at $16.02, up 0.2%. Intraday range ran from $15.755 to $16.919. NYSE opens at 9:30 a.m. ET, so regular trading had not started yet.
Opendoor stock: Russell 3000 debut puts OPEN volume and short interest on clock

Opendoor stock: Russell 3000 debut puts OPEN volume and short interest on clock

Opendoor Technologies Inc. enters Monday’s regular session as a new Russell 3000 stock with a cleaner test than the headline index add. The stock has already had the forced-volume day. Now investors get to see whether the buyers stay. Shares were quoted at $4.38 in premarket trade at 5:56 a.m. EDT, up 0.23%, after Friday’s $4.37 close. The larger number was not the price. It was the tape: 171.65 million shares changed hands Friday, against a 65-day average of 38.28 million.
Nasdaq futures bounce ahead of open; tech protection costs remain elevated

Nasdaq futures bounce ahead of open; tech protection costs remain elevated

U.S. stock index futures moved higher early Monday, with the main read coming from a rally gap. Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 1.12% to 29,696.00. S&P 500 futures added 0.74%. Dow futures gained 0.36%, according to Markets Insider at about 4:52 a.m. ET. Nasdaq’s premarket trading runs from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET, with regular hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Markets will be closed July 3 for the Independence Day holiday. The spread is key since it’s going the other way from last week’s breadth move. NYSE’s latest market note showed the S&P 500 dropped 2% last week. The S&P equal-weight index climbed 1.5%, beating by about 350 basis points. The S&P 600 jumped more than 3%,
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) stock nears Cantor target after $76 billion Friday pop

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) stock nears Cantor target after $76 billion Friday pop

At 05:01 EDT, the New York Stock Exchange cash session had not opened. NYSE lists a 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET core session, and its 2026 holiday list shows the next full U.S. market closure is July 3 for Independence Day observed. Eli Lilly and Company starts the week with a cleaner investor problem than most mega-cap drug stocks: the stock has already priced in a lot of good news. Friday’s 7.13% jump pushed Lilly to a record close of $1,208.12, and a 4:46 a.m. EDT pre-market quote showed the shares up another 1.69% at $1,228.52. WSJ data put Friday volume at 7.72 million shares, against a 65-day average of 3.25 million.
ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) stock: $9 billion Friday jump puts contract base back in focus

ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) stock: $9 billion Friday jump puts contract base back in focus

ServiceNow, Inc. goes into Monday’s pre-core session with a cleaner test than most software stocks: whether Friday’s sharp move priced in a real bookings shift, or just a one-day break from the AI selloff. The stock closed at $98.34 on Friday, up $8.82, or 9.85%, with volume near 27.3 million shares. That was still 53.5% below its 52-week high of $211.48, based on MarketWatch’s listed range.
Nvidia holds $47 billion-per-point sway as Nasdaq tries for bounce

Nvidia holds $47 billion-per-point sway as Nasdaq tries for bounce

NVIDIA Corporation heads into Monday still trading on its size. Shares finished Friday at $192.53, off 1.64%. WSJ/FactSet data had it at $194.849 before the bell at 4:45 a.m. EDT, up 1.20% in premarket action. The dollar beta number is higher. According to finance data, Nvidia has a market cap of $4.696 trillion. So a 1% move is about $47 billion. A 2% change comes to nearly $94 billion.
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