New York, July 8, 2026, 12:04 EDT U.S. cash trading is in regular NYSE core hours, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. July 8 isn’t on the 2026 NYSE holiday list. (New York Stock Exchange) The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) fell about 1.5% to just above 52,100 by late morning in New York. The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) and Nasdaq Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) were lower too. (Google) Brent trades close to $80, and the 10-year yield holds near 4.60%. This is shaping up as a rates-and-oil battle, not just a single day equity dip. (Trading Economics) The Dow remains more than
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New York, July 8, 2026, 12:01 EDT NYSE markets are open. For 2026, the Independence Day holiday was observed on July 3, not July 8. (New York Stock Exchange) S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq all traded lower in late morning as oil prices climbed and market breadth sagged. (Reuters) Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) stayed firm after Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) put in a chip order, while airlines, cruise stocks and small caps fell. The risk investors face isn’t just a single negative oil headline. It’s oil driving inflation and rates up, while the market is priced for AI-driven growth. U.S. stocks traded lower by midday
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SEOUL, July 9, 2026, 00:01 KST Samsung Electronics (KRX:005930) said it expects Q2 operating profit of 89.4 trillion won on sales of 171 trillion won, putting group margin around 52%. (Samsung Global Newsroom) KOSPI in South Korea ended the session down 5.35%, now more than 20% below its high from June 22. Samsung dropped 6.3%, while SK Hynix (KRX:000660) lost 5.7%. (Reuters) SK Hynix’s Nasdaq ADR bookbuild, which raised about $28 billion, is now the main test for offshore AI memory demand. (Reuters) Korea Exchange wasn’t trading regular hours at the dateline. The main session runs 9:00 a.m. to 3:20
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SINGAPORE, July 8, 2026, 22:02 (SGT) The U.S. swapped out Iran General License X for X1 on July 7, cutting off new purchases or loadings of Iranian crude. Only wind-down trades are allowed until July 17. Some 63 million barrels of Iranian oil are sitting on ships, about 40 days’ worth of China-bound Iranian crude and condensate flows projected by EIA for 2025. (BusinessMirror) Brent gained 5.14% to trade at $77.97 a barrel by 1339 GMT, with the three-month Brent spread out to $2.36—a move traders took as tighter supply in the short term. (Reuters) The end of the U.S.
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2026, 10:06 EDT Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) slipped 0.9% to $140.39, putting its market cap near $408.8 billion. Oracle’s RPO stands at $638 billion, roughly 9.5 times its projected FY2026 sales. Just 12% of that is set to turn into revenue over the next year. (Oracle) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) reports a comparable backlog, but its market cap is nearly seven times that of Oracle, and a larger chunk of its RPO is set to convert inside one year. (Microsoft) Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) shares slipped in New York Wednesday morning. Investors keep discounting the difference between Oracle’s big AI deal backlog and
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2026, 07:21 (EDT) Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) closed at $938.38 on July 7, down 4.71%, and was indicated at $902.00 premarket at 6:55 a.m. EDT. (StockAnalysis) The stock is about 25% below its June 25 intraday high of $1,255.00, based on daily price data. (StockAnalysis) The issue for investors is not last quarter. It is whether memory pricing can stay high enough to support Micron’s new earnings base. Samsung Electronics (KRX:005930), SK Hynix (KRX:000660), Micron and the Philadelphia semiconductor index sold off even after strong memory-profit signals from Korea. (Reuters) Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) is not selling off because
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New York, July 8, 2026, 07:21 EDT Keel closed Tuesday at $4.44, down 8.26%; MarketWatch showed a $4.25 premarket quote at 7:18 a.m. EDT. (MarketWatch) Ganesh Aiyer became president on July 6 after serving as Digital Realty’s chief business officer. TeraWulf’s Anthropic lease gives the market a live test for contracted AI power. Keel still has to turn its 2.2 GW pipeline into leases. (Reuters) At 07:21 EDT, U.S. regular trading had not opened. Nasdaq lists 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET as regular hours, and July 8 is not on its 2026 closure list; the July closure was July
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New York, July 8, 2026, 07:20 EDT Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG) dropped 6.06% to $2.48 Tuesday after the company said it landed a 50 MW electrolyzer order linked to Orica Ltd.’s (ASX:ORI) Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub project. (MarketWatch) PLUG last traded at $2.48 ahead of the Nasdaq open, giving it a market cap around $3.45 billion. Regular trading on Nasdaq is from 09:30 to 16:00 ET. According to the exchange, July 8 isn’t marked as a 2026 holiday. (Nasdaq) Plug now has a real customer order to show, but the bigger question is still cash. Plug used $150.0 million in operating
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Helsinki, July 8, 2026, 14:18 EEST Nasdaq Helsinki was open at the time shown; stocks trade there from 10:00 to 18:30 local, and July 8 isn’t named as a 2026 exchange holiday. (Nasdaq) Nokia Corporation (HEL:NOKIA; NYSE:NOK) traded at €10.17 on its investor page, falling 2.40% in Helsinki at 13:32 EEST. Its NYSE ADR was at $11.85, off 5.28% at 02:00 EET/EEST. (Nokia Corporation | Nokia) Nokia said it will release its Q2 and half-year 2026 results on July 23. (Nokia Corporation | Nokia) Nokia Corporation (HEL:NOKIA; NYSE:NOK) is under pressure again. The stock has dropped, as traders start to doubt
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New York, July 8, 2026, 07:16 EDT U.S. regular trading was not open yet. NYSE core trading opens at 9:30 a.m. ET. July 8 wasn’t shown as a 2026 exchange holiday. (New York Stock Exchange) Joby finished Tuesday at $8.12, off 8.97%. The stock changed hands at $8.08 premarket, close to its 52-week low of $7.75. (MarketWatch) The issue for the stock isn’t about finding partners. Toyota’s scale, certification overhang and dilution all still hang over the share price. For investors, the main story under $9 is that the market is buying time here, not yet valuing an air-taxi network. Joby
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New York, July 8, 2026, 06:35 (EDT) Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) traded at $7.24 in pre-market action at 06:35 EDT, after sliding 6.0% on Tuesday with 60.1 million shares changing hands. (The Wall Street Journal) Ondas lifted its 2026 revenue goal to $525 million or more from $390 million because of the DZYNE deal, which will cost $200 million in cash plus roughly 85 million shares. (Ondas Inc.) Short interest was 32.7% of float as of June 15, so the stock could swing sharply either way. (The Wall Street Journal) The Nasdaq hadn’t started its regular trading day at press time.
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New York, July 8, 2026, 06:37 EDT Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) ended Tuesday’s session off 6.51% at $516.11. MarketWatch data had the stock slipping further before the Nasdaq opened on Wednesday. (MarketWatch) The PHLX Semiconductor Index dropped 4.65% on Tuesday, underperforming both the Nasdaq Composite, which slid 1.16%, and the S&P 500, off 0.45%. (Reuters) Shares are trading above the 50-day and 200-day averages but dropped below the 20-day average. The next bounce could matter more than the last move up. (Barchart.com) Nasdaq regular hours hadn’t started as of the dateline. July 8 isn’t a Nasdaq holiday in 2026, and posted
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TORONTO, July 7, 2026, 14:03 EDT BlackBerry’s U.S. shares slipped around 1% to $11.265 in early afternoon, with trading volume at 26.2 million shares. BlackBerry’s 2029 convertible notes can be converted by holders from July 1 through September 30, after a stock price trigger was met, according to a June 25 filing. (SEC) Four Form 4s filed after the bell on Monday detailed 60,901 shares sold by execs on July 2, with the trades valued near $715,000 at rounded weighted prices. (SEC) BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB; TSE:BB) traded lower Tuesday. But the filings tell more than the daily move. After a rally
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NEW YORK, July 7, 2026, 10:06 EDT CCH Holdings climbed roughly 28% in early Nasdaq moves, after jumping as much as 80% over Monday’s close earlier in the session. The company said one of its units signed a three-year data centre services contract worth US$50 million in Malaysia. The deal is worth around 5.2 times what CCHH reported as 2025 revenue. The stock stayed under US$1, the threshold for Nasdaq’s minimum-bid rule, with a compliance deadline coming up on Aug. 3. CCH Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:CCHH) jumped 28% to $0.575 in early trading Tuesday after the restaurant operator out of Malaysia said
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New York, July 9, 2026, 08:01 (EDT) Microsoft stock traded down in premarket, after dropping 1.41% on Wednesday. The company scheduled its fiscal Q4 results for July 29. Azure, Copilot, and AI spending are expected to get attention again. Nasdaq futures ticked up, suggesting the early move was more about Microsoft than the broader index. Microsoft shares were lower before the bell Thursday, as the focus shifted to the company’s earnings due in late July and how much it is spending on AI. The stock traded at $377.67 at 7:42 a.m. EDT, down 1.48%, after closing at $383.34 on Wednesday, Wall
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LONDON, July 9, 2026, 11:56 BST Oil hovered just below $78 a barrel on Thursday. A new U.S.-Iran spat shook up some nerves but didn’t drive traders to rethink Gulf risk. Front-month Brent was last at $78.11 at 11:19 BST, 9 cents higher. U.S. West Texas Intermediate traded at $73.49 at 5:56 a.m. EDT, down 3 cents. (MarketWatch) This is now a physical issue, not just something on the charts. Some war underwriters — insurers who cover conflict risks — told shipowners to hold off on sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. That’s a key route for about a fifth of
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NEW YORK, July 9, 2026, 05:38 EDT Fiserv said President Dhivya Suryadevara resigned for “good reason,” effective July 7. The company named two interim heads for Financial Solutions. This comes after last month’s CEO switch to Takis Georgakopoulos and as investors watch potential talks over selling the debit network. BellRing Brands and HF Sinclair named new leaders too, though the shakeup at Fiserv has gotten more attention from markets. Fiserv said President Dhivya Suryadevara resigned just weeks after the company named a new CEO, deepening management turnover before the bell Thursday. In a filing, the payments firm said Suryadevara left for
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New York, July 9, 2026, 05:37 (EDT) U.S. exchanges planned a normal trading day Thursday. NYSE core trading starts at 9:30 a.m. ET. (New York Stock Exchange) Baker Hughes and Novartis announced more U.S. layoffs, as Microsoft and Coursera kept tech job restructuring on the table. (Houston Chronicle) AI was listed in 31% of U.S. job cut announcements in June, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which tracks layoffs. The firm said artificial intelligence software that automates certain work was a factor. (challengergray.com) Job cuts were back in the market spotlight Thursday as U.S.-listed firms like Baker Hughes and Novartis announced
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NEW YORK, July 9, 2026, 05:00 (EDT) U.S. stock futures traded higher ahead of the open, with Nasdaq 100 contracts leading gains after Wednesday’s selloff tied to oil. Risk appetite is still facing pressure from Middle East tension, crude prices and Fed rate-hike bets. Investors will watch for weekly jobless claims before the open as the numbers could stir up the rate debate. U.S. stock index futures moved up early Thursday. Tech names were set to help markets bounce back a bit after oil prices jumped and U.S.-Iran tensions dragged the Dow down almost 600 points Wednesday. Dow futures traded up
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New York, July 8, 2026, 18:02 EDT CoreWeave shares finished up 7.75% at $90.00 on Wednesday, clawing back some ground after last week’s Meta-fueled drop. The stock touched $90.15 intraday but volume stayed under its 65-day average, according to market data. (MarketWatch) The move is noteworthy since CoreWeave is now seen as one of Wall Street’s most direct plays on the “neocloud” trend—cloud providers focused on renting out GPUs, the chips that power AI models. Demand for these companies, like CoreWeave and Nebius, has climbed as tech firms look for AI computing. Still, the business takes a lot of spending on
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2026, 18:02 (EDT) Freshworks Inc. dropped 2% on Wednesday, as the company scheduled its Q2 results for Aug. 4, updating investors on its AI push and cost cutting moves. Shares ended at $10.17, down from $10.38 Tuesday. The stock moved between $10.01 and $10.34 during the session. (The Wall Street Journal) Timing is key here. Freshworks plans to release its quarterly results after the market closes on Tuesday, Aug. 4. The company is set to hold a webcast at 5 p.m. ET the same day. (GlobeNewswire) Investors are weighing if Freshworks can convert interest in service software
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