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Wall Street snapped a three-day losing streak on Thursday, but the rally lost steam by midday. Hot inflation data and Middle East tensions are keeping investors cautious ahead of SpaceX's historic IPO.
(Updates with new information from the first paragraph.) US equity indexes rose amid a broad-base
Oracle’s guidance overshadows growth from the cloud, inflation could keep Fed on “prolonged hold,” SpaceX stock gets its first analyst, and more news to start your day.
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) may be forced to tackle rapidly rising inflation.
The market looked set to rebound on Thursday as investors piled back into tech stocks, which have taken a beating in recent days due to worries about higher inflation and the looming SpaceX IPO. “We remain constructive on the long-term bull market, but mounting technical evidence suggests an increased risk of a deeper pullback,” said LPL Financial’s chief technical strategist Adam Turnquist. The European Central Bank is widely expected to hike interest rates for the first time in nearly three years, which could foreshadow future tightening by the Federal Reserve and other central banks.
The Nasdaq Composite tumbled again today after the latest inflation reading and higher oil prices failed to stop the bleeding. Chips were at the heart of the downturn, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF sinking another 3.7%, putting the chip stock benchmark 12% off its June 3 closing high. Industrials were the biggest laggard on Wednesday, dragged down by a swirl of other factors including rising oil prices, and expectations of a Fed interest rate hike.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Wednesday, with the Dow dropping almost 1.9%, the S&P 500 shedding 1.6% and the Nasdaq falling nearly 2%.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Renewed tensions in the Middle East added to investor uncertainty, with President Donald Trump saying the U.S. would attack Iran again "very hard" following a significant exchange of fire overnight.</p><p>Chip makers continued to drag on the market, extending their recent declines. Shares of Nvidia lost more than 3.5%, while Broadcom dropped more than 5%.</p><p>Gina Martin Adams is chief market strategist at HB Wealth.</p><p>"We've had a pretty tough go for the last few days in the equity market, really starting in the middle of last week. We started to see a little bit of rotation out of technology stocks as the earnings season is finally finished. That was clearly the big catalyst for gains. Now we're starting to see markets react a little bit to friction that has reemerged in the Middle East. So you've got two different influences on the equity market right now. Investors are rotating out of tech after the enormous run that it had had since the end of March, and Middle East tensions, which are flaring up again."</p><p>:: Oracle</p><p>In other tech names, shares of Oracle, down more than 2% at the close, dropped further in extended trading after </p><p>the company reported quarterly revenue that narrowly beat Wall Street expectations. Its results came amid concerns about Oracle's spending and AI-driven disruption to traditional software demand. The company also said it expects to raise nearly $40 billion through a combination of debt and equity financing in fiscal 2027.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Shares of Super Micro Computer nosedived 28% after the company announced plans to raise $7 billion through a series of equity and equity-linked transactions to fund component purchases for its growing AI server demand.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>And shares of trucking companies dipped after Amazon announced an expansion of its freight services, with shares of J.B. Hunt, XPO and Old Dominion all suffering losses.</p><p>Meanwhile, data from the Labor Department showed U.S. consumer prices increased 4.2% in the 12 months through May, the largest gain since April of 2023.</p><p>While the Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at its policy meeting next week, investors are now pricing in at least one rate hike by the end of the year.</p></body>
AI hardware shares slide as investors digest Super Micro’s massive stock sale, hot inflation, and rising tensions in the Gulf, today, June 10, 2026.
Renewed fighting in the Middle East hit stocks and drove up oil futures, even as data showing a sharp rise in inflation underscored the war’s pressure on consumer prices. In the S&P 500, losses were particularly acute in materials and industrial shares, sending the broad index down 1.6% to its lowest close in five weeks.
U.S. Bank Asset Management Group National Investment Strategist Tom Hainlin joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination Overtime to discuss the key forces that could continue driving stocks higher despite a hotter-than-expected CPI report, escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran, and a recent sell-off in technology shares.
Concerns around inflation and artificial intelligence spending will likely continue to fuel market v
Why did stocks sell off after a promising start? Rising energy prices and a presidential threat changed the market's mood.
US equity indexes fell after the annual inflation rate jumped to the highest in three years and Pres
Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, the fastest pace since 2023, as energy costs driven by the U.S.-Iran conflict surged
Amazon.com muscled into the less-than-truckload (LTL) freight business on Wednesday, driving S&P 500 members FedEx Freight and Old Dominion Freight Lines into a pothole. However, the freight stocks bounced back off early lows as investors saw a relatively modest near-term threat.
The stock market’s slide continued on Wednesday after the latest inflation report failed to rouse Wall Street. The Dow fell 340 points, or 0.7%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note was down to 4.12%.
US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) tick lower in Wednesday's pre-market trading after consumer prices rose 0.5% month over month and 4.2% year over year in May, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look at the market reaction to the inflation data, especially in the bond market (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX) and various commidites. Additionally, core CPI — which excludes food and energy costs — rose 0.3% monthly and 2.9% yearly. All numbers met economists' estimates.
US stocks were set to open lower on Wednesday, but investors gained a little confidence from fresh inflation data ahead of the opening bell, while there were conflicting Middle East messages that pushed oil prices higher. Futures pointed to a weaker start on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones,...
Nasdaq futures dropped more than 1% as Trump threatened further action against Iran and economists expected inflation to cross a key threshold
Tesla stock was lower early Wednesday after a flare-up in tensions in the Middle East, leaving investors nervous. Shares of the electric-vehicle maker were down 1.5% at $390.91 in premarket trading, while and futures were down 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively. The move came after the U.S. military retaliated after Iran downed an Apache helicopter, threatening a fragile cease-fire.
U. S. equity futures traded lower on Wednesday as investors assessed renewed military action between the United States and Iran while awaiting a closely watched inflation report and quarterly results from software giant Oracle (NYSE:ORCL).
Stocktwits data showed retail traders continued to maintain a ‘bullish’ stance on QQQ, but have turned ‘neutral’ on SPY.
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh sees room to lower interest rates, but President Trump's actions have essentially made rate cuts impossible.
The May inflation report sets the stage for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to act.
