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Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre takes a closer look at some of Friday's trending tickers and stories, including Moderna (MRNA), Netflix (NFLX), and ON Semiconductor (ON).
QCR Holdings has had an impressive run over the past six months as its shares have beaten the S&P 500 by 7.8%. The stock now trades at $96.64, marking a 14% gain. This run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
June 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday, as chipmakers came under renewed selling pressure after a stellar run this quarter, with investors questioning high valuations and the
June 26 (Reuters) - Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street losses on Friday, as chip stocks came under renewed pressure after a sharp rally in the previous session, while some megacap
Cerebras soared 68% on its first day of trading.
Buffett has a clear opinion when it comes to IPOs.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up more than a tenth of a percent, while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq dropped nearly half a percent.</p><p>Technology shares reversed early gains to move lower, as investors worried about hyperscaler spending on AI and who foots the bill.</p><p>:: Micron</p><p>Those fears outweighed upbeat signals on AI demand from Micron, which gained nearly 16%, while shares of Sandisk soared 22%.</p><p>Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, notes that it's memory chip makers that are now leading the charge. </p><p>"What's different about Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, those types of names that are doing so well is that they're memory chips. And you have to have memory, specifically DRAM or H-band memory, if you're going to have enough computing power to do all the computations. That is nothing if you don't have memory to transfer it from one place to another. So one of the reasons that these stocks have done so well and the growth at Micron is so solid is because a recent redesign in the server technology means we go from eight memory chips per server to 96. That's 12 times growth in demand for this one simple component."</p><p>The surging prices of memory and storage chips prompted Apple on Thursday to hike prices for its iPads and MacBooks. That weighed on the stock, sending it down more than 6%. Shares of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet also dropped.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Bio-Techne jumped after Merck agreed to acquire the biotech firm for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of about $11.3 billion.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Commerce data on Thursday showed the annual inflation rate through May rose above 4% for the first time in three years, but oil prices this week fell to below pre-war levels.</p></body>
On June 25, 2026, investors tracked deal progress as Bio-Techne shares responded to the proposed buyout terms.
On June 25, 2026, BlackBerry reported impressive earnings, driven by its booming QNX unit.
Eric Criscuolo, NYSE Market Strategist, recaps a volatile week as the S&P 500 declined amid weakness across mega-cap and AI-linked names. A growing divide within the AI trade emerged, with hyperscalers and software under pressure while memory and chip suppliers saw sharp swings. Despite index weakness, market internals held firm, with eight sectors higher and small caps outperforming. Rotation into Healthcare and Financials accelerated alongside falling oil prices, easing yields, and shifting Fed expectations. Focus now turns to quarter-end flows, key data including payrolls, and evolving AI spending trends.
US equity indexes were mixed on Thursday after Micron Technology's (MU) better-than-expected quarter
WesBanco has followed the market’s trajectory closely, rising in tandem with the S&P 500 over the past six months. The stock has climbed by 10.9% to $37.87 per share while the index has gained 6.3%.
US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) search for direction ahead of Thursday's session close, while Micron Technology (MU) holds onto gains following its massive earnings beat yesterday. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look at the day's market moves, Big Tech stocks, and how Micron's stock gains may be impacting Apple (AAPL).
Over the last six months, Graco’s shares have sunk to $74.99, producing a disappointing 10.1% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 6.3% gain. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Tesla investors have placed a lot of eggs in the company's autonomous driving basket to justify its 338x trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings ratio. The S&P 500 currently has a TTMPE ratio of 32, according to Multpl. The company doubled down on its autonomous driving ambitions earlier this ...
ICU Medical has been treading water for the past six months, recording a small loss of 3.3% while holding steady at $142.98. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 6.3% gain during that period.
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Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferre and Sevens Report Research Founder Tom Essaye break down Micron's (MU) earnings beat and stronger-than-expected guidance. They discuss how record revenue and growing demand for AI memory chips may boost confidence in the broader AI trade.
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Cathie Wood, chief of Ark Investment Management, likes to double down on her favorite tech stocks, especially when the prices are falling. That’s what she just did, buying a megacap tech stock amid a broader market sell-off. In 2025, the flagship Ark Innovation ETF gained 35.49%, far outpacing the ...
The Federal Reserve's primary inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, showed the 12-month inflation rate hitting its highest level since October 2023, as Wall Street expected. S&P 500 futures are solidly higher early Thursday after a three-session losing streak sparked in part by the prospect for tighter monetary policy under new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh. Rate-hike expectations have sent the U.S. dollar surging to its highest level in more than a year, even as prospects for rate hikes by other global central banks have faded with tumbling oil prices.
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