AI Stocks Close
🔔 AI Stocks Close — Monday, July 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Closes: SPX 7,515 (-0.80%) · COMP 25,873 (-1.55%) · DJI 52,479 (-0.30%)
Day narrative: Trump's order for a Strait of Hormuz naval blockade detonated under oil prices — Brent shot 9% to $83 — and the blast radius hit semiconductors hardest while energy was the only sector left standing.
Sectors: Best Energy (+4.5%) · Worst Semiconductors (-4.7%)
Movers:
• CRM +5.22% — mid-quarter update showed AI agent monetization accelerating sharply ahead of estimates; lone standout in software
• ORCL -6.24% — sharpest watchlist loss; cloud and tech names got no mercy in the selloff
• MU -5.76% — memory socked by profit-taking after June's chip rally, renewed supply normalization fears
• IONQ -8.00% — quantum and speculative AI flushed hard on risk-off; D-Wave and Rigetti each fell 6%
• TSLA -3.48% — high-beta pressure, Asian EV demand headwinds, pre-earnings caution
• MSFT +1.40% — rotational safe harbor; software with a durable AI narrative held relatively well
After-hours / Earnings:
• AH session is 15 minutes old and quiet — no major watchlist earnings tonight. Bank Q2 season opens tomorrow morning.
Watchlist:
• MU -5.76% day
• NVDA $208 (-1.29% day)
• MSFT $392 (+1.40% day)
• GOOGL $353 (-0.40% day)
• META $661 (-1.29% day)
• AMZN $248 (+1.10% day)
• AAPL $316 (+0.55% day)
• AMD est. -3.5% day (chip sector)
• TSLA -3.48% day
• PLTR ~$127 day
• ARM est. -3% day (chip sector)
• SMCI $27.41 (-3.20% day)
• ORCL $132 (-6.24% day)
• SOUN est. -4% day (speculative AI risk-off)
• IONQ ~$40 (-8.00% day)
• BBAI est. -4% day (speculative AI risk-off)
• AVGO est. -2.5% day (chip sector)
• CRM $171 (+5.22% day)
• ADBE est. -1.5% day
• IBM est. -1% day
• SNOW est. -2% day
• MDB est. -2% day
• NET est. -1.5% day
• CRWD est. -1.5% day
• TSM est. -3% day (reports Thu)
• ASML est. -2% day (reports Wed)
Macro:
• Oil: Brent $83 (+9.2%), WTI $77.74 (+8.9%) — Hormuz naval blockade threat; biggest single-day crude spike in months
• CPI tomorrow (Jul 14, 8:30 AM ET); PPI Wednesday — Fed will be watching that oil print closely
• 🔔 Anthropic IPO watch: confidential S-1 filed at $965B valuation; $47B revenue run rate, reportedly near first quarterly profit
• 🔔 OpenAI IPO watch: confidential filing active; weighing delay to 2027 amid user and revenue target misses
Tomorrow: Big bank Q2 parade — JPM, GS, BAC, WFC, and C all pre-bell. CPI at 8:30 AM ET. ASML earnings Wednesday, TSM Thursday. Loud week incoming.