AI Stocks Midday
📊 AI Stocks Midday Pulse — Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Indices: SPX ~7,720 (+0.14%) · NDX ~29,545 (+0.22%) · DJI ~51,250 (+0.16%)
Tone: Choppy
Movers so far:
• PLTR +9.1% — trifecta hit: NVIDIA AI partnership for gov deployments, new Army Foundry contract, and Trump's financial disclosure revealed a fresh buy; stock's running ⚠️
• TSLA -7.0% — Q2 deliveries crushed at 480K vs 406K est, but stock had pre-run 10% into the print; classic sell-the-news unwind ⚠️
• MU -9.0% — no fresh catalyst; heavy profit-taking from the June 25 ATH at $1,213; range today $1,023–$1,148 ⚠️
• SMCI -4.5% — Taiwan export-violation investigation resurfaced in headlines, pulling the stock off its session open ⚠️
• CRWD — 4-for-1 split effective today; shares now trading ~$190 on a split-adjusted basis (was ~$748 pre-split)
Watchlist:
• MU $1,050 (-9.0%) ⚠️
• NVDA $194.28 (off $200 open; est. -1% to -3%)
• MSFT $385.89 (+est. ~1%)
• GOOGL $360.22 (flat)
• META ~$613 (+0.1%)
• AMZN $243.34 (+1.4%)
• AAPL ~$299 (est. flat)
• AMD ~$581 (est. near June 30 ATH $584)
• TSLA $394.47 (-7.0%) ⚠️
• PLTR $127.33 (+9.1%) ⚠️
• ARM ~$357 (est. +4% from June 30 close $343)
• SMCI $27.81 (-4.5%) ⚠️
• ORCL ~$143 (7th straight down session)
• SOUN ~$6.47 (est. flat)
• IONQ ~$52 (range $50–$54 today)
• BBAI $3.77 (+2.6%)
• AVGO ~$371 (range $368–$373 today)
• CRM — no live quote available
• ADBE $212 (+3.6% prev session; holding)
• IBM ~$286 (est. flat)
• SNOW ~$254 (est. flat)
• MDB — no live quote available
• NET — no live quote available
• CRWD ~$190 (split-adjusted; 4-for-1 split today)
• TSM ~$447 (est. flat)
• ASML — no live quote available
News:
• June NFP came in at 57K vs 115K expected — soft print boosted Fed cut odds and gave stocks a lift at the open, but indices are fading the move mid-session; market closed tomorrow for Independence Day
• Anthropic (IPO watch): Draft S-1 filed June 1 at a $965B post-money valuation; company is on track to post its first-ever operating profit in Q2 2026 (~$559M) — the public offering clock is running
• OpenAI (IPO watch): Confidential S-1 filed June 9 at ~$920B valuation; leadership says the actual listing "may be a while"