AI Stocks Midday
📊 AI Stocks Midday Pulse — Friday, August 28, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Indices: SPX 7,713.03 (-0.23%) · NDX 29,348.92 (-0.99%) · DJI 53,550.31 (-0.04%)
Tone: Choppy — risk-off under the hood, defensive rotation out of high-beta tech
Movers so far:
• IONQ -8.3% — quantum names getting hit hardest in the rate-driven de-risking
• CRWD -5.3% — giving back this week's post-earnings pop despite "best quarter in company history"
• ARM -5.2% — analyst target cuts stacking up after the Q1 FY27 print
• NVDA -3.4% — profit-taking erases the blowout-guidance rally; opened $227, faded all session
• AMZN +3.7% — Evercore ISI lifts target to $355 from $315, the day's standout large-cap bid
Watchlist:
• MU $919.34 (-1.72%)
• NVDA $220.18 (-3.42%) ⚠️
• MSFT $516.58 (+2.28%)
• GOOGL $346.42 (+1.69%)
• META $574.95 (+0.67%)
• AMZN $265.84 (+3.74%) ⚠️
• AAPL $320.91 (+2.01%)
• AMD $468.72 (-1.67%)
• TSLA $347.44 (-2.08%)
• PLTR $185.58 (-0.19%)
• ARM $241.83 (-5.24%) ⚠️
• SMCI $37.11 (-3.51%) ⚠️
• ORCL $150.65 (-0.85%)
• SOUN $7.04 (-2.49%)
• IONQ $38.92 (-8.34%) ⚠️
• BBAI $3.05 (-4.39%) ⚠️
• AVGO $366.39 (-1.39%)
• CRM $259.97 (+3.14%) ⚠️
• ADBE $291.82 (+0.92%)
• IBM $235.47 (-1.39%)
• SNOW $327.30 (-0.55%)
• MDB $442.85 (+0.52%)
• NET $300.76 (-2.42%)
• CRWD $216.00 (-5.25%) ⚠️
• TSM $420.95 (-1.49%)
• ASML $1,696.70 (-2.21%)
News:
• Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole keynote landed hawkish — inflation still too high at 3.7% PCE, and he floated the possibility of hikes in coming months. Two-year yields jumped roughly 8 basis points; long end fell. Classic bear flattener.
• IPO watch: Anthropic's Q2 revenue topped $11.5 billion with an annualized run rate above $65 billion, following its June confidential filing. OpenAI is still eyeing a Q4 listing, though CFO Sarah Friar has publicly tempered readiness expectations. Neither is publicly traded yet.