AI Stocks Midday
📊 AI Stocks Midday Pulse — Friday, September 25, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Indices: SPX 7,747 (+0.56%) · NDX 30,617 (+0.54%) · DJI 51,812 (+0.90%)
Tone: risk-on, but selective — breadth is decent, leadership is rotating hard
Movers so far:
• ARM +4.13% — chip complex catching a bid as crude backs off
• SMCI +4.10% — AI infrastructure names riding the same tape
• MSFT +3.66% — Copilot overhaul: coding, autonomous agents, Office in one platform
• META -3.74% — profit-taking after a ~36% September on the Muse AI launch
• NET -3.14% — unwinding into resistance near the 52-week high
Watchlist:
• MU $1,079.64 (-0.08%) — Q4 earnings Sept 30
• NVDA $225.08 (+0.22%)
• MSFT $516.18 (+3.66%) ⚠️
• GOOGL $344.57 (+0.65%)
• META $748.47 (-3.74%) ⚠️
• AMZN $250.72 (+0.54%)
• AAPL $340.02 (+1.22%)
• AMD $630.26 (+0.16%)
• TSLA $372.65 (-1.40%)
• PLTR $192.03 (-0.29%)
• ARM $319.00 (+4.13%) ⚠️
• SMCI $43.21 (+4.10%) ⚠️
• ORCL $138.53 (-0.72%)
• SOUN $6.16 (+0.98%)
• IONQ $46.08 (+2.43%)
• BBAI $2.83 (+0.89%)
• AVGO $353.00 (+0.75%)
• CRM $235.23 (-1.26%)
• ADBE $236.58 (-0.98%)
• IBM $226.92 (-0.06%)
• SNOW $340.55 (+1.96%)
• MDB $417.81 (-0.85%)
• NET $347.54 (-3.14%) ⚠️
• CRWD $255.81 (-1.49%)
• TSM $452.92 (+0.39%)
• ASML $1,742.82 (+1.18%)
News:
• 10-year Treasury yield at 5.2% — highest since 2008. BlackRock's Rieder: "not a crisis, but an eye-opener." That's the ceiling on today's rally.
• Crude easing: WTI near $94, Brent around $99 on Strait of Hormuz reopening chatter. Michigan consumer sentiment final print hit a four-month low on gas prices and tariffs.
• IPO watch: Anthropic's founders are asking shareholders for 50.1% combined voting control ahead of its IPO, after a $65B raise at a $965B valuation. OpenAI is reportedly eyeing a Q4 listing at a $1.2T valuation. Neither is public yet.