AI Stocks Midday
📊 AI Stocks Midday Pulse — Friday, October 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Indices: SPX 7,734 (-0.13%) · NDX/Comp 26,540 (-0.65%) · DJI 52,414 (+0.45%)
Tone: choppy — classic rotation tape, Dow up, chips down
Movers so far:
• SNOW -7.1% — software/data names caught in the AI-capex de-rating
• MDB -7.5% — insider selling disclosure on top of a weak group
• AMD -3.0% — semis dragging into a ninth straight down day for the chip complex
• ADBE +4.6% — bucking the tech slide ahead of earnings
• TSLA +2% — redesigned Roadster reveal got the retail crowd going
Watchlist:
• MU ~$899 (-3.5%) ⚠️
• NVDA $217.57 (+0.2%)
• MSFT $539.44 (-0.3%)
• GOOGL $351.66 (+1.0%)
• META $724.43 (-1.7%)
• AMZN $262.43 (+3.3%) ⚠️
• AAPL $345.10 (+0.9%)
• AMD $544.74 (-3.0%) ⚠️
• TSLA ~$370 (+2.0%)
• PLTR $200.50 (flat)
• ARM $236.18 (-3.5%) ⚠️
• SMCI $33.09 (-2.1%)
• ORCL $134.47 (-1.2%)
• SOUN $4.91 (+0.4%)
• IONQ $34.35 (+9.3%) ⚠️
• BBAI $2.35 (-1.3%)
• AVGO $343.21 (-0.6%)
• CRM $239.51 (-2.9%)
• ADBE $251.67 (+4.6%) ⚠️
• IBM $234.12 (+2.7%)
• SNOW $311.17 (-7.1%) ⚠️
• MDB $339.06 (-7.5%) ⚠️
• NET $319.00 (-0.9%)
• CRWD $226.60 (-1.4%)
• TSM $428.91 (-1.1%)
• ASML $1,714.88 (-0.8%)
News:
• September import prices came in hot at +1.1% versus +0.8% expected; industrial output +0.7%, capacity utilization 76.9%. The 10-year sits near 5.06% after dropping from 5.19%.
• IPO watch: Anthropic reported Q3 revenue of $16.8B (+45% sequentially) with an IPO reportedly targeted for November — some investors now floating ~$1.5T versus the $2T earlier talk. OpenAI pushed its IPO to 2027 and is seeking $30B. Both got FTC subpoenas over AI safety incidents. Neither is publicly traded.
• CoreWeave down roughly 8% on debt-load concerns — the proximate cause of the AI-financing jitters bleeding through the group.