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Tech stock coverage for the week of Aug. 17.

Tech stock coverage for the week of Aug. 17.

Tech stock coverage for the week of Aug. 17.

Tech stock coverage for the week of Aug. 17.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.1% and the actively trad

Fulcrum Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FULC) has entered into an all-stock merger agreement with privately held Slate Medicines, a migraine-focused biotechnology company, in a transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to stockholder approval and customary closing conditions. Alex S

(Updates with economic data, recent oil price movement, world markets' overview and corporate stock

Bank of America, Mettler-Toledo and VSE post strong gains as Zacks' Focus List, ECAP and Top 10 picks outperform.

News of the day for Aug. 17, 2026

US equity futures were mixed pre-bell Monday as the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran reache

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops, but the Nasdaq rises as memory-chip stocks Micron and Sandisk rally sharply.

Wall Street kicked off the week with a flurry of bold calls on some of the market's most closely watched names, and at least one stock just scored a target price hike of more than 50 percent from a major firm.

U.S. stocks could be heading toward a tricky patch over the next two months, with midterm elections in focus, longer-dated Treasury bond yields trading at multiyear highs, and volatility readings suppressed. The equal weighted index of the is now up more than 17% for the year, volatility gauges are trading at the lowest levels since early January, and data suggest fading bets on an autumn Federal Reserve rate hike.

Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Monday, as traders again waded into tech issu

The benchmark US stock measures were mostly pointing higher before the opening bell Monday as trader

Snap (NYSE:SNAP) shares dropped 12. 4% in pre-market trading as investors reacted to a significant court ruling involving social media liability, a large insider share sale and continued caution among Wall Street analysts despite the company’s better-than-expected second-quarter results.

Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) stock gained almost 6% during Monday’s premarket session as risk appetite firms into the open and traders lean into the stock’s longer-term uptrend. Nasdaq futures are up 0.49% while S&P 500 futures have gained 0.14%.Sandisk is drawing bullish attention from semiconductor analysts who see its shift toward multi-year customer contracts, rising AI-driven storage demand and expanding cash generation as forces that could make the traditionally cyclical memory busine

US equity investors are expected to focus on macroeconomic data this week following recent soft prin

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB) stock traded nearly 1% higher during Monday’s premarket session as technology stocks gained. Nasdaq futures rose 0.42%, while S&P 500 futures added 0.13%. The stock has posted a strong run over the past year. Investors are now watching whether it can build on that advance and reclaim key intermediate-term levels. Advances $143 Million MDA Space Deal Separately, Rocket Lab said Sunday that eight satellite platforms it built for MDA Space Ltd. (NYSE:MDA) succes

Stocks dipped as Treasurys and oil prices resumed their climb upward.

Stocks were little changed ahead of a relatively quiet week, with retail earnings on the docket.

The S&P 500 returned 9.5% annually over the past two decades. Wall Street expects much bigger gains in the next year.

Stock futures were mostly higher as investors looked ahead to Fed minutes on Wednesday, and clues on U.S. consumer sentiment from Walmart and Home Depot earnings due this week.

The longer Trumpflation remains unchecked, the bigger the consequences for Wall Street.

Asian stocks mostly rose Monday following a retreat on Wall Street as investors assessed fresh data that tempered expectations for a US interest rate hike but indicated weakness in the world's top economy.While there are growing concerns about the state of the US economy, Asian investors are taking a more positive approach for now, with tech firms again enjoying a recovery from July's selloff.

Dow futures were down 0.09%, while the S&P 500 futures climbed 0.09% and the Nasdaq-100 futures were up 0.25% at the time of writing.

Lowe’s, TJX, Alibaba, and Toll Brothers will also report earnings. On the economic front, we’ll see Fed minutes, housing-market data, and readings on manufacturing and services activity.

Tech investors are back in record territory, but the relentless rally carries an expensive question. The Nasdaq is up 15% in 2026, even as the AI arms race continues to accelerate, according to Reuters. Consensus estimates put combined CapEx spending by five of the biggest U.S. hyperscalers near ...

SK Hynix just had a monster week on the market.

Eventually, the music always stops.