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(Bloomberg) -- Shares of software and IT services companies plunged Tuesday after International Business Machines Corp. reported preliminary results that missed analyst expectations, reigniting questions over the sector’s prospects.Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Trump Embraces Australian Retirement System Backed by Larry FinkDisney Exiting Streaming Could Spur 40% Rally: Wells FargoO

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Tuesday ahead of the June CPI inflation report. IBM stock plunged 23% on earnings.

Wall Street looked set for a mixed open as investors digested a 23% plunge in IBM shares, another jump in oil prices and the start of the second-quarter earnings season. Dow Jones futures were down 281 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower. Nasdaq futures were pointing...

Since the AI hiring correction took hold, tens of thousands of employees have watched their jobs disappear, despite the companies that cut them posting some of the strongest earnings in their history. Oracle (ORCL) eliminated 21,000 positions over the past year, even as its full-year adjusted ...

US stocks are set for a weaker start to the week after last week finished on a positive note, with technology shares expected to come under the most pressure as investors balanced renewed geopolitical tensions against a busy week for inflation data and the start of bank earnings...

Salesforce is hoping its acquisition of Fin can help accelerate revenue growth.

Salesforce (CRM) rarely draws a downgrade from two research firms at once. This week it did. On Thursday, July 9, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Bernstein downgraded Salesforce to a Hold. The stock fell roughly 3% to 4% at its low before steadying the next day. However, what matters beyond the price ...

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Friday, while the Nasdaq dropped ahead of the debut of SK Hynix stock.

Investing.com -- Bernstein revealed in a note on Thursday that it has downgraded Salesforce.com to Sector Weight from Outperform, removing its price target and citing weak customer feedback on the company's Agentforce artificial intelligence product.

Shares in software companies are among the biggest losers in premarket trading: Salesforce (CRM), IBM (IBM) and ServiceNow (NOW) are down around 4.5% Adobe (ADBE) and Workday (WDAY) fall over 3% ...

KeyBanc downgraded Salesforce on views its AI strategy isn't jelling. Salesforce stock stumbled on the news as other software companies also retreated.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index fell Monday, while tech futures rallied. Micron stock and Sandisk rebounded in premarket trading.

The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:VGT) just gave back a chunk of its 2026 run, sliding 5% in a single week as semiconductor names corrected. The fund is still up about 21% year to date and roughly 39% over the past year, but holders should treat that pullback as the market beginning to question the ... VGT Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance in H2 2026

UiPath’s agentic automation push is raising the stakes for its next report, where investors will look for proof that new workflow tools are lifting ARR, retention, and margins.

The Dow just closed out its best first half since 2021, up 8.7% year-to-date, yet Wednesday’s open felt like a nervous glance at the door. CNBC’s Dominic Chu kicked off July with mixed earnings, one big M&A shrug, and a jobs report that gave the bulls something to chew on. Chu flagged the labor data. ... The Dow Just Had Its Best First Half Since 2021, but This Jobs Number Is Flashing Yellow

Investing.com -- Guggenheim Securities upgraded shares of Salesforce, Check Point Software Technologies and ServiceNow to Buy, arguing that investor concerns over artificial intelligence have driven software valuations to overly pessimistic levels despite limited evidence of severe business disruption.

Palantir stock is rising following the announcement of a partnership with Nvidia to build custom artificial intelligence models for the U.S. government.

Futures fell amid key jobs data and with Fed chief Kevin Warsh due. Bloom Energy, Nike and SpaceX are early movers.

The stock market, and technology names in particular, were falling ahead of the open Wednesday after a strong performance in the previous session.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher as we get ready to start a holiday-shortened trading week, with the Federal 4th of July holiday scheduled for Friday, before we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country on Saturday. Futures are higher after reports that the U.S. and Iran have agreed to halt hostilities, which we ... Here Are Monday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Applovin, Casey’s General Stores, CrowdStrike, Honeywell Aerospace, Salesforce, Synaptics,

Salesforce's new acquisition has figured out how to win in the age of agentic AI.

Alphabet's inclusion in the Dow gives the 130-year-old blue-chip index a dose of the same mega-cap tech trade already dominating the Nasdaq 100.

Anthropic on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence agent inside Salesforce's Slack app that can work alongside employees ‌in group chats, deepening its push into the enterprise market that ‌has emerged as a key battleground for AI startups. Called Claude Tag, the tool lets users summon ​the company's AI agent into a Slack thread by typing "@Claude," where it can read conversations, break down tasks and proactively flag relevant updates across an organization without being asked. The agent, which will retain context over time, is available in beta ‌for Claude Enterprise and Claude ⁠Team customers, with plans to expand to other platforms, Anthropic said.

SpaceX's IPO debut offers a template for trading Anthropic and OpenAI's expected Q4 2026 IPOs, including proxy vehicles, supply chain plays, and software sector rotation.

Investing.com -- Monness, Crespi, Hardt upgraded Salesforce to Buy from Neutral in a note on Thursday, arguing that fears over artificial intelligence displacing the company are overblown and that the stock's decline has created a compelling entry point.

Stocks fall and bond yields jump after central-bank officials signaled rates could rise by the end of the year.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed down -1.21%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.99%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.19%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) ended Wednesday's session in negative territory after Federal Reserve officials unanimously voted to hold interest rates at their June FOMC meeting today, while also forecasting at least one possible rate hike ahead. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre breaks down the trading day's market reactions to the Fed's big decision. This was Kevin Warsh's first FOMC meeting he presided over as the new chairman of the Fed.

Salesforce acquires AI agent firm Fin for $3.6 billion, adding a customer service agent that resolves 76% of support queries to its Agentforce platform.

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