The S&P 500 Index remained under pressure last week, falling to its lowest level since November 2025. It dropped to $6,632 on Friday, down sharply from the year-to-date high of $7,700. This article explores some of the top catalysts for the S&P 500 Index and its ETFs like VOO and SPY. S&P 500 Index to
Pi Coin price has suffered a major reversal, moving from a high of $0.2975 to the current $0.1970. It has dropped by over 30% from its highest point this month despite some major announcements on Pi Day and after the latest Kraken listing. Pi Network launches Launchpad on testnet One of the top announcements on
After trading rangebound between $65,000 – $70,000 over the past weeks, Bitcoin price momentum returned on Friday as macro pressures cooled. Broader market sentiment has improved from levels seen earlier in the month, and the total crypto market cap has also stabilised above the $2.5 trillion mark after falling sharply from over $3.3 trillion in
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) is being punished this morning after the cosmetics retailer posted a profit miss and issued “conservative” guidance for the full year. Investors bailed on ULTA also because its operating margin contracted by a significant 220 bps in the fourth quarter. Still, there’s reason to believe that Ulta Beauty stock remains well-positioned
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) plunged by nearly 2% in Friday afternoon trading, extending a shaky stretch for semiconductor names amid a cautious sentiment. Even though the broader indices remained steady today, the investors are weighing oil prices, geopolitical tension and renewed concerns about AI chip exports. Friday’s pullback in AMD stock added to Thursday’s
BigBear.ai Holdings (NYSE: BBAI) stock plunged nearly 3% on Friday and is trading around $3.95 at press time. The stock sliced through its intraday support at $4.00, on blistering volume that dwarfed its three-month average by nearly 70%. The drop left shares nursing losses from a brief post-earnings surge earlier this week, as investors digested
US stocks closed red on Friday, despite showing some recovery and optimism after the opening bell. The benchmark S&P 500 index slipped 0.61%, leaving it about 5% below its most recent peak. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.93%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 119 points, or 0.25%. Rising oil prices tied to geopolitical
Microsoft’s quality rating reached a new high this week, even as the stock’s price momentum remains weak. At the same time, the company is moving to secure major artificial intelligence infrastructure in Abilene, Texas, as part of a broader effort to expand Azure AI capacity. The quality score rose week over week from 89.96, while
Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping how modern wars are fought. In recent US military operations linked to the conflict involving Iran, Washington said it struck more than 2,000 targets in just four days. That pace would have been difficult to sustain in earlier conflicts, when military intelligence had to be reviewed manually across multiple command
The war with Iran has already shaken oil markets, but the latest US strike on Kharg Island reveals something deeper about how this conflict may unfold. The island is not just another military target in the Persian Gulf. It is the point where Iran’s economy connects to the global oil system. Washington hit military installations