News Bulletin

Thursday, June 18 2026
Evening Edition

 

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Thursday, June 18, 2026

 

8:30

Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Jun)

10.3

19:12

-0.4

8:30

Initial Jobless Claims

226K

225K

230K

8:30

Philly Fed Employment (Jun)

790.00%

 

-2.8

8:30

Continuing Jobless Claims

1,810K

1,800K

1,786K

8:30

Philly Fed Business Conditions (Jun)

50.2

 

53.2

8:30

Philly Fed Prices Paid (Jun)

5320.00%

 

47.9

8:30

Philly Fed New Orders (Jun)

27.3

 

-1.7

8:30

Philly Fed CAPEX Index (Jun)

41.2

 

30.9

8:30

Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg.

223.25K

 

219.25K

10:00

US Leading Index (MoM) (May)

0.001

0:01

0.002

10:30

Natural Gas Storage

73B

82B

108B

11:30

4-Week Bill Auction

3.58%

 

0.03595

11:30

8-Week Bill Auction

0.0364

 

0.0361

13:00

U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count

433

 

433

14:35

U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count

56300.00%

 

562

16:00

TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (Apr)

 

72.5B

81.3B

16:00

US Foreign Buying, T-bonds (Apr)

 

 

13.50B

16:00

Overall Net Capital Flow (Apr)

 

 

150.70B

16:30

Fed's Balance Sheet

 

 

6,725B

16:30

Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks

 

 

3.111T

 


Indices:
 

 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

51,564.70

49,940.49

48,153.44

NASDAQ

26,517.93

25,550.31

23,528.14

S&P 500

7,500.58

7,315.40

6,903.25

 

Earnings Calendar:

(EPS: Earning Per Share)

Company

EPS

Consensus

Previous

Revenue

Consensus

Previous

MarketCap

Fiscal

Time

Kroger KR

1.58

11:45

45.28B

45.12B

$53.73B

Q1

AM

Methode Electronics MEI

-9.00%

244.04M

$446.3M

 

PM

 

Market News:

 

Wall Street climbed on Thursday, as risk sentiment was boosted after the U.S. and Iran signed an interim peace accord to end military operations on all fronts and immediately reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz. The agreement will kickstart a period of negotiations for two months to arrive at a final deal.

 

The U.S. and Iran have signed an initial deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions are now set to begin later this week.  U.S. President Donald Trump signed the memorandum of understanding with Iran during a dinner at France’s Versailles palace on Wednesday, according to media reports and a video posted to social media by French President Emmanuel Macron. But Trump warned that attacks on Iran could restart. 

 

Oil prices pared losses on Thursday to trade mixed, but remained on track for a steep weekly decline after the U.S. and Iran signed a peace accord that would see the immediate reopening of the critical Strait of Hormuz without any tolls or charges for a period of two months.

 

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp fell nearly 10% to $172.95 on Thursday, as profit-taking accelerated into the stock’s second consecutive down session following an extraordinary post-IPO surge.

 

Intel’s stock rose 10% on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said the semiconductor company had agreed to a deal with Apple to design and build chips in the U.S.

 

Kardigan Inc. shares rose iver 27% roughly one hour into its Nasdaq debut on Thursday, after the heart-health focused biotech raised $400 million in an initial public offering.

 

Accenture shares tumbled more than 16% in early Thursday trading after the company trimmed its full-year revenue growth outlook. The firm also announced a roughly $4.175 billion acquisition spree in the cybersecurity space.

 

Mega-Cap Movers

 

Market Cap: $200 billion USD or higher

 

SanDisk Corp-Exch (SNDK) +11.05%

Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL) +12.15%

Intel Corp (INTC) +9.95%

Micron Tech (MU) +9.0%

Kla-tencor Corp (KLAC) +8.92%

Texas Instru (TXN) +6.34%

Qualcomm Inc (QCOM) +6.84%

Lam Research Corp (LRCX) +5.82%

Western Digital (WDC) +4.23%

SpaceX (SPCX) -6.35%

 

Large-Cap Stock Movers

 

Market Cap: $10-$200 billion USD

 

Accenture Ltd (ACN); Accenture to acquire majority stake in Dragos for $4.2 billion -18.47%

Entegris Inc. (ENTG) +12.21%

Astera Labs (ALAB) +11.71%

Good Works Acquisition (CIFR) +11.27%

Super Micro Compu (SMCI) +11.03%

DRAM (DRAM) +10.31%

Bloom Energy Corp (BE) +8.73%

Corning Inc (GLW) +9.33%

Lattice semiconductor (LSCC) +8.33%

Cognizant Technology Solutio (CTSH); Cognizant integrates ServiceNow AI agents with Neuro platform -9.61%

 

Mid-Cap Stock Movers

 

Market Cap: $2-$10 billion USD

 

SNXX (SNXX) +21.4%

MUU (MUU) +17.83%

Smart Global Holdings Inc (PENG) +13.66%

Cree Inc. (WOLF) +12.45%

Diodes Inc (DIOD) +10.76%

Ekso Bionics Holding (CHRN) +14.02%

Bctg Acquisition Corp (TNGX) -11.61%

Legend Biotech Corp (LEGN); Legend Biotech launches $225 million public share offering -16.36%

Regencell Bioscience Holdings (RGC) -13.9%

Novocure Ltd (NVCR); Novocure’s glioblastoma trial fails primary endpoint -18.26%

 

Small-Cap Stock Movers

 

Market Cap: $300 million - $2 billion USD

Longview Acquisition (BFLY); Butterfly Network supplies ultrasound tech for Midjourney scanner +45.89%

Kardigan Inc (KARD); Kardigan prices IPO at $16 per share, raising $400 million +25.88%

MVLL (MVLL) +24.04%

Horizon Quantum Holdings (HQ) +22.83%

INTW (INTW) +19.25%

Smith & Wesson (SWBI); Smith & Wesson surges 16% as Q4 earnings, revenue top estimates +17.95%

MULL (MULL) +17.91%

GRAVITY Co. (GRVY) +17.62%

Methode Electronics Inc (MEI) +16.68%

Intec Pharma Ltd (INDP) -15.23%

 

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