Bond markets kept grinding higher today, testing levels this market has not seen in decades. One chipmaker gave investors a reason to smile even as a legacy aerospace name gave them a reason to wince.
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Markets
Treasury yields pushed toward a fresh nineteen-year high today, closing in on levels not seen in nearly a quarter century, while oil stayed choppy as traders weighed conflicting signals on Iran negotiations and Saudi Arabia resumed loadings from its repaired Yanbu pipeline.
Nvidia grabbed the spotlight after unveiling a record 150 billion buyback, with CEO Jensen Huang framing it as a return of cash from the biggest infrastructure buildout in history.
Boeing slid after confirming a software glitch tied to its next jet model, while MongoDB’s stock slumped after its CEO announced plans to leave for a new AI venture at Meta. A heavy news day dressed up as a quiet one.
DJIA: [-0.67%]
S&P 500: [-0.77%]
Nasdaq: [-0.92%]
Russell 2000: [-0.70%]

Market-Moving News
AI & Technology
Rank One Computing secured its largest federal contract yet after the Justice Department awarded it an eight-year, $64.3 million agreement, giving the Denver-based Vision AI company a long-term role managing digital evidence used in federal prosecutions.
Cerebras is adding another major AI infrastructure customer after Gimlet Labs ordered roughly 100 megawatts of its computing systems, with the cloud startup planning to deploy the hardware for high-speed inference workloads beginning in 2027.

Healthcare & Biotech
Kodiak Sciences cleared a major late-stage hurdle in wet AMD after both treatments in its DAYBREAK Phase 3 study met their primary endpoints, with Zenkuda matching aflibercept while supporting six-month dosing for most enrolled patients.
Mirum’s hepatitis candidate delivered positive Phase 3 results after brelovitug reduced virus levels and normalized liver enzymes, positioning the company to seek approval for a treatment it believes can eventually generate at least $1 billion in peak sales.

Banking & Payment
Citi is taking its tokenized payment network into two additional markets after expanding Citi Token Services into Japan and the United Arab Emirates, enabling corporate clients to move dollar and euro deposits across seven markets around the clock.
Fiserv is facing pressure for a much deeper operational overhaul as Jana Partners pushes the payments company to double planned cost reductions and adopt Palantir software, targeting faster modernization after a prolonged decline in market value.

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Consumer & Services
Carnival is bringing conversational AI directly into cruise planning after Princess Cruises launched a native application inside ChatGPT, allowing travelers to compare prices, itineraries, ships, destinations, and shore excursions without leaving their existing conversation.
Clorox is combining two professional-cleaning operations under one business with the launch of Clorox Purell ProCare, creating a unified sales and distribution platform for healthcare and commercial customers following its acquisition of Purell manufacturer GOJO.

Energy & Infrastructure
GOWell has entered the public market after completing its SPAC combination and beginning Nasdaq trading under the symbol GOW, giving the energy-technology provider greater access to capital for well logging, distributed sensing, and international expansion.
Harvard Ave has found a merger target in energy infrastructure after signing a business-combination agreement with OAG International, which has completed more than 200 specialized pipeline projects across 27 countries and plans to list the combined company on Nasdaq.

Top Winners and Losers
Kodiak Sciences [KOD] $89.92 (+177.96%)
Kodiak Sciences nearly tripled after its experimental eye drug Zenkuda matched Regeneron’s blockbuster Eylea in a Phase 3 trial for wet macular degeneration, with more than half of patients going six months between injections instead of the usual two.
The company now plans to seek FDA approval by the fourth quarter. This is the kind of head-to-head data biotech investors dream about.
Lifecore Biomedical [LFCR] $6.52 (+55.24%)
Lifecore Biomedical jumped after agreeing to be acquired by Webster Equity Partners, giving shareholders a clean exit at a premium after a stretch of uncertainty around the company’s direction.
Buyout announcements tend to remove the guesswork investors hate most. The deal effectively puts a floor under the stock for anyone still holding on.
ClearOne [CLRO] $5.10 (+47.83%)
ClearOne bounced back hard after a rough stretch tied to weak recent financials, the kind of snapback rally that often follows when a beaten-down name gets oversold.
There is no fresh positive headline attached today, just traders stepping in after the selling looked overdone. Thin float names like this one can swing just as violently on the way back up.

ITG [ITG] $7.07 (-32.59%)
ITG tumbled with no distinct headline attached, the kind of sharp reversal that tends to hit small industrial names once a crowded trade starts to unwind.
The stock carries a strong buy rating, which made today’s drop sting even more for anyone who bought the dip recently. Sometimes momentum just runs out of road without warning.
Adicet Bio [ACET] $6.35 (-29.60%)
Adicet Bio slid with no fresh negative catalyst in sight, a pullback that looks more like profit-taking after a period of relative strength for the cell therapy developer. The underlying pipeline story has not shifted overnight.
Biotech names this size can swing hard on sentiment alone, and today sentiment simply turned.
AIFU [AIFU] $8.81 (-26.71%)
AIFU dropped as short interest in the name surged more than one hundred percent over the past week, a sign that bearish bets had been quietly piling up before today’s slide.
There is no single fresh headline explaining the move, just a stock that had become an increasingly popular target for sellers. The pressure finally showed up on the tape.

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💰 Nvidia boosted its share buyback program by a record $150 billion, flexing its growing financial muscle as surging AI demand continues to fuel the chipmaker’s growth.
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