AI Stocks Midday
📊 AI Stocks Midday Pulse — Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Indices: SPX 7,716 (-0.04%) · NDX 29,687 (-0.88%) · DJI 52,055 (+0.84%)
Tone: Choppy — classic rotation. Dow green, chips red.
Movers so far:
• SMCI -5.0% — AI server names caught in the chip downdraft; new CFO named, export-control headline doesn't help
• NET -4.5% — software de-risking ahead of Nov 5 earnings
• ASML -4.2% — European semi cap dragged down by the global memory rout
• CRM +4.2% / ADBE +4.3% — money rotating out of silicon and into profitable software
• Memory complex globally: Kospi closed -8%, Samsung -9%, SK Hynix -11% overnight
Watchlist:
• MU $908.46 (-0.62%)
• NVDA $216.32 (-2.25%)
• MSFT $539.60 (+1.11%)
• GOOGL $347.61 (-0.01%)
• META $733.99 (-0.48%)
• AMZN $252.73 (-0.53%)
• AAPL $343.77 (+0.24%)
• AMD $547.00 (-4.17%) ⚠️
• TSLA $359.91 (-1.97%)
• PLTR $198.90 (-1.03%)
• ARM $237.00 (-0.42%)
• SMCI $33.99 (-5.00%) ⚠️
• ORCL $132.93 (+1.82%)
• SOUN $4.68 (+3.31%) ⚠️
• IONQ $31.91 (+1.54%)
• BBAI $2.26 (+3.44%) ⚠️
• AVGO $337.91 (-2.41%)
• CRM $245.77 (+4.16%) ⚠️
• ADBE $250.99 (+4.28%) ⚠️
• IBM $233.13 (+2.30%)
• SNOW $328.00 (-2.11%)
• MDB $360.82 (+1.27%)
• NET $309.63 (-4.53%) ⚠️
• CRWD $243.13 (-2.47%)
• TSM $76.44 (-2.01%)
• ASML $1,633.70 (-4.19%) ⚠️
News:
• Hot PPI — headline up 1.3% month-over-month versus 0.5% expected, 6.3% annual. Yet the 10-year yield fell 13bps to 5.06% on a flight to safety. That disconnect is the story of the morning.
• Anthropic pre-IPO investor day: Q3 revenue $16.8B, up 45% quarter-over-quarter, adjusted profitable with positive free cash flow. Targeting a listing as soon as the week of Nov 9 at a $1.8–2T valuation. Not public yet — watch item only.
• Credit stress showing up in AI infrastructure: CoreWeave 2032 notes trading at 76.5 cents yielding ~16%. CoreWeave down 8%.