AI Stocks Midday
📊 AI Stocks Midday Pulse — Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Indices: SPX 7,728.90 (+0.68%) · NDX 29,612 (+1.16%) · DJI ~52,520 (+0.30%)
Tone: risk-on — semis are carrying it
Movers so far:
• SMCI +7.3% — AI server demand read-through, Dell's +8.5% beat lifting the whole box trade
• AMD +5.2% — second straight day of semi leadership; SOXL up nearly 5%
• ORCL +4.7% — cloud/AI backlog bid returning after a brutal stretch
• BBAI +11.1%, IONQ +8.0% — small-cap AI and quantum names ripping on the Anthropic IPO halo
• AVGO +4.1% at $342 — custom silicon still the cleanest hyperscaler proxy
Watchlist:
• MU $932.65 (+3.20%) ⚠️
• NVDA $218.59 (+1.20%)
• MSFT $533.35 (+0.14%)
• GOOGL $322.07 (+1.66%)
• META $625.50 (−0.80%)
• AMZN $253.65 (+1.83%)
• AAPL $346.25 (+0.68%)
• AMD $559.02 (+5.22%) ⚠️
• TSLA $406.00 (+3.67%) ⚠️
• PLTR $200.87 (+1.02%)
• ARM $227.30 (+1.77%)
• SMCI $35.08 (+7.31%) ⚠️
• ORCL $132.03 (+4.74%) ⚠️
• SOUN $4.46 (+5.19%) ⚠️
• IONQ $33.23 (+8.03%) ⚠️
• BBAI $2.36 (+11.08%) ⚠️
• AVGO $342.61 (+4.08%) ⚠️
• CRM $242.86 (−1.92%)
• ADBE $251.13 (−2.90%)
• IBM $249.96 (−1.38%)
• SNOW $340.22 (+1.57%)
• MDB $391.87 (+0.71%)
• NET $332.06 (+0.06%)
• CRWD $267.97 (+2.35%)
• TSM $437.10 (+3.00%)
• ASML $1,637.59 (+3.05%) ⚠️
News:
• Fed kicked off its two-day meeting this morning — hotter-than-expected inflation is on the table, but markets price only ~10% odds of a hike. Decision tomorrow. 10-year sitting right at 5.00%.
• Anthropic filed for its IPO, targeting a debut as soon as November 16 and a raise near $100B — filing shows Q3 revenue of $16B against enormous losses and $417B in future compute commitments. Investor marks have slipped to ~$1.5T from ~$2T a week ago. OpenAI has filed confidentially but isn't expected out until 2027. Neither trades yet.
• Meta priced its $97.5B capital raise at $625 a share plus $12.5B in converts — Nvidia took $3B of it. Brent eased below $110 on Middle East de-escalation hopes. Boeing down about 10% on earnings.