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The major averages closed broadly higher in a rebound from the prior session's selloff after the Federal Reserve held rates steady but signaled that a rate hike later this year remains possible. Meanwhile, oil prices declined after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian to end the war and open the Straight of Hormuz.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:President Trump said Applehaswith Intelto design chipsApple CEO Tim Cookthe company will raise prices on its products to offset increasing memory and storage costsAccenturereportedand narrowed its FY26 earnings guidanceKrogerreportedand reaffirmed its FY26 outlookRumbleannounced a2. WALL STREET CALLS:Aretecoverage of SpaceXwith a Buy rating and Street-high $401 price targetSalesforceto Buy at Monness CrespiIntuitto Hold at StifelenGeneto Underweight at Morgan StanleyBarclaysEnphaseto Equal Weight on data center opportunity3. AROUND THE WEB:SpaceXbankers are preparing a $20B bond offering, Bloomberg reportsVail Resortsis working with takeover-defense bankers, Semafor saysSamsungis seeing a rise in advanced chip production requests from BYD, Google, AMD, Tesla, and other companies as AI demand strains TSMC'scapacity, Nikkei Asia reportsThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission, FTC, has drafted a potential complaint against Amazonover claims the company misled advertisers, Bloomberg reportsCME Groupsued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over the regulator allowing perpetual futures tied to the price of cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg says4. MOVERS:Butterfly Networkgained after commenting on Midjourney'sSmith & Wesson Brandswas higher afterMarvellwas up after announcing it has shipped overwith Tower SemiconductorNovocurewas lower in New York after announcing its Phase 3 TRIDENT trialLegend Biotechfell after announcing a5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:Deluxereaffirmed itsGrace TherapeuticsreportedSagtecprovidedSteel DynamicsprovidedNucorprovided itsINDEXES:The Dow rose 72.15, or 0.14%, to 51,564.70, the Nasdaq gained 496.28, or 1.91%, to 26,517.93, and the S&P 500 advanced 80.48, or 1.08%, to 7,500.58.

The major averages were broadly higher near noon in a rebound from the prior session's selloff after the Federal Reserve held rates steady but signaled that a rate hike later this year remains possible, prompting renewed concern about inflation and the outlook for monetary policy. Meanwhile, oil prices have declined after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian to end the war. Since the signing of the MOU, three supertankers from Saudi Arabia carrying 6M oil barrels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:President Trump said Applewith Intelto design chipsApple CEO Tim Cookthe company will raise prices on its products to offset increasing memory and storage costsAccenturereportedand narrowed its FY26 earnings guidanceKrogerreportedand reaffirmed its FY26 outlookRumbleannounced a2. WALL STREET CALLS:Areteof SpaceXwith a Buy rating and Street-high $401 price targetSalesforceto Buy at Monness CrespiIntuitto Hold at StifelenGeneto Underweight at Morgan StanleyBarclaysEnphaseto Equal Weight on data center opportunity3. AROUND THE WEB:Metahas shifted from opposing to supporting the Kids Online Safety Act after the bill was paired with provisions that would preempt state AI regulations and require app stores operated by Googleand Appleto verify users' ages, Politico saysSamsungis seeing a rise in advanced chip production requests from BYD, Google, AMD, Tesla, and other companies as AI demand strains TSMC'scapacity, Nikkei Asia reportsJPMorganChase has cut off its Hong Kong staff from accessing Anthropic's AI models, FT saysThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission, FTC, has drafted a potential complaint against Amazonover claims the company misled advertisers, Bloomberg reportsCME Groupsued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and its Chairman Michael Selig over the regulator allowing perpetual futures tied to the price of cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg says4. MOVERS:Butterfly Networkgains after commenting onSmith & Wesson Brandshigher afterMarvellup after announcing it hascoherent photonic integrated circuits with Tower SemiconductorNovocurelower in New York after announcing itsdid not meet its primary endpointLegend Biotechfalls after announcing a5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:Deluxefor FY26Grace TherapeuticsSagtecSteel DynamicsNucorfor Q2INDEXES:Near midday, the Dow was up 0.30%, or 154.10, to 51,646.65, the Nasdaq was up 1.28%, or 333.38, to 26,355.03, and the S&P 500 was up 0.96%, or 71.37, to 7,491.47.

Stock futures edged higher Thursday as investors looked for a rebound from the prior session's selloff, after the Federal Reserve held rates steady but signaled that a rate hike later this year remains possible, prompting renewed concern about inflation and the outlook for monetary policy.In pre-market trading, S&P 500 futures increased 0.81%, Nasdaq 100 futures were up 1.56% and Dow futures gained 0.44%.Check out this morning's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly. Also, subscribe to theif you want to know how the markets will open, which stocks will be moving and why.HIGHER -Appleup fractionally after CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal said the company plans to raise prices on its products to offset the increasing costs of memory and storage chipsIntelup 9% after President Donald Trump says the company will work with Apple to design chipsRumbleup 16% after announcing realignment into two core business unitsCarnival, Royal Carbibbean, and Norwegianup between 2% to 3% each amid falling crude oil pricesIrenup 5% after Jefferies initiated coverage of the Bitcoin miner and data center operator with a Buy recommendationEnphase Energyup 6% after Barclays upgraded the stock to Equal WeightUP AFTER EARNINGS -Smith & Wesson Brandsup 13%DOWN AFTER EARNINGS -Accenturedown 15%Krogerdown 4%LOWER -SpaceXdown 3% as it wraps up its first week as a public company

The major averages closed lower after the Federal Reserve, now under new chair Kevin Warsh, voted 12-0 to keep the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.5%-3.75%. Of note, in the committee's quarterly summary of economic projections, half of the respondents indicated they expect at least one rate hike this year, with some committee members projecting two or three. In a dramatically shorter post-meeting statement, the Fed said that inflation remains elevated, but committed that the committee will "deliver price stability."In the opening hours of the evening session, markets are recovering lost ground fromthe Fed's perceived hawkish tilt.  S&P e-minis are up 0.7%, and Nasdaq 100 futures are up 1.2%.  Also helping sentiment was the statement from President Trump that the peace deal with Iran has been signed,  In commodities, WTI Crude Oil is trending lower toward $75 per barrel.  After lurching lower on broad dollar strength driven by sharply higher short term rates, gold and silver are finding support.Check out this evening's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER -Rumble Inc.up 18% after expansion into AI businessAXT, Inc.up 3.7% after  subsidiary Tongmei enters supply agreement with CaselaAlkermes plcup 2.1% after positive results from Phase 2 study of AlixorextonNucor Corporationup 0.4% after Q2 pre-announcementLOWER -Steel Dynamicsdown 2.6% after Q2 pre-announcement