Sunday, July 26, 2026

US Stocks - Market Snapshot - 26 July 2026

 

 2 Following Tables - 

For trading week ended 25 July 2026 only (Highest & lowest in colour)


Key buzz from last 7 days:

1. Brent crude briefly punched past $100 per barrel - first time in 2 months.

2. Big tech AI spending & "cash burn" anxieties - Google announced massive hike to its CAPEX guidance. 

3. President Trump administration's new global tariffs -> created underlying cross-border trade friction impacting multinational earnings outlooks. 


Bonus: Samsung Electronics breakthrough - secured $200 billion foundry and supply order from Broadcom to manufacture next-generation AI chips -> intensifying global competition for AI infrastructure.