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Stocks Mixed as Weakness in Chipmakers Deepens

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.22%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.68%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -1.50%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are down -0.2…

Notable Tuesday Option Activity: GLW, CLX, CARR

Clorox Co (Symbol: CLX) options are showing a volume of 17,876 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 80% of CLX's average da…

Notable Tuesday Option Activity: STX, MRVL, WDC

Marvell Technology Inc (Symbol: MRVL) saw options trading volume of 124,611 contracts, representing approximately 12.5 million underlying shares or approximately 47.5% of MRVL's average daily trading volume over the pas…

Wheat Falling on Tuesday AM Trade

Wheat is showing early Tuesday weakness with losses of 3 to 9 cents. The wheat complex joined in on the rest of the commodity losses on Monday. Chicago SRW contracts were 11 to 18 cents in the red. Open interest was dow…

MU August 12th Options Begin Trading

The call contract at the $810.00 strike price has a current bid of $63.60. If an investor was to purchase shares of MU stock at the current price level of $802.53/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "co…

Micron, SK Hynix stocks sink as AI chip sell-off deepens

What happened: Semiconductor stocks fell on Tuesday, with the PHLX Semiconductor Index (^SOX) falling more than 3% as investors continued to unwind positions in one of the market's hottest AI-driven sectors this year.

COAG Crosses Above Average Analyst Target

In recent trading, shares of Hemab Therapeutics Holdings Inc (Symbol: COAG) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $50.00, changing hands for $50.39/share. When a stock reaches the target an ana…

AMD August 12th Options Begin Trading

The put contract at the $445.00 strike price has a current bid of $25.55. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $445.00, but will also collect the premium, pu…

Soybeans Continuing Slide to Tuesday Morning

Soybeans are trading with 3 to 5 ½ cents losses so far on Tuesday morning. Futures fell 18 ¾ to 40 ½ cents across the board on Monday, with weaker products and an improving forecast playing a role. Open interest dropped…