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US stock market news — Tuesday, August 18, 2026

57 stories · by lane · newest first · Eastern Time

The stories BORSA published on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, grouped by lane, with the time, the sentiment read and the impact score of each.

Corporate 24 Macro 10 Geopolitics 7 Policy 5 Analyst action 4 Earnings 4 Energy 2 Legal 1

Corporate

24 stories

Corporate7:40 PM ET

European Lithium and Critical Metals amend scheme deed, introduce floating share ratio to reduce CRML price impactneutral 50 · impact 20

Corporate7:08 PM ET

Reddit citations in ChatGPT search drop to below 1%bearish 30 · impact 40

Corporate4:22 PM ET

StrikePoint Gold agrees to buy Northumberland gold project from Newmont for $70M upfront plus contingent payments

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neutral 50 · impact 30

Corporate3:55 PM ET

Copart among parties exploring acquisition of CCC Intelligent Solutionsneutral 50 · impact 60

Corporate2:32 PM ET

Verizon expands Western Union partnership to all wireless stores nationwideneutral 50 · impact 20

Corporate2:25 PM ET

OpenAI halts frontier AI training after Astra model reaches critical cybersecurity capabilitybearish 30 · impact 60

Corporate2:23 PM ET

United Launch Alliance lifts $1.5B in private bonds, triple initial $500M planneutral 50 · impact 30

Corporate2:06 PM ET

Tesla’s Semi page is now live, and it: deliveries start in 2026. They also dropped a couple of pretty cool new pictures.bullish 70 · impact 40

Corporate1:16 PM ET

partners with Siebert Financial to launch ETF seriesneutral 50 · impact 20

Corporate12:43 PM ET

Anthropic pre-IPO credit facility set to exceed $10 billionbullish 65 · impact 40

Corporate12:39 PM ET

Quantexa considers UK or US listing; Warburg Pincus explores options for 9% stakeneutral 50 · impact 20

Corporate12:29 PM ET

Oracle AI data center natural gas pipeline rerouted after New Mexico rejectionneutral 50 · impact 30

Corporate12:02 PM ET

Apple adds parental controls for alternative payments for users under 18, bans transaction links in kids' appsneutral 50 · impact 20

Corporate12:01 PM ET

Apple overhauls EU App Store fees, cuts commissions from October 1bullish 70 · impact 60

Corporate11:18 AM ET

KKR Makes $9 Billion Takeover Bid for UGI at $42.50 a Sharebullish 70 · impact 70

Corporate10:35 AM ET

Nokia to close almost all mainland China sites by end of 2026bearish 30 · impact 60

Corporate10:32 AM ET

SpaceX begins recovery of Starship Ship 40 after Indian Ocean splashdownneutral 50 · impact 10

Corporate9:53 AM ET

Citigroup reportedly preparing institutional Bitcoin custodyneutral 50 · impact 30

Corporate9:35 AM ET

SharkNinja developing AI tool for real-time profit trackingneutral 50 · impact 20

Corporate9:26 AM ET

American Airlines plans seatback screens, more first-class seatsbullish 65 · impact 30

Corporate7:46 AM ET

Klarna CFO, CMO to depart in early 2027neutral 50 · impact 10

Corporate7:06 AM ET

OpenAI partners with CodeAI to prepare first AI generationneutral 50 · impact 30

Corporate6:53 AM ET

Einride to deploy 500 Tesla Semis for Amazon and other customersbullish 65 · impact 40

Corporate2:12 AM ET

Apple resolves dispute with EU over app store feesbullish 70 · impact 60

Macro

10 stories

Macro10:42 PM ET

USTR Greer confident US and Canada have reached a dealbullish 65 · impact 40

Macro10:16 PM ET

Trump: he suspended half of tariffs on Canadabullish 70 · impact 70

Macro4:44 PM ET

Semiconductor selloff deepens: SMH drops 4%, Asian chip stocks plungebearish 30 · impact 60

Macro11:46 AM ET

Global physical gold-backed ETFs posted +$3.5 billion in inflows last week, the largest weekly intake since February 2026. This also marks the 6th consecutive weekly inflow, thebullish 70 · impact 40

Macro7:08 AM ET

AI bubble tops market risk fears in Bank of America surveybearish 35 · impact 40

Macro7:05 AM ET

Investors grow more bullish on US stocks, BofA survey showsbullish 65 · impact 30

Macro7:03 AM ET

Investor stagflation expectations edge up to 49% in August surveybearish 40 · impact 30

Macro1:22 AM ET

US debt interest bill becomes major fiscal problem as debt-to-GDP heads to 120%bearish 40 · impact 20

Macro1:05 AM ET

PBoC: it could innovate macroprudential policy tools to support recoverybullish 60 · impact 10

Macro12:31 AM ET

US industrial production rose 0.2% in July, missing 0.3% forecastbearish 35 · impact 70

Geopolitics

7 stories

Geopolitics1:06 PM ET

Iran FM: tehran rejected ceasefire proposals, war must end not pausebearish 25 · impact 60

Geopolitics12:04 PM ET

Large fire in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq; unconfirmed reports say energy facility targetedbearish 30 · impact 60

Geopolitics11:10 AM ET

Powerful explosions reported at Jebel Ali in Dubaibearish 30 · impact 60

Geopolitics11:09 AM ET

Yemeni armed forces reported to have fired several missilesbearish 35 · impact 30

Geopolitics5:23 AM ET

Iran parliament speaker vows to avenge deaths of leader, children in Minabbearish 30 · impact 60

Geopolitics3:29 AM ET

US Army acknowledges Bradley parts shortages, adopts phased repair for Ukrainebearish 35 · impact 40

Geopolitics1:45 AM ET

China removing Microsoft Windows from state agenciesbearish 30 · impact 50

Policy

5 stories

Policy4:07 PM ET

Massachusetts man sentenced to 73 months for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with Molotov cocktails at U.S. Capitol.bearish 35 · impact 40

Policy2:41 PM ET

Pennsylvania governor signs executive order imposing strictest guardrails on AI data centersbearish 35 · impact 40

Policy7:39 AM ET

Trump administration moves to open 67 million acres of Pacific seabed for critical mineral miningbullish 70 · impact 60

Policy2:48 AM ET

Japan considers reinsurance support for oil tankersbullish 65 · impact 40

Policy1:05 AM ET

PBoC backs creation of new model for real estate developmentneutral 50 · impact 20

Analyst action

4 stories

Analyst action11:03 AM ET

Bank of America: nvidia shares may trade at 34%-50% discountbullish 65 · impact 60

Analyst action7:49 AM ET

UBS reiterates Buy on Micron, sees opportunity in cautious positioningbullish 70 · impact 40

Analyst action7:31 AM ET

JPMorgan, KeyBanc, Citi lead analyst upgrades; RBC, BofA, Mizuho issue downgradesbearish 35 · impact 30

Analyst action6:49 AM ET

DA Davidson upgrades Duolingo to Buy, PT $160bullish 80 · impact 10

Earnings

4 stories

Earnings4:12 PM ET

Mercury Systems Q4 revenue beats, bookings surge 93% to recordbullish 70 · impact 60

Earnings10:23 AM ET

Meta Platforms shares touch over two-week low, last down 3.8%bearish 35 · impact 40

Earnings6:01 AM ET

Home Depot Q2 beats estimates, reaffirms FY26 guidancebullish 70 · impact 60

Earnings5:01 AM ET

Baidu Q2 revenue misses estimates, adjusted EBITDA beats, profit per ADS missesbearish 35 · impact 40

Energy

2 stories

Energy12:30 PM ET

U.S. diesel refining margins top $102 a barrel, a recordbearish 25 · impact 80

Energy9:45 AM ET

Oil tanker docks at Caspian Pipeline Consortium loading buoy, signaling restart after nine-month idlebearish 35 · impact 40

Legal

1 story

Legal1:55 PM ET

Meta Platforms accused of exploiting kids as social media trial gets underwaybearish 20 · impact 70

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