TradingKey - On May 8 (ET), shares of aerospace and space systems company Rocket Lab (RKLB.US) surged 34.22% to close at $105.47, driven by its first-quarter earnings report. The stock’s year-to-date gain has reached 51.19%.

TradingKey - Commercial aerospace leader Rocket Lab released its Q1 2026 financial results after the market close, delivering a performance where both revenue and order backlog beat market expectations across the board. During the period, Rocket Lab’s revenue hit a record high of $200 million, up 63.46% year-on-year from approximately $122.6 million in the same period last year, exceeding the market estimate of $189 million.

S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new peaks driven by AI surges from AMD and SMCI.

TradingKey - Fuel cell technology provider Bloom Energy announced its first-quarter 2026 financial results after the market close on April 28. During the period, Bloom Energy reported revenue of $751 million on a non-GAAP basis, a substantial year-over-year increase of 130.4% and significantly highe

A market recap of Monday’s 0.12% S&P 500 gain, highlighting Qualcomm’s AI surge, the Organon acquisition, and Middle East tensions. It also covers the BoJ carry trade risk, Microsoft’s OpenAI unbundling, and Meta’s 1GW space-solar deal for AI data centers.

TradingKey - On April 23, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index broke through the 10,000-point milestone, marking its longest-ever winning streak at 17 consecutive sessions, with a cumulative gain of over 41%. Since the conflict began on February 28, the index has surged by 24%. Over the past 20 trading days, Credo Technology led the constituent stocks with a peak cumulative gain of 78.56%, while ASML was the laggard with a cumulative increase of 1.72%. During the same period, Marvell Technology recorded a cumulative gain of 68.25%, Intel rose 4.15%, AMD surged 38.62%, Broadcom climbed 31.72%, Micron gained 26.13%, NVIDIA rose 11.73%, and TSMC added 10.04%.
