Equities desk · Morning edition · Thursday, October 15, 2026
Prices in this edition were taken live, not from stored closes. They were read at the Morning edition slot on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Anything named as a cause may come from a headline the desk was given.
The market's weak spot sits exactly where it did at yesterday's close: a handful of giant technology names, not the broader list. The fell 0.43% this morning while its equal-weighted twin actually gained 0.53%, an even wider split than yesterday's and proof the index's own loss is concentrated, not shared. The Nasdaq and the both fell harder than the S&P, size and smaller names alike caught in the same tech-driven draft. Fear and Greed slipped to 26, deeper into fear, even as the 's overnight spike kept easing from yesterday's jump.
Rocket Lab is the morning's biggest mover, down 14.56% after pushing its Neutron rocket's debut past the end of this year, the vehicle meant to challenge SpaceX's Falcon 9. CoreWeave kept sliding too, extending yesterday's plunge as its bonds, issued only months ago, now yield near 15%, a direct read on investor doubt about its AI borrowing. fell 3.32% as the same chip rout dragged SK Hynix and Dell lower overnight on inflation and rate-hike worry. Merck and broke the pattern, rising on a new cancer-vaccine facility opening and a fresh smart-home product launch, but the gains stayed confined to a handful of names.
What doesn't hold up yet is pinning today's chip retreat on any single company's numbers: TSMC just posted a sixth straight quarter of record profit on AI demand and the sector still fell, so the selloff still reads as a financing-and-rate scare rather than a verdict on actual chip demand. Rocket Lab's own drop also complicates its pending purchase of Iridium, paid partly in its own stock, since a cheaper acquirer shrinks what Iridium holders actually receive. , and Meta all report within two weeks, and none of this separates an AI financing wobble from a capex reckoning until one of them actually prints.
Rocket Lab craters to 50.56 as the Neutron rocket's delayed debut turns a development slip into a 14.56% selloff.
CoreWeave's stock keeps falling as bond yields near 15% price real doubt about its AI-driven debt load.
Nvidia extends its slide to 213.96 as Dell's downgrade and SK Hynix's drop widen the chip selloff overseas.
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Moved 8.4%, at or above the 3% floor for this strip
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Moved 8.2%, at or above the 3% floor for this strip
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Moved 5.9%, at or above the 3% floor for this strip
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Moved 5.7%, at or above the 3% floor for this strip
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Moved 5.7%, at or above the 3% floor for this strip
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Moved 4.9%, at or above the 3% floor for this strip
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Moved 4.8%, at or above the 3% floor for this strip
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