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US markets, Monday 17 August 2026

The tape carried 124 headlines on Monday 17 August 2026; 12 carried a measured price move.

The largest measured move listed here is BAOS, -15.86% over 15 minutes.

25 economic releases printed an actual figure on this date.

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09:27 ET

Baosheng Media Signs MOU to Acquire 40% Stake in Blue Intelligence Cloud, Expanding into AI-Powered Marketing, Data Analytics, and Intelligent Content Generation; No Financial Terms Disclosed BAOS · 0.4899 → 0.4122 · Volume 2.6K shares in 15 min · 138.2× normal

-15.86% over 15 minutes

09:22 ET

Peter Thiel’s Hedge Fund, Thiel Macro LLC, Disclosed a Stake in Argentine Shale Oil Producer Vista Energy, Owning 1,189,792 Vista Energy American Depository Shares. VIST · 71.50 → 71.78

+0.39% over 15 minutes

Equities

07:35 ET

UCLOUDLINK $2M Buyback Plan Announced UCL · 1.03 → 0.9875 · Volume 179.5K shares in 15 min

-3.99% over 15 minutes

08:31 ET

Cycurion Announces $500K Buyback Program Over 12 Months CYCU · 0.68 → 0.6986 · Volume 7.3K shares in 15 min · 21.6× normal

+2.73% over 15 minutes

10:25 ET

Nexgen Energy Says It Is Sharing Technical Information With BHP as It Seeks Over $1B for Rook I Mine; Sources Say BHP Assessed Nexgen as Potential Takeover Target Last Year - Reuters Exclusive NXE · 10.63 → 10.79 · Volume 18.5K shares in 15 min · 11.0× normal

+1.50% over 15 minutes

09:19 ET

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Announces Pre-Clinical Study Results of Aramchol and Xtandi for Prostate Cancer; Data Showed Combination of Aramchol with Enzalutamide Resulted in Three- to Four-Fold Increase in Cell Death Compared to Enzalutamide Alone GLMD · 0.533 → 0.54 · Volume 1.2K shares in 15 min · 86.7× normal

+1.31% over 15 minutes

08:07 ET

Raytheon secures a $22.9 billion contract from the US Navy to enhance Tomahawk missile production. RTX · 222.25 → 225.15

+1.30% over 15 minutes

09:47 ET

TTM Technologies to Make $1.1 Billion Defense Push With Epiq Solutions Deal TTMI · 137.50 → 137.13 · Volume 2.3K shares in 15 min · 2.7× normal

-0.27% over 15 minutes

10:37 ET

U.S. Urges Apple Not to Buy Chinese Memory Chips - WSJ Exclusive AAPL · 304.48 → 303.72 · Volume 24.7K shares in 15 min · 0.9× normal

-0.25% over 15 minutes

Commodities

09:33 ET

Wells Fargo Investment Institute revises gold's 2026 year-end target range to $4,900-$5,100 per ounce, down from the previous forecast of $5,300-$5,500 per ounce. WFC · 88.94 → 89.48 · Volume 3.5K shares in 15 min · 1.2× normal

+0.61% over 15 minutes

07:06 ET

Oil loadings have resumed at Russia's Novorossiysk port. WTI Fut · Sep26 (energy) · 82.86 → 82.65 · Volume 2K contracts in 15 min

-0.25% over 15 minutes

Market Status

09:42 ET

US Open — tech-led advance: S&P -0.13%; Nasdaq +0.22%; Dow -0.28% NDAQ · 97.71 → 97.19

-0.53% over 15 minutes

Economic releases

Figures as released, with the survey forecast and the prior reading where one was published.

Time	Release	Actual	Forecast	Previous
9:30 PM ET	🇨🇳 Chinese New House Prices YoY	-3.2%	—	-3.3%
10:00 PM ET	🇨🇳 Chinese Retail Sales YoY	0.6%	1.5%	1.0%
10:00 PM ET	🇨🇳 Chinese Unemployment Rate	5.200%	5.10%	5.000%
10:00 PM ET	🇨🇳 Chinese Industrial Output YoY	4.5%	5.0%	5.3%
10:00 PM ET	🇨🇳 Chinese Urban Investment YTD YoY	-6.7%	-6.2%	-5.7%
12:30 AM ET	🇯🇵 Japanese Capacity Utilization MoM	4.1%	—	0.1%
2:00 AM ET	🇳🇴 Norwegian Trade Balance	84.30B	—	61.90B
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian CPI Common	2.7%	—	2.6%
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian CPI Trim	1.9%	1.8%	1.8%
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian Core CPI MoM	0.2%	—	0.2%
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian BoC Core CPI MoM	0.2%	—	0.1%
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian CPI Median	2.0%	1.9%	1.9%
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian BoC Core CPI YoY	2.3%	—	2.1%
8:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US NY Fed Manufacturing	20.60	10.00	15.60
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian CPI MoM	0.5%	0.4%	-0.4%
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian CPI YoY	3.0%	2.9%	2.8%
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US NAHB Housing Market Index	35	33	34
11:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US 3-Month Bill High Yield	3.715%	—	3.735%
11:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US 3-Month Awarded High	44.680%	—	82.940%
11:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US 6-Month Bill High Yield	3.780%	—	3.830%
11:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US 6-Month Bill Bid-to-Cover	2.970	—	2.850
11:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US 3-Month Bill Bid-to-Cover	2.860	—	2.880
11:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US 6-Month Awarded High	18.550%	—	96.110%
4:00 PM ET	🇺🇸 US Overall Net Capital Flows	133.5B	—	132.2B
4:00 PM ET	🇺🇸 US TIC Long-Term Transactions	172.7B	—	232.7B

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