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US markets, Tuesday 20 October 2026

The news feed carried 1,286 headlines on Tuesday 20 October 2026, and measured 47 separate price moves.

The largest measured move listed here is TKNO, -20.84% over 10 minutes.

34 economic releases printed an actual figure on this date.

Capital Raise

16:02 ET

Alpha Teknova begins proposed public stock offering TKNO · 7.39 → 5.85 · Volume 67.4K shares in 10 min

-20.84% over 10 minutes

16:30 ET

Super Micro Computer issues preliminary business update for fiscal 2027 first quarter SMCI · 32.45 → 36.73 · Volume 2.6M shares in 10 min · 362.9× normal

+13.19% over 10 minutes

16:06 ET

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Fiscal Q3 earnings results ISRG · 446.00 → 393.56 · Volume 203.5K shares in 10 min

-11.76% over 10 minutes

07:00 ET

AmpliTech Group receives record $21.7 million purchase order AMPG · 2.34 → 2.47 · Volume 56.9K shares in 10 min

+5.56% over 10 minutes

16:05 ET

Pega Cloud annual contract value grows 20% in Q3 2026 PEGA · 36.21 → 34.52 · Volume 473.8K shares in 10 min

-4.67% over 10 minutes

08:05 ET

SOAR AI says its Ohio AI compute campus remains on schedule to enter service by December 31, with contracted revenue expected to start in January 2027; about $1.2 billion in contracted capacity is expected to generate $175 million to $200 million in 2027. SOAR · 0.2482 → 0.258 · Volume 243.6K shares in 10 min · 3.8× normal

+3.95% over 10 minutes

09:32 ET

Hasbro raises annual forecasts HAS · 104.13 → 107.97 · Volume 710.6K shares in 10 min

+3.69% over 10 minutes

06:31 ET

Hasbro (HAS) earnings results HAS · 102.54 → 99.73 · Volume 49.8K shares in 10 min

-2.74% over 10 minutes

09:30 ET

Doximity and Wolters Kluwer Health partner to add UpToDate’s 13,000 topics to Ask AI DOCS · 31.77 → 32.56 · Volume 155.1K shares in 10 min

+2.49% over 10 minutes

08:48 ET

Arrive AI and Purdue University discuss testing Arrive Point technology with multiple robot platforms on Purdue’s campus ARAI · 0.117 → 0.1199 · Volume 1.1K shares in 10 min

+2.48% over 10 minutes

14:06 ET

JANA Partners builds a stake in Casella Waste Systems and urges management to improve margins and returns on capital CWST · 89.59 → 91.69

+2.35% over 10 minutes

09:10 ET

Maris-Tech launches Uranus-Drones-V2, a video and AI processing platform for UAVs, and expects orders from existing and new drone manufacturers MTEK · 0.4204 → 0.4302 · Volume 11.4K shares in 10 min

+2.33% over 10 minutes

16:16 ET

Annaly Capital Management (NLY) Fiscal Q3 earnings results NLY · 17.89 → 18.27 · Volume 10.5K shares in 10 min

+2.12% over 10 minutes

16:00 ET

Anavex says it has completed clinical conduct of ADME and DDI studies AVXL · 1.35 → 1.38

+1.84% over 10 minutes

08:51 ET

GM (General Motors) CFO says commodity costs could rise by $2 billion in 2027 if recent inflation trends persist GM · 77.81 → 76.58 · Volume 88.2K shares in 10 min

-1.58% over 10 minutes

11:44 ET

XCF Global targets $40 million in annual EBITDA after a nine- to 12-month restart of its Paramount, California, renewable-fuel facility SAFX · 0.1863 → 0.1883 · Volume 2.8M shares in 10 min · 33.1× normal

+1.07% over 10 minutes

15:30 ET

INLIF completes registered direct offering, raising approximately USD 3.75 million in gross proceeds before fees and expenses through Class A shares, pre-funded warrants and Series A, B and C warrants INLF · 0.2444 → 0.2418

-1.06% over 10 minutes

17:10 ET

Alaska Air Group announces plan to join oneworld and global partners’ joint businesses across the Atlantic and Pacific ALK · 33.40 → 33.70 · Volume 95.2K shares in 10 min

+0.90% over 10 minutes

16:15 ET

Capital One reports September domestic card net charge-offs of $787 million, a 3.66% rate, and $9.74 billion in delinquent loans COF · 210.25 → 212.00 · Volume 39K shares in 10 min

+0.83% over 10 minutes

09:27 ET

Micron workers’ union in Taiwan plans one-day strike on October 22 over bonuses and profit-sharing MU · 888.06 → 894.67 · Volume 1M shares in 10 min · 21.5× normal

+0.74% over 10 minutes

07:31 ET

AST SpaceMobile targets initial coverage in the US, Canada, Japan, UK and Saudi Arabia before year-end 2026 ASTS · 40.44 → 40.73 · Volume 13.8K shares in 10 min · 1.4× normal

+0.73% over 10 minutes

09:35 ET

Blocking access to customer information for Meta's (META) Muse is under consideration at RBC META · 688.96 → 684.45 · Volume 739.7K shares in 10 min · 0.8× normal

-0.66% over 10 minutes

08:35 ET

TD Cowen reports Oracle (ORCL) resumed leasing activity in Q3 2026, with Nvidia providing credit support to Oracle. ORCL · 128.90 → 129.70 · Volume 21.3K shares in 10 min · 0.7× normal

+0.62% over 10 minutes

09:36 ET

Qualcomm to begin notifying employees in November of global performance-focused job cuts after annual reviews, CEO Cristiano Amon says in memo QCOM · 173.08 → 172.09 · Volume 79.1K shares in 10 min · 0.3× normal

-0.57% over 10 minutes

10:00 ET

Spotify and Believe & Co sign licensing deal for Spotify's upcoming AI-powered remix and cover tool SPOT · 532.22 → 529.75 · Volume 33.9K shares in 10 min · 1.1× normal

-0.46% over 10 minutes

17:01 ET

Netcapital closes a $402,743 first tranche of convertible debt financing, with up to $577,743 in proceeds against maximum principal of $641,936 NCPL · 2.20 → 2.19 · Volume 38.4K shares in 10 min · 0.8× normal

-0.46% over 10 minutes

10:01 ET

Braskem adopts Rockwell Automation’s SecureOT platform to strengthen industrial cybersecurity ROK · 419.98 → 418.15 · Volume 11K shares in 10 min

-0.44% over 10 minutes

12:59 ET

Netflix plans to extend its advertising plan to 15 additional countries in 2027 NFLX · 69.56 → 69.27

-0.41% over 10 minutes

15:50 ET

NYSE reports a sell-side order imbalance of 156,273 shares in SKYD SKYD · 7.08 → 7.10

+0.35% over 10 minutes

15:31 ET

Boeing secures US regulatory approval for the largest 737 MAX variant BA · 190.69 → 190.01

-0.35% over 10 minutes

05:15 ET

Amazon (AMZN) plans to invest EUR 16 billion in Germany by 2027 to enhance sustainable infrastructure and improve water-resource management nationwide. AMZN · 261.84 → 262.75 · Volume 7.5K shares in 10 min · 3.6× normal

+0.35% over 10 minutes

09:50 ET

Experts say Iraq’s gas-import deal with US-based Excelerate Energy depends on the end of the US-Iran conflict EE · 32.40 → 32.51

+0.34% over 10 minutes

12:27 ET

AMD and Intel team up to streamline PyTorch AI development on x86 CPUs INTC · 93.20 → 93.51

+0.33% over 10 minutes

15:27 ET

Kroger plans $5 billion investment by 2029 to lower prices and improve shopping experience under new CEO Greg Foran KR · 62.86 → 63.05

+0.31% over 10 minutes

M&A

11:30 ET

XCF Global agrees to acquire a renewable-fuel production facility in Paramount, California, with closing expected before the end of 2026. SAFX · 0.1817 → 0.1928 · Volume 3.6M shares in 10 min · 41.2× normal

+6.11% over 10 minutes

12:55 ET

Legendary revives takeover talks with Lionsgate and submits an offer, Bloomberg reports LION · 12.44 → 12.15

-2.35% over 10 minutes

09:39 ET

Salesforce says it will acquire customer engagement platform Braze CRM · 240.46 → 243.64 · Volume 250.5K shares in 10 min · 0.7× normal

+1.32% over 10 minutes

08:06 ET

Salesforce will buy Braze in a deal valued at $5.66 billion on an enterprise-value basis CRM · 234.00 → 235.01 · Volume 29.3K shares in 10 min · 21.1× normal

+0.43% over 10 minutes

Earnings

16:06 ET

Capital One Financial (COF) Fiscal Q3 earnings results COF · 205.60 → 211.00 · Volume 39.4K shares in 10 min

+2.63% over 10 minutes

Geopolitics

04:45 ET

Iranian Foreign Ministry describes the US reply to Iran's proposal as incomplete and inadequate Crude oil (CL Dec26) (energy) · 99.89 → 100.20 · Volume 2.7K contracts in 10 min

+0.31% over 10 minutes

Economic releases

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

Time	Release	Actual	Forecast	Previous
9:00 PM ET	🇨🇳 Chinese PBoC Interest Rate 5 Yr	3.50%	3.50%	3.50%
9:00 PM ET	🇨🇳 Chinese PBoC Interest Rate 1 Yr	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
2:00 AM ET	🇩🇪 German PPI MoM	1.9%	1.6%	1.1%
2:00 AM ET	🇩🇪 German PPI YoY	6.7%	6.3%	4.6%
2:00 AM ET	🇬🇧 UK Unemployment Change	30.3k	—	27.8k
2:00 AM ET	🇬🇧 UK Employment Change 3M/3M	102k	5k	67k
2:00 AM ET	🇬🇧 UK Average Earnings (Ex-Bonus)	3.7%	3.6%	3.5%
2:00 AM ET	🇬🇧 UK Average Weekly Earnings YoY	3.7%	3.8%	3.9%
2:00 AM ET	🇬🇧 UK Employment Change SA	13k	-8k	-26k
2:00 AM ET	🇬🇧 UK Unemployment Rate	4.7%	4.9%	4.9%
3:00 AM ET	🇨🇭 Swiss Trade Balance	1,309M	—	4,354M
4:00 AM ET	🇪🇺 Eurozone Current Account	8.709B	—	27.628B
4:00 AM ET	🇪🇺 Eurozone Current Account NSA	7.70B	—	36.50B
5:00 AM ET	🇬🇧 UK 10 Yr Gilt Bid-to-Cover	3.61	—	3.34
5:00 AM ET	🇩🇪 German ZEW Current Conditions	-35.9	-44.5	-47.1
5:00 AM ET	🇪🇺 Eurozone Construction Output MoM	1.85%	—	0.00%
5:00 AM ET	🇪🇺 Eurozone ZEW Survey Expectations	18.5	—	25.8
5:00 AM ET	🇩🇪 German ZEW Economic Sentiment	28.1	30.0	34.7
5:00 AM ET	🇬🇧 UK 10 Yr Gilt Yield	5.418%	—	5.383%
8:15 AM ET	🇺🇸 US ADP Wkly Employment Change	18.50k	—	24.75k
8:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US Housing Starts	1.221M	1.305M	1.275M
8:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US Building Permits	1.400M	1.385M	1.403M
8:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US Building Permits Change MoM	-0.2%	-1.3%	-2.1%
8:30 AM ET	🇺🇸 US Housing Starts Change MoM	-5.2%	1.9%	-2.6%
8:55 AM ET	🇺🇸 US Redbook YoY	9.0%	—	10.4%
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US Pending Homes Index	66.0	—	71.2
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US Pending Home Sales Change MoM	-7.3%	-0.5%	0.3%
4:30 PM ET	🇺🇸 US API Gasoline Stock Change	-2.577M	—	1.10M
4:30 PM ET	🇺🇸 US API Cushing Stock Change	0.936M	—	1.823M
4:30 PM ET	🇺🇸 US API Distillate Stock Change	-2.6M	—	-1.5M
4:30 PM ET	🇺🇸 US API Crude Stock Change	-4.93M	-1.30M	-11.21M
7:50 PM ET	🇯🇵 Japanese Imports YoY	18.9%	20.4%	28.0%
7:50 PM ET	🇯🇵 Japanese Total Trade Balance	-536.5B	-210.4B	-1.0,111.9B
7:50 PM ET	🇯🇵 Japanese Exports YoY	16.7%	21.3%	19.3%