US equities closed 1H 2026 with the Nasdaq up 12.79%, the S&P 500 up 9.5% and the Dow up 8.8%. Memory and semiconductor stocks outperformed: SanDisk (SNDK) +857% — the top S&P 500 gainer; Micron (MU) +304%, with market value surpassing $1 trillion fo

2026-07-01

US equities closed 1H 2026 with the Nasdaq up 12.79%, the S&P 500 up 9.5% and the Dow up 8.8%. Memory and semiconductor stocks outperformed: SanDisk (SNDK) +857% — the top S&P 500 gainer; Micron (MU) +304%, with market value surpassing $1 trillion for the first time; Intel (INTC) +278%; Western Digital (WDC) +270%. Among the seven largest tech names, Microsoft (MSFT) led declines, down more than 22%; Meta (META) -14%; Tesla (TSLA) -6%. Gains included Alphabet A (GOOGL) +14%, Apple (AAPL) +6%, Amazon (AMZN) +3% and NVIDIA (NVDA) +7%.