Market News for September 25, 2026
Every story Market Flux published on September 25, 2026.
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Brent Crude Settles at $104.32 as US-Iran Hormuz Diplomacy Drives Friday Selloff
Oil prices fell sharply on Friday as traders responded to hopes that US-Iran negotiations could produce a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures settled at $104.32 per…
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Akamai Signs Record $11.6 Billion Seven-Year Cloud Deal With Anthropic, Stock Surges Up to 23%
Akamai Technologies sealed an $11.6 billion, seven-year cloud computing agreement with AI firm Anthropic, the largest contract in the company's history, sending shares surging as much as…
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Booking Holdings Stock Outperforms Peers Amid Online Travel Booking Scam Concerns
Booking Holdings shares outperformed competitors on Thursday, September 25, according to MarketWatch, as the online travel giant closed the session with stronger gains than rivals in the…
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Microsoft Stock Closes at Highest Level of the Year After Copilot Enterprise Super-App Overhaul
Microsoft closed at its highest level of 2026 on Friday, with shares rising roughly 3% to $514.04, after the company unveiled its most significant Copilot overhaul yet, repositioning the…
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Barclays Upgrades Humana to Overweight With $515 Target, Sending Shares Up 7%
Barclays upgraded Humana to Overweight from Equal Weight on September 25, setting a $515 price target and triggering a roughly 7% surge in the stock. The move stood out sharply against a…
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US Stocks Cap a Strong Week With Broad Friday Gains Led by Bloom Energy, PayPal Takeover Chatter
US equities finished the week on solid footing Friday, with the S&P 500 rising 0.51% to close at 7,743.41, the Nasdaq Composite gaining 0.5% to 27,068.72, and the Dow Jones Industrial…
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Oil Falls More Than 2% and Stocks Rise as US-Iran Nuclear Talks Enter Technical Stage
Crude oil prices dropped sharply on September 25 after reports emerged that negotiations between the United States and Iran had advanced into a technical stage, raising hopes that a deal…
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Large ETF Outflows and Unusual Options Activity Dominate September 25 Trading
Several notable capital flows shaped market activity on September 25, 2026, with significant ETF redemptions and concentrated options positioning drawing attention across equities and fixed…
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SK Hynix Unit Solidigm Considers US IPO in 2027 at Up to $150 Billion Valuation
SK Hynix's US subsidiary Solidigm is weighing an initial public offering on American markets as early as 2027 that could value the NAND memory and enterprise SSD specialist at up to $150…
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Trump Says Scott Bessent Will Stay at Treasury and Not Become AI Czar
President Trump publicly denied reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was set to become the administration's "Super Intelligence" czar, calling the earlier reports "Fake News."…
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Supreme Court Reinstates Trump Voter Eligibility Database Ahead of November Midterms
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can deploy an expanded federal database to verify voter citizenship, reversing a lower court's block in a decision that came…
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Trump and Xi Conclude Washington Summit With Warm Words but No Major Deals Announced
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping wrapped up a multi-day summit in Washington on September 25, with Trump declaring the talks "very productive" and citing "tremendous…
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Akamai Technologies Surges Up to 23% on Record $11.6 Billion Seven-Year Cloud Deal With Anthropic
Akamai Technologies signed a seven-year, $11.6 billion cloud computing agreement with AI company Anthropic, its largest contract in company history, sending shares sharply higher on Friday…
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Crypto Rallies and Dollar Weakens as Markets Close Out the Week
Crypto markets saw sharp moves on September 25, with altcoins leading gains even as Ether pulled back. Near Protocol surged 11.7% in four hours to reach $5.05, posting an 18.70% gain over…
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Bitget Confirms $351.6 Million Hot Wallet Breach, Says Protection Fund Will Cover All Losses
Crypto exchange Bitget confirmed that unauthorized transfers of approximately $351.6 million struck its hot and warm wallets on Thursday, with the exchange's security systems detecting the…
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Trump Hosts Xi at White House State Dinner Attended by Musk, Bezos, Huang and Dozens of Top Executives
President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at a White House state dinner on September 24, drawing an extraordinary roster of American business leaders whose combined net…