WS #14029

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The dominant themes (AI-driven record highs, Middle East tensions, selective earnings weakness) remain unchanged with no new data points or counter-signals to report. This window carries 8 key development(s), 5 at significance:high: Applied Materials beats Q3 estimates and guides Q4 above consensus, but stock falls ~4% after hours; Sandisk and Micron surge on AI memory demand; Sandisk investor day targets ~80% gross margins; ADNOC vessels attacked in Strait of Hormuz; Hormuz shipping traffic down 18% WoW; July PPI flat, below expectations; S&P 500 closes at record high; Silver Lake in talks to take Workday private at $43 billion valuation. A further 3 development(s) sit below significance:high.

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Key developments

  • Applied Materials beats Q3 estimates and guides Q4 above consensus, but stock falls ~4% after hours
  • Sandisk and Micron surge on AI memory demand; Sandisk investor day targets ~80% gross margins
  • ADNOC vessels attacked in Strait of Hormuz; Hormuz shipping traffic down 18% WoW
  • July PPI flat, below expectations; S&P 500 closes at record high
  • Fitch affirms US at 'AA+' with stable outlook, citing high fiscal deficits and gridlock risks
  • Silver Lake in talks to take Workday private at $43 billion valuation
  • Russia imports gasoline from India for first time amid refinery attacks; Ukraine offers Black Sea truce
  • Globant, KinderCare, Blaize miss earnings and cut guidance; selective tech/consumer weakness