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📊 Market Recap · Sep 22Nasdaq closes at a record as AI trade extends; Dow and financials lag — September 22, 2026Read →AMD Closes Above $1 Trillion in Market Value for the First Time as Chip Stocks Rally on Sept. 21
Advanced Micro Devices rose about 10% on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, as Intel gained roughly 12% and Arm Holdings about 17%, lifting the Nasdaq 100 to its first record close since June; the next session's chip moves were far smaller.
Oil Trades Just Under $100 as U.S. and Iranian Envoys Hold Qatari-Mediated Talks at the U.N.
Brent crude hovered just under $100 a barrel on Sept. 23 after Trump said his envoys spent three hours in indirect, mediator-shuttled talks with Iran's delegation in New York, while Saudi Arabia restarted a pipeline that bypasses the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
Priority Technology Agrees to CEO-Led Take-Private Deal at $8.05 a Share, an Enterprise Value of About $1.6 Billion
An investor group led by Chairman and CEO Thomas Priore will buy the shares it does not already own for $8.05 each in cash, after a special committee of independent directors negotiated the price up from an initial $6.00–$6.15 offer.
Treasury's Iran Aviation Sanctions Take Full Effect Sept. 23 as Wind-Down License Expires
A U.S. wind-down permission for aviation business with Iran expired at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on Sept. 23, 2026, exposing foreign fuel suppliers, ground handlers and ticket sellers to U.S. secondary sanctions; Iran, China and Russia call the measures illegal.
10-Year Treasury Yield Trades Near 4.94% on Sept. 22, Below the 5.04% Peak It Hit Sept. 15, Its Highest Since 2007
The benchmark yield has slipped back under 5% after last week's high, as oil prices fell for a fourth session and investors waited on jobs data and a run of Federal Reserve speeches; the 30-year yield remains above 5%.
US and China Announce AI Incident Notification Proposal and Say Trade Board Is Operating, After Eight-Hour New York Talks
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met September 20 in Manhattan; both sides said the trade body agreed in May is now running, and the AI proposal goes to Trump and Xi at their September 24 Washington summit.
AutoZone Reports $56.05 Quarterly EPS and 1.6% Domestic Same-Store Sales; KB Home Reports After Tuesday's Close
AutoZone's fourth-quarter results beat Wall Street's profit estimate but showed slower store-level sales growth, while KB Home's third-quarter report lands after the market closes on September 22.
Bitcoin Trades Above $84,000, Up About 4%, Two Weeks After Its 50-Day Average Crossed Above Its 200-Day
The crossover signal that traders call a "golden cross" printed on the Sept. 8 close, and U.S. spot bitcoin ETF flows have swung between large daily inflows and outflows this month.
Fed's Bowman Previews Stress-Test Changes and Releases Initial Findings of Outside Review of SVB's 2023 Failure
In two London speeches on Sept. 18, 2026, the Federal Reserve's top bank regulator outlined changes to annual stress tests and said an outside review found supervisors knew or should have known of Silicon Valley Bank's weaknesses by March 2022.
Brent and WTI Fall About 2% as Kpler Data Puts Saudi Crude Exports Just Above 4 Million Barrels a Day So Far in September
Tanker-tracking estimates show Saudi exports rebounding from a decade low of 2.4 million barrels a day in August, though the figure remains below pre-war levels and the East-West pipeline is still offline.
Bank of Japan Raises Its Policy Rate to 1.25% in a 7-2 Vote; Yen Falls Past 157 to the Dollar
The Sept. 18 quarter-point hike, the highest Japanese policy rate since 1995, drew dissents from two board members nominated by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government, and the yen weakened rather than strengthened after the decision.