THE WIRE

THE WIRE Aug 19, 6:00pm ET

Copper finished the session 2.21% higher at 273.93, a move big enough to matter for anyone holding miners or industrial names levered to the metal. Worth watching whether it holds into the next session.

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CLOSING BELL

Asia

4:00am ET

🇭🇰 Hang Seng+1.14%
🇨🇳 SSE Composite+0.24%

Hong Kong did the heavy lifting today, closing 1.14% higher at 3,288.83 while mainland shares managed just 0.24%. That gap is where Asia money is actually going right now.

MARKET OPEN

Asia

Aug 19, 9:30pm ET

🇭🇰 Hang Seng—
🇨🇳 SSE Composite+0.75%

Hong Kong opened essentially unchanged at 3,251.60 while mainland buyers pushed the SSE Composite up 0.75%, a split that says the bid is onshore right now. Anyone playing China exposure through Hong Kong is on the wrong side of that gap this morning.

DAILY MOVE

SOL Solana

Aug 19, 8:00pm ET

$85.34

+10.82%

Solana's 10.8% jump to $85.34 is its sharpest single-day gain in months, and it reclaims a level the token has been chopping around since spring. Anyone who wrote SOL off after the slide from $242 just watched a double-digit day pass without them.

DAILY MOVE

BTC Bitcoin

Aug 19, 8:00pm ET

$69,300

+7.14%

Bitcoin's 7.14% jump to $69,300.01 is its biggest single-day gain in months and puts $70,000 back in play after a punishing year off the highs. Traders who wrote off the recovery now have a level to defend.

DAILY MOVE

ETH Ethereum

Aug 19, 8:00pm ET

$2,252

+17.48%

Ethereum's 17.48% jump to $2,251.69 is its sharpest single-day gain in months, snapping it back above the $2,000 area it has churned around since spring. The prior close of $1,916.72 is now the level bulls need to hold.

KO Coca-Cola

Aug 19, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week high $90.35 +1.4% vs prior high · 2026-07-29

Coca-Cola cleared $90 for the first time, setting a fresh 52-week high at $90.35. Keep an eye on the stock at these levels.

PFE Pfizer

Aug 19, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week high $28.24 +0.6% vs prior high · 2026-04-01

Pfizer closed at $28.24, a new 52-week high that clears the April 1 peak. The drugmaker has now taken out the ceiling that capped it all spring, making that old level the line to defend.

ABBV AbbVie

Aug 19, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week high $265.97 +1.0% vs prior high · 2026-07-29

AbbVie touched a new 52-week high at $265.97, clearing its July 29 peak. The $470 billion pharma has left its spring range near $200 behind.

HIMS Hims & Hers

After-hours

Aug 19, 4:40pm ET

$31.09

+12.77% open $27.57

A 12.77% jump to $31.09 adds roughly $800 million of market value to a $7 billion company in a single session. Moves this size rarely settle quietly, so keep an eye on the stock into tomorrow's open.

Biggest movers · At the close Aug 19, 4:10pm ET

Gainers

TEMTempus AI$60.68+22.9%
HIMSHims & Hers$30.74+12.2%
GPROGoPro$0.64+7.5%
SMRNuScale Power$9.24+6.9%
UPSTUpstart$30.97+6.4%

Losers

IQiQIYI$1.12-9.2%
DOCNDigitalOcean$116.16-7.3%
DELLDell Technologies$436.24-6.9%
APPSDigital Turbine$11.32-6.6%
AAOIApplied Optoelectronics$122.85-6.5%

Tempus AI ended the day up 22.93% at $60.68, the standout in a 110-name priority list where nothing else gained more than 13%. Hardware and infrastructure names took the other side, with Dell shedding 6.92% to $436.24.

CLOSING BELL

U.S. Markets

Aug 19, 4:00pm ET

S&P 500+0.17%
Dow Jones Industrial Average+0.17%
Nasdaq Composite+0.19%

The S&P 500 closed at 7,705.24, another quiet step higher that keeps the record-high run intact. All three major indexes finished within a hair of each other, so nothing rotated out from under investors today.