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KEY TAKES

• Rotation, not risk-off: DIA +0.34% while QQQ −0.76% and XLK −1.37% (NVDA −1.3%) into the final hour.
• Oil's bid holds: USO +2.5%, XLE +1.5% at a 52-week high after the weekend Riyadh airport strike and tanker hits.
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• YMAT +91.9% is day two of the Houston carbon-fiber story. SKYA +44.5% trades under its $3.00 tender.
• JPM Q3 prints Tue Oct 13 ~7:00 AM ET. CPI is Wed Oct 14 8:30 AM ET.

Late-session read as of 1:34 PM ET, market open until 4:00 PM ET: SPY 777.53 (−0.13%), QQQ 745.57 (−0.76%), DIA 517.85 (+0.34%), IWM 278.15 (−0.28%). The Dow is green heading into the bell while Nasdaq and tech take the hit. Oil's bid still holds from the weekend Riyadh airport strike and tanker hits: USO +2.5%, XLE +1.5% at a 52-week high. The 10-year sits near 5.24%. JPM Q3 is Tuesday ~7:00 AM ET. CPI is Wednesday Oct 14 8:30 AM ET.

MSFT +0.9% on scaling Azure Maia chips to multi-gigawatt deployments starting 2027 as the primary inference system. IONQ −9.2% after an all-stock deal to buy cybersecurity firm Elisity for up to $1.3B.

TODAY'S TOP 5 GAINERS

1 · YMAT +91.9% · $2.48 | ~75.5M | Nasdaq. Friday: capital initiatives fund a new automated carbon-fiber plant in Houston. Volume >73M vs ~1.7M average. Second day. Tiny cap, noise-prone.

2 · SKYA +44.5% · $2.63 | ~37.3M | Nasdaq. Cash tender for up to 95% of each class at $3.00, expected on/about Oct 15 for 10 business days. Needs 50% tendered and SOL above $100 during the offer. It trades under the $3.00 tender because of those two conditions.

3 · CLWT +30.8% · $1.78 | ~64.7M | Nasdaq. 50/50 JV with Sea Clean AS in Norway to market PortoBallast in Europe. Tiny cap, noise-prone.

4 · GRML +21.5% · $6.28 | ~9.7M | Nasdaq. EU named Neo Performance Materials' Silmet 2.0 rare-earth plant a Strategic Project. Greenland Mines pitched Sarfartoq as feed.

5 · GIXI +15.7% · $4.50 | ~35.8M | Nasdaq. Its deliverz.ai robots began delivering blood and bone marrow at Sheba Medical Center. Volume >35M vs ~86K average. Tiny cap, noise-prone.

Noise: MNDR, LNKS, and WBUY printed without a company catalyst.

THE SIGNAL

Money is leaving tech for the Dow, energy, and value two days before CPI. A flat S&P hides that split: QQQ −0.76% and XLK −1.4% while DIA is green and XLE prints a 52-week high. Semis and mega-cap tech (NVDA, XLK, QQQ) are exposed if oil's bid feeds a hot CPI Wednesday.

Wrong if: QQQ climbs back to flat by the 4:00 PM bell while USO gives back half its gain.

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

“Stock Market Midday, Oct. 12: Dow Edges Higher as Investors Rotate Into Value Stocks”

Motley Fool via QuoteMedia | Oct 12, 2026 12:25 PM ET

As of 11:31 AM ET Motley Fool had the Dow +0.49% to 51,909, the S&P 500 −0.06% to 7,807, and the Nasdaq −0.37% to 27,265 on technology weakness. The flat S&P is two markets pulling opposite ways, and that split is still on the board into the final hour.

ONE TO WATCH

JPM · $334.23 (+0.37%) · Q3 results Tue Oct 13 ~7:00 AM ET. Bank earnings week opens here. First read on credit and net interest income with the 10-year at ~5.24%. XLF +0.6% going in.

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