Marcin Frąckiewicz

New York, February 22, 2026, 12:44 EST — The session’s over. Applied Materials ended Friday up 1.5%, settling at $375.38. The chip-equipment maker has now gained for five sessions straight, leaving shares just 0.25% shy of their 52-week peak. Roughly 8.2 million shares changed hands—slightly topping the 50-day average. Wall Street, for its part, closed out the session broadly higher.

New York, February 22, 2026, 11:25 — The market has closed. Intel Corp slipped 1.1% to finish at $44.11 on Friday, trailing off into the weekend. Shares moved in a range from $42.88 up to $44.90, with trading volume hitting roughly 90.7 million.

New York, Feb 22, 2026, 10:07 — Market closed Microsoft heads into the week with investors watching the mounting price tag for artificial intelligence. OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, is aiming for around $600 billion in total compute spending through 2030—chips and data centers for training and running AI—according to a source familiar with the plans who spoke to Reuters. That same source said OpenAI generated $13 billion in revenue against $8 billion in expenses for 2025. As for Microsoft, shares slipped 0.3% on Friday to close at $397.23.

New York, Feb 21, 2026, 14:26 ET — The market has closed. Visa rose 0.6% to $320.95 at the close on Friday, steady after announcing plans to acquire two payments firms in Argentina.