Tesla pops, tech heads for losing week: AlphaCheck Ines Ferré · Senior Business Reporter Fri, October 16, 2026 at 9:58 AM EDT 1 min read TSLA +1.37% NVDA -0.43% AMD -3.61% MU -3.94% ^TNX +0.41% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Good morning. Stocks were mixed on Friday, while the Tech (XLK) sector declined, capping a volatile week.
Neocloud provider CoreWeave (CRWV) sank 6%, reversing gains from Thursday amid continued worries over AI financing.
AI semiconductor giants Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD (AMD) were on pace to end the week lower. Memory giants Micron (MU) and SK Hynix (SKHY) also declined, along with flash memory maker Sandisk (SNDK), following a broader sector sell-off earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, Tesla (TSLA) stock popped after the EV maker's jaw-dropping Roadster event.
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Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data.
Defensive sectors rose, with Healthcare (XLV) hovering near all-time highs.
Energy stocks (XLE) also gained, as Brent crude oil futures (BZ=F) traded near $105 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate futures (CL=F) hovered near $96 per barrel.
The 10-year Treasury (^TNX) yield climbed back up to 5.13%.
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