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Micron Technology crossed the one trillion dollar market capitalization threshold today, with shares surging more than eighteen percent to trade near eight hundred eighty five dollars. UBS is driving the momentum, slapping an eye-catching price target on the stock and citing strong memory chip demand that's locking in enhanced long-term supply agreements — the kind that give Micron durable earnings visibility well beyond this cycle.
Staying in software, Workday has been one of the most punished names in the SaaS space over the past year, but traders are now watching closely for signs that the selling has exhausted itself. A recent uptick in the stock is prompting the question of whether beaten-down enterprise software names are finally finding a floor, particularly as rate expectations begin to stabilize.
Away from markets but with real economic weight, a new report finds that more than nine million Americans are leaving fifty-eight billion dollars in food and medical benefits unclaimed. The barriers are real — low awareness, application complexity, and social stigma — and the scale of that uncaptured support has implications for consumer spending and household financial resilience across the lower income cohort.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
