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Tesla posted a strong second quarter, delivering four hundred eighty thousand one hundred twenty six vehicles, a twenty-five percent jump from the year-ago period. That's ninety-six thousand additional units hitting the road compared to last year's second quarter, signaling that demand recovery under Musk is more than just a talking point heading into the back half of two thousand twenty six.
Shifting to the AI infrastructure arms race, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg is committing up to one hundred forty-five billion dollars in capital expenditure this year alone. The company kept the top end of its guidance unchanged, which tells you the conviction here isn't softening. At that scale, the downstream beneficiaries — semiconductors, data center REITs, power utilities — are all worth watching closely.
And on the uranium front, Trump's nuclear cooperation framework with Saudi Arabia is sending a bullish signal through the energy complex. When an oil-rich sovereign wants nuclear capacity, the market reads that as structural demand, not a headline. Uranium miners and related ETFs are getting a second look from investors who've been cautious on the sector.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
