The referendum passes at midday — neoclouds vertical, semis re-bid, and the yen refuses to stand down
In this edition
The Midday 10 Wed, Aug 12, 2026 ~60 seconds 12:30 ET
CPI printed at the poll — +0.1% headline, 3.4% on the year, +0.2% core — and the tape took the dovish branch at full width: Nasdaq up, semis ripping, vol crushed further, and the neocloud bellwether pair holding gaps that were built overnight.
The in-line number bought everything except software, which is funding the semi re-bid for the second time this week. The two macro tells have split: the bond proxy is soft-reclaiming its broken floor while dollar-yen has round-tripped right back to the line it pressed this morning.
US midday, intraday quotes (delayed)
The ten lines
- 1
UP Nebius Group
NBIS
NBIS trades up 23.7% to ~239 by midday — through the much-publicised short position disclosed near 212 — on a quarter that was, by the columns, unremarkable: revenue $574.6M, +446% year over year and in line, every guidance line reiterated. An in-line print heading for what would be the largest payment in its seven-print record is the sector-derivative thesis writing its eighth row in real time: this name trades on the capex build-out, not its own income statement.
- 2
UP CoreWeave
CRWV
CRWV holds +17.9% at ~106.5 by midday — the gap-hold rule from this morning's scoring plan is passing its first session so far. After four straight double-digit post-print sell-offs, the most credit-flagged name on our tape is being paid through a CPI print for delivering growth on schedule. If it closes near here, the financing-window read graduates from overnight positioning to a session-confirmed repricing.
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- 3
UP Lumentum
LITE
LITE runs +13.1% to ~928 by midday after its 11th straight EPS beat and first billion-dollar quarter. The record's lump rule — reactions land at +16% or better, or −9% or worse, never in between — has its answer forming: the print-day session is climbing toward the paid lump, with the three-session scoring window open through Friday.
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Ten lines on the US midday tape, not advice — an investment diary. Published every trading day at 12:30 ET. See The Morning 10 and the Daily Pulse.