Semis break the 505 line at midday while bitcoin presses 80,000
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The Midday 10 Mon, Aug 24, 2026 ~60 seconds 12:30 ET
A split tape by midday, and the split runs exactly along this morning's fault line: Staples up 1.45 percent and Financials up 1.44 percent lead while semiconductors take the day's worst damage, leaving the S&P 500 (SPY) down 0.34 percent against a Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) off 1.12 percent — and the hard-asset complex green across all three of the ladders this morning's Pulse mapped.
US midday, intraday quotes (delayed)
The ten lines
- 1
UP monday.com
MNDY
MNDY rises 3.09 percent to 93.53 against a software fund (IGV) that is itself down 0.39 percent — roughly three and a half points of idiosyncratic strength on a day the growth tape is being sold. After August's punishment cycle this is the first session in weeks where the name is the right-side outlier on its own tape.
- 2
UP Dutch Bros Inc.
BROS
BROS adds 3.85 percent to 51.79 by midday, among the day's cleaner consumer discretionary stories on an otherwise choppy tape. No specific catalyst in the FACTS, but the bid holds.
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- 3
UP Celsius Holdings
CELH
CELH rises 3.48 percent to 34.52, a relative standout in the consumer space. The move comes without a named catalyst, tracking alongside broader defensive-adjacent consumer names finding a bid.
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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.