US Stock Market Sector Analysis – Wednesday, May 13, 2026 MIXED

Anthropic’s reported race to raise at least $30 billion and President Trump’s China trip—now including NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang—dominated headlines and sent AI- and chip-exposed names higher across the US stock market. The Chip Supply Chain jumped a strong +2.2% on the day, led by Marvell (MRVL) which rallied +8.2% to $177.95, while Cybersecurity outperformed with a +4.3% advance as Palo Alto Networks (PANW) climbed to $227.79 (+5.7%). The Magnificent 7 (AI Spenders) were broadly higher (+1.9%) with Alphabet (GOOG) up 4.0% to $399.04 and NVIDIA (NVDA) adding 2.3% to $225.83, helping offset weakness in Enterprise Software and IT Services after fresh alert activity. Cisco (CSCO) reported an EPS beat of $1.06 versus $1.06 est, a subtle catalyst that supported Tech and Infrastructure names into the close.

Market Condition Dashboard

US 10-Year Treasury Yield

Wait & Watch

4.42%

rising

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Crude Oil (WTI)

Alert (Surging)

$100.82

-1.3% 1D

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VIX (Fear Index)

Normal Range

17.9

-0.7% 1D

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200-Day Moving Average

Bullish Trend Intact

0/3 below

SPY above (+10.4%), QQQ above (+17.5%), DIA above (+5.4%)

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CNN Fear & Greed Index

Neutral

Greed (-1)

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Tracked Stocks Breadth (50DMA)

Pause Discretionary Adds

65%

44 of 68 above 50DMA · +1.5pp 5D

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Put/Call Ratio (5D)

Contrarian Sell Signal

0.65

Too Optimistic · stable

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Signal analysis only — not investment advice

Sector Performance (Base=100)

Today's Market Events

Key Headlines

Anthropic is in early talks to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing that would value the AI startup at more than $900 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Market participants say the conversations have picked up after unsolicited inbound interest, and the company is racing to close the round possibly by the end of the month. If completed, the deal would mark one of the largest private financings in AI and place Anthropic at a higher private valuation than some of its peers, reshaping expectations around late-stage AI funding and potential public-market timing.

President Trump’s trip to China is thrusting artificial intelligence and semiconductors into the spotlight after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is added to the delegation at the last minute. Investors are watching hopes that talks could ease Beijing’s reluctance to allow Chinese firms broader access to high-end chips, a development that helps explain sharp gains in U.S.-listed Chinese AI developers and chip-related names. Traders are pricing the potential for expanded compute flows to China even as Washington and Beijing reportedly discuss broader AI channels and trade priorities during the visit.

Defense tech firm Anduril is now valued at roughly $61 billion following a fresh private raise led by investment groups including Fifth Wall, underscoring strong appetite for AI-driven defense suppliers. CEO Brian Schimpf tells investors the capital will fund an aggressive production ramp—scaling factories, inventory and workforce—to meet surging demand for air and missile defense systems and low-cost munitions such as the company’s Barracuda cruise missile. Anduril says it is not in a rush to go public; executives emphasize the abundance of private capital and that an IPO will come when the business has proven scalable economics and sustainable margins.

SoftBank and ARM reportedly made a bid for chipmaker Cerebras Systems in early May before the ARM IPO, according to people with knowledge of the outreach, but the offer was rebuffed. The approach aimed to combine ARM’s chip-design strength with Cerebras’s infrastructure access, a deal rationale that attracted attention as chipmakers jockey for scale ahead of subsequent public offerings. Separately, earnings updates from Chinese internet giants tempered the tone: Alibaba reported accelerated cloud revenue growth but heavy capex, while Tencent posted slower revenue expansion, signaling that AI investment is lifting cloud top lines even as returns and margins remain a focus for investors.

Commercial space and biotech collaborations also got a spotlight as companies outline microgravity drug trials and small-scale manufacturing missions to low-Earth orbit. Executives describe near-term commercial launches that will carry formulations into microgravity for development and then return samples to Earth for testing, a development investors view as an early example of space-based commercial research that could unlock new pharmaceutical formulations. Market participants say the combination of biotech, AI and space commercialization is widening the set of technology investment themes to watch in the months ahead.

Earnings Releases

Cisco (CSCO) EPS: $1.06 vs est $1.06 (beat)

AI and Technology Sector Analysis

Today’s market action reinforced AI as the dominant investment theme: private capital flows into Anthropic and Anduril’s fresh valuation signal accelerating demand for AI compute and defense automation. NVIDIA (NVDA) $225.83 remains central to the Chip Supply Chain rally, while ARM Holdings (ARM) $221.21 and Marvell (MRVL) $177.95 reflect strength deeper in the supply chain as hopes grow for eased China chip access. On the infrastructure and enterprise side, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) $32.07 and Palo Alto Networks (PANW) $227.79 show investors are rotating into compute and security stacks needed to deploy large-scale AI workloads, even as Enterprise Software faces pressure.

US Stock Sector Overview

Sector	1D	5D	20D	vs 50MA
Mag 7 (AI Spenders)	+1.9%	+2.3%	+8.2%	ABOVE
Chip Supply Chain	+2.2%	+5.2%	+39.8%	ABOVE
Infrastructure	+1.8%	+5.7%	+21.9%	ABOVE
Enterprise Software	-2.9%	-7.8%	-8.0%	BELOW
Finance	-0.3%	+0.6%	+1.5%	ABOVE
Healthcare	+1.9%	+6.3%	+19.6%	ABOVE
Retail	+1.0%	+1.6%	+5.0%	ABOVE
IT Services	-4.0%	-9.0%	-16.1%	BELOW
Airlines	+0.2%	-3.4%	+1.2%	ABOVE
Hospitality & Travel	-1.7%	-5.0%	-9.7%	BELOW
Food & Restaurant	-0.1%	-0.6%	-1.2%	BELOW
Logistics	-0.9%	-1.7%	-4.6%	BELOW
Industrial	-0.7%	+0.8%	+6.0%	BELOW
Cybersecurity	+4.3%	+9.0%	+28.1%	ABOVE
Chip Equipment	+2.5%	+4.6%	+12.4%	ABOVE
Data Center REITs	-0.7%	+0.1%	-1.1%	ABOVE
Utilities	-0.3%	+0.5%	-0.7%	BELOW
Energy	+0.3%	+2.7%	-0.7%	BELOW
Defense & Aerospace	-0.7%	+0.1%	-7.2%	BELOW
Telecom	-1.7%	-1.3%	-2.9%	BELOW
Media & Entertainment	-0.7%	-2.1%	-8.9%	BELOW
Biotech	-0.7%	+0.7%	-3.8%	BELOW
Materials	+1.4%	+3.9%	+2.9%	ABOVE
Analog & Embedded Chips	+1.4%	+1.3%	+31.6%	ABOVE

Sector Strength

Cybersecurity +4.3% 20d: +28.1%

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) +5.7% (20d: +36.4%), Zscaler (ZS) +4.3% (20d: +13.5%), CrowdStrike (CRWD) +3.0% (20d: +34.5%)

Chip Equipment +2.5% 20d: +12.4%

ASML +4.0% (20d: +12.1%), Lam Research (LRCX) +2.1% (20d: +13.2%), Applied Materials (AMAT) +1.3% (20d: +12.0%)

Chip Supply Chain +2.2% 20d: +39.8%

Marvell (MRVL) +8.2% (20d: +33.4%), ARM Holdings (ARM) +6.4% (20d: +36.3%), Qualcomm (QCOM) +1.4% (20d: +58.5%)

Mag 7 (AI Spenders) +1.9% 20d: +8.2%

Alphabet (GOOG) +4.0% (20d: +19.9%), Tesla (TSLA) +2.7% (20d: +14.5%), NVIDIA (NVDA) +2.3% (20d: +13.9%)

Healthcare +1.9% 20d: +19.6%

Eli Lilly (LLY) +2.6% (20d: +12.4%), UnitedHealth (UNH) +1.2% (20d: +26.8%)

Sector Warnings

IT Services -4.0% 20d: -16.1% CRITICAL

Accenture (ACN) -6.0% (20d: -17.7%) [<50MA], IBM -2.1% (20d: -14.5%) [<50MA]

Enterprise Software -2.9% 20d: -8.0%

Palantir (PLTR) -4.4% (20d: -8.9%) [<50MA], Salesforce (CRM) -3.2% (20d: -8.5%) [<50MA], ServiceNow (NOW) -2.2% (20d: -9.7%) [<50MA]

Hospitality & Travel -1.7% 20d: -9.7%

Booking (BKNG) -3.4% (20d: -16.0%) [<50MA], Marriott (MAR) -0.0% (20d: -3.4%)

Telecom -1.7% 20d: -2.9%

AT&T (T) -1.9% (20d: -6.3%) [<50MA], T-Mobile (TMUS) -1.6% (20d: -3.5%) [<50MA], Verizon (VZ) -1.5% (20d: +0.9%) [<50MA]

Logistics -0.9% 20d: -4.6%

FedEx (FDX) -1.8% (20d: -2.9%), UPS +0.0% (20d: -6.3%) [<50MA]

Sector Deep Dive

Chip Supply Chain delivered the day’s most visible lift, up +2.2% and sitting well above its 50-day trend (+83.9% vs 50d). Marvell (MRVL) led gainers, up +8.2% to $177.95, with ARM Holdings (ARM) adding +6.4% to $221.21—both showing strong 50-day momentum as investors price increased demand for AI silicon and potential easing of export constraints. Over the 50-day window the group’s performance is strikingly robust and continues to outpace broader S&P 500 sector trends.

Infrastructure posted a solid +1.8% and remains above its 50-day trend (+37.2% vs 50d), driven by names positioning for expanded AI deployments. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) jumped +6.2% to $32.07 after infrastructure optimism around data-center refreshes, while select peers such as Super Micro (SMCI) slipped -2.4% to $32.00 but remain within a short-term consolidation around the 50-day context. The 50-day view shows the sector benefiting from both enterprise capex and cloud provider spending on additional compute capacity.

Cybersecurity was among the top-performing defensives today, up +4.3% and comfortably above its 50-day trend (+26.4% vs 50d). Palo Alto Networks (PANW) rose +5.7% to $227.79 and Zscaler (ZS) climbed +4.3% to $152.43 as investors reinforced allocations to security software amid heightened AI-related data and compute flows. The 50-day trend underscores a sustained rotation into security names as organizations prioritize governance and protection for expanding AI infrastructure.

Enterprise Software, by contrast, is under clear stress: the sector is down -2.9% today and sits well below its 50-day trend (-16.6% vs 50d). Salesforce (CRM) declined -3.2% to $165.84 and Palantir (PLTR) fell -4.4% to $130.05, exemplifying the group’s longer-term pressure. IT Services is similarly weak—Accenture (ACN) dropped -6.0% to $159.64—and the 50-day context signals material mean-reversion risk, with both sectors showing one of the market’s most pronounced drawdowns over the medium term.

Market Breadth Analysis

US stock market breadth analysis shows 12 of 24 sectors trading above their 50-day moving average, while 12 are below. An even split above and below the 50-day MA suggests the market lacks directional conviction. Watch for a decisive shift in sector rotation to confirm the next trend.

Interactive Charts

S&P 500 & NASDAQ 100

50-Day Sector Performance

1-Day vs 5-Day Sector Change

Active Alerts

HIGH IT Services down -16.1% over 20 days

HIGH Enterprise Software down -16.6% over 50 days

HIGH IT Services down -19.1% over 50 days

HIGH 5 sectors declining >5% over 20 days: Enterprise Software, IT Services, Hospitality & Travel, Defense & Aerospace, Media & Entertainment

HIGH 5 sectors declining >10% over 50 days: Enterprise Software, IT Services, Defense & Aerospace, Telecom, Biotech

Stock-Level Detail

Mag 7 (AI Spenders) Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GOOG	$399.04	+4.0%	+0.9%	+19.9%	+31.6%	ABOVE	0
TSLA	$445.27	+2.7%	+8.1%	+14.5%	+9.7%	ABOVE	0
NVDA	$225.83	+2.3%	+6.8%	+13.9%	+23.4%	ABOVE	0
META	$616.63	+2.3%	-0.0%	-8.9%	-7.7%	BELOW	0
AMZN	$270.13	+1.6%	-0.4%	+8.2%	+24.6%	ABOVE	0
AAPL	$298.87	+1.4%	+4.1%	+13.5%	+13.8%	ABOVE	0
MSFT	$405.21	-0.6%	-3.7%	-3.6%	+0.0%	ABOVE	4

Chip Supply Chain Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MRVL	$177.95	+8.2%	+11.2%	+33.4%	+127.9%	ABOVE	0
ARM	$221.21	+6.4%	+3.7%	+36.3%	+78.2%	ABOVE	0
QCOM	$213.17	+1.4%	+5.2%	+58.5%	+53.8%	ABOVE	0
TSM	$399.80	+0.6%	-3.5%	+10.0%	+11.9%	ABOVE	0
INTC	$120.29	-0.3%	+9.7%	+75.6%	+163.9%	ABOVE	2
AVGO	$416.79	-0.6%	+1.0%	+4.6%	+31.3%	ABOVE	3
AMD	$445.50	-0.6%	+9.1%	+60.1%	+120.5%	ABOVE	2

Infrastructure Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
HPE	$32.07	+6.2%	+8.0%	+23.9%	+48.8%	ABOVE	0
CSCO	$101.87	+2.6%	+10.5%	+20.6%	+26.0%	ABOVE	0
DELL	$243.87	+2.1%	+5.9%	+26.7%	+65.8%	ABOVE	0
VRT	$369.99	+0.8%	+8.8%	+25.8%	+47.2%	ABOVE	0
SMCI	$32.00	-2.4%	-4.8%	+12.7%	-2.0%	ABOVE	3

Enterprise Software Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
ADBE	$236.07	-2.0%	-8.0%	-4.9%	-13.6%	BELOW	4
NOW	$87.05	-2.2%	-7.0%	-9.7%	-23.5%	BELOW	2
CRM	$165.84	-3.2%	-11.0%	-8.5%	-14.1%	BELOW	4
PLTR	$130.05	-4.4%	-5.1%	-8.9%	-15.1%	BELOW	3

Finance Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
GS	$955.42	+1.0%	+3.2%	+6.2%	+10.2%	ABOVE	0
JPM	$300.25	-1.5%	-2.0%	-3.1%	+0.3%	ABOVE	1

Healthcare Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LLY	$1015.75	+2.6%	+4.2%	+12.4%	+1.2%	ABOVE	0
UNH	$401.16	+1.2%	+8.5%	+26.8%	+38.5%	ABOVE	0

Retail Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
COST	$1033.08	+1.1%	+2.1%	+4.6%	+2.6%	ABOVE	0
WMT	$131.47	+0.9%	+1.2%	+5.3%	+2.9%	ABOVE	0

IT Services Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
IBM	$214.64	-2.1%	-6.5%	-14.5%	-14.2%	BELOW	3
ACN	$159.64	-6.0%	-11.4%	-17.7%	-24.0%	BELOW	3

Airlines Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
DAL	$71.05	+0.5%	-2.8%	+1.7%	+11.3%	ABOVE	0
UAL	$95.70	-0.1%	-4.0%	+0.7%	-4.8%	ABOVE	5

Hospitality & Travel Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MAR	$350.19	-0.0%	-0.5%	-3.4%	+4.2%	ABOVE	2
BKNG	$155.03	-3.4%	-9.5%	-16.0%	-8.7%	BELOW	1

Food & Restaurant Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
MCD	$275.70	+0.3%	-2.8%	-10.2%	-16.9%	BELOW	0
SBUX	$105.95	-0.6%	+1.6%	+7.7%	+9.1%	ABOVE	1

Logistics Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
UPS	$98.45	+0.0%	-1.6%	-6.3%	-10.9%	BELOW	0
FDX	$369.70	-1.8%	-1.7%	-2.9%	-3.4%	ABOVE	2

Industrial Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
HON	$217.96	-0.3%	+0.9%	-5.0%	-11.4%	BELOW	2
CAT	$902.30	-1.1%	+0.7%	+17.0%	+23.3%	ABOVE	2

Cybersecurity Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
PANW	$227.79	+5.7%	+15.9%	+36.4%	+43.7%	ABOVE
ZS	$152.43	+4.3%	-0.2%	+13.5%	-2.4%	ABOVE
CRWD	$562.57	+3.0%	+11.2%	+34.5%	+38.0%	ABOVE

Chip Equipment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA
ASML	$1581.58	+4.0%	+4.3%	+12.1%	+13.0%	ABOVE
LRCX	$295.44	+2.1%	+3.1%	+13.2%	+32.5%	ABOVE
AMAT	$436.61	+1.3%	+6.3%	+12.0%	+22.0%	ABOVE

Data Center REITs Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
EQIX	$1077.28	-0.3%	+1.0%	+0.6%	+11.2%	ABOVE	2
DLR	$193.31	-1.0%	-0.8%	-2.9%	+5.9%	ABOVE	2

Utilities Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NEE	$94.85	+0.3%	+1.6%	+3.3%	+2.4%	ABOVE	0
SO	$93.14	-0.4%	+0.8%	-1.9%	-4.6%	BELOW	1
DUK	$123.90	-0.9%	-0.8%	-3.7%	-6.1%	BELOW	1

Energy Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
XOM	$151.57	+0.6%	+3.4%	-0.3%	+1.2%	BELOW	0
CVX	$186.00	+0.0%	+1.9%	-1.1%	-0.0%	BELOW	0

Defense & Aerospace Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LMT	$519.94	-0.2%	+1.5%	-14.4%	-21.8%	BELOW	1
RTX	$178.11	-0.4%	+0.8%	-9.1%	-14.7%	BELOW	1
GD	$341.36	-1.5%	-1.8%	+1.9%	-6.8%	BELOW	1

Telecom Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
VZ	$47.21	-1.5%	+0.3%	+0.9%	-7.8%	BELOW	1
TMUS	$190.28	-1.6%	-2.0%	-3.5%	-13.4%	BELOW	1
T	$24.74	-1.9%	-2.1%	-6.3%	-14.6%	BELOW	1

Media & Entertainment Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
NFLX	$87.56	-0.1%	-0.8%	-18.8%	-11.3%	BELOW	1
DIS	$104.90	-1.2%	-3.5%	+1.0%	+1.8%	ABOVE	1

Biotech Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
AMGN	$336.45	+0.0%	+2.2%	-3.7%	-11.3%	BELOW	0
GILD	$133.05	-1.4%	-0.8%	-4.0%	-10.2%	BELOW	1

Materials Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
LIN	$513.26	+1.9%	+3.9%	+2.8%	+2.8%	ABOVE	0
APD	$306.20	+0.9%	+3.8%	+3.0%	+11.7%	ABOVE	0

Analog & Embedded Chips Show individual tickers

Ticker	Price	1D	5D	20D	50D	vs 50MA	Down Days
TXN	$306.34	+3.8%	+7.4%	+37.3%	+51.4%	ABOVE	0
MCHP	$96.71	-1.0%	-4.8%	+25.8%	+38.4%	ABOVE	5

Key Stock Movers

Today's biggest movers by absolute percentage change: Marvell (MRVL) (Chip Supply Chain) rose 8.2% to $177.95. ARM Holdings (ARM) (Chip Supply Chain) rose 6.4% to $221.21. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (Infrastructure) rose 6.2% to $32.07. Accenture (ACN) (IT Services) fell 6.0% to $159.64. Palo Alto Networks (PANW) (Cybersecurity) rose 5.7% to $227.79. These individual stock movements were key drivers of their respective sector performance.

Risk and Opportunity Assessment

On the risk side, 5 high-severity alerts are currently active, signaling significant sector declines that warrant portfolio risk management attention. Consider reducing exposure to affected sectors and tightening stop-loss levels.

US Stock Market Outlook

Breadth is mixed: 12 sectors above their 50MA and 12 below, and active alerts highlight elevated stress in IT Services and Enterprise Software (notably declines of -19.1% and -16.6% over 50 days). With five sectors down more than 10% over 50 days, traders should favor cyclicals tied to AI infrastructure (Chip Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity) while keeping defensive allocations for positions exposed to longer-duration software earnings risk. Monitor alert counts and the 50-day trends for signs of breakout or capitulation; tactical positioning should overweight quality hardware and security providers and underweight large Enterprise Software exposure until the 50-day trajectories stabilize.

Hypothetical Portfolio

SIMULATION

Value $120,724

P&L +20.72%

Today +0.82%

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