🆕 Newsmakers — 9:30a ET, 2026-06-16 — new since last alert

📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • Treasury Yields Ease as Markets Await Iran Deal Details, Fed Demand for Treasurys rose, sending yields lower, as details of the announced peace deal with Iran remain unclear and the first two-day Fed meeting with Warsh as chairman starts. — wsj.com · 06/16 9:11a https://www.wsj.com/finance/jgb-futures-edge-lower-ahead-of-bojs-rate-decision-6b5d01ff • The U.S. Has $8 Trillion in Debt Maturing in 12 Months. That's a ‘Bonkers Record High' The U.S. government has to refinance roughly $8 trillion of debt in the next 12 months, a number Slate Money panelist Felix Salmon called a "bonkers record high" on the show this past weekend. — 247wallst.com · 06/16 9:04a https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/16/the-u-s-has-8-trillion-in-debt-maturing-in-12-months-thats-a-bonkers-record-high/ • There Is A Hormuz Hangover Ahead Of Us Geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran are easing, prompting a sharp drop in oil prices and a surge in risk assets. Markets have priced in a best-case scenario, but operational and political uncertainties remain, especially regarding the Strait of Hormuz and Israel's stan… — seekingalpha.com · 06/16 8:57a https://seekingalpha.com/article/4915309-there-is-a-hormuz-hangover-ahead-of-us • Import-Price Inflation Remained Firm in May Prices on U.S. energy imports rose at a slower rate last month as the global economy adjusted to the effects of the Iran conflict, but overall growth in import prices remained elevated, the Labor Department reported. — wsj.com · 06/16 8:56a https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/import-price-inflation-remained-firm-in-may-66155c92 • U.S. Housing Starts Fell Sharply in May Housing starts fell 15.4% in May to 1.177 million, significantly below economists' expectations of a 2.4% decline. — wsj.com · 06/16 8:49a https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/u-s-housing-starts-fell-sharply-in-may-c67f7963

🐘 NEW BIG-CAP MOVERS:

1. SPCX +4% $200.08 (2616B cap) Defiance Launches SPCU, Delivering 2X Long Exposure to SpaceX in Its First Full Week of Trading MIAMI, June 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Defiance ETFs today announced the launch of the Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SpaceX ETF (Cboe: SPCU). SPCU begins trading today at 4am ET and seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, equal to 200% of the daily performanc… — globenewswire.com · 06/16 9:21a https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/16/3312722/0/en/Defiance-Launches-SPCU-Delivering-2X-Long-Exposure-to-SpaceX-in-Its-First-Full-Week-of-Trading.html

📈 NEW GAINERS:

1. ARQQ +32% $17.92 (272M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

2. WYFI +21% $29.98 (1.1B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

3. BRUN +21% $37.46 (3.0B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

4. SMWB +20% $5.25 (455M cap) Similarweb Secures Multi-Year, Seven-Figure ARR Contracts Worth Approximately $47 Million in Total Contract Value TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Similarweb Ltd. (NYSE: SMWB), a leading digital data and analytics company powering critical business decisions, today announced that it has surpassed $300 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) and signed two multi-year enterprise contracts… — businesswire.com · 06/15 8:00a https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260615625728/en/Similarweb-Secures-Multi-Year-Seven-Figure-ARR-Contracts-Worth-Approximately-47-Million-in-Total-Contract-Value/

5. GDXU +20% $128.47 (664M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

6. XNDU +18% $13.94 (304M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

7. RVI +15% $40.62 (560M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

8. EH +15% $7.60 (275M cap) EHang Rockets 18%, Archer Zooms 10%, Joby Rises 7% as Air Taxi Stocks Fly Higher With the Broader Market Air taxi stocks are in the clouds at midday Monday, led by EHang (NASDAQ:EH) stock, which is up 18% to around $7.84. — 247wallst.com · 06/15 1:53p https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/15/ehang-rockets-18-archer-zooms-10-joby-rises-7-as-air-taxi-stocks-fly-higher-with-the-broader-market/

9. JNUG +15% $159.18 (434M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

— new items only (already-sent headlines filtered). Full list in the 10am/3pm digest.