Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:
1. Fed here, Fed there
2. Israel-Iran conflict
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with players of the Juventus soccer team in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 18, 2025.
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3. Met-AI
The logo of Meta is seen at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025.
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Meta wanted to buy Ilya Sutskever’s artificial intelligence startup worth $32 billion, but is now planning to hire its CEO and co-founder, Daniel Gross, instead, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Sutskever rebuffed Meta’s efforts to buy Safe Superintelligence earlier this year. Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman would also join Meta along with Gross, according to the people, who requested anonymity to speak candidly. Meta’s moves come as the AI race continues to heat up.
4. Stable GENIUS
A screen shows the logo of Circle, the issuer of one of the world’s biggest stablecoins, on the day of the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025.
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5. Olive branch
An aerial view of an Olive Garden restaurant on June 20, 2024 in Rohnert Park, California.Â
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Darden Restaurants is predicting growth into 2026. The parent company of Olive Garden beat fourth-quarter earnings and revenue when it reported results Friday. It also saw same-store sales climb for Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. “Our strategy remains the right one for the company, and we will continue to execute it to drive growth and long-term shareholder value,” CEO Rick Cardenas said in a release Friday.
— CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Brian Evans, Jeff Cox, Ruxandra Iordache, Kate Rooney, Tanaya Macheel and Ali McCadden contributed to this report.
