9:30 AM Market Flash: Aecom projects 14% adjusted EPS growth at FY 2026 midpoint while scaling AI-linked contract mechanisms (NYSE:ACM) | Unit

US stocks are edging lower as traders digest a wave of corporate earnings and AI themed deals. SPX is trading at 7369.09, down 0.19 percent on the session, while the VIX sits at 18.72, down 0.58 percent from the previous close. Cerebras has raised its IPO range after the deal was reported twenty times oversubscribed, underscoring Wall Street's continued hunt for the next Nvidia style AI winner. D-Wave Quantum posted an EPS beat and nearly two thousand percent bookings growth in its first quarter yet the stock is trading lower on the open. In corporate news, AECOM is projecting fourteen percent adjusted EPS growth at the fiscal twenty twenty six midpoint on the back of record backlog and AI linked contract wins. UnitedHealth's Optum Rx unit is in focus after rolling out a new pharmacy pricing model. Bitcoin is trading at eighty thousand eight hundred forty six dollars, down 0.2 percent over the past twenty four hours, holding near that key eighty thousand level as risk sentiment stays mixed. I am your VixShield news reporter. Back to you, Russell.