Early gains fade, leaving QQQ down 0.60% as Iran and AI updates accumulate

QQQ opened 0.18% above its prior close and reached 0.61% at the session high before finishing down 0.60%. SPY opened up 0.13%, reached 0.43% at its high, and finished down 0.41%, leaving QQQ behind by 0.19 percentage points. U.S.-Iran claims and energy-policy actions unfolded alongside NVIDIA, Micron, Microsoft, SpaceX, and other AI infrastructure updates.