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May 7 Nasdaq Hits Intraday Record as Datadog Surge Fights Off Iran Ceasefire Doubts and $95 Oil

May 7 Nasdaq Hits Intraday Record as Datadog Surge Fights Off Iran Ceasefire Doubts and $95 Oil

$DDOG $IONQ

Mukund Mohan
May 07, 2026

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Datadog ($DDOG) added over $8 billion in market cap today after beating revenue and EPS estimates. Most importantly, management raised full-year guidance to $4.32 billion 😊 😋

Rally slowed as investors balanced blockbuster software earnings with a "fog of war" update from the Middle East.

The morning was a Tale of Two Markets: the "Digital Economy" surged on $DDOG ( ▲ 6.06% ) Datadog’s first $1 billion revenue quarter, while the "Physical Economy" struggled as Whirlpool plummeted 12% on a dividend cut and soft consumer demand.

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DDOG Billion Dollar Breakout for Datadog

The company reported its first-ever $1 billion revenue quarter this morning, triggering a massive +21% surge that is single-handedly lifting the entire cloud software sector.

Mukund Mohan