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Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming

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Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming Center for Economic and Policy Research

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF+5.6% 9d

    iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF: it holds software companies. Linked by “software” (software) in this story.

  • MSFT Microsoft+8.4% 30d

    Microsoft (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story.

  • ORCL Oracle-8.8% 30d

    Oracle (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story.

  • CRM Salesforce-3.9% 30d

    Salesforce (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story.

  • PLTR Palantir Technologies+15.2% 30d

    Palantir Technologies (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
IGVNo price data for this ticker———————
MSFTNo price data for this ticker———————
ORCLNo price data for this ticker———————
CRMNo price data for this ticker———————
PLTRNo price data for this ticker———————

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming Center for Economic and Policy Research

Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research

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Who gains and who loses around Ishares Tr (IGV)

Companies carried with this story

  • IGV Ishares Tr

    Ishares Tr (IGV) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 28 Oct 2026 story “Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming.” Reason on file: iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF: it holds software companies. Linked by “software” (software) in this story

  • MSFT Microsoft

    Microsoft (MSFT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 28 Oct 2026 story “Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming.” Reason on file: Microsoft (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story

  • ORCL Oracle

    In “Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming,” Oracle (ORCL) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Oracle (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story

  • CRM Salesforce

    In “Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming,” Salesforce (CRM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Salesforce (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story

  • PLTR Palantir Technologies

    In “Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming,” Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Palantir Technologies (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story

Ishares Tr (IGV)

“Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming” (28 Oct 2026) reaches Ishares Tr (IGV) through this story.

What ties Ishares Tr (IGV) to the headline is this: iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF: it holds software companies. Linked by “software” (software) in this story

A second company, Microsoft (MSFT), is listed for a different reason: Microsoft (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “software” (software) in this story

Price levels for Ishares Tr (IGV)

IGV traded between 103.07 and 112.61 across 9 sessions. The latest close on file is 112.59. MSFT traded between 510.42 and 551.08 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 531.58. ORCL traded between 122.78 and 146.94 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 130.56.

What the saved facts support for Ishares Tr (IGV)

40 out of 100

“Anthropic Promises to Send the Market for Anti-Virus Software Booming” scores 40 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 5 linked companies.