⚔️ War & Conflict Small-cap stocks enjoy their best first half in 35 years. Here's what's driving it Small-cap U.S. stocks are capping off one of their strongest first halves in decades. CN CNBC Finance 30 Jun 2026 5 hours ago 1 min read CNBC Finance — 30 June 2026 Text: A− A+ 1 0 0 🎙️ Listen 🌐 Translate 🌐 Translate: 🇬🇧 EN 🇸🇦 AR 🇵🇰 UR 🇮🇳 HI 🇫🇷 FR 🇪🇸 ES 🇩🇪 DE 🇹🇷 TR 🇨🇳 ZH 🇷🇺 RU 🇧🇷 PT ✕ 🎙️ AI Podcast — Two-Host Discussion Small-cap stocks enjoy their best first half in 35 years. Here's what's driving… Kokoro TTS · ~5 min episode · American English voices ✕ 🎤 Voice Selection▼ tap to expand Choose voices for Host A and Host B. Changes take effect on next play. Host A 🟥 Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Fenrir (Rich, authoritative) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Onyx (Strong, broadcast) Liam (Youthful, conversational) Bella (Warm, expressive) Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Daniel (Polished, clear) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) Alejandro (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) Siwis (F, expressive) Alpha (F, clear) Gongitsune (F, natural) Kumo (M, deep) Xiaobei (F, bright) Yunyang (M, warm) Alpha (F, natural) Omega (M, clear) Sara (F, expressive) Nicola (M, rich) Dora (F, warm) Alex (M, clear) Host B 🟦 Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Bella (Warm, expressive) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Dora (F, warm) Alejandro (M, clear) Siwis (F, expressive) Nezuko (F, bright) Tebukuro (F, calm) Kumo (M, deep) Yunxi (F, energetic) Yunyang (M, warm) Omega (M, clear) Alpha (F, natural) Nicola (M, rich) Sara (F, expressive) Alex (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) 🎙️ Regenerate with Selected Voices A Now Speaking — Generating podcast… Synthesising speech — will play automatically when ready… ▶ 0:00 / 0:00 1× Small-cap U.S. stocks are capping off one of their strongest first halves in decades. But this is not your ordinary small-cap boom led by traditional Read Full Story at CNBC Finance → Advertisement Smallcap stocks enjoy their best first half years ticker:BAC ticker:GE ticker:IWM ticker:NVDA React: 🔥0 😮0 😢0 😡0 ❤️0 🤔0 Read original story at CNBC Finance Sources CNBC Finance Sponsored Related Stories ⚔️ War & Conflict US strikes Iranian sites in Strait of Hormuz Al Jazeera · 3 days ago ⚔️ War & Conflict Israel opposes Iran deal, strikes Gaza and Lebanon again Al Jazeera · 4 days ago ⚔️ War & Conflict 164 killed as twin quakes flatten Venezuela NPR News · 4 days ago ⚔️ War & Conflict Israel orders troops to stay in southern Lebanon Al Jazeera · 4 days ago ⚔️ War & Conflict US and Iran exchange strikes for first time since ceasefire Al Jazeera · 3 days ago ⚔️ War & Conflict US strikes Iran after drone attack on cargo ship BBC World News · 3 days ago