New York, February 7, 2026, 19:54 (EST) — The market is done for the day.
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) finished Friday with a 3.46% gain, settling at $215.91 before ticking up to $216.50 in after-hours trading—the move coming right after the 4 p.m. close. That bounce came on the heels of a 3.29% drop the previous day. Shares remain down about 5% on the week, and the stock is still trading some 14% off its 52-week high. 1
U.S. markets are closed for the weekend, so attention turns to Monday for any real move. TEL keeps trading in step with the ongoing tug-of-war around just how much “AI buildout” enthusiasm the market has already priced in.
Wall Street rebounded Friday, snapping a three-day losing streak. The Dow punched through to a record close at 50,115.67, while the S&P 500 gained 1.97%. “I think there’s enough evidence that there’s real demand for AI products,” said Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst at Baird. 2
TE last made waves with its January 21 quarterly report and forecast. CEO Terrence Curtin noted ongoing growth “in key applications such as AI,” while the company projected second-quarter adjusted EPS at roughly $2.65, with sales estimated near $4.7 billion. 3
Debt’s getting attention, too. On January 26, TE announced it had set pricing for $750 million in senior notes, those higher-priority bonds, with the deal slated to wrap up on Feb. 9. 4
TE will pay out a $0.71 per-share dividend on March 13 to shareholders registered by Feb. 20, according to its December disclosure. The company, which focuses on connectivity and sensor gear for moving power, data, and signals through transportation, energy systems, industrial automation, and data centers, announced the details 6 .
Macro calendar risk hangs in the balance next week, with a brief U.S. government shutdown delaying a few data drops. The Labor Department still plans to release the January jobs report on Feb. 11. Meanwhile, according to the BLS schedule, January’s CPI inflation print lands Feb. 13 at 8:30 a.m. ET. 5
The risk is straightforward: hotter inflation or another stumble in Wall Street’s AI-spending story, and suppliers exposed to industrial and data-center cycles could take a hit fast. TEL’s sharp two-day swing heading into the weekend underscored the point.
TE Connectivity stock now faces Monday’s open, right as the bond deal is set to close that day. But the main event for the week lands Friday, when the CPI report drops.
