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RTX stock faces Pentagon payout curb list next week as dividend stays in play
7 February 2026
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RTX stock faces Pentagon payout curb list next week as dividend stays in play

New York, February 7, 2026, 15:41 EST — Market closed. RTX shares ended Friday higher as defense contractors, including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and L3Harris, braced for the Pentagon to release early next week a list of underperforming firms that could face limits on dividends and stock buybacks — repurchases of a company’s own shares — under President Donald Trump’s Jan. 7 order. RTX closed at $198.66, up about 1.4%, while the five biggest defense firms returned about $18 billion to shareholders over the past 12 months, Morgan Stanley data show; Trump has singled out RTX’s Raytheon unit
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Kweichow Moutai (600519) stock price slides 2.6% — what to know before China markets reopen
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Kweichow Moutai (600519) stock price slides 2.6% — what to know before China markets reopen

Kweichow Moutai Class A shares fell 2.6% to 1,515.01 yuan at Friday’s close in Shanghai, with about 7.9 million shares traded. A 2,500-share block trade matched the closing price. Liquor stocks broadly declined, while wholesale prices for Feitian Moutai labels rose Saturday. Investors await China’s February 11 inflation data as the next key event.
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China Construction Bank Class A stock ticks up at Friday close as China data looms

China Construction Bank Class A stock ticks up at Friday close as China data looms

China Construction Bank Class A shares closed up 0.11% at 8.84 yuan in Shanghai on Friday, with around 100 million shares traded. The Shanghai Composite slipped 0.25%. Investors are watching for January inflation data on Feb. 11 and credit figures on Feb. 13 for policy signals. Premier Li Qiang called for early fiscal support to meet economic targets, state media reported.
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PetroChina Class A stock rises with oil rebound — what 601857 traders watch next week

PetroChina Class A stock rises with oil rebound — what 601857 traders watch next week

PetroChina A-shares rose 2.3% to 10.77 yuan Friday, outperforming the Shanghai Composite, which fell 0.25%. Crude prices rebounded, with Brent settling at $68.05 a barrel, as traders tracked U.S.-Iran talks and new EU sanctions proposals. About 198.5 million PetroChina shares traded in the session. Investors await the company’s next earnings report later this quarter.
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Nestle stock price: shares end higher as investors weigh baby formula recall, look to Feb 19 results

Nestle stock price: shares end higher as investors weigh baby formula recall, look to Feb 19 results

Nestle shares closed up 0.6% at 78.89 Swiss francs Friday, outperforming the Swiss blue-chip index. The move comes as investors track Europe’s widening infant formula recall, which has swept in Nestle and other producers. French authorities are investigating possible links to two infant deaths. Nestle’s full-year results are due Feb. 19.
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Lam Research stock price jumps 8% as chip rally returns — what to watch next week

Lam Research stock price jumps 8% as chip rally returns — what to watch next week

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7 February 2026
Lam Research shares surged 8.3% to $231.01 Friday, with after-hours trading flat. The move followed a broad rally in chip stocks, pushing the PHLX semiconductor index up 5.7% as Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom advanced. Lam announced a $0.26 quarterly dividend and a senior executive exercised 53,925 shares. Investors await U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
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Goldman Sachs stock jumps on Anthropic AI push — what to watch before Monday

Goldman Sachs stock jumps on Anthropic AI push — what to watch before Monday

Goldman Sachs shares jumped 4.3% to $928.75 Friday after confirming it is working with AI startup Anthropic on internal “AI agents.” The stock’s rally helped lift the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. Delayed U.S. jobs and inflation data are due midweek and could affect rate expectations. Goldman also filed for new structured notes tied to the Russell 2000 and S&P 500.
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Novartis stock heads into Monday with Kisqali Canada nod and $23 billion U.S. R&D build-out in focus

Novartis stock heads into Monday with Kisqali Canada nod and $23 billion U.S. R&D build-out in focus

Novartis shares closed up 0.6% in Zurich at 119.96 francs Friday, with U.S. ADRs gaining 1.5%. The company broke ground on a new San Diego research center and reported a positive draft reimbursement recommendation for Kisqali in Canada. Investors are watching for the March 6 annual meeting and March 10 ex-dividend date tied to a proposed 3.70-franc payout.
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AstraZeneca stock price: What could move AZN next week as earnings loom

AstraZeneca stock price: What could move AZN next week as earnings loom

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7 February 2026
AstraZeneca shares rose Friday, closing at $193.03 in New York, up 3.1%, and 14,104p in London, up 0.9%. The company reports full-year and Q4 2025 results Tuesday, with investors focused on 2026 guidance. The FDA this week issued a complete response letter for a subcutaneous Saphnelo filing, while granting Priority Review to Datroway for breast cancer. AstraZeneca recently shifted its primary U.S. listing to the NYSE.
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Toyota stock price rises on CEO shake-up and higher profit outlook as buyout deadline nears

Toyota stock price rises on CEO shake-up and higher profit outlook as buyout deadline nears

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7 February 2026
Toyota shares rose 2% to 3,780 yen Friday after the company raised its full-year profit forecast and announced CFO Kenta Kon will replace CEO Koji Sato on April 1. Third-quarter net revenues climbed 6.8% to 38.087 trillion yen, but North America posted a 5.6 billion yen operating loss. Toyota’s U.S. ADRs closed up 2.9%. The tender offer for Toyota Industries shares closes Feb. 12.
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HSBC share price bounces back after BoE split vote — what to watch before Feb 25 results

HSBC share price bounces back after BoE split vote — what to watch before Feb 25 results

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7 February 2026
HSBC shares closed up 2.2% at £13.06 on Friday, reversing Thursday’s drop as traders weighed possible Bank of England rate cuts and awaited the bank’s annual results on Feb. 25. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%, with major UK banks also gaining. HSBC is also preparing to cut some banker bonuses and push out underperformers amid a cost reset. Key UK, U.S., and euro zone economic data are due next week.
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Agricultural Bank of China 601288 A-shares slide as tech rout bites; inflation data is the next test

Agricultural Bank of China 601288 A-shares slide as tech rout bites; inflation data is the next test

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7 February 2026
Agricultural Bank of China’s A shares closed down 0.45% at 6.67 yuan in Shanghai Friday, with turnover at 2.24 billion yuan. The bank’s A-share capital remained unchanged at 319.24 billion shares as of Jan. 31. Mainland and Hong Kong stocks fell after a global tech selloff and a sharp drop in silver futures. China’s January CPI data is due Feb. 11, with trading expected to thin ahead of the Lunar New Year break.
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Palantir stock price rebounds after AI shakeout — what traders watch next week

Palantir stock price rebounds after AI shakeout — what traders watch next week

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7 February 2026
Palantir Technologies shares rose 4.5% to $135.90 Friday after reporting a 70% jump in Q4 revenue to $1.407 billion and forecasting 61% revenue growth in 2026. The stock rebounded from a 6.8% drop Thursday, triggered by concerns over Big Tech capital spending and AI’s impact on software demand. A new partnership with Cognizant and U.S. government policy shifts kept Palantir in focus. Director Alexander D. Moore sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2.
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Coca-Cola stock price ends near $79 — frozen products exit sets up KO earnings week

Coca-Cola stock price ends near $79 — frozen products exit sets up KO earnings week

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7 February 2026
Coca-Cola will discontinue its frozen products, including the Minute Maid frozen line, in the U.S. and Canada in Q1 2026. Shares closed Friday up 0.66% at $79.03 ahead of Tuesday’s quarterly results. CEO James Quincey sold 337,824 shares on Feb. 3 for about $26 million under a pre-arranged plan. Options pricing suggests a possible 3% move after earnings.
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Alibaba stock price (BABA) back in focus after Qwen giveaway strains app — what to watch next week

Alibaba stock price (BABA) back in focus after Qwen giveaway strains app — what to watch next week

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7 February 2026
Alibaba’s U.S.-listed shares closed up 3% at $162.51 Friday after a Qwen app giveaway in China triggered a surge in downloads and service disruptions. Qwen’s free bubble tea offer drove over 10 million orders in nine hours, pushing the app to the top of China’s App Store. Traders await Alibaba’s Feb. 19 earnings and China’s Spring Festival holiday.
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Netflix stock price ends higher as DOJ widens review of Warner deal — what to watch next week

Netflix stock price ends higher as DOJ widens review of Warner deal — what to watch next week

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7 February 2026
Netflix shares rose 1.6% to $82.20 Friday as the Justice Department expanded its antitrust review of the company’s planned $82.7 billion Warner Bros Discovery acquisition. A Wall Street Journal report said investigators are probing possible anti-competitive tactics. Director Reed Hastings reported a transfer of 241,944 shares via a family trust, according to an SEC filing.
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Real estate stocks rise as rate-cut bets return; XLRE ends at $41.99 ahead of payrolls and CPI

Real estate stocks rise as rate-cut bets return; XLRE ends at $41.99 ahead of payrolls and CPI

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7 February 2026
U.S. real estate stocks rose Friday, with XLRE up 1.8% to $41.99 and VNQ and IYR each gaining 1.6%. The Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time as the 10-year Treasury yield ended at 4.206%. Bank of America downgraded Public Storage and Extra Space Storage, citing weak housing turnover and high borrowing costs. The delayed January jobs report is set for Feb. 11, with CPI due Feb. 13.
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Communication services stocks lag the rebound — what XLC investors need to know before Monday

Communication services stocks lag the rebound — what XLC investors need to know before Monday

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7 February 2026
The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC) fell 0.39% to $115.76 Friday, lagging the S&P 500’s 1.97% gain. Alphabet Class C shares dropped 2.48%, Meta lost 1.31%, and News Corp slid 6%. Comcast, Netflix, and Disney rose, partly offsetting losses. Investors remain wary of heavy AI-related capital spending by big tech firms.
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Healthcare stocks in focus: Molina shock, FDA “copycat” warning and XLV set up Monday’s trade

Healthcare stocks in focus: Molina shock, FDA “copycat” warning and XLV set up Monday’s trade

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7 February 2026
Molina Healthcare plunged 25.5% after forecasting 2026 profit far below estimates and announcing a 2027 exit from Medicare Part D. Centene guided profit above expectations but dropped 3.7%, while Cigna rose 2.6% on a strong quarter but flagged a softer 2026 outlook. XLV gained 1.8%. Hims fell 10% after the FDA warned against mass-marketing compounded obesity drugs.
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