Bitcoin price slips on Iran strike headlines — here’s what to watch before Monday
Bitcoin drifted lower on Saturday, touching $63,177 before settling near $65,395 in quieter weekend action. Ether slipped roughly 1.3%, trading at $1,906.
Silver price jumps near $93 as Iran strikes raise Monday stakes and U.S. jobs data looms
Silver jumped Friday, trading at $92.60 an ounce, a gain of 4.8% for the session and heading for a 9.7% rally this February. Futures markets showed traders assigning about a 42% probability to a U.S. quarter-point rate cut in June. Gold, meanwhile, stayed steady. “It’s a risk-off in a flight to safety,” said Phillip Streible, chief market strategist at Blue Line Futures.
American Express stock price slides nearly 8% on hot inflation data, setting up a tense week for AXP holders
American Express Company tumbled 7.88% Friday, shedding $26.42 to finish at $308.90. It’s a sharp move down from Thursday’s $335.32 close, with financial stocks as a group trading lower.
Salesforce stock heads into Monday after a choppy week — guidance and AI “agents” in focus
Salesforce gave back 2.35% to finish at $194.79 on Friday, trimming its earlier, post-earnings rally. Investors kept debating growth prospects and AI as the week wrapped up.
Intuit stock jumps to $409 after earnings — what matters before Monday’s open (INTU)
Intuit Inc jumped 3.7% to close at $409.03 on Friday, standing out as the S&P 500 declined 0.43%. Shares of the TurboTax parent traded at more than twice their 50-day average volume, according to MarketWatch data.
Applied Materials stock pulls back from $396 high as insider sale and March events put AMAT in focus
Applied Materials, Inc. finished Friday’s session at $372.30, off 0.91%. Earlier in the week, the stock hit an intraday peak of $395.95 on Feb. 25, only to tumble 4.87% the following day. Trading volume on Friday came in around 9.04 million shares, price data show.
Walmart stock price: WMT in focus after a $100 million FTC Spark Driver settlement
Walmart Inc. finished Friday up 2.84% at $127.95, sidestepping the broader market’s drop. Investors sifted through new regulatory headlines around the company’s delivery business.
Bank of America stock sinks to $49.83 as bank selloff bites — here’s what to watch next week
Bank of America Corp shares closed at $49.83 on Friday, falling 4.72%. The stock hit a low of $49.32 during the session. Turnover reached roughly 77.7 million shares, breaking a two-day winning streak.
Booking Holdings stock price: BKNG investors circle March 3 and March 6 after a quiet Friday close
Booking Holdings Inc shares slipped 0.26% on Friday to finish at $4,239.35, barely budging as the Nasdaq travel giant approaches next week.
Costco stock closes above $1,000 as BofA restarts coverage ahead of earnings
Costco Wholesale Corporation shares gained 2.44% Friday, closing at $1,010.79 and bucking the broader market’s decline. COST ended roughly 5% shy of its 52-week high, with volume running heavier than normal.
Exxon Mobil stock price: Friday rally sets up Monday test after Iran strikes, OPEC+ meeting
Energy markets braced for a choppy start after strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Iran rattled nerves over potential Middle East supply shocks. Exxon Mobil finished Friday’s session at $152.50, up $3.96, or 2.7%. “The strike raises geopolitical risk premia as markets head into Monday’s open,” said OCBC strategist Christopher Wong in Singapore.
Goldman Sachs stock drops nearly 7.5% as credit fears flare — what to watch before Monday
Goldman Sachs Group Inc tumbled 7.47% Friday, ending the session at $859.57 as a late-month rout that started in software extended to banks and private-credit names. The stock kicked off the day at $912, slipped as low as $854.15, and touched $916.25 on the high end. Roughly 5.55 million shares traded hands, Investing.com data showed.
Visa stock ends week up after Argentina deal closes — what to watch before Monday
Visa Inc. shares edged up 1.09% to close out Friday at $320.14, following news that the payments heavyweight wrapped up its purchase of Argentina’s Prisma Medios de Pago and Newpay. https://investor.visa.com/stock-information/quote-chart/default.aspx
Eli Lilly stock price rebounds above $1,050 — what traders are watching next
Eli Lilly and Co jumped 2.93% to finish at $1,051.99 on Friday, breaking a three-session slide. U.S. markets remain closed Saturday.
CoreWeave stock price tumbles as $35 billion spending plan resets the CRWV story
CoreWeave tumbled 18.51% to finish at $79.56 on Friday, with the AI cloud company taking a hit after its newest spending and outlook update.
Dell stock price jumps 22% on AI server forecast — what to watch when markets reopen
Dell Technologies soared 21.93% Friday, notching its biggest one-day gain in months after boosting its full-year forecast. The company pointed to stronger demand for AI-optimized servers as the driver.
JPMorgan stock: JPM slides into the new week as credit jitters and jobs data take center stage
JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares slid on Friday, closing out the session at $300.30 after a rough day for financials. Fresh credit jitters and renewed focus on the U.S. rate trajectory rattled traders ahead of next week. In after-hours moves, the stock was quoted at $299.93.
Lumentum (LITE) stock at $701: Rule 144 sale notice and AI optics events in focus for Monday
Lumentum Holdings Inc finished Friday with a 3.5% gain at $700.91—just shy of its latest peaks as U.S. markets pause for the weekend.
Palantir stock (PLTR) tees up Monday after UBS upgrade cites “exceptional” demand
UBS bumped Palantir Technologies up to “Buy” from “Neutral,” sticking to its $180 price target. The bank pointed to the recent drop from highs as creating a more attractive entry.
Broadcom stock (AVGO) set for key week after 3D-stacked chip push, earnings next
Broadcom Inc. has set its sights on moving at least 1 million units of its 3D-stacked chip design by 2027, marking out a fresh milestone for tech the firm claims will ramp up AI computing while slashing energy demands. “Now, pretty much all of our customers are adopting this technology,” Harish Bharadwaj, vice president of product marketing, told Reuters. According to Bharadwaj, the 3D-stacked setup fuses two chips to accelerate data transfer and can improve energy efficiency about ten-fold.
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