Today: 15 March 2026

Khadija Saeed

A dedicated markets reporter, she covers stocks, macroeconomics, and major business developments with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy.

Johnson Controls (JCI) stock slides 6% after Nvidia’s “no water chillers” line jolts data-center cooling trade

Johnson Controls (JCI) stock slides 6% after Nvidia’s “no water chillers” line jolts data-center cooling trade

Johnson Controls shares fell 6.2% to $113.95 after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said new chips could sharply reduce data-center cooling needs. Trane dropped 2.5% and Carrier slipped 0.5%. Barclays estimates data centers are a low-double-digit share of Johnson Controls’ sales. Investors now await CES updates, U.S. jobs data, and Johnson Controls’ Feb. 4 results.
Qualcomm (QCOM) stock rises after-hours on Google auto AI pact, CES chip launches

Qualcomm (QCOM) stock rises after-hours on Google auto AI pact, CES chip launches

Qualcomm shares rose 3.5% to $182.45 in after-hours trading Tuesday after CES announcements highlighting new auto and PC initiatives. Qualcomm and Google expanded their automotive partnership to accelerate software-defined vehicles and in-car AI. The company also unveiled Snapdragon X2 Plus chips for Windows laptops and launched new processors for edge AI and robotics.
Applied Materials stock jumps to a fresh 52-week high as CES AI talk lifts chip-equipment shares

Applied Materials stock jumps to a fresh 52-week high as CES AI talk lifts chip-equipment shares

Applied Materials shares jumped 4.1% to a record $296.01 Tuesday as chip-equipment stocks rallied on renewed AI optimism and CES headlines. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index hit an all-time high. Peers Lam Research, KLA, and ASML also advanced. Investors await U.S. labor data and Applied Materials’ earnings report on Feb. 12.
AST SpaceMobile stock jumps on AT&T satellite-to-phone beta plan — what investors watch next

AST SpaceMobile stock jumps on AT&T satellite-to-phone beta plan — what investors watch next

AST SpaceMobile shares jumped 7.2% Tuesday before slipping 1.8% to $95.75 after hours. Investors tracked AT&T’s plan to begin a limited satellite-to-phone beta in the first half of 2026. Options activity surged, with calls outpacing puts and implied volatility rising. The next BlueBird satellite launch and March earnings window remain in focus.
Seagate stock jumps 14% as Nvidia CES “context memory storage” lifts STX and peers

Seagate stock jumps 14% as Nvidia CES “context memory storage” lifts STX and peers

Seagate shares surged 14% to $330.42 in after-hours trading Tuesday, hitting a record high amid strong demand for AI-related data storage. Peer stocks SanDisk, Western Digital, and Micron also posted double-digit gains. The rally follows tightening memory supply and bullish comments from Nvidia and Samsung at CES. Seagate’s next earnings report is expected around Jan. 20.
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Walmart stock (WMT) rises as Walmart Connect rolls out ad assistant ahead of earnings

Walmart stock (WMT) rises as Walmart Connect rolls out ad assistant ahead of earnings

Walmart shares rose 1.5% to $114.34 in after-hours trading Tuesday after its advertising unit unveiled a new AI assistant for Sponsored Search campaigns, now in beta. The move comes ahead of Walmart’s Feb. 19 earnings report. Director Timothy Patrick Flynn received 337 stock units at $111.41 as deferred compensation, a regulatory filing showed.
Oklo stock jumps toward $100 as DOE’s $2.7 billion uranium move lifts nuclear plays

Oklo stock jumps toward $100 as DOE’s $2.7 billion uranium move lifts nuclear plays

Oklo Inc. shares climbed 7% to $95.60 in after-hours trading Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Energy awarded $2.7 billion in enrichment contracts to boost domestic nuclear fuel supply. The stock hit $96.82 earlier, with 20 million shares traded. Other nuclear-linked stocks, including NuScale Power and Centrus Energy, also advanced. The DOE awards do not fund Oklo’s reactor construction.
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Stock Market Today

  • Evernorth boosts XRP holdings, Nasdaq listing planned; Ripple updates v3.1.2; $8.60 XRP forecast
    March 14, 2026, 11:34 PM EDT. Evernorth, a major institutional holder of XRP, is expanding its stake and plans an October 2025 Nasdaq listing aiming for a $1 billion valuation. The firm generates yield through crypto lending of its XRP assets. Ripple released version 3.1.2 of its rippled software to resolve a public node outage edge case, requiring validators and node operators to upgrade and trust a new GPG key. Market analysts predict XRP/USD could surge to $8.60 by late 2026, representing a potential 330% gain from current breakout levels, paralleling gains seen after the 2024-25 channel breakout. These developments highlight growing institutional interest and technical improvements surrounding XRP.
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