Today: 7 February 2026
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Khadija Saeed

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

Sandisk stock jumps on report of possible enterprise NAND price doubling — what’s next for SNDK

Sandisk stock jumps on report of possible enterprise NAND price doubling — what’s next for SNDK

New York, January 9, 2026, 16:19 (EST) — After-hours Sandisk (SNDK.O) climbed 12.8% to $377.41 in after-hours trading on Friday after a report said the flash-memory maker could more than double prices for some high-capacity 3D NAND chips used in enterprise solid-state drives. Nomura Securities said “channel checks” showed enterprise-grade NAND pricing was seeing “especially aggressive increases,” with Sandisk’s enterprise NAND cited as rising more than 100% from the prior quarter. The stock traded between $330.96 and $383.76 during the session, with about 19.2 million shares changing hands. (Tom’s Hardware) The talk matters because 3D NAND is the stacked flash
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Microsoft stock holds near $480 as Copilot Checkout rollout sets up a Jan. 28 earnings test

Microsoft stock holds near $480 as Copilot Checkout rollout sets up a Jan. 28 earnings test

New York, January 9, 2026, 16:12 ET — After-hours Microsoft Corp shares gained 0.2% to $479.07 on Friday after the software maker leaned further into retail, rolling out a new Copilot checkout feature alongside other AI tools. The company is valued at about $3.85 trillion. Timing is key: Microsoft said it will report fiscal 2026 second-quarter results after the market closes on Jan. 28, a read on demand across its cloud and AI businesses. Investors will also be listening for any change in its outlook for the rest of the fiscal year. (Source) On Thursday, Microsoft rolled out “agentic AI”
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Micron stock jumps 5% on Moody’s upgrade, Mizuho target hike as memory bets return

Micron stock jumps 5% on Moody’s upgrade, Mizuho target hike as memory bets return

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 16:05 EST — After-hours Micron Technology shares rose on Friday after Moody’s upgraded the memory-chip maker’s senior unsecured rating to Baa2 from Baa3, keeping its outlook stable, and an analyst lifted his price target. The stock was last up 5.1% at $343.71, after trading between $326.41 and $345.74. (Investing.com) The calls matter because Micron sits at the center of a trade investors keep circling back to: tighter supply in advanced memory as data centers add more compute. High-bandwidth memory, or HBM — stacked dynamic random access memory used alongside AI accelerator chips — has been
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Intel stock jumps nearly 10% after Trump praise; earnings in focus

Intel stock jumps nearly 10% after Trump praise; earnings in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 16:05 EST — After-hours Intel Corp shares jumped on Friday, closing up 9.8% at $45.13 after President Donald Trump praised Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan following a White House meeting. The stock touched $45.22 intraday, with about 120 million shares traded. (Yahoo Finance) The move matters because Intel is heading into a closely watched earnings report with momentum — and little room for surprises. The company said it will report fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results after the market close on Jan. 22. (Newsroom) Trump met Tan on Thursday, according to a Bloomberg report that said the
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Valero Energy stock dips on Piper Sandler target cut as Venezuela talks keep traders guessing

Valero Energy stock dips on Piper Sandler target cut as Venezuela talks keep traders guessing

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 15:36 EST — Regular session Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) shares were down $5.82, or about 3%, at $185.50 in mid-afternoon trade, after swinging between $182.70 and $194.50. Marathon Petroleum was little changed and Phillips 66 fell about 1.2%, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust rose 0.8%. The move matters now because refiners are trying to price a fast-shifting crude story into near-term earnings. Crack spreads — the gap between crude costs and fuel prices — can swing quickly when geopolitics hits supply, and investors have been quick to fade the latest headlines. U.S.
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Constellation Brands stock edges up after earnings beat, but Modelo demand warning lingers

Constellation Brands stock edges up after earnings beat, but Modelo demand warning lingers

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 15:37 EST — Regular session Constellation Brands, Inc. shares edged higher on Friday as investors digested the brewer’s trimmed profit outlook and a blunt message from management that beer demand is still choppy. Shares were up 0.1% at $148.13, after trading between $146.12 and $149.72 in the session. Constellation beat quarterly sales and profit estimates on Wednesday, then cut its fiscal 2026 earnings-per-share outlook to $9.72-$10.02 from $9.86-$10.16 and reiterated a 4% to 6% decline in organic net sales — a measure that strips out the impact of acquisitions and divestitures — for the year
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Wells Fargo stock edges higher as WFC nears earnings after soft U.S. jobs data

Wells Fargo stock edges higher as WFC nears earnings after soft U.S. jobs data

New York, January 9, 2026, 15:25 EST — Regular session Wells Fargo & Company shares were up 0.2% at $95.78 in afternoon trade on Friday. JPMorgan was flat, while Bank of America slipped and Citigroup gained. The stock has steadied as traders turn to bank earnings next week, with JPMorgan Chase due Jan. 13 and Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup set for Jan. 14. Analysts expect Wells Fargo’s fourth-quarter earnings per share to rise 17.5% from a year earlier, helped by net interest income (NII) — what a bank earns on loans minus what it pays out on
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Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) stock jumps as copper firms and JPMorgan lifts target ahead of earnings

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) stock jumps as copper firms and JPMorgan lifts target ahead of earnings

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 15:33 EST — Regular session Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) shares were up $2.37, or 4.4%, to $56.59 in afternoon trading on Friday. The stock has moved between $54.22 and $56.71 and is sitting within about 1% of its 52-week high of $57.12. (Freeport-McMoRan Investors) Copper prices climbed, lifting miners that tend to track the metal’s ups and downs. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) — a global reference price — was up about 1.8% at $12,943 a metric ton. (Business Recorder) A day earlier, JPMorgan analyst Bill Peterson lifted his price target on Freeport
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PepsiCo stock (PEP) steadies after new U.S. dietary rules take aim at sugar, processed snacks

PepsiCo stock (PEP) steadies after new U.S. dietary rules take aim at sugar, processed snacks

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 15:19 EST — Regular session PepsiCo (PEP.O) shares were little changed on Friday after new U.S. dietary guidelines urged Americans to avoid sugar-sweetened beverages and cut back on salty or sweet processed foods such as chips and cookies. The stock was up about 0.3% at $139.77 in afternoon trading, after ranging from $138.70 to $140.78. The 2025–2030 guidelines are not a regulation, but they sit underneath federal feeding programs and can shape what gets served and bought at scale. The Health and Human Services Department said the document is the “foundation” for programs including school
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Why L3Harris stock is up today: Trump’s $1.5T budget push meets buyback crackdown

Why L3Harris stock is up today: Trump’s $1.5T budget push meets buyback crackdown

New York, January 9, 2026, 15:28 EST — Regular session L3Harris Technologies (LHX.N) shares rose 2.8% to $334.84 in afternoon trading on Friday, after touching $337.97 earlier in the session. The stock is moving on a policy one-two punch: talk of a bigger Pentagon budget, and fresh pressure on contractors to speed up deliveries. That matters now because the sector’s valuation leans on two things that Washington can change fast — future orders and how much cash comes back to shareholders. Defense contractors are seeking legal advice after President Donald Trump signed an executive order tying share buybacks — company
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Palo Alto Networks stock slips after Klarich flags share sale; PANW traders eye next catalyst

Palo Alto Networks stock slips after Klarich flags share sale; PANW traders eye next catalyst

New York, January 9, 2026, 15:14 ET — Regular session Palo Alto Networks shares slipped on Friday, underperforming a broader tech-led rise, after a late-day regulatory filing flagged a planned insider sale. The stock was down $1.52, or 0.8%, at $189.28, after trading between $187.42 and $192.13. A Form 144 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission showed Lee Klarich, listed as an officer of the company, intends to sell 120,768 class A shares through Goldman Sachs with an aggregate market value of about $23 million. The filing said the sale is tied to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted
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Linde stock ticks up as Feb. 5 earnings date lands — what investors watch next

Linde stock ticks up as Feb. 5 earnings date lands — what investors watch next

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 15:13 (EST) — Regular session Linde plc shares (LIN.O) rose about 1% on Friday as investors turned to the next catalyst: the industrial gases maker’s fourth-quarter report on Feb. 5. The stock was up $4.49 at $444.18, after trading between $437.59 and $444.62. Linde said it will publish fourth-quarter 2025 results by 6 a.m. EST on Feb. 5 and host a conference call at 9 a.m. EST. The group, which reported 2024 sales of $33 billion, supplies gases and engineering services into chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, and healthcare. (Linde) The backdrop is
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Bradesco stock drops on 2026 guidance — what BBDC4 investors watch next week

Bradesco stock drops on 2026 guidance — what BBDC4 investors watch next week

7 February 2026
Bradesco’s preferred shares fell 2.55% to 20.61 reais Friday after the bank issued 2026 guidance pointing to slower growth in some areas. Fourth-quarter recurring net income rose 20.6% to 6.5 billion reais, with 2025 ROAE at 15.2%. The Ibovespa closed up 0.45%. Bradesco ADRs ended down 0.5% at $3.98 in New York.
Stellantis stock slides 24% after €22 billion EV reset kills 2026 dividend — what to watch next

Stellantis stock slides 24% after €22 billion EV reset kills 2026 dividend — what to watch next

7 February 2026
Stellantis shares plunged 23.7% to $7.28 Friday after the company disclosed about €22.2 billion in charges tied to a reset of its electric-vehicle strategy and said it will skip its 2026 dividend. The automaker flagged a preliminary net loss of €19–21 billion for the second half of 2025. Shares rose 1.6% in late after-hours trading. Investors await Feb. 26 results and a May 21 Investor Day.
Intel stock jumps on China server CPU delays as traders map the week ahead

Intel stock jumps on China server CPU delays as traders map the week ahead

7 February 2026
Intel shares rose 4.87% to $50.59 Friday, trailing gains by Nvidia and Broadcom as chip stocks rallied. Sources said Intel and AMD warned Chinese customers of longer waits and higher prices for some server CPUs, with Intel lead times reaching six months. Intel said China accounts for over 20% of its revenue. Investors await key U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
IRS tax refund delays? Watchdog flags staffing crunch as 2026 filing season ramps up

IRS tax refund delays? Watchdog flags staffing crunch as 2026 filing season ramps up

7 February 2026
IRS staffing has dropped to 2021 levels as the 2026 tax filing season begins, according to a Treasury watchdog. The agency faces a backlog of about 2 million returns, 129% above pre-pandemic levels. Most e-filers using direct deposit still get refunds within 21 days, but paper filings and amended returns could see delays. The IRS lowered its call-answer target to 70% for this season.
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