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.

Oracle stock jumps nearly 3% after soft US jobs data, but AI spending worries linger

Oracle stock jumps nearly 3% after soft US jobs data, but AI spending worries linger

New York, January 9, 2026, 11:00 (EST) — Regular session Oracle Corp shares rose nearly 3% on Friday, tracking a broader bounce in U.S. equities after a softer-than-expected jobs report eased pressure on rate-cut expectations. The stock was up 2.9% at $195.07, after trading as low as $188.91 earlier in the session. Wall Street’s main indexes edged higher after the Labor Department reported a 50,000 increase in December nonfarm payrolls, below economists’ 60,000 estimate, while the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4%. Traders still penciled in about 54 basis points of easing this year — a basis point is 0.01 percentage
9 January 2026
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Intel stock jumps 6% as Trump praises CEO meeting, earnings loom

Intel stock jumps 6% as Trump praises CEO meeting, earnings loom

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 11:16 EST — Regular session Intel shares rose about 6% on Friday, lifting the stock toward its best levels of the week, after fresh attention on the chipmaker followed President Donald Trump’s comments about a meeting with CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The shares were up 6.1% at $43.62 in late-morning trade. The move matters because Intel’s stock has turned into a fast read on whether the company can prove it is back on track in manufacturing — the hard part of its turnaround — at a time when U.S. industrial policy and big capital spending are
9 January 2026
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Netflix stock slides below $90 as Goldman trims target and Warner bid fight drags on

Netflix stock slides below $90 as Goldman trims target and Warner bid fight drags on

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 11:05 EST — Regular session Netflix stock fell about 2% on Friday after Goldman Sachs lowered its price target, keeping pressure on a share price already down sharply since the last earnings report. Netflix was down $1.84 at $88.70 in late morning trade, after slipping below $90 and touching a session low of $88.33. (TipRanks) The timing matters because the stock has become a proxy for merger risk, not just streaming fundamentals. Paramount Skydance reiterated on Thursday that its $30-per-share offer for Warner Bros. Discovery tops Netflix’s $27.75-a-share cash-and-stock deal for Warner’s studios and streaming
9 January 2026
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Applied Digital stock jumps again as hyperscaler talks and $2.35B financing keep APLD in play

Applied Digital stock jumps again as hyperscaler talks and $2.35B financing keep APLD in play

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 11:16 EST — Regular session Applied Digital Corp shares rose about 11% to $35.38 on Friday, extending a post-earnings run for the AI data center developer as investors focused on new customer talks and the company’s funding stack. Broader U.S. equities were modestly higher. The move matters because Applied Digital is trying to turn signed power and lease commitments into operating capacity in a market where power, cooling and construction slots are tight. For traders, the question is less “AI demand” and more “how fast, how funded, and how concentrated.” Applied Digital has pitched itself
9 January 2026
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JPMorgan stock today: Apple Card deal puts JPM in the spotlight as earnings near

JPMorgan stock today: Apple Card deal puts JPM in the spotlight as earnings near

New York, January 9, 2026, 11:03 EST — Regular session JPMorgan Chase & Co shares rose 0.4% to $331.12 on Friday after the bank agreed to replace Goldman Sachs as the issuer of Apple’s credit card, broadening its consumer lending footprint just ahead of earnings. The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund was down about 0.1%, while the KBW Bank ETF was little changed. (Reuters) The agreement is expected to shift more than $20 billion of Apple Card balances to Chase once it closes, though the transition is expected to take roughly 24 months and remains subject to regulatory approvals, the
9 January 2026
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AMD stock ticks higher as soft jobs data steadies rate bets; CES AI chips and Feb. 3 earnings next

AMD stock ticks higher as soft jobs data steadies rate bets; CES AI chips and Feb. 3 earnings next

NEW YORK, January 9, 2026, 10:44 EST — Regular session Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) stock rose about 0.5% to $205.75 in morning trade on Friday, after moving between $203.95 and $206.81 earlier in the session. The shares ended Thursday at $204.68. The move followed a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report that helped keep hopes for lower interest rates alive, a tailwind for richly valued chipmakers. Nonfarm payrolls rose 50,000 in December and the unemployment rate slipped to 4.4%, while Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management, said it was “difficult to argue that the labour market is collapsing.” Futures
9 January 2026
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Strategy Inc stock slips as MSCI clamps down on index weight gains — Feb 10 is the next date to watch

Strategy Inc stock slips as MSCI clamps down on index weight gains — Feb 10 is the next date to watch

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 10:55 EST — Regular session Strategy Inc shares fell 3.8% to $160.57 on Friday, extending choppy trade after an MSCI index decision that initially lifted the bitcoin-treasury stock. Bitcoin was up about 0.7%, while Coinbase fell about 2%. Why it matters now: index membership can drive automatic buying or selling by funds that track benchmarks, and Strategy has become a popular equity proxy for bitcoin exposure. MSCI said it will keep “digital asset treasury companies” in its indexes through the February 2026 review, but it will freeze certain inputs used to calculate index weights and
9 January 2026
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Costco stock rises after December sales jump; what investors watch next

Costco stock rises after December sales jump; what investors watch next

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 10:55 AM EST — Regular session Costco Wholesale shares were up about 0.8% at $922.60 in Friday morning trading. The stock has traded between $911.43 and $924.06 so far in the session. The move came after Costco’s December sales report, a datapoint traders often lean on for an early sense of demand ahead of quarterly earnings. The company said net sales rose 8.5% to $29.86 billion in the five weeks ended Jan. 4. Comparable sales — sales at stores open at least a year — increased 7%. Digitally-enabled comparable sales, which include online orders, surged
9 January 2026
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XRP price today: Ripple’s UK FCA approvals put the $2 level back in focus

XRP price today: Ripple’s UK FCA approvals put the $2 level back in focus

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 10:14 ET — Regular session XRP slipped about 0.5% Friday, trading at $2.09, even after Ripple secured fresh regulatory approvals in the UK. The token hovered just shy of $2, holding steady despite the news. UK permissions matter—a lot—since regulation is still the main force dictating whether crypto firms can target large institutions, and whether banks will even approach token rails. Ripple is banking on licensing, aiming to reshape its payments unit into something closer to backbone infrastructure, moving away from its image as just another crypto bet. XRP’s been acting like a high-beta risk
9 January 2026
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Alphabet (GOOG) stock rises as Cantor turns bullish and Google’s Wiz deal clock ticks

Alphabet (GOOG) stock rises as Cantor turns bullish and Google’s Wiz deal clock ticks

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 10:37 EST — Regular session Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares (GOOG) jumped 1.2% Friday morning, tacking on $4.06 to reach $330.07. A fresh brokerage upgrade built on recent deal flow and upbeat earnings news from the Google parent. Alphabet’s heading into February facing two immediate headaches: shareholders are looking for hard evidence its AI efforts will boost the top line, while regulators haven’t stopped eyeing major tech acquisitions. The stock already surged in 2025—so at this point, disappointing financials or additional legal trouble could hit harder. (investopedia.com) Alphabet announced plans for a conference call on
9 January 2026
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Sandisk stock rebounds on soft US jobs report; what’s driving SNDK now

Sandisk stock rebounds on soft US jobs report; what’s driving SNDK now

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 10:32 AM EST — Regular session underway Sandisk Corp (SNDK.O) jumped roughly 7% on Friday, with chip and storage names catching their breath following the previous session’s drop. The stock traded at $357.90 at 10:25 a.m. ET, up 7%, after bouncing from a low of $330.96 to a high of $365.50 earlier. The rebound stands out. Sandisk’s become a popular AI data-center play on the storage side, and the logic isn’t complicated—more AI servers mean thirstier demand for memory and storage, and supply can get snug in a hurry. Sandisk dropped 5.4% on Thursday, investors
9 January 2026
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EQT stock drifts as U.S. natural gas prices slide again, with storage and weather in play

EQT stock drifts as U.S. natural gas prices slide again, with storage and weather in play

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 10:22 (EST) — Regular session EQT Corp slipped 0.2% to $52.12 during Friday morning trading. The move followed a selloff in the previous session, as investors pulled back from gas-linked producers while U.S. gas prices softened. U.S. natural gas futures slipped roughly 2%, landing near $3.33 per million British thermal units (mmBtu)—the figure traders use to benchmark gas deals. These small price shifts have an outsized effect right now, with just a few cents making or breaking cash flow forecasts for producers linked closely to Henry Hub pricing, according to markets.businessinsider.com. Thursday’s government storage data
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Stock Market Today

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
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