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.

AbbVie stock slips after hours after denying Revolution Medicines talks, trims 2025 profit view

AbbVie stock slips after hours after denying Revolution Medicines talks, trims 2025 profit view

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 18:35 EST — After-hours AbbVie (ABBV.N) shares were down about 1% at $231.11 in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the drugmaker denied a Wall Street Journal report that it was in advanced talks to buy cancer-drug developer Revolution Medicines (RVMD.O), saying it “is not in discussions with Revolution Medicines.” The stock had closed up 4.2% at $233.42, while Revolution shares slid 11.5% late after jumping nearly 30% earlier, with the report pointing to a valuation around $20 billion. AbbVie has spent more than $20 billion on acquisitions since 2023 as its former blockbuster Humira lost
8 January 2026
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Caterpillar stock drops more than 4% after-hours as CEO chair shift and AI push grab focus

Caterpillar stock drops more than 4% after-hours as CEO chair shift and AI push grab focus

New York, January 7, 2026, 18:37 EST — After-hours Caterpillar Inc shares fell 4.3% in after-hours trading on Wednesday to $596.52. The stock briefly dipped to $595.84 earlier in the session; after-hours trading is the stretch after the closing bell when liquidity can be thinner. The drop tracked a softer tone in U.S. equities, with the Dow down 0.94% and the S&P 500 off 0.34% as investors digested fresh labour-market readings and looked ahead to Friday’s government payrolls report. Caterpillar, a major supplier of construction and mining equipment and industrial engines, often trades as a read-through on big-ticket capital spending.
8 January 2026
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CrowdStrike (CRWD) stock jumps 4.5% as cyber names rally — what investors watch next

CrowdStrike (CRWD) stock jumps 4.5% as cyber names rally — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 18:18 (EST) — After-hours CrowdStrike Holdings shares rose 4.5% to close at $478.91 on Wednesday and were little changed in after-hours trading, where electronic deals happen outside regular U.S. market hours. The company is expected to report results around March 3, according to MarketBeat. MarketBeat The move stretched the stock’s winning streak to three sessions, but it still ended about 16% below its 52-week high from mid-November. Volume ran ahead of its 50-day average, a sign the day’s bid drew more than just passive flows. Why it matters now: investors are trying to hold onto
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Roblox stock slides after outage, TD Cowen target cut as CES ad push ramps up

Roblox stock slides after outage, TD Cowen target cut as CES ad push ramps up

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 18:24 EST Roblox shares fell 6.4% on Tuesday, lagging a broader market rise, after an overnight outage and a price-target cut from TD Cowen put fresh focus on the platform’s growth. The stock ended at $75.83. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/roblox-rblx-stock-drops-despite-market-gains-important-facts-note-0 The move extends a pullback of about 17% over the past month and lands just as investors position for Roblox’s next earnings update. A key question is whether new ad products can keep revenue momentum if engagement cools after a year shaped by viral hits. TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz cut his target to $70 from $77 and
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Binance rolls out 50x silver futures — what the new XAGUSDT contract means for crypto traders

Binance rolls out 50x silver futures — what the new XAGUSDT contract means for crypto traders

LONDON, January 7, 2026, 23:27 GMT Binance Futures said on Wednesday it will launch a silver perpetual futures contract that lets users trade the metal with up to 50 times leverage. The USDT-margined XAGUSDT contract, which tracks the price of one troy ounce of silver in U.S. dollars, was scheduled to start trading at 10:00 UTC, and Binance said it may tweak terms such as funding fees and margins as market conditions change. Binance The listing gives crypto traders a 24/7 way to take a view on a commodity that has been driving the precious-metals rally, without owning physical metal
8 January 2026
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AppLovin stock rises after Feb. 11 earnings date set as Axon checks drive focus

AppLovin stock rises after Feb. 11 earnings date set as Axon checks drive focus

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 18:28 (EST) — After-hours AppLovin Corp (APP.O) shares rose about 2.5% to $632.92 in late trade on Wednesday after the company said it would report fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results on Feb. 11, after the U.S. market close. StockAnalysis+1 The stock was up more than 3% in afternoon trading before giving up some ground, a familiar pattern for a name that has been swinging hard session to session. MarketWatch That next earnings print is the near-term anchor. Investors have been trying to pin down whether AppLovin’s Axon advertising platform is still pulling in fresh e-commerce
8 January 2026
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Mastercard stock edges lower after-hours as Morgan Stanley sticks with “overweight” call

Mastercard stock edges lower after-hours as Morgan Stanley sticks with “overweight” call

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 6:24 PM EST — After-hours Mastercard (MA.N) shares slipped about 0.1% to $579.92 in after-hours trade on Wednesday, pausing after a 2.1% jump in the prior session that left the stock near recent highs. MarketWatch The timing matters because payment networks tend to track shifts in consumer spending and travel, and markets are already on edge ahead of Friday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. Softening labor data earlier this week has investors recalibrating rate-cut bets and risk appetite. Reuters U.S. stocks had a bright open but the mood faded as the day wore on, with traders
8 January 2026
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Lumentum stock whipsaws near $400 as AI data-center trade heads for Feb. 3 earnings

Lumentum stock whipsaws near $400 as AI data-center trade heads for Feb. 3 earnings

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 18:05 EST — After-hours Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE.O) shares fell 1.2% on Wednesday and were little changed in after-hours trade, the session after the 4 p.m. close, after swinging between $365.47 and $402.66 in the regular session. The stock ended at $392.80 and last traded at $392.70 late after-hours, a day after rising 11.3%. Investors have treated the optics supplier as a proxy for the plumbing behind AI data centers, and the trade has turned jumpy. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at CES that the company’s next chips are in “full production,” and Nvidia said
8 January 2026
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Coinbase stock slips after hours as bitcoin drops; Goldman’s $303 target still in play

Coinbase stock slips after hours as bitcoin drops; Goldman’s $303 target still in play

New York, January 7, 2026, 18:07 EST — After-hours Coinbase Global shares slid 1.8% to $245.93 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after ranging between $240.35 and $251.62. Bitcoin was down 2.6% at about $90,996. Why this matters now: Coinbase often trades as a proxy for risk appetite in crypto, and bitcoin’s pullback has come alongside broader jitters in growth stocks. A softer tape can mean lower trading activity, which feeds straight into exchange revenue. Barron’s Goldman Sachs recently upgraded Coinbase to “buy” and lifted its price target to $303 from $294, arguing the company is shifting toward steadier “infrastructure” revenues
8 January 2026
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Lockheed Martin (LMT) stock slides nearly 5% after Trump targets defense dividends, buybacks

Lockheed Martin (LMT) stock slides nearly 5% after Trump targets defense dividends, buybacks

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 18:08 (EST) — After-hours Lockheed Martin shares fell on Wednesday and were last down 4.8% at $496.87 in after-hours trading, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not allow defense contractors to pay dividends or buy back stock until they fix what he called slow production and maintenance of military equipment. The stock touched $496.12 at the session low. Reuters The threat matters because investor appetite for big U.S. defense primes often leans on predictable cash returns. Share buybacks — when a company repurchases its own stock — can lift earnings per share by
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Walmart stock slips after hours even as KeyBanc lifts target — the next dates to watch

Walmart stock slips after hours even as KeyBanc lifts target — the next dates to watch

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 17:53 EST — After-hours KeyBanc raised its price target on Walmart Inc (WMT) to $128 from $120 on Wednesday and kept an Overweight rating, a brokerage term that signals it expects the stock to outperform peers. Walmart shares were down 1.4% at $112.72 in late after-hours trading. The stock hit $112.11 at the session low and topped out at $114.64, leaving the $112 area in focus into Thursday. TipRanks U.S. stocks ended mixed after hitting intraday highs, as investors weighed weaker labor data ahead of Friday’s government payrolls report. “Investors have come into 2026 with
8 January 2026
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Costco stock slips after-hours after December sales update; what investors watch next

Costco stock slips after-hours after December sales update; what investors watch next

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 17:59 EST — After-hours Costco Wholesale Corp shares dipped 0.7% to $882.58 in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the warehouse retailer posted an 8.5% rise in December net sales to $29.86 billion. Comparable sales (sales at stores open at least a year) rose 7.0% in the five-week period ended Jan. 4, while digitally-enabled sales, a company metric that includes online orders, climbed 18.9%. GlobeNewswire The sales update lands at a touchy moment for the retail tape. Investors have been leaning on monthly reads to gauge whether value-focused spending held up after the holidays and how
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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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