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.

Workday (WDAY) stock hugs 52-week low after Friday slide as focus shifts to jobs data, next earnings

Workday (WDAY) stock hugs 52-week low after Friday slide as focus shifts to jobs data, next earnings

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:46 ET — Market closed Workday (WDAY.O) shares ended the first trading session of 2026 with a 4.2% drop, closing at $205.79 on Friday. The stock earlier hit $202.22, its lowest level in the past year. Barchart The slide matters because Workday is a valuation-sensitive software name, and the market is again trading off interest-rate expectations at the start of the year. On Friday, the U.S. 10-year yield stood around 4.20%, according to Reuters market data. Reuters It also comes as investors head into a busy stretch for macro data and company results, with Workday’s
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Procter & Gamble stock (PG) hovers near a 52-week low as 2026 starts — what’s next

Procter & Gamble stock (PG) hovers near a 52-week low as 2026 starts — what’s next

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:45 ET — Market closed Procter & Gamble shares closed Friday down about 1.1% at $141.79, leaving the consumer-products giant under pressure heading into Monday’s reopening. The stock is down about 21% from its 52-week high and sits roughly 2.6% above its 52-week low. FinanceCharts That matters because P&G is a heavyweight in consumer staples — everyday household goods that tend to hold up when growth worries rise — and it is a large holding in widely used staples funds. The Procter & Gamble position makes up about 10% of the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF,
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Verizon stock: three January catalysts investors are watching after Friday’s dip

Verizon stock: three January catalysts investors are watching after Friday’s dip

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:38 ET — Market closed Verizon stock slipped on Friday, the first U.S. trading day of 2026, as a rise in Treasury yields dulled appetite for high-dividend telecom shares. The stock closed down 0.5% at $40.52. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose 3.8 basis points — 0.038 percentage point — to 4.191%. Investing That matters for Verizon because investors often treat the stock as an income play, comparing its payout to what they can earn in government bonds. Verizon’s most recent quarterly dividend is $0.69 a share; the stock goes ex-dividend on Jan. 12, meaning
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Accenture (ACN) stock slid 3% — what investors watch before Monday’s open

Accenture (ACN) stock slid 3% — what investors watch before Monday’s open

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:40 ET — Market closed Accenture plc shares closed down 3.1% on Friday at $259.95, after trading as low as $258.07 and as high as $271.92. About 4.9 million shares changed hands. The pullback comes as markets brace for a data-heavy week that could reset expectations for interest-rate cuts. “The market is looking for direction,” Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak, said in a Reuters Week Ahead report that flagged U.S. employment data due Jan. 9 and consumer price data due Jan. 13. Reuters That matters for Accenture because consulting and outsourcing budgets
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Western Digital stock jumps 9% to start 2026 — what WDC investors watch next

Western Digital stock jumps 9% to start 2026 — what WDC investors watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:39 ET — Market closed Western Digital (WDC) shares closed Friday up nearly 9% at $187.70, extending a sharp rally in data-storage names as 2026 began. The stock added $15.44 on the session, and traded between $176 and $188.90, according to market data. The burst matters because Western Digital has become a fast-moving proxy for AI-linked infrastructure spending. It sells hard disk drives, or HDDs — spinning disks used for mass storage — to customers ranging from enterprises to public cloud operators. Reuters The broader tape helped. Chipmakers led U.S. stocks higher on Friday, and
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Vertiv stock jumps on Barclays upgrade — what VRT bulls watch before Monday’s open

Vertiv stock jumps on Barclays upgrade — what VRT bulls watch before Monday’s open

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:28 ET — Market closed Vertiv Holdings Co’s Class A shares (VRT) closed sharply higher on Friday after Barclays upgraded the data-center equipment maker, setting up a test of whether the move holds when U.S. markets reopen on Monday. The stock finished at $175.61, up 8.39% from the prior close, after trading as high as $177.25. Vertiv Investors The upgrade matters now because Vertiv has become a high-beta proxy for data center capital spending — money companies put into building and outfitting facilities — and those trades can swing hard on changes in earnings expectations.
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Home Depot stock in focus ahead of Monday as Fed hints at slower rate cuts

Home Depot stock in focus ahead of Monday as Fed hints at slower rate cuts

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:25 ET — Market closed Home Depot (HD.N) shares head into Monday with interest rates back in the driver’s seat after Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson said policymakers may wait before cutting again. The Fed lowered rates by 75 basis points in 2025, leaving its target range at 3.5% to 3.75%. Home Depot ended Friday up 0.5% at $345.82, market data showed. Investing That matters because Home Depot’s sales tend to follow housing activity and consumer appetite for remodels. High borrowing costs can dampen home sales and slow big-ticket purchases — expensive items such as
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D-Wave Quantum stock closes up 7.6% as CES week nears — what QBTS investors watch next

D-Wave Quantum stock closes up 7.6% as CES week nears — what QBTS investors watch next

New York, Jan 4, 2026, 19:12 ET — Market closed D-Wave Quantum Inc. shares closed Friday up 7.6% at $28.13, after trading between $25.44 and $28.42. About 48.4 million shares changed hands. The timing matters. CES week is set to bring a fresh round of visibility for small-cap quantum computing names, with D-Wave due at the CES Foundry event in Las Vegas on Jan. 7–8, the company said. Murray Thom, D-Wave’s vice president of quantum technology evangelism, said “the technology is quickly moving into the mainstream.” Business Wire Investors also face a macro cross-current. The U.S. Employment Situation report is
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Johnson & Johnson stock: $1.30 dividend keeps JNJ in focus before key U.S. data and Jan. 21 earnings

Johnson & Johnson stock: $1.30 dividend keeps JNJ in focus before key U.S. data and Jan. 21 earnings

New York, January 4, 2026, 19:18 ET — Market closed Johnson & Johnson declared a quarterly dividend of $1.30 a share, putting the healthcare bellwether back on income investors’ screens ahead of Monday’s U.S. market reopen. JNJ shares ended Friday up 0.2% at $207.35, after trading between $203.77 and $207.37. Why it matters now is less about the payout itself and more about timing. Investors are stepping into the first full trading week of 2026 with a dense slate of economic releases that can reset interest-rate expectations — a key driver for dividend-paying stocks. “The market is looking for direction,”
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Marvell (MRVL) stock jumps 5% into CES week as CEO talk looms

Marvell (MRVL) stock jumps 5% into CES week as CEO talk looms

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:16 ET — Market closed Marvell Technology Inc shares closed up 5.2% at $89.39 on Friday, riding a semiconductor rebound that lifted the stock back toward the $90 level ahead of a busy week of tech events and U.S. economic data. The timing matters because CES — a major annual tech conference — begins this week, when chip executives often set expectations for data-center spending and AI infrastructure budgets. For Marvell, whose growth narrative is tied to cloud networking and custom silicon, even small shifts in tone can move a stock that investors already treat
5 January 2026
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IBM stock slips below $300 as Wall Street braces for jobs data and Big Blue earnings

IBM stock slips below $300 as Wall Street braces for jobs data and Big Blue earnings

New York, Jan 4, 2026, 19:19 ET — Market closed International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) shares closed down 1.6% at $291.50 on Friday, slipping under the $300 mark after an early drop took the stock as low as $289.00. StockAnalysis The move matters now because the first full week of 2026 brings a cluster of U.S. data that can reset rate expectations, which often steers demand for technology and other long-duration equities. “The market is looking for direction,” Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak, said. Reuters Next up are the January 9 U.S. employment report and the January
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Nike (NKE) stock heads into Monday: CEO’s $1 million buy, key levels, and the next catalyst

Nike (NKE) stock heads into Monday: CEO’s $1 million buy, key levels, and the next catalyst

New York, January 4, 2026, 19:09 ET — Market closed Nike shares ended the first U.S. session of 2026 lower, trimming a late-December rebound that had been fueled by insider-buying disclosures. The stock closed down 0.7% at $63.28 on Friday. StockAnalysis The pullback matters because investors are looking for firmer evidence that demand can stabilize without deeper discounting, after Nike’s latest quarterly report highlighted pressure in its direct-to-consumer business and weakness in Greater China. With the stock still struggling to regain footing, traders are treating near-term price action as a test of whether the recent insider votes of confidence can
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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