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.

Coinbase stock slides to $226 as bitcoin ends 2025 in the red — what COIN investors are watching next

Coinbase stock slides to $226 as bitcoin ends 2025 in the red — what COIN investors are watching next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:37 ET — Market closed. Coinbase Global shares fell 2.4% in Wednesday’s year-end session, closing at $226.14, as investors marked down crypto-linked equities alongside a softer finish for bitcoin. Investing.com The move matters heading into 2026 because Coinbase’s business is tightly tied to trading activity in crypto markets, which tends to cool when prices and risk appetite weaken. With U.S. equity markets closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day, Wednesday’s close served as the last risk check before the first session of the new year. Reuters Bitcoin’s increasing tendency to trade like a “risk asset”
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UnitedHealth stock today: UNH closes lower into New Year’s holiday as Jan. 27 earnings loom

UnitedHealth stock today: UNH closes lower into New Year’s holiday as Jan. 27 earnings loom

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:48 ET — Market closed. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated shares fell 0.62% to $330.11 on Wednesday, Dec. 31, in the year’s final trading session. Humana slid 1.13% while Elevance rose 0.50%. MarketWatch U.S. stock markets are closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Investors now turn to UnitedHealth’s full-year 2025 results and 2026 financial guidance on Jan. 27, which the company has scheduled for release before the market opens. UnitedHealth Group The stock’s move came as Wall Street ended 2025 with a late pullback, with the Dow down 0.63% and the S&P 500 off
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Ondas (ONDS) stock surges on $10 million order haul as CEO share sale hits filings

Ondas (ONDS) stock surges on $10 million order haul as CEO share sale hits filings

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:29 ET — Market closed Ondas Holdings Inc. shares last closed up 77.5 cents, or about 8.6%, at $9.76 on Wednesday, after the company announced new purchase orders for its autonomous systems business. The stock traded between $8.91 and $10.50 and saw volume of about 156 million shares. The move matters for Ondas because the company has been trying to prove that a growing flow of defense and critical-infrastructure interest is turning into repeatable revenue, not one-off pilots. The first trading days of a new year can also amplify momentum trades in smaller-cap names. Ondas
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Eli Lilly stock ends 2025 lower as 2026 drug-price shifts and GLP-1 pill race come into focus

Eli Lilly stock ends 2025 lower as 2026 drug-price shifts and GLP-1 pill race come into focus

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:21 ET — Market closed Eli Lilly shares slipped 0.5% in Wednesday’s final session of 2025, closing at $1,074.68, before U.S. markets shut for the New Year’s Day holiday. StockAnalysis+1 Why it matters now: drugmakers typically reset U.S. list prices at the start of the year, and new data have put the industry’s pricing playbook back under a political microscope. Reuters reported drugmakers plan to raise list prices on at least 350 branded medicines in 2026, even as they cut prices on a handful of drugs. Reuters Lilly sits at the center of two investor
1 January 2026
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JPMorgan Chase stock today: JPM ends 2025 at $322 as Javice legal-fee fight resurfaces ahead of earnings

JPMorgan Chase stock today: JPM ends 2025 at $322 as Javice legal-fee fight resurfaces ahead of earnings

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:26 ET — Market closed JPMorgan Chase & Co shares (JPM.N) last closed down 0.37% at $322.22 on Wednesday, the final session of 2025. U.S. markets are closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. MarketWatch+1 A Delaware court filing released this week laid out JPMorgan’s latest effort to avoid disputed legal bills tied to the Charlie Javice case, adding a fresh headline risk as bank earnings season nears. Bloomberg Law The timing matters because big banks are about to start reporting results, and investors have been re-pricing rate expectations into year-end. Treasury yields
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Robinhood stock today: HOOD slides after December trading snapshot and Goldman target trim

Robinhood stock today: HOOD slides after December trading snapshot and Goldman target trim

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:16 ET — Market closed Robinhood Markets Inc shares fell about 2% in the final U.S. session of 2025, closing at $113.10 on Wednesday, as U.S. markets shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Nasdaq The drop put fresh attention on a late-December operating snapshot that offers investors an early read on customer trading activity ahead of the company’s quarterly results. That matters because Robinhood’s revenue is closely tied to how much its customers trade, especially in options and crypto, where the company has historically generated more transaction-based revenue than in stocks. In
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Intel stock today: INTC dips into 2026 as Nvidia’s $5B stake keeps focus on what’s nextNEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:13 ET — Market closed

Intel stock today: INTC dips into 2026 as Nvidia’s $5B stake keeps focus on what’s nextNEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:13 ET — Market closed

Intel Corp (INTC.O) shares closed down about 1% at $36.90 on Wednesday, the final trading session of 2025, with U.S. markets shut on Thursday for New Year’s Day. Nasdaq The move matters because Intel heads into 2026 after a sharp run-up in 2025, leaving less room for missteps as investors look for proof that funding and partnerships can translate into results. Investing That scrutiny has sharpened after Nvidia’s $5 billion investment, which adds cash but also increases Intel’s share count — a dilution risk for existing holders if profits don’t rise fast enough. Investing Intel said in an SEC filing
1 January 2026
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Nike stock today: NKE rises after CEO Elliott Hill buys $1 million of shares

Nike stock today: NKE rises after CEO Elliott Hill buys $1 million of shares

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:15 ET — Market closed Nike Inc. shares climbed about 4% on Wednesday, Dec. 31, after a regulatory filing showed Chief Executive Elliott Hill bought about $1 million worth of the sportswear maker’s stock. Reuters+1 The stock last traded at $63.71, up $2.55 from the prior close, in the final U.S. trading session of 2025. The insider buy matters now because investors have been looking for concrete signs of conviction as Nike works through a reset that has weighed on profits. Open-market insider buying — when executives or directors purchase shares with their own money
1 January 2026
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Oracle (ORCL) stock ends 2025 lower as New Year holiday shuts U.S. markets — what’s next

Oracle (ORCL) stock ends 2025 lower as New Year holiday shuts U.S. markets — what’s next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:18 ET — Market closed. Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) shares fell 1.17% to $194.91 on Wednesday, tracking a dip in U.S. stocks as 2025’s final session ended. Trading volumes were thin in the holiday-shortened week, and U.S. markets are closed Thursday for New Year’s Day. MarketWatch+1 The year-end slide leaves Oracle starting 2026 with investors still focused on the cost of its AI push. In its latest quarterly report, Oracle forecast higher spending and said fiscal 2026 capital expenditures would be about $15 billion higher than the $35 billion it estimated in September. Reuters “The ramp
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Netflix stock in focus as record NFL Christmas streams land ahead of key earnings

Netflix stock in focus as record NFL Christmas streams land ahead of key earnings

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:10 ET — Market closed. Netflix shares will get their first chance to react on Friday after the streaming company said its Christmas Day National Football League broadcasts set U.S. viewership records, underscoring its push into live programming and advertising. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-christmas-day-nfl-streams-set-us-viewership-records-2025-12-31/ Why this matters now: live sports has become a rare appointment-viewing draw that can command higher advertising rates, helping streamers sell ads and keep subscribers engaged when churn risk rises. For Netflix, the timing is tight. Wall Street is heading into the company’s next earnings report looking for evidence that newer revenue drivers —
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Strategy (MSTR) stock drops into year-end as bitcoin’s annual loss looms; MSCI review next

Strategy (MSTR) stock drops into year-end as bitcoin’s annual loss looms; MSCI review next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:01 ET — Market closed Strategy Inc shares fell in the final trading session of 2025, tracking a softer bitcoin market, as U.S. stocks were shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Strategy ended Wednesday down $3.63, or 2.3%, at $151.95. The move matters because investors often treat Strategy — chaired by longtime bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor — as a high-beta proxy for bitcoin. The company has built its identity around holding bitcoin on its balance sheet and raising capital to buy more. Bitcoin was on track to post its first annual loss
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AMD stock today: Advanced Micro Devices slips into 2026 as traders eye CES keynote and Feb. earnings

AMD stock today: Advanced Micro Devices slips into 2026 as traders eye CES keynote and Feb. earnings

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 09:51 ET — Market closed Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O) shares last closed down 0.55% at $214.16 on Wednesday, trading between $213.80 and $217.64 with about 17.6 million shares changing hands. U.S. equities markets are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day and reopen on Jan. 2. Yahoo Finance+1 The modest drop matters now because chip stocks that powered much of 2025’s rally enter 2026 with investors weighing rate expectations against demand signals for AI and data-center hardware. For AMD, the next near-term checkpoint is the Consumer Electronics Show, where CEO Lisa Su is set
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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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