Today: 7 July 2026

Khadija Saeed

Khadija Saeed is a financial markets reporter at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, technology and emerging industries. She studied economics and finance at the London School of Economics and previously worked in market research before moving into financial journalism. Her coverage focuses on the companies, innovations and economic trends influencing global investors.

Oracle stock (ORCL) barely moves as Jefferies sticks with $400 target

Oracle stock (ORCL) barely moves as Jefferies sticks with $400 target

New York, January 7, 2026, 11:40 ET — Regular session Oracle Corp shares slipped 0.2% to $193.44 in late-morning trading on Wednesday, after Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating and kept a $400 price target in a 2026 software outlook. Jefferies analyst Brent Thill said OpenAI accounts for 57% of Oracle’s contract backlog and argued the stock can rebound after a roughly 40% slide tied to worry about AI spending and debt. Investors
7 January 2026
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Chevron stock edges higher as $22 billion Lukoil-bid talk collides with Venezuela supply headlines

Chevron stock edges higher as $22 billion Lukoil-bid talk collides with Venezuela supply headlines

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 11:28 EST — Regular session Chevron Corp shares inched up on Wednesday as investors digested a report that private equity group Quantum Energy Partners is working on a bid that could involve Chevron for the international assets of Russia’s Lukoil, even as weaker oil prices kept a lid on energy stocks more broadly. The stock was up 0.1% at $156.68 by late morning in New York, after trading between $155.19 and $159.60; Exxon Mobil was down about 1.2%, ConocoPhillips fell 1.3% and Occidental Petroleum slid 1.5%. Reuters
7 January 2026
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Rocket Lab Corporation stock today: RKLB slides after insider sale filing as rally cools

Rocket Lab Corporation stock today: RKLB slides after insider sale filing as rally cools

New York, January 7, 2026, 11:05 EST — Regular session Rocket Lab Corp shares fell 1.8% on Wednesday after a filing showed its chief operations officer sold stock. RKLB was down $1.53 at $84.50 by 10:54 a.m. EST and had traded between $82.16 and $85.41. The stock has ranged from $14.71 to $86.25 over the past 52 weeks and gives Rocket Lab a market value of about $44.2 billion; analysts’ average 12-month target is $68.75 and the company has a trailing loss per share of about 39 cents, the data showed. Investing.com
7 January 2026
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Strategy Inc stock pops after MSCI index reprieve as bitcoin slips — what’s next for MSTR

Strategy Inc stock pops after MSCI index reprieve as bitcoin slips — what’s next for MSTR

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 11:08 EST — Regular session Strategy Inc shares rose 3.6% to $163.63 by 11:08 a.m. EST on Wednesday after MSCI shelved a plan that could have pushed the bitcoin-heavy company and other crypto treasury firms out of its indexes. “It removes a material near-term technical risk,” said Owen Lau, an analyst at Clear Street, while JonesTrading chief market strategist Mike O’Rourke said he suspected the issue was “postponed until later in the year.” Reuters
7 January 2026
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Netflix stock dips after Warner rejects Paramount bid, with earnings two weeks away

Netflix stock dips after Warner rejects Paramount bid, with earnings two weeks away

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 10:52 EST — Regular session Netflix shares slipped on Wednesday after Warner Bros Discovery urged shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $30-per-share hostile bid and reaffirmed Netflix’s $27.75-a-share cash-and-stock agreement, valued at about $82.7 billion. Netflix was down 0.3% at $90.42, while Warner rose 0.2% and Paramount Skydance fell 0.5%. Warner said walking away from the Netflix deal would cost about $4.7 billion, and Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters called their offer the “superior proposal,” Reuters reported. Reuters
7 January 2026
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Meta Platforms stock drops as China reviews Manus AI deal, legal risks resurface

Meta Platforms stock drops as China reviews Manus AI deal, legal risks resurface

New York, January 7, 2026, 10:39 EST — Regular session Meta Platforms, Inc. shares fell on Wednesday after a report that Chinese officials are reviewing the Facebook parent’s planned $2 billion purchase of artificial intelligence startup Manus, raising the risk of a regulatory delay. The stock was down 2.2% at $646.20 in morning trading. The Financial Times said China’s commerce ministry was assessing whether the deal would need an export license — a government permit to move controlled technology out of the country — and warned the process could, in an extreme case, push the parties to abandon the transaction. Reuters
7 January 2026
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Stock Market Today

  • NGL Energy Partners (NGL.PRB) Preferred Yield Tops 11% as Shares Slip
    July 7, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT. NGL Energy Partners LP's 9.00% Class B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative preferred (NGL.PRB) yielded more than 11% Tuesday as the price touched $25.30, with the payout annualizing to $2.7916. That's almost double the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services preferred sector average yield of 6.31%. Still, NGL.PRB traded at a 3.92% premium against its liquidation value, trailing the sector's 7.03% premium. NGL.PRB shares fell about 2.5% on the day, while the common rose around 3%. Dividends for the fixed-to-floating structure shift with market rates, affecting the payout. High yields drew buyers to these energy preferreds during a volatile session.
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