Khadija Saeed

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. Follow Khadija Saeed on Google News.

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

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
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

KeyBanc raised its price target on Walmart Inc 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
Chevron stock (CVX) slips after hours as Lukoil bid talk swirls and Venezuela oil deal drags crude

Chevron stock (CVX) slips after hours as Lukoil bid talk swirls and Venezuela oil deal drags crude

Chevron Corp shares slipped in after-hours trade on Wednesday after a report said the oil major could team up with private equity group Quantum Energy Partners to bid for Lukoil’s international assets, valued by the Russian producer at $22 billion. The stock was down 0.8% at $155.20. A Chevron spokesperson said the company “continues to assess potential opportunities,” but declined to comment on commercial matters. Reuters
Applied Digital (APLD) stock jumps after revenue beat as AI data-center leases pile up

Applied Digital (APLD) stock jumps after revenue beat as AI data-center leases pile up

Applied Digital shares rose about 7% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the data center operator posted quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street estimates, helped by demand for capacity used to train and run AI models. The company reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $126.6 million for the period ended Nov. 30, versus analysts’ estimate of $88 million, according to LSEG data. Reuters
Bank of America stock slides on India regulator leak claim as BAC earnings near

Bank of America stock slides on India regulator leak claim as BAC earnings near

Bank of America Corp shares were down 2.8% in after-hours trading on Wednesday as investors weighed a report that India’s markets regulator found the bank improperly shared confidential information ahead of a 2024 block trade. The stock last traded at $55.64 after moving between $55.45 and $57.21 in the session. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said the Securities and Exchange Board of India issued a “show cause notice” — a request to explain why enforcement action should not follow — tied to an alleged leak of material non-public information, meaning price-sensitive details not yet public, about a $180 million sale of shares in Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC; Bank of America declined to comment and Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Reuters
Gold price slips and Newmont stock falls after bushfire output warning at Boddington

Gold price slips and Newmont stock falls after bushfire output warning at Boddington

Newmont shares slipped on Wednesday after the gold miner said bushfire damage to water-supply infrastructure at its Boddington operation in Western Australia will trim first-quarter output. The stock closed down 1.1% at $108.01 in New York, after trading as low as $104.56. Newmont said the fire was contained on Dec. 28 but remains active, and it expects the plant to run at 50%-60% of normal rates until repairs are complete in February, putting about 60,000 ounces at risk in the quarter. Newmont Corporation
7 January 2026
Dow Jones falls from intraday record as Trump policy moves hit financials; jobs report next

Dow Jones falls from intraday record as Trump policy moves hit financials; jobs report next

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 466 points, or 0.94%, to 48,996.08 on Wednesday, retreating from an intraday record as Trump policy comments hit financials and defense shares. JPMorgan dropped 2.3% after Wolfe Research downgraded it to “peer perform” from “outperform,” and “Rumors that the AI trade was done turned out not to be true,” said Jake Dollarhide of Longbow Asset Management, as Nvidia and Alphabet helped the Nasdaq end up 0.16%. Reuters
Exxon Mobil stock slips after filing flags up to $1.2 billion upstream hit from crude slide (XOM)

Exxon Mobil stock slips after filing flags up to $1.2 billion upstream hit from crude slide (XOM)

Exxon Mobil shares slid 2.1% to $118.49 in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company flagged a fourth-quarter upstream earnings hit from lower crude prices. Exxon said changes in liquids prices could cut upstream earnings by $800 million to $1.2 billion. Brent crude fell 9.2% in the quarter and ended 2025 down about 19%; Exxon is due to report on Jan. 30, and analysts see adjusted earnings of $1.66 a share, LSEG data show. Reuters
7 January 2026
Goldman Sachs stock falls after Apple Card handoff report — here’s what investors watch next

Goldman Sachs stock falls after Apple Card handoff report — here’s what investors watch next

Goldman Sachs shares fell 1.7% to $941.02 in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported JPMorgan Chase had reached a deal to take over Apple’s credit-card program from the Wall Street bank. The Journal said the Apple Card book totals about $20 billion and that Goldman is expected to offload the balances at a discount of more than $1 billion. Reuters
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