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.

UnitedHealth stock dips today as BlackCat ransomware guilty pleas revive cyber overhang

UnitedHealth stock dips today as BlackCat ransomware guilty pleas revive cyber overhang

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 1:03 ET — Regular session. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated shares fell 0.4% to $330.86 on Wednesday, extending a muted year-end session as investors weighed fresh legal developments tied to the ALPHV “BlackCat” ransomware gang. The stock traded between $330.32 and $333.24. The timing matters for UnitedHealth, which is heading into 2026 with investors focused on whether the insurer can keep a lid on costs while it works through a stack of operational and regulatory issues. That scrutiny tends to show up in the group’s pricing power and its medical care ratio — the share of premium
31 December 2025
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Coinbase stock today: COIN drops as bitcoin slips in year-end session — what investors watch next

Coinbase stock today: COIN drops as bitcoin slips in year-end session — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 13:04 ET — Regular session Coinbase Global (COIN) shares fell 1.3% to $228.52 in early afternoon trading on Wednesday. The stock has ranged between $228.16 and $232.62. The crypto exchange’s stock has been moving in step with digital-asset sentiment, and year-end trading has been thin, a mix that can exaggerate intraday swings. Wall Street’s major indexes were slightly lower in the final session of 2025, Reuters reported. Reuters Bitcoin was down 0.8% at about $87,538. Crypto-linked equities were mixed: Strategy slid 1.7%, Robinhood fell 0.5% and bitcoin miner Riot Platforms rose 2.0%. Coinbase closed Tuesday
31 December 2025
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Rocket Lab stock today: RKLB steadies near $70 as insider filing and ARK trim hit the tape

Rocket Lab stock today: RKLB steadies near $70 as insider filing and ARK trim hit the tape

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:48 ET — Regular session Rocket Lab Corp shares edged higher on Wednesday after a regulatory filing showed a board member sold stock, as investors wrapped up a volatile year for the space launch and satellite company. The stock was up about 0.2% at $70.61. Google The insider disclosure lands with Rocket Lab among 2025’s standout gainers. Shares have risen about 180% this year, according to Investors Business Daily, making late-year signals on positioning and insider activity more closely watched. Investors.com With year-end trading thinning out, even routine filings can catch attention in high-beta names
31 December 2025
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Robinhood stock slips as HOOD releases December trading snapshot and traders eye crypto softness

Robinhood stock slips as HOOD releases December trading snapshot and traders eye crypto softness

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:46 ET — Regular session Robinhood Markets, Inc. shares eased on Wednesday after the trading app published a late-December snapshot of customer activity that investors watch for clues about quarter-end momentum. The update matters because Robinhood’s results are sensitive to trading activity, especially in options and cryptocurrency, where small changes in volumes can move transaction-based revenue. With the year winding down, traders have been looking for signs that retail participation is holding up into quarter end, even as activity in digital assets has cooled from earlier peaks. Robinhood shares were down about 0.3% at $115.11
31 December 2025
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Why Netflix stock is up today: Warner Bros. board seen sticking with Netflix deal

Why Netflix stock is up today: Warner Bros. board seen sticking with Netflix deal

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:42 ET — Regular session Netflix Inc shares were up 0.4% at $94.19 in midday trading on Wednesday, after moving between $93.21 and $94.19 earlier in the session. Volume topped 10 million shares. The stock’s direction has become closely tied to deal headlines as Netflix tries to pull off one of the biggest moves in its history: buying major studio and streaming assets from Warner Bros. Discovery. That matters now because the transaction would reshape Netflix’s scale in film and television production and put fresh pressure on regulators weighing another major step in media consolidation.
31 December 2025
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Intel stock today edges higher after Nvidia’s $5 billion stake filing — what investors watch next

Intel stock today edges higher after Nvidia’s $5 billion stake filing — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:43 ET — Regular session. Intel (INTC) shares were up about 0.2% at $37.39 in midday trade on Wednesday, after a regulatory filing confirmed Nvidia had completed a $5 billion purchase of Intel stock. The shares have traded between $37.12 and $38.01 so far in the session. The disclosure matters because Intel is still in a capital-heavy rebuild, trying to fund manufacturing expansion while defending its core PC and server chip franchises against increasingly tough competition. It also keeps the spotlight on a rare strategic tie-up between two long-time rivals. Equity investments of this size
31 December 2025
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Oracle stock slips as OpenAI funding update and insider sale filing keep AI spend in focus

Oracle stock slips as OpenAI funding update and insider sale filing keep AI spend in focus

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:42 ET — Regular session Oracle Corp (ORCL) shares were down 0.3% at $196.60 in midday New York trading on Wednesday, after closing at $197.21 in the prior session. The stock traded between $195.08 and $197.49 so far in the regular session. The weakness matched a modest pullback in U.S. technology shares, with the Nasdaq 100-tracking Invesco QQQ and the Technology Select Sector SPDR both down about 0.3%. The drift matters because Oracle’s valuation has been tied closely to investor confidence in AI-driven cloud growth and the cost of building out data-center capacity. Scrutiny rose
31 December 2025
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Ondas Holdings (ONDS) stock jumps today after $10 million autonomous systems order haul

Ondas Holdings (ONDS) stock jumps today after $10 million autonomous systems order haul

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:30 ET — Regular session. Ondas Holdings Inc shares rose 11.9% to $10.06 by 12:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, after earlier touching $10.32. The company said it received about $10 million in new purchase orders for its autonomous systems portfolio, including counter-UAS systems — technology designed to detect and disable hostile drones — along with autonomous drone and robotic ground platforms. “These new orders underscore the sustained, global demand we are seeing for autonomous air and ground systems,” Chairman and CEO Eric Brock said. Ondas Holdings The order update gives investors a fresh data point
31 December 2025
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Strategy (MSTR) stock slips with bitcoin as new filing details $108.8 million crypto buy

Strategy (MSTR) stock slips with bitcoin as new filing details $108.8 million crypto buy

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:28 ET — Regular session Strategy Inc shares fell 1.8% to $152.88 in midday trading on Wednesday, tracking a more than 1% dip in bitcoin. The software company — formerly MicroStrategy — has become a volatile bitcoin proxy because it holds the token on its balance sheet and regularly raises money to buy more. That structure is back in focus as investors weigh the trade-off between added bitcoin exposure and shareholder dilution. Strategy A Form 8-K dated Dec. 29 showed Strategy bought 1,229 bitcoins for $108.8 million between Dec. 22 and Dec. 28 at an
31 December 2025
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Nike stock jumps on CEO buy as year-end traders watch the turnaround

Nike stock jumps on CEO buy as year-end traders watch the turnaround

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:20 ET — Regular session Nike (NKE) shares rose 4.1% to $63.72 in midday trading on Wednesday after a regulatory filing showed CEO Elliott Hill bought about $1 million of stock. The Form 4 filing, which discloses insider transactions, said Hill bought 16,388 Nike Class B shares on Dec. 29 at an average $61.10, lifting his direct holding to 241,587 shares. SEC Investors have been looking for signs that Nike’s turnaround is gaining traction after margin pressure and a slide in demand in parts of the business. Insider purchases can matter because they put executives’
31 December 2025
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GOOG stock edges lower after Alphabet insider sale filing, with year-end tech drag in focus

GOOG stock edges lower after Alphabet insider sale filing, with year-end tech drag in focus

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:13 ET — Regular session Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) edged down 0.04% to $314.43 in midday trading on Wednesday, after an insider-trading filing showed the company’s chief legal officer sold shares. The stock has traded between $312.34 and $315.37 so far in the session. The move comes in thin year-end trading, when lower volumes can exaggerate short-term swings. Alphabet’s stock has been a heavyweight driver of U.S. equity gains in 2025, leaving investors alert to any sign of profit-taking as the calendar turns. Wall Street’s major indexes were slightly lower on the final trading
31 December 2025
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Palantir stock today: PLTR edges lower as Fed minutes and year-end trading test the AI rally

Palantir stock today: PLTR edges lower as Fed minutes and year-end trading test the AI rally

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:18 ET — Regular session Palantir Technologies Inc shares were down 0.4% at $180.18 in midday trading on Wednesday, easing alongside a muted pullback in U.S. equities on the final trading day of 2025. The stock has traded between $179.34 and $181.80, with volume around 8.8 million shares. Palantir has been one of 2025’s standout AI-linked software stocks, up about 140% for the year. Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives, who named Palantir a top AI stock pick for 2026, set a $230 price target and said demand for the company’s AI platform remained “unprecedented.” Business
31 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
Anglo American share price slips as BofA turns neutral after copper outlook cut

Anglo American share price slips as BofA turns neutral after copper outlook cut

7 February 2026
Anglo American shares closed down 0.75% at 3,435 pence Friday after BofA Global Research downgraded the miner to “neutral” and raised its price target to 3,600 pence. Anglo cut its 2026 copper production guidance and warned of continued weakness at De Beers. The company expects $200 million in charges tied to its Chile copper operations in the second half of 2025.
Amazon’s $200B AI Spending Jolt Spurs Stock Selloff as Big Tech Capex Nears $650B

Amazon’s $200B AI Spending Jolt Spurs Stock Selloff as Big Tech Capex Nears $650B

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell Friday after the company announced a $200 billion AI infrastructure plan for 2026, exceeding analyst expectations and reviving investor concerns about profitability. Combined 2026 capex flagged by Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta now tops $630 billion. Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom shares surged on the news, while software and data firms remained under pressure.
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