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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.

Rigetti stock today: RGTI steadies as Fed minutes and year-end flows keep quantum names jumpy

Rigetti stock today: RGTI steadies as Fed minutes and year-end flows keep quantum names jumpy

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:34 ET — Regular session Rigetti Computing shares edged up 0.3% to $22.34 on Tuesday afternoon, after swinging about 3% between the day’s high and low. IonQ rose 1.2% and D-Wave Quantum gained 1.6%. The muted move matters because quantum-computing stocks have become a high-beta pocket of the market, prone to sudden swings when liquidity thins and rate expectations shift. With the calendar turning, traders are re-pricing how much room the Federal Reserve has to ease in 2026. U.S. stocks were subdued in holiday-thin trading, with investors rotating within technology after a late-year run-up, Reuters
30 December 2025
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AT&T stock today ticks higher as Fed minutes loom and year-end rotation lifts telecoms

AT&T stock today ticks higher as Fed minutes loom and year-end rotation lifts telecoms

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:35 ET — Regular session AT&T Inc shares were up 0.1% at $24.80 in afternoon trade on Tuesday, hovering near the top of a tight day range as the broader market struggled for direction. The stock traded between $24.75 and $24.85. The move matters because income-heavy telecom stocks often trade with interest-rate expectations at year-end, when many investors rebalance portfolios. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose 1.8 basis points — a basis point is 0.01 percentage point — to 4.134%, and traders were awaiting the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes later in the
30 December 2025
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PayPal stock slips in late trade after Fed minutes; here’s what PYPL investors are watching next

PayPal stock slips in late trade after Fed minutes; here’s what PYPL investors are watching next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:33 ET — Regular session PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) shares were down about 0.6% at $59.14 in afternoon trading on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes sharpened the debate over where interest rates go next. The move matters because liquidity is thin into year-end, when smaller trades can have an outsized impact on price. For consumer-facing fintech names like PayPal, rate expectations and spending signals can quickly swing sentiment. Investors are also recalibrating for 2026 after fresh color from the Fed on how comfortable policymakers are with further easing. The minutes are a detailed
30 December 2025
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Spotify stock dips today as Fed minutes loom and investors parse its 2025 feature push

Spotify stock dips today as Fed minutes loom and investors parse its 2025 feature push

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:32 ET — Regular session Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) shares were down about 0.6% at $577.84 in afternoon trading on Tuesday, after swinging between $576.69 and $584.52. The stock’s drift came as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were subdued in choppy, year-end trading, with investors awaiting the Fed’s December meeting minutes later in the day. “It’s just a healthy rebalancing of allocations more so than an emotionally driven sell-off,” said Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide. Reuters For Spotify, the timing matters because the market’s appetite for growth stocks often moves with interest-rate
30 December 2025
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IonQ stock rises today after South Korea seals 100-qubit quantum system deal

IonQ stock rises today after South Korea seals 100-qubit quantum system deal

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:31 ET — Regular session IonQ, Inc. shares were up 1.3% at $45.83 in regular trading on Tuesday after the company said it finalized an agreement to deliver a 100-qubit Tempo quantum system to South Korea’s Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI). The stock has traded between $45.48 and $47.40, with volume around 9.3 million shares. IonQ said the system will be integrated into KISTI-6 “HANGANG,” a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster, in what it described as the country’s first on-site hybrid quantum-classical setup; CEO Niccolo de Masi called the deal “a defining moment
30 December 2025
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Freeport-McMoRan stock today: FCX edges up as copper rebounds toward record highs

Freeport-McMoRan stock today: FCX edges up as copper rebounds toward record highs

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 2:22 PM ET — Regular session Freeport-McMoRan shares rose about 0.5% to $51.75 in afternoon trading on Tuesday, after swinging between $50.87 and $52.67 earlier in the session. The move matters because Freeport’s earnings tend to track copper prices closely. When the metal rises, miners typically see higher revenue per pound sold, which can lift cash generation. Copper’s year-end rally has put the spotlight back on supply tightness and demand tied to electrification and the buildout of power-hungry data centers. That backdrop has helped keep interest in large, liquid copper names such as Freeport. U.S.
30 December 2025
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CRH stock dips today as buyback rolls on and Fed minutes loom

CRH stock dips today as buyback rolls on and Fed minutes loom

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:02 ET — Regular session Shares of CRH plc (CRH) fell about 1.1% to $126.01 in afternoon New York trading on Tuesday after the building materials group disclosed another day of repurchases under its U.S. buyback program. CRH said it bought 31,100 shares on Monday at a volume-weighted average price of $127.33, paying between $126.46 and $128.87, and will cancel the shares as part of a plan to repurchase up to $300 million of stock by Feb. 17. The stock traded between $125.92 and $127.25 on Tuesday. Business Wire The move matters now because CRH
30 December 2025
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Schwab stock slips as Fed minutes put rate outlook back in focus

Schwab stock slips as Fed minutes put rate outlook back in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:00 ET — Regular session The Charles Schwab Corp’s shares were down 0.6% at $100.69 in afternoon trading on Tuesday, after opening at $101.58 and trading between $100.34 and $101.60. The broader market was little changed, while rivals Interactive Brokers and Robinhood also traded lower. The move matters because Schwab earns a large share of its revenue from client cash, making the stock sensitive to shifts in interest-rate expectations. That sensitivity can show up quickly on quiet days, when small changes in rate bets have an outsized impact on financial stocks. Investors are also looking
30 December 2025
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KLA stock dips as China’s 50% domestic chip-tool rule rattles semiconductor equipment names

KLA stock dips as China’s 50% domestic chip-tool rule rattles semiconductor equipment names

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:00 ET — Regular session Shares of KLA Corp fell about 0.8% to $1,250.43 on Tuesday, after a Reuters report said China is requiring chipmakers seeking approval for new or expanded plants to show at least half their equipment will be sourced domestically. The stock traded between $1,249.69 and $1,273.20. Reuters The China headline matters for KLA because chipmaking tools are a long-cycle business: policy shifts can change where fabs (chip factories) buy equipment and how quickly foreign suppliers lose share. For investors, the risk is less about one quarter and more about visibility into
30 December 2025
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Marvell stock rises today as Fed minutes loom — and a CES CEO chat is next

Marvell stock rises today as Fed minutes loom — and a CES CEO chat is next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 13:29 ET — Regular session Marvell Technology (MRVL) shares rose 1.1% to $86.74 in early afternoon trading on Tuesday, after swinging between $85.58 and $88.07. The move matters because Marvell sits in the center of spending on AI data centers, an area where budgets and valuations tend to react quickly when interest-rate expectations shift. Traders were also bracing for thin, year-end liquidity, which can amplify intraday moves. Reuters Investors also have a near-term company catalyst: a Jan. 6 CES fireside chat hosted by J.P. Morgan with Marvell CEO Matt Murphy, the company’s investor relations calendar
30 December 2025
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BitMine (BMNR) stock slips as firm touts 4.11 million ether stash ahead of Jan. 15 vote

BitMine (BMNR) stock slips as firm touts 4.11 million ether stash ahead of Jan. 15 vote

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:01 ET — Regular session Shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc were down about 0.8% at $28.32 by 2:01 p.m. ET on Tuesday, with volume around 18.0 million shares. In a press release filed with the SEC, the NYSE American-listed firm said its Ethereum holdings reached 4.11 million ether (ETH), part of $13.2 billion of crypto and cash, ahead of a Jan. 15 shareholder meeting. “Year-end tax-loss related selling is pushing down crypto and crypto equity prices,” chairman Thomas “Tom” Lee said. SEC The update matters because BitMine has turned itself into an “Ethereum treasury”
30 December 2025
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Wells Fargo stock slips as Fed minutes loom in thin year-end trading

Wells Fargo stock slips as Fed minutes loom in thin year-end trading

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 13:55 ET — Regular session. Wells Fargo & Company shares slipped on Tuesday as U.S. financial stocks eased in holiday-thin trading ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes. At 1:55 p.m. ET, Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) was down about 0.4% at $94.15, after trading between $94.00 and $95.00 on the session. Reuters The move matters because bank stocks tend to key off interest-rate expectations. Rates drive net interest income — the spread between what banks earn on loans and what they pay on deposits — and even small changes in that spread can swing earnings forecasts.
30 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

LSEG share price: London Stock Exchange Group stock braces for Monday after AI jitters and buyback move

LSEG share price: London Stock Exchange Group stock braces for Monday after AI jitters and buyback move

7 February 2026
London, Feb 7, 2026, 08:20 GMT — Market closed. London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG.L) shares ended Friday at 7,502 pence, down about 1.1% on the day, with London markets shut for the weekend and set to reopen on Monday. (MarketWatch) The stock has been caught in a wider repricing of software, data and analytics names as investors question which business models benefit from the next wave of AI — and which get squeezed. “It’s a de-risking trade,” Andrew Wells, chief investment officer at SanJac Alpha, said, as he argued the AI build-out had become “too pricey.” (Reuters) LSEG also
GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
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