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.

Utilities stocks punch higher in 2026 opener as XLU beats market; NextEra filing in focus

U.S. utility stocks started 2026 on a stronger footing, with the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund rising 1.2% on Friday to $43.18. The ETF traded between $42.66 and $43.38, setting up near-term chart levels traders often watch for support and resistance.

3 January 2026

NYSE:NEE·Stock Market

Basic materials stocks jump to start 2026 — XLB rises as copper steadies and miners climb

U.S. basic materials stocks ended the first session of 2026 higher, lifting the Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund — an exchange-traded fund that tracks a basket of large U.S. materials companies — 1.7% to $46.12 at Friday’s close. MarketWatch

3 January 2026

NYSE:APD·NYSE:DOW·NYSE:FCX·NYSE:LIN·NYSE:MLM·NYSE:NEM·NYSE:VMC·Stock Market

Healthcare Stocks Today: XLV edges up as drugmakers raise U.S. list prices on 350 medicines

Drugmakers are lifting U.S. list prices on hundreds of medicines as 2026 begins, putting drug-pricing politics back in focus for healthcare investors. The sector finished higher in Friday’s session, the last U.S. trading day before the weekend.

3 January 2026

NYSE:JNJ·NYSE:LLY·NYSE:PFE·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

Defense and space stocks jump to start 2026 as Boeing, Rocket Lab lead gains

U.S. aerospace, defense and space-linked stocks rose sharply on Friday, led by Boeing and Rocket Lab, as investors returned to the group on the first trading day of 2026. MarketWatch

3 January 2026

Aerospace·Defense Industry·NASDAQ:AVAV·NASDAQ:LUNR·NYSE:BA·NYSE:GE·NYSE:LMT·NYSE:NOC·NYSE:RTX·Stock Market

Rare metals stock CRML jumps 17% — what’s driving Critical Metals after the 2026 open

Critical Metals Corp shares surged 17% on Friday to close at $8.12, capping a strong first session of 2026 for the rare metals stock. The shares were little changed in after-hours trading. Yahoo Finance

3 January 2026

CSE:CRMC

Data center stocks kick off 2026 with Vertiv jump after Barclays upgrade

Data center stocks ended the first trading day of 2026 on Friday with a sharp split between infrastructure suppliers and real estate landlords. Vertiv Holdings jumped 8.4% and Applied Digital rose 14.6%. Power-management supplier Eaton gained 2.8%, while Digital Realty and Iron Mountain edged up and Equinix slipped.

3 January 2026

Data Centers·NASDAQ:APLD·NASDAQ:EQIX·NYSE:DLR·NYSE:ETN·NYSE:IRM·NYSE:VRT·Stock Market·Technology

ServiceNow (NOW) stock price today: Shares slide nearly 4% to start 2026 as software lags

ServiceNow, Inc. shares closed down $5.71, or 3.7%, at $147.45 on Friday, after trading as high as $154.69 and as low as $145.65. Volume was about 9.9 million shares, according to trade data.

3 January 2026

NYSE:NOW·Stock Market

Quantum computing stocks surge to start 2026: D-Wave, Rigetti, IonQ lead — what investors watch next

Pure-play quantum computing stocks closed sharply higher on Friday, kicking off the first trading day of 2026 with outsized gains as investors returned to higher-risk corners of the market.

3 January 2026

NASDAQ:DWQ·NASDAQ:IONQ·NASDAQ:QUBT·NASDAQ:RGTI·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Semiconductor stocks jump as Micron surges 10% and SOXX rallies in first session of 2026

U.S. semiconductor stocks powered higher in the last session before the weekend, pushing the iShares Semiconductor ETF up 4.2% on Friday. Micron Technology and Intel led the advance, as investors rotated back into chip names to start 2026.

3 January 2026

NASDAQ:AMAT·NASDAQ:AMD·NASDAQ:ASML·NASDAQ:INTC·NASDAQ:LRCX·NASDAQ:MU·NYSE:TSM·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Big Tech stocks end first session of 2026 mixed as Tesla slides on deliveries, chips rebound

Big Tech stocks started 2026 on a split note on Friday, with Tesla’s drop after its delivery report offsetting strength in chipmakers led by Nvidia. Reuters

3 January 2026

NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:TSLA·Stock Market·Tesla

Natural gas price today slips on warmer outlook; UNG dips while LNG-linked stocks hold up

U.S. natural gas futures closed out the week lower on Friday, with the benchmark contract at $3.618 per million British thermal units, a standard energy unit. Natural-gas-linked stocks and ETFs finished mixed heading into the weekend. Investing

3 January 2026

Energy Markets·Natural Gas·NYSE:UNG

Silver price today: SLV pops 2% as spot silver ends higher near $72 — here’s what’s next

iShares Silver Trust, a silver-backed exchange-traded fund that trades like a stock, rose 2.06% on Friday to close at $65.75. The fund was last quoted at $66.38 in after-hours trading. StockAnalysis

3 January 2026

NYSE:SLV·Precious Metals·Silver Price

XRP price today steadies near $2 as spot XRP ETF inflows and SEC exit draw focus

XRP traded around $2.01 on Saturday, down about 0.1% on the day after a near 7% rise on Friday that lifted the token back above the $2 level. It has moved between roughly $1.99 and $2.05 so far on Saturday, Investing.com data showed.

3 January 2026

Cryptocurrency·ETFs·NYSE:BEN·XRP

Bitcoin price today: BTC hovers near $90,000 as Fed data loom; crypto stocks jump into 2026

Bitcoin eased 0.9% to $89,990 on Saturday, hovering near the $90,000 mark as weekend trading stayed thin. Ether slipped 0.9% to $3,105.90.

3 January 2026

Bitcoin·Cryptocurrency·NASDAQ:COIN·NASDAQ:MARA·NASDAQ:RIOT

Gold price today: Bullion holds above $4,300 as Fed-cut bets linger and jobs data looms

Gold prices began 2026 near record territory, ending Friday modestly higher even as the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields firmed. Spot gold rose 0.36% to $4,329.57 an ounce, while the dollar index gained 0.19% and the 10-year yield rose 3.8 basis points to 4.191%, Reuters reported. Reuters

3 January 2026

Federal Reserve·Gold·NYSE:AEM·NYSE:NEM

Wall Street kicks off 2026 higher as chipmakers rally, Tesla slides on deliveries

The Dow rose 319.10 points, or 0.66%, to 48,382.39 on Friday and the S&P 500 added 0.19% to 6,858.47, while the Nasdaq slipped 0.03% to 23,235.63, as Wall Street opened 2026 with gains in chipmakers and industrials. Joe Mazzola, head of trading and derivatives strategy at Charles Schwab, said investors have adopted a “buy the dip, sell the rip” mentality. Reuters

3 January 2026

Electric Vehicles·HKG:1211.HK·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:TSLA·NYSE:BA·NYSE:CAT·Stock Market·Technology

Dow Jones today: Boeing, Caterpillar power blue-chip rise as jobs report looms

With U.S. markets closed on Saturday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average last ended Friday up 319.10 points, or 0.7%, at 48,382.39 in Wall Street’s first session of 2026. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 6,858.47, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.03% to 23,235.63, leaving all three major benchmarks down on the week. AP News

3 January 2026

HKG:1211·NASDAQ:TSLA·NYSE:BA·NYSE:CAT·NYSE:CVX·NYSE:GS·NYSE:UNH·Stock Market

AST SpaceMobile stock rockets nearly 15% — BlueBird 7 launch prep back in focus

AST SpaceMobile shares surged 14.9% on Friday, ending at $83.47 and marking one of the stock’s biggest single-day moves in recent weeks. The stock dipped about 0.1% in after-hours trade. Investing

3 January 2026

NASDAQ:ASTS

CrowdStrike stock drops 3% to $453 as 2026 begins — here’s what investors are watching next

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. shares fell 3.2% on Friday, the first trading day of 2026, closing at $453.58 — down about $15 on the day. The stock traded between $449.49 and $477.25, with roughly 3.3 million shares changing hands.

3 January 2026

NASDAQ:CRWD·Stock Market

Intuit stock sinks nearly 5% after insider sale filings hit tape; what’s next for INTU

Intuit Inc. shares fell 5% in the first session of 2026, ending Friday at $629.46. The stock traded as low as $622.31 and as high as $665.02, with volume of about 2.7 million shares.

3 January 2026

NASDAQ:INTU·Stock Market

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Khadija Saeed

Utilities stocks punch higher in 2026 opener as XLU beats market; NextEra filing in focus

Basic materials stocks jump to start 2026 — XLB rises as copper steadies and miners climb

Healthcare Stocks Today: XLV edges up as drugmakers raise U.S. list prices on 350 medicines

Defense and space stocks jump to start 2026 as Boeing, Rocket Lab lead gains

Rare metals stock CRML jumps 17% — what’s driving Critical Metals after the 2026 open

Data center stocks kick off 2026 with Vertiv jump after Barclays upgrade

ServiceNow (NOW) stock price today: Shares slide nearly 4% to start 2026 as software lags

Quantum computing stocks surge to start 2026: D-Wave, Rigetti, IonQ lead — what investors watch next

Semiconductor stocks jump as Micron surges 10% and SOXX rallies in first session of 2026

Big Tech stocks end first session of 2026 mixed as Tesla slides on deliveries, chips rebound

Natural gas price today slips on warmer outlook; UNG dips while LNG-linked stocks hold up

Silver price today: SLV pops 2% as spot silver ends higher near $72 — here’s what’s next

XRP price today steadies near $2 as spot XRP ETF inflows and SEC exit draw focus

Bitcoin price today: BTC hovers near $90,000 as Fed data loom; crypto stocks jump into 2026

Gold price today: Bullion holds above $4,300 as Fed-cut bets linger and jobs data looms

Wall Street kicks off 2026 higher as chipmakers rally, Tesla slides on deliveries

Dow Jones today: Boeing, Caterpillar power blue-chip rise as jobs report looms

AST SpaceMobile stock rockets nearly 15% — BlueBird 7 launch prep back in focus

CrowdStrike stock drops 3% to $453 as 2026 begins — here’s what investors are watching next

Intuit stock sinks nearly 5% after insider sale filings hit tape; what’s next for INTU

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