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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.

PepsiCo Stock (NASDAQ: PEP) Near $144 as Markets Close for the Weekend: Fresh Headlines, Analyst Forecasts, Dividend Watch, and What to Know Before Monday

PepsiCo Stock (NASDAQ: PEP) Near $144 as Markets Close for the Weekend: Fresh Headlines, Analyst Forecasts, Dividend Watch, and What to Know Before Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 11:51 a.m. ET — Market closed PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) stock is off the tape today with U.S. equities closed for the weekend, leaving investors to digest a quiet stretch of company-specific headlines and a bigger, ongoing narrative: PepsiCo’s 2026 turnaround blueprint and the execution milestones that could reset sentiment into the new year. Shares last closed Friday, Dec. 26 at $143.78, essentially flat on the day, with extended-hours trading showing a small dip to around $143.72 late Friday evening. MarketBeat Where PepsiCo stock stands heading into Monday With the market shut, the key reference
28 December 2025
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SuperValu, Centra and Lidl cut own-brand butter prices in Ireland by up to 15%: new prices, savings and what it means for shoppers

SuperValu, Centra and Lidl cut own-brand butter prices in Ireland by up to 15%: new prices, savings and what it means for shoppers

Irish shoppers will pay less for own-brand butter from today after Musgrave — the parent company of SuperValu and Centra — announced price cuts of up to 15% across its own-brand Irish creamery butter range, with Lidl confirming matching reductions on key own-label lines. TheJournal.ie+1 The move lands at a time when many households are still grappling with higher grocery bills, even as retailers and analysts point to a growing focus on promotions, own-label ranges and value messaging in the run-up to — and aftermath of — Christmas. TheJournal.ie+2Kantar+2 What’s changing: the new butter prices in SuperValu, Centra and Lidl
28 December 2025
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Basic Materials Stocks Today: Metals Rally, China Policy Signals, and Fed-Cut Bets Shape the Week Ahead

Basic Materials Stocks Today: Metals Rally, China Policy Signals, and Fed-Cut Bets Shape the Week Ahead

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:26 p.m. ET — Market closed (U.S. equities; weekend) Basic materials stocks are heading into the final trading stretch of 2025 with a powerful set of cross-currents: record-setting precious metals prices, fresh China policy headlines that matter for global demand (and supply risk), and a U.S. market backdrop defined by light year-end liquidity and an intense focus on the Federal Reserve’s 2026 rate path. Reuters+2Reuters+2 Because U.S. stock exchanges are closed on Sunday, investors are using the pause to reassess what moved the sector into the weekend—and what could move it sharply when the next
28 December 2025
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Utilities Stocks in Focus: Fed Minutes, Treasury Yields, Winter Storm Risk—and the AI Power Boom Ahead of Monday’s Open

Utilities Stocks in Focus: Fed Minutes, Treasury Yields, Winter Storm Risk—and the AI Power Boom Ahead of Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:34 p.m. ET — Market closed Utilities stocks are heading into the final full trading week of 2025 with two narratives pulling the sector in different directions: the traditional “bond proxy” role that can rise or fall with interest-rate expectations, and a fast-evolving growth story tied to electrification and surging power demand from AI-driven data centers. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, investors are using Sunday to assess what mattered most in the last 48 hours—and what could move utilities when trading resumes Monday: December FOMC meeting minutes, year-end liquidity conditions, and the latest
28 December 2025
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Real Estate Stocks Today: REITs Head Into the Final 2025 Sessions With Fed Minutes, Housing Data, and Rate-Cut Bets in the Spotlight

Real Estate Stocks Today: REITs Head Into the Final 2025 Sessions With Fed Minutes, Housing Data, and Rate-Cut Bets in the Spotlight

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:29 p.m. ET, Market closed U.S. real estate stocks—especially publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs)—are entering the last three trading days of 2025 in an unusual spot: the broader market is hovering near record territory, yet real estate has been the notable laggard heading into year-end. With Wall Street closed for the weekend and set to reopen Monday morning, investors are using the pause to re-check the same three levers that have dominated real estate equities all year: interest rates, the direction of the economy, and the widening performance gap between “AI-adjacent” winners and
28 December 2025
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Energy Stocks Today: Oil Slides Into Year-End, LNG Oversupply Fears Grow, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Energy Stocks Today: Oil Slides Into Year-End, LNG Oversupply Fears Grow, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:23 p.m. ET — Market closed Energy stocks head into the final trading days of 2025 with a familiar tug-of-war: crude prices are weak and sentiment is cautious, but many large-cap energy companies still offer resilient cash returns—and the next batch of U.S. petroleum inventory data is due as soon as Monday. The immediate backdrop is Friday’s sharp pullback in oil. Brent crude settled at $60.64 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) at $56.74, both down more than 2% on the day as traders weighed fresh supply-glut concerns alongside shifting geopolitical expectations. Reuters
28 December 2025
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Industrials Stocks Outlook: XLI Near Highs as Year-End Rotation, Fed Minutes, and Defense Headlines Set the Tone for Monday

Industrials Stocks Outlook: XLI Near Highs as Year-End Rotation, Fed Minutes, and Defense Headlines Set the Tone for Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:22 p.m. ET — Market Closed Industrials stocks are heading into the final three trading sessions of 2025 with a rare mix of forces pulling at the sector at once: a year-end “rotation” narrative that’s shifting attention beyond mega-cap tech, a key week for rate expectations as investors brace for Federal Reserve minutes, and fresh geopolitical headlines that are directly relevant to aerospace-and-defense names. With U.S. equities closed Sunday, the big question for industrials investors isn’t what’s happening right now on the NYSE floor—it’s what could matter most when regular trading resumes Monday, Dec. 29:
28 December 2025
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Healthcare Stocks Today: Weekend Headlines, 2026 Themes, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

Healthcare Stocks Today: Weekend Headlines, 2026 Themes, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:22 p.m. ET — Market closed (weekend). U.S. equity markets are shut for the weekend, but healthcare stocks are heading into Monday’s session with a fresh mix of catalysts—policy scrutiny around pharmacy practices, late-year sector rotation, and drug-development headlines—against a broader market backdrop that’s still flirting with major milestones. The S&P 500 has been within striking distance of 7,000, and strategists say the “path of least resistance” for stocks has remained higher absent a shock—an environment that can favor healthcare when investors look for diversification beyond the most crowded growth trades. Reuters Why healthcare stocks
28 December 2025
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Financial Services Stocks: Banks, Insurers and Payments in Focus as Fed Minutes Loom and S&P 500 Nears 7,000

Financial Services Stocks: Banks, Insurers and Payments in Focus as Fed Minutes Loom and S&P 500 Nears 7,000

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m. ET — Market Closed Wall Street heads into the final full trading week of 2025 with financial services stocks back in the spotlight—helped by a broader rotation away from mega-cap tech and toward more moderately valued corners of the market, even as the S&P 500 hovers within striking distance of the 7,000 milestone. Reuters With U.S. stock exchanges shut for the weekend, investors’ immediate question is less about what’s trading right now and more about what could move the financial sector when the next session begins—especially in a holiday-thinned tape where modest flows
28 December 2025
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Technology Stocks Today: AI Leaders, Fed Minutes, and Year-End Rotation Set the Tone for Nasdaq Into Monday

Technology Stocks Today: AI Leaders, Fed Minutes, and Year-End Rotation Set the Tone for Nasdaq Into Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:10 p.m. ET — Market closed U.S. technology stocks head into the final three trading days of 2025 with a familiar tug-of-war: bullish momentum in the major indexes and AI-driven megacaps on one side, and renewed scrutiny of valuations and AI infrastructure spending on the other. With U.S. equity markets shut for the weekend, attention shifts to Sunday evening index futures and to the catalysts waiting in the holiday-thinned week ahead—most notably Federal Reserve meeting minutes and a handful of key economic releases. Stock index futures tied to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 resume trading
28 December 2025
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Data Center Stocks Watch: Nvidia Headlines, Power-Grid Crunch, and Fed Minutes in Focus Before the Next Wall Street Session

Data Center Stocks Watch: Nvidia Headlines, Power-Grid Crunch, and Fed Minutes in Focus Before the Next Wall Street Session

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:03 p.m. ET — Market closed Data center stocks are heading into the final trading days of 2025 with a familiar set of tailwinds—and a growing list of real-world constraints investors can’t ignore. The AI buildout that helped power much of this year’s equity gains remains the dominant demand driver for everything from GPUs and networking gear to cooling systems and “four walls” colocation space. But as Wall Street heads into a holiday-shortened week, thin liquidity, year-end positioning, and the market’s next read on the Federal Reserve are likely to decide whether the sector starts
28 December 2025
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Space and Defense Stocks: RTX, Lockheed, Boeing, Rocket Lab in Focus as Geopolitics and Year-End Trading Set Up Monday’s Session

Space and Defense Stocks: RTX, Lockheed, Boeing, Rocket Lab in Focus as Geopolitics and Year-End Trading Set Up Monday’s Session

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 12:59 p.m. ET — Market closed U.S. stock exchanges are shut for the weekend, leaving space and defense investors to parse a dense batch of late-week headlines and year-end macro signals before trading resumes Monday morning. The New York Stock Exchange’s core trading session runs 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, meaning the next real “price discovery” window for aerospace and defense names arrives with Monday’s open—likely in thin, end-of-year liquidity where headlines can move stocks faster than fundamentals. New York Stock Exchange+1 That thin-liquidity backdrop is important: Wall Street ended Friday’s post-Christmas session nearly
28 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

Corning stock price hits record close — what’s driving GLW and the next big test

Corning stock price hits record close — what’s driving GLW and the next big test

7 February 2026
Corning shares jumped 8.3% to a record $122.16 Friday, gaining 11% over two sessions amid strong demand for AI infrastructure stocks. The move follows a $6 billion optical fiber deal with Meta and upgraded company forecasts. Shares traded as high as $122.56 and rose 0.6% after hours. COO Avery Nelson sold 1,894 shares for tax withholding, retaining 66,050.
PepsiCo stock: €2.5 billion bond deal lands as investors size up the price-cut gamble

PepsiCo stock: €2.5 billion bond deal lands as investors size up the price-cut gamble

7 February 2026
PepsiCo priced €2.5 billion in euro notes across four maturities, with settlement set for Feb. 11, according to an SEC filing. The company plans to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repaying commercial paper. Shares closed at $170.49 Friday, up 1.8%. PepsiCo is also cutting U.S. snack prices by up to 15% after consumer pushback.
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