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Marcin Frąckiewicz

CEO of TS2 Space and founder of TS2.tech. Expert in satellites, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, covering trends in space, AI, and connectivity.

Oil prices today: Brent, WTI slip as Venezuela upheaval collides with ample supply

Oil prices today: Brent, WTI slip as Venezuela upheaval collides with ample supply

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 02:53 ET — Market closed Oil prices eased in early trading on Monday, with the market looking past Venezuela’s political upheaval and back to the weight of global supply. Brent crude futures were down 0.4% at $60.54 a barrel by 0452 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 0.5% to $57.04.  Reuters The pullback lands as crude starts 2026 on the defensive after last year’s steep decline, leaving traders quick to fade geopolitical risk unless barrels are immediately at risk. OPEC+ — the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries plus allies including Russia
5 January 2026
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Tokyo stocks today: Nikkei starts 2026 higher as TEPCO, chip and defense names lead

Tokyo stocks today: Nikkei starts 2026 higher as TEPCO, chip and defense names lead

TOKYO, January 5, 2026, 02:10 ET Japan’s Nikkei 225, a price-weighted index of blue-chip shares, jumped about 3% on Monday in Tokyo’s first session of 2026 as investors chased chip and defense stocks and looked past U.S. action in Venezuela. “The market turned risk-on as if uncertainties and threats had been removed,” said Kazuaki Shimada, head of research at IwaiCosmo Securities. The Nikkei closed up 3.03% at 51,865, with Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) leading gainers on a 9.23% surge. ( The Business Times) Currency traders echoed that appetite for risk and ran with a stronger dollar. The greenback hit two-week
5 January 2026
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Top Hong Kong stocks today: Kuaishou surges, Alibaba climbs, CNOOC slides

Top Hong Kong stocks today: Kuaishou surges, Alibaba climbs, CNOOC slides

HONG KONG, Jan 5, 2026, 02:22 ET — Regular session Kuaishou Technology jumped 11.4% in afternoon trade, leading gains among Hang Seng blue chips as the benchmark index eased 0.06% to 26,321.87. Investors also pushed Innovent Biologics up 6.7% and Hansoh Pharma up 5.7%, while they sold oil producers CNOOC and PetroChina, down 3.5% and 3.2%, respectively. Turnover — the cash value of shares traded — clustered in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with the Tracker Fund and the HSCEI ETF in the top five, alongside Alibaba, Tencent and SMIC. etnet 經濟通 That split tape matters now because traders keep treating Hong
5 January 2026
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Singapore top stocks today: Digital Core REIT jumps, SGX rebrands as STI flirts with fresh highs

Singapore top stocks today: Digital Core REIT jumps, SGX rebrands as STI flirts with fresh highs

Singapore, Jan 5, 2026, 02:08 ET Digital Core REIT jumped 11.76% to $0.570, leading Singapore’s session after it disclosed a 10-year leasing deal for its Linton Hall facility in Virginia. The Straits Times Index (STI) climbed about 0.6% and pushed into record territory. Sginvestors The moves matter early in the year because traders entered the first full week of January with risk appetite intact, even as headlines added a fresh dose of geopolitical noise. Asian equities rose broadly, and investors kept their focus on AI-linked spending and defensives. Reuters A REIT, short for real estate investment trust, owns income-producing property
5 January 2026
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Top Indian stocks today: HCLTech slides on CLSA downgrade as CSB Bank hits record; Nifty pares early high

Top Indian stocks today: HCLTech slides on CLSA downgrade as CSB Bank hits record; Nifty pares early high

MUMBAI, Jan 5, 2026, 02:08 ET Indian IT shares dragged benchmarks lower on Monday after CLSA downgraded HCLTech and Tech Mahindra, blunting an early push to fresh highs. The Nifty 50 traded down 0.13% and the Sensex fell 0.16% by 10:05 a.m. IST. Reuters The hesitancy matters because the Nifty still hovers near lifetime highs, and investors now need earnings to justify stretched expectations. A soft patch in IT — a key export-facing sector — can quickly change how global funds price India’s growth story. Reuters IT often acts as a sentiment bellwether because it earns a large share of
5 January 2026
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ASX top stocks today: Silex jumps 9% in uranium surge as WiseTech drops on ACCC move

ASX top stocks today: Silex jumps 9% in uranium surge as WiseTech drops on ACCC move

SYDNEY, January 5, 2026, 02:08 ET Uranium and rare-earth stocks topped the Australian market on Monday, led by Silex Systems, which jumped 9.43% to A$9.75. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index, Australia’s main basket of large caps, finished near flat, up 0.01% at 8,728.6. Livecenter The rally landed as investors tracked the fallout from U.S. action in Venezuela that put oil supply and sanctions policy back in focus. Traders leaned into “critical minerals” — metals that power batteries, electronics and defence systems — and trimmed rate-sensitive tech and consumer names. Seymour Telegraph The timing matters because macro data can reset rate
5 January 2026
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Hong Kong Stock Market Stalls Today — The One Sector Behind the Hang Seng Pullback

Hong Kong Stock Market Stalls Today — The One Sector Behind the Hang Seng Pullback

Hong Kong — January 5, 2026 — 2:08 AM ET Hong Kong stocks slipped.The Hang Seng Index dipped 0.08% by the midday break and traded at 26,302 in the afternoon, while the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 0.18% and the HSCEI lost 0.19%.  Futu News Breadth looked messy.Futu counted 1,099 gainers, 1,004 decliners, and 1,141 unchanged at midday, and that split shows traders ran stock-to-stock instead of buying the whole board.  Futu News Energy dragged hard.PetroChina sank 4.34% and CNOOC dropped 3.48%, tracking a softer crude tape after Brent slipped 0.4% to $60.49 as markets digested Venezuela headlines.  Futu News
5 January 2026
Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Flatlined — Miners Just Printed a Record Close

Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Flatlined — Miners Just Printed a Record Close

Sydney — January 5, 2026 — 2:14 AM ET ASX stalled into the close.Australia stock market today ended in a dead heat, with the S&P/ASX 200 up 0.8 points (0.01%) at 8,728.60 while the All Ordinaries slipped 7 points (0.02%) to 9,034.7.  CommBank Miners stole the session.Materials jumped 1.8% to a record close as firmer iron ore prices and China demand pushed BHP and Fortescue up 1.6% each and drove Rio Tinto to an intraday peak at A$150.14.  Indo Premier Volume screamed holiday mode.Turnover ran at just 0.7x the 30-day average (652 million shares) in the thinnest ASX session in
5 January 2026
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Nikkei 225 Ripped 3% as TOPIX Hit a Record—But Traders Keep Staring at 157

Nikkei 225 Ripped 3% as TOPIX Hit a Record—But Traders Keep Staring at 157

Tokyo — January 5, 2026 — 2:04 a.m. ET Nikkei ripped higher.The Nikkei 225 closed up 3.03% at 51,865 in the Tokyo stock market’s first session of 2026, and TOPIX finished at 3,477.52, up 2.01% after touching 3,486 intraday.  Investing Risk-on hit Tokyo.Traders chased chips and exporters as the dollar pushed to 157.295 yen and BOJ chief Kazuo Ueda talked about more rate hikes, while Venezuela headlines barely slowed the bid.  Reuters Chips did the hauling.Advantest jumped 6.37% and Tokyo Electron climbed about 6%, tracking a 4% surge in the U.S. semiconductor index on Friday and dragging index points with
5 January 2026
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India Stock Market Today: Nifty Hit a Record — Then IT Stocks Pulled the Plug

India Stock Market Today: Nifty Hit a Record — Then IT Stocks Pulled the Plug

Mumbai — Jan 5, 2026 — 2:03 AM ET Nifty tagged a record.India stock market today pushed the Nifty 50 up to 26,358.25 (+0.11% intraday) before sellers knocked it back toward 26,321 (down 0.02%), while the Sensex hovered around 85,665 (down 0.07%) in mid-session trade.  Reuters That’s a tell.At fresh highs, traders wanted a clean breakout, but IT selling and tariff headlines out of Washington—Trump threatened higher duties tied to India’s Russian oil purchases—kept risk appetite tight.  Reuters IT did the damage.Nifty IT sank about 2.5%, with HCLTech down roughly 3.3% and Tech Mahindra off about 2% after CLSA cut
5 January 2026
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Singapore Stocks Rip Higher — Watch the STI’s 4,690 Line

Singapore Stocks Rip Higher — Watch the STI’s 4,690 Line

Singapore — January 5, 2026 — 2:11 AM ET Singapore shares pushed higher.The Straits Times Index jumped 0.69% to 4,688.03 on SGX by 2:59 p.m. local time (delayed), after sweeping a 4,668.69 low and tagging 4,690.48 intraday.  InvestingNote Risk appetite stayed alive.Asia kicked off the first full trading week of 2026 with equities bid even as Venezuela headlines hit the tape, and Singapore didn’t blink with the region in rally mode.  Reuters Oil drove the tape.Brent slid to about US$60.33 a barrel and traders treated Venezuela as a supply story, leaving Sembcorp Industries up 0.5% while China Aviation Oil dropped
5 January 2026
Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 05.01.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: January 5, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: January 5, 2026, 11:59 PM EST RioCan REIT (TSX:REI.UN) valuation under scrutiny as P/E spikes; DCF fair value signals upside January 5, 2026, 11:38 PM EST. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:REI.UN) shows momentum with 1.7% gain in the past week and 4.7% in the past month, and a 1-year total shareholder return of 10.1%. Shares trade at CA$19.07, with a P/E of 84.3x against a sector average near 23.9x and peers around 16.7x. The data point to an intrinsic discount of about 10%. Simply Wall St's DCF model puts a
5 January 2026
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Northern lights forecast tonight: Solar storm watch meets the Wolf Moon

Northern lights forecast tonight: Solar storm watch meets the Wolf Moon

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 17:16 ET U.S. space weather forecasters expect a minor geomagnetic storm on Sunday, a development that can brighten the northern night sky with auroras, also known as the northern lights. The timing matters because skywatchers are already dealing with a bright, near-full Wolf Moon that can wash out faint sky targets. Any aurora strong enough to punch through that glare would be more noticeable across northern viewing zones. The forecast also matters beyond stargazing. Geomagnetic storms, driven by bursts of solar material, can disrupt radio communications and affect satellites, adding operational risk for aviation and
4 January 2026
SOHO spots water gushing from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after its Sun pass

SOHO spots water gushing from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after its Sun pass

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 17:01 ET Scientists have measured water streaming from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after its late-October pass around the Sun, using a solar-monitoring spacecraft to estimate how fast the object was shedding ice into space.  Phys The timing matters because most early work on 3I/ATLAS focused on its approach, when sunlight was ramping up the comet’s activity. Post-perihelion data are harder to capture as objects fade and move farther from Earth, leaving a narrow window to document how a fresh interstellar visitor “winds down.”  Phys Interstellar objects are rare: 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed body observed
4 January 2026
National Australia Bank stock: NAB shares at A$42.40 as rate bets turn to CPI and Feb update

National Australia Bank stock: NAB shares at A$42.40 as rate bets turn to CPI and Feb update

SYDNEY, Jan 4, 2026, 16:15 ET — Market closed Shares of National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB.AX) ended Friday at A$42.40, up 0.21%, after a thin start to the new year kept investors focused on the next run of interest-rate signals. The timing matters because Australia’s big banks have become a quick read on where investors think the Reserve Bank of Australia is headed. The next marker comes on Jan. 7, when the Australian Bureau of Statistics is scheduled to publish its Consumer Price Index for November. Australian Bureau of Statistics Rate expectations feed straight into bank earnings. Higher rates can
4 January 2026
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Macquarie stock: MQG edges up into 2026 — the two dates investors are watching

Macquarie stock: MQG edges up into 2026 — the two dates investors are watching

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 16:07 ET — Market closed Macquarie Group Ltd (MQG.AX) shares ended the first ASX session of 2026 slightly higher, closing at A$203.73 on Friday, up 0.26%. The investment bank’s next operational update is scheduled for Feb. 10, according to MarketScreener’s company calendar. The muted move comes as Australian investors return from the New Year break to a market still trading on interest-rate expectations. The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2% on Friday in thin volumes, led by a 0.4% gain in financials, while a selloff in miners capped the advance, a Reuters report published by The Business
4 January 2026
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Northern Star (NST) share price sinks after guidance cut — what to watch before the next session

Northern Star (NST) share price sinks after guidance cut — what to watch before the next session

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 16:11 ET — Market closed Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) shares closed down 8.6% at A$24.43 on Friday after the Australian gold miner cut its fiscal 2026 guidance following a weaker-than-expected December quarter.  Investing The reset matters because it points to operational strain across assets that drive cash flow, from the Kalgoorlie Super Pit in Western Australia to the Pogo mine in Alaska. Investors also have limited clarity on costs until the company updates its numbers later this month. Markets are closed in New York on Sunday, but trading in Australia resumes with a near-term
4 January 2026
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DroneShield stock jumps 8% into 2026 as contract cash timing comes into focus

DroneShield stock jumps 8% into 2026 as contract cash timing comes into focus

SYDNEY, Jan 4, 2026, 16:07 ET — Market closed DroneShield Limited shares last closed 8.1% higher at A$3.33 on Friday, after trading between A$3.05 and A$3.36. Intelligent Investor The jump puts the counter-drone technology maker back on radars at the start of 2026, with traders focused on whether recent military orders convert into deliveries and cash as scheduled. Two late-December contract disclosures gave the market fresh timing markers for the first quarter and beyond. ASX Announcements DroneShield sells counter-UAS (counter–unmanned aerial systems) equipment — technology used to detect, track and disrupt drones — a niche that has drawn heightened attention
4 January 2026
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Westpac stock (ASX:WBC) ends first 2026 session higher as inflation data looms

Westpac stock (ASX:WBC) ends first 2026 session higher as inflation data looms

SYDNEY, Jan 4, 2026, 16:06 ET — Market closed Westpac Banking Corp (WBC.AX) shares rose in Sydney’s first trading session of 2026, with investors turning quickly to inflation and central-bank signals that can sway bank earnings and valuations. ( Intelligent Investor) The move matters because banks are among the most rate-sensitive stocks on the Australian market. Shifts in interest-rate expectations can change how investors value future profits and dividends, and can feed directly into mortgage pricing and funding costs. It also lands as Australia’s inflation reporting cadence has shifted, giving markets more frequent readouts to price the Reserve Bank of
4 January 2026
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PLS Group Limited stock: what to watch after Friday’s 2% climb and ahead of the Jan. 30 updateNew York, January 4, 2026, 16:09 ET — Market closed

PLS Group Limited stock: what to watch after Friday’s 2% climb and ahead of the Jan. 30 updateNew York, January 4, 2026, 16:09 ET — Market closed

PLS Group Limited (ASX:PLS) shares closed at A$4.31 on Friday, up 2.1% in their last Sydney session as the new year began. The stock is up about 95% over the past year and is within a few cents of its 52-week high, after rebounding from a low of A$1.07, LSEG data showed. That matters because PLS is one of Australia’s most closely watched lithium names, and its share price tends to move with shifts in battery-material pricing and sentiment. After a steep 12-month run, investors are looking for confirmation that volumes and costs are holding up, not just headlines about
4 January 2026
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Stock Market Today

Applied Digital stock jumps 25% as AI data-center names rebound — what’s next for APLD

Applied Digital stock jumps 25% as AI data-center names rebound — what’s next for APLD

7 February 2026
Applied Digital Corporation shares jumped 25.52% Friday to $34.95, then slipped to $34.60 after hours. The company reported fiscal Q2 revenue up 250% to $126.6 million and signed leases for 600 MW of data center capacity in North Dakota. Applied Digital broke ground on a new 430‑MW campus in the southern U.S. in January. Financing includes a $100 million promissory note with 8% interest, paid in kind.
Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

7 February 2026
Eli Lilly shares rose 3.7% to $1,058.18 Friday after the FDA said it would act against telehealth firm Hims & Hers for marketing a $49 compounded weight-loss pill. The move followed a sharp selloff Thursday when Hims announced plans to sell a version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. Investors remain uncertain how aggressively regulators will police copycat drugs and pricing in the obesity drug market.
Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

7 February 2026
Saudi Exchange approved Merrill Lynch KSA’s exit as market maker for Saudi Aramco, effective Feb. 8. Aramco shares closed at 25.60 riyals Thursday, down 0.06, with 22.1 million traded. The Tadawul index fell 1.3% as Brent crude dropped to $67.93. Aramco set March official selling prices at $2.10 above Argus for North America and $0.65 above ICE Brent for Western Europe.
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