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Shan Ahmed Khan

As a journalist focused on finance and the stock market, he delivers fast, reliable, and easy-to-understand coverage of market news.

MARA stock jumps 6.6% as bitcoin miners rally on Riot’s AMD data-center lease heading into MLK market holiday

MARA stock jumps 6.6% as bitcoin miners rally on Riot’s AMD data-center lease heading into MLK market holiday

MARA Holdings rose 6.6% Friday to $11.36, tracking bitcoin’s gains and sector momentum. Riot Platforms surged 16% after announcing a $311 million, 10-year data-center deal with AMD. U.S. markets will reopen Tuesday after the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Traders are watching for earnings updates and shifts in crypto prices.
18 January 2026
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NuScale Power stock pops as White House presses PJM on data-center power — what SMR investors watch next

NuScale Power stock pops as White House presses PJM on data-center power — what SMR investors watch next

NuScale Power shares surged 7% to close at $20.19 Friday after Washington ordered emergency power measures for the PJM grid. The White House called for data centers to fund new generation, spotlighting “reliable baseload” supply. Traders are watching Tuesday’s market reopening and a Jan. 20 unit-exchange notice that could affect NuScale’s share supply.
18 January 2026
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Legence stock jumps 7% to $49.59 — what to watch for LGN after the long weekend

Legence stock jumps 7% to $49.59 — what to watch for LGN after the long weekend

Legence shares jumped 7.1% to $49.59 Friday, nearing their 52-week high, with volume at 1.43 million. The move followed full exercise of an over-allotment option by Blackstone-linked shareholders and comes as the company integrates its $200 million Bowers Group acquisition. U.S. markets close Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, reopening Tuesday. The IPO lock-up expires March 11, 2026.
18 January 2026
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Bloom Energy stock price near $150: why BE surged and what to watch before Tuesday’s reopen

Bloom Energy stock price near $150: why BE surged and what to watch before Tuesday’s reopen

Bloom Energy shares closed at $149.50 Friday, up 7.4% after an intraday high of $150.65. The rally followed news of a $2.65 billion fuel cell order from American Electric Power and increased focus on power supply issues for data centers. FuelCell Energy, Plug Power, and Ballard Power also gained. U.S. stocks overall ended flat ahead of the long weekend.
18 January 2026
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Micron stock jumps on $100B New York megafab groundbreaking and $7.8M insider buy — what MU traders watch next

Micron stock jumps on $100B New York megafab groundbreaking and $7.8M insider buy — what MU traders watch next

Micron shares rose 7.8% to $362.75 Friday after the company began construction on a $100 billion New York megafab and disclosed a large director share purchase. U.S. markets were closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Trading resumes Tuesday with chip sector earnings and new U.S. tariffs on advanced AI chips in focus.
18 January 2026
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Centrus Energy stock price jumps 8% before MLK Day break — what traders watch next for LEU

Centrus Energy stock price jumps 8% before MLK Day break — what traders watch next for LEU

Centrus Energy shares rose 8.1% Friday to $331.03 after landing a $900 million Department of Energy contract to expand uranium enrichment in Ohio. The deal is part of a $2.7 billion federal push to boost domestic supply. U.S. uranium spot prices are forecast to reach $82 a pound by late 2025, while domestic mine output remains far below demand. Centrus reports quarterly earnings Feb. 5.
18 January 2026
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Novo Nordisk stock jumps on Wegovy pill prescriptions — what investors watch next week

Novo Nordisk stock jumps on Wegovy pill prescriptions — what investors watch next week

Novo Nordisk shares surged 6.49% to 388.90 Danish crowns Friday after early U.S. prescription data for its new Wegovy pill and UK approval of a higher Wegovy dose. U.S. retail pharmacies filled 3,071 Wegovy pill prescriptions in the first four days, not counting online sales. Novo’s ADRs rose 0.74% in New York. Investors await the company’s earnings report on Feb. 4.
18 January 2026
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Super Micro Computer stock jumps 11% — what to watch after the MLK market shutdown

Super Micro Computer stock jumps 11% — what to watch after the MLK market shutdown

Super Micro Computer shares jumped 11% Friday to close at $32.64, with 79 million shares traded ahead of Monday’s U.S. market holiday. The move followed a rally in chip stocks after Taiwan Semiconductor’s earnings. Investors remain focused on AI data-center demand and upcoming inflation and tech earnings reports. Markets reopen Tuesday after the Martin Luther King Jr. Day closure.
18 January 2026
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Venture Global stock price jumps 11% into MLK holiday week as LNG prices firm — what to watch next

Venture Global stock price jumps 11% into MLK holiday week as LNG prices firm — what to watch next

Venture Global shares surged 10.6% to $8.80 Friday, with trading volume reaching 15.4 million. The company cut its 2025 profit forecast to $6.18–$6.24 billion amid volatile LNG prices and shipping bottlenecks. Spot LNG prices in Asia hit a six-week high as colder weather forecasts boosted demand. Venture Global faces ongoing investor scrutiny and arbitration cases over past delays.
18 January 2026
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IREN Limited stock price jumps 11% on Friday — what to watch after the MLK Day market break

IREN Limited stock price jumps 11% on Friday — what to watch after the MLK Day market break

IREN shares jumped 11.4% to $57.82 Friday and rose another 0.8% after hours, following a $9.7 billion AI cloud deal with Microsoft and an analyst upgrade. Trading volume hit 54 million shares. U.S. markets close Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and reopen Tuesday. IREN operates renewable-powered data centers for bitcoin mining and AI services in Canada and Texas.
18 January 2026
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FIGR stock jumps after new Wall Street targets — what to watch next for Figure Technology Solutions

FIGR stock jumps after new Wall Street targets — what to watch next for Figure Technology Solutions

Figure Technology Solutions shares surged 13.8% to close at $73.91 Friday, after Mizuho and other analysts raised price targets citing strong Q4 volume and new blockchain initiatives. The stock peaked at $76.52 during the session. Figure launched its On-Chain Public Equity Network, allowing companies to list equity directly on blockchain. Preliminary December loan volume reached $869 million, up 134% year over year.
18 January 2026
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Riot Platforms stock spikes on AMD’s $311 million data-center lease — what RIOT investors watch next

Riot Platforms stock spikes on AMD’s $311 million data-center lease — what RIOT investors watch next

Riot Platforms shares jumped 16% to $19.24 after announcing a 10-year data center lease with AMD at its Rockdale, Texas site, set to generate about $311 million in revenue. The deal starts with 25 MW of server power in early 2026 and could expand to 200 MW. Riot bought the property for $96 million, funded by bitcoin sales. Trading resumes after the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
18 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.
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