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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.

BHP share price faces a Tuesday test as operational review looms and iron ore cools

BHP share price faces a Tuesday test as operational review looms and iron ore cools

BHP shares closed down 0.8% at A$48.99 but remain near a 52-week high ahead of Tuesday’s operational review. Iron ore and copper prices both slipped Friday, with iron ore inventories at Chinese ports hitting a record. A possible Rio Tinto-Glencore merger faces regulatory scrutiny in China. BHP’s review is due 8:30 a.m. Melbourne time January 20.
18 January 2026
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Northern Star share price: ASX gold miner’s next big test is Thursday’s quarterly update

Northern Star share price: ASX gold miner’s next big test is Thursday’s quarterly update

Northern Star Resources closed Friday at A$26.83, down 1%. The miner will report December-quarter results on Jan. 22 after lowering its annual gold sales forecast due to equipment failures. Gold prices slipped 0.5% to $4,592.29 an ounce after hitting a record earlier in the week. Investors await updated cost guidance and mine performance details.
18 January 2026
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Voyager Technologies stock jumps on Morgan Stanley target hike as investors eye next catalyst

Voyager Technologies stock jumps on Morgan Stanley target hike as investors eye next catalyst

New York, January 17, 2026, 09:24 EST — Market closed. Shares of Voyager Technologies jumped 6.7% on Friday, closing at $35.38. The U.S.-listed space and defense contractor wrapped up yet another solid week of gains. This shift is significant as investors pivot back to space- and defense-related stocks amid Washington’s renewed focus on “space superiority” and revamped procurement priorities. Analysts are reexamining how these policies might impact contract awards and company valuations. (The White House) Voyager, active in defense tech and space solutions and holding a stake in the Starlab commercial space station project, has emerged as a high-beta vehicle
17 January 2026
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Why Legence (LGN) stock jumped 7% — and what investors are watching next

Why Legence (LGN) stock jumped 7% — and what investors are watching next

New York, January 17, 2026, 09:05 EST — Market closed. Legence Corp shares climbed 7.1% on Friday, closing at $49.59. That move brought the Nasdaq-listed building-systems contractor to just about 1% shy of its 52-week peak. After-hours trading showed the stock edging up slightly. (StockAnalysis) The jump is significant because it pushes Legence above the $45 per share mark set in a Blackstone-linked secondary sale earlier this month—a key benchmark for traders. It also comes just before a holiday-shortened U.S. week, when lighter liquidity tends to amplify swings in newer, more volatile stocks. (GlobeNewswire) U.S. stocks closed almost unchanged on
17 January 2026
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NuScale stock jumps into the weekend as White House power-auction push hits the tape

NuScale stock jumps into the weekend as White House power-auction push hits the tape

New York, Jan 17, 2026, 09:15 EST — Market closed. NuScale Power Corp shares ended Friday 6.8% higher, closing at $20.19. The stock fluctuated between $18.86 and $20.55, with trading volume exceeding 34 million shares. (Investing.com) The decision comes as Washington aims to tackle looming power shortages linked to data centers—an issue now touching everything remotely connected to new energy sources. NuScale is focused on small modular reactors, or SMRs, a compact nuclear design promoted as a more adaptable alternative to conventional plants. (Yahoo Finance) The White House has called on PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. electric grid operator, to
17 January 2026
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IonQ stock (IONQ) rebounds nearly 7% into long weekend — what traders watch before Tuesday

IonQ stock (IONQ) rebounds nearly 7% into long weekend — what traders watch before Tuesday

New York, January 17, 2026, 09:17 (EST) — The market has closed. IonQ shares jumped 6.8% on Friday, ending the day at $50.80 after dropping 6.5% the previous session. The stock fluctuated between $47.52 and $51.89 during the day, then slipped 0.5% in after-hours trading to $50.55. (Investing.com) The whipsaw counts because the quantum-computing group has swung back into a rapid sentiment trade, as investors flip-flop between lofty promises and the slow slog of developing machines that function reliably beyond the lab. IonQ finds itself right at the heart of this. The company’s challenge remains converting technical advances into actual
17 January 2026
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Centrus Energy (LEU) stock price jumps into long weekend as nuclear fuel trade stays in focus

Centrus Energy (LEU) stock price jumps into long weekend as nuclear fuel trade stays in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 17, 2026, 08:24 (EST) — Market closed. Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) shares climbed 8.2% on Friday, closing at $331.03. Trading volume hit roughly 1.6 million shares, with prices swinging between $298.10 and $333.30 during the session. The bounce is significant since Centrus operates in a crucial segment of the nuclear supply chain: uranium enrichment. This process raises the uranium concentration for reactor fuel—a bottleneck investors are keenly watching. Friday brought a flurry of nuclear news. The U.S. inked a civil nuclear power deal with Slovakia, aiming to cut ties to Russian-designed reactors. The agreement centers on a
17 January 2026
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Galaxy Digital stock jumps on Texas grid OK for Helios — what GLXY investors watch next

Galaxy Digital stock jumps on Texas grid OK for Helios — what GLXY investors watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 17, 2026, 08:41 EST — The market has shut down for the day. Galaxy Digital (GLXY) shares climbed 7.25% Friday, closing at $34.31 on Nasdaq after fluctuating between $32.38 and $34.73. On Thursday, the stock finished at $31.99, with volume dropping to roughly 15.5 million shares from around 20.6 million the previous day. (Galaxy Digital Inc.) Galaxy followed up with an update on its Helios data center campus in West Texas, revealing that ERCOT, the grid manager, has greenlit an extra 830 megawatts of computing demand—a key measure of electrical load. This boosts Helios to over 1.6
17 January 2026
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Skip LAX: JSX bets on turboprops with Santa Monica–Las Vegas flights, Scottsdale next

Skip LAX: JSX bets on turboprops with Santa Monica–Las Vegas flights, Scottsdale next

Santa Monica, Calif., Jan 17, 2026, 05:17 PST JSX is betting on a comeback for turboprops among U.S. travelers, launching ATR 42-600 flights from Santa Monica to Las Vegas and setting a Santa Monica-Scottsdale route to start Jan. 22. “The reason we’re running the experiment is to run the experiment,” CEO Alex Wilcox told The Points Guy. (The Points Guy) The wager comes as turboprops — those propeller planes mostly gone from U.S. scheduled flights — reemerge as a cost-effective fix for thin routes. ATR pointed to the phaseout of older 50-seat regional jets, calling it a “connectivity gap.” Wilcox
17 January 2026
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AST SpaceMobile stock spikes on $151 billion SHIELD defense pool nod — what to watch next week

AST SpaceMobile stock spikes on $151 billion SHIELD defense pool nod — what to watch next week

New York, Jan 17, 2026, 08:15 EST — Market closed. AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) shares ended Friday up 14.34%, closing at $115.77. The stock bounced between $106.30 and $120.80 during the session, with roughly 33.6 million shares changing hands, per Yahoo Finance. The company’s decision came after it secured a prime contract spot on the Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a U.S. government procurement initiative linked to missile defense efforts. (Yahoo Finance) Why it matters now: SHIELD opens a door for AST to enter the defense sector while pushing forward its commercial satellite goals. Investors
17 January 2026
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Micron’s $1.8B Taiwan fab plan puts MU in focus after Friday’s 7.8% pop

Micron’s $1.8B Taiwan fab plan puts MU in focus after Friday’s 7.8% pop

New York, Jan 17, 2026, 08:34 EST — Market closed Micron Technology announced Saturday it has entered into an exclusive letter of intent to buy Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp’s P5 fabrication facility in Tongluo, Taiwan, for $1.8 billion in cash. On Friday, Micron’s shares closed at $362.75, gaining $26.12, or 7.76%, on roughly 47.9 million shares traded. (Micron Technology) This announcement comes amid growing concerns that memory, not processors, could be the next bottleneck in AI development. Attention is now on DRAM and NAND chips, which provide servers with the fast working memory and flash storage essential for AI. Morgan
17 January 2026
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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.
BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
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