Today: 8 February 2026
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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.

American Airlines stock today: AAL holds at $15.33 as Chicago flight expansion draws attention

American Airlines stock today: AAL holds at $15.33 as Chicago flight expansion draws attention

American Airlines shares closed unchanged at $15.33 on Dec. 31 as U.S. markets shut for New Year’s Day. The carrier plans to add 100 daily departures from Chicago O’Hare this spring, including up to six daily flights to Las Vegas. Investors are watching fuel costs and demand ahead of the next earnings report, expected around Jan. 22. The stock remains about 20% below its 52-week high.
1 January 2026
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Applied Digital (APLD) stock in spotlight as analysts tout upside ahead of Jan. 7 earnings

Applied Digital (APLD) stock in spotlight as analysts tout upside ahead of Jan. 7 earnings

Applied Digital (APLD) closed at $24.52, up 1.8% before the New Year’s holiday. The company plans to spin out its cloud unit and merge it with Ekso Bionics to form ChronoScale, with Applied Digital retaining 97% ownership. Analysts at Northland, Lake Street, and Citizens kept bullish ratings, citing strong GPU revenue and data-center demand. The proposed deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026, pending approvals.
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BitMine Immersion (BMNR) stock in focus after report flags persistent Korea retail buying despite 80% slide

BitMine Immersion (BMNR) stock in focus after report flags persistent Korea retail buying despite 80% slide

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 06:34 ET — Market closed BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) shares slipped in the final session of 2025 as U.S. markets shut for New Year’s Day, with traders weighing a fresh report on persistent buying by South Korean retail investors. New York Stock Exchange The move matters because BitMine has increasingly traded as a high-volatility proxy for ether, the cryptocurrency that powers the Ethereum network, rather than a straight bitcoin miner. Crypto trades around the clock, so token swings over the holiday can feed into the stock when U.S. equities reopen. It also highlights how cross-border
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Nike stock jumps 4% after CEO Elliott Hill buys $1 million in shares as markets shut for New Year’s Day

Nike stock jumps 4% after CEO Elliott Hill buys $1 million in shares as markets shut for New Year’s Day

Nike shares rose 4% after a filing showed CEO Elliott Hill bought $1 million of stock at about $61.10 per share, raising his stake to 241,587 shares. The stock closed 2025 at $63.71, down 16% for the year. Hill’s purchase followed insider buys by directors Tim Cook and Robert Swan. Nike’s last earnings report cited margin pressure and a sharp drop in China sales.
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SoFi stock today: SOFI ends 2025 lower as U.S. markets shut for New Year’s Day

SoFi stock today: SOFI ends 2025 lower as U.S. markets shut for New Year’s Day

SoFi shares closed down 1.4% at $26.18 in the final U.S. session of 2025. Markets are shut Thursday for New Year’s Day, with trading set to resume Friday. Director William A. Borden deferred part of his compensation into 670 deferred stock units, according to a Form 4 filing. Investors await early-January economic data and SoFi’s next earnings report, tentatively set for Jan. 26.
1 January 2026
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D-Wave Quantum stock today: QBTS on hold as New Year’s shutdown shifts focus to January catalysts

D-Wave Quantum stock today: QBTS on hold as New Year’s shutdown shifts focus to January catalysts

D-Wave Quantum Inc closed at $26.15, down 0.4% after a volatile end to 2025, as U.S. markets shut for New Year’s Day. Peers IonQ, Rigetti, and Quantum Computing Inc also slipped at the last close. D-Wave will sponsor CES Foundry on January 7-8 and hold its Qubits 2026 conference January 27-28. Wall Street’s average price target for D-Wave stands at $33.67, with a “Moderate Buy” rating.
1 January 2026
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Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV) slides 6% as silver tumbles — what investors watch next

Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV) slides 6% as silver tumbles — what investors watch next

Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV) fell 6.23% to $23.65 on Dec. 31, closing at a 3.83% discount to its $24.59 net asset value after silver futures dropped over 9%. More than 32 million PSLV shares traded as CME Group raised margin requirements for precious metals. U.S. markets are closed Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day. Traders are watching for moves in silver when trading resumes Jan. 2.
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BigBear.ai stock in focus after $250 million Ask Sage acquisition closes ahead of Jan. 22 vote

BigBear.ai stock in focus after $250 million Ask Sage acquisition closes ahead of Jan. 22 vote

BigBear.ai said it completed its $250 million cash acquisition of Ask Sage, a generative AI platform used by over 100,000 users in government. Shares last closed down 1.8% at $5.40; U.S. markets are shut for New Year’s Day. Shareholders will vote Jan. 22 on raising authorized shares to 1 billion. The deal price equals about 55% of BigBear.ai’s reported cash as of Sept. 30.
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Opendoor stock today: OPEN holds $5.83 as new CFO starts — what investors watch next

Opendoor stock today: OPEN holds $5.83 as new CFO starts — what investors watch next

Opendoor Technologies closed 2025 down 0.2% at $5.83, naming Christy Schwartz as CFO and Lucas Matheson as president effective Jan. 1. The company reported a third-quarter net loss of $90 million and expects a fourth-quarter adjusted EBITDA loss in the high $40 millions to mid $50 millions. Short interest was 15.4% of float as of Dec. 15. U.S. markets are closed Jan. 1 for the holiday.
1 January 2026
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Intel stock ends 2025 lower as Nvidia’s $5B stake and January catalysts come into view

Intel stock ends 2025 lower as Nvidia’s $5B stake and January catalysts come into view

Intel shares closed down 1.0% at $36.90 Wednesday, capping a volatile year as U.S. markets shut for the New Year’s holiday. The drop followed Intel’s $5 billion private share sale to Nvidia, completed Dec. 29. Trading volume reached 51.5 million shares. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also ended the year lower, with technology stocks among the weakest.
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Plug Power stock today: Clear Street upgrade puts PLUG back in focus as investors eye dilution vote

Plug Power stock today: Clear Street upgrade puts PLUG back in focus as investors eye dilution vote

Plug Power shares rose 1.55% to $1.97 after Clear Street’s Tim Moore upgraded the stock to “Buy” but cut his price target to $3. Plug completed a $431 million convertible note offering and will ask shareholders on Jan. 29 to approve raising authorized shares to 3 billion. The company had less than 0.4% of authorized shares available, SEC filings showed. Plug’s next earnings report is scheduled for Feb. 26.
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NIO stock set for next test after record December deliveries — here’s what matters

NIO stock set for next test after record December deliveries — here’s what matters

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 05:44 ET — Market closed NIO Inc reported record vehicle deliveries for December and the fourth quarter, an update that will shape the next move in NIO stock when Wall Street reopens on Friday. U.S. markets are shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Monthly delivery releases can move Chinese electric-vehicle shares because they land weeks before formal earnings and give an early read on demand. For NIO, the data also test whether newer brands are scaling fast enough to support a push toward improved profitability. Investors have also been parsing early 2026
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Nvidia stock ends 2025 lower as Reuters flags China H200 orders and fresh TSMC talks

Nvidia stock ends 2025 lower as Reuters flags China H200 orders and fresh TSMC talks

Nvidia shares closed down 0.5% at $186.50 after reports the company asked TSMC to boost H200 chip production amid surging Chinese orders. Reuters said Chinese firms have ordered over 2 million H200 chips for 2026, far exceeding current inventory. Nvidia stated licensed H200 sales to China would not affect U.S. supply. Beijing has not yet approved H200 shipments despite recent U.S. export clearance.
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Pfizer stock today: PFE in focus as 2026 U.S. drug price hikes kick off — what to watch next

Pfizer stock today: PFE in focus as 2026 U.S. drug price hikes kick off — what to watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 05:20 ET — Market closed. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) is in focus after annual U.S. drug pricing changes for 2026 included increases on some of its medicines, a politically sensitive topic heading into the new year. Pfizer shares last closed down 0.36% at $24.90 on Wednesday after trading between $24.88 and $25.02, with about 29.4 million shares changing hands. The price resets typically arrive on Jan. 1, when manufacturers post higher list prices — the sticker price before rebates — for many branded drugs. This year’s round is landing as the Trump administration keeps pressure on
1 January 2026
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Ondas Holdings (ONDS) stock jumps on $10 million order news — what investors watch next

Ondas Holdings (ONDS) stock jumps on $10 million order news — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 05:36 ET — Market closed Ondas Holdings Inc shares closed up 8.6% at $9.76 on Wednesday after the Nasdaq-listed company flagged fresh orders in its autonomous systems business. The stock traded between $9.17 and $10.53, with roughly 156 million shares changing hands, ahead of a New Year’s Day market holiday. StockAnalysis+1 The move puts Ondas back in focus as investors look for signs that demand for defense and critical-infrastructure drone technology is turning into repeatable revenue, not just one-off wins. That matters now because small-cap defense tech names can swing sharply on contract headlines, and
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Western Digital stock today: WDC slips after year-end drop as New Year’s Day shuts markets

Western Digital stock today: WDC slips after year-end drop as New Year’s Day shuts markets

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 05:26 ET — Market closed Western Digital shares fell 2.2% to $172.27 in the final U.S. session of 2025, underperforming a broader market pullback before New Year’s Day closed Wall Street. The NYSE and Nasdaq are shut on Thursday and are set to reopen on Friday. MarketWatch The move came as U.S. stocks ended the year’s last session lower, with investors trimming risk in thin holiday trading. “It’s perfectly fine in any bull market to have moments of cost,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president of Reflexivity, as markets headed into 2026 with a heavy
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Suzhou TFC Optical (300394.SZ) stock: 3 signals to watch before China’s short, pre-holiday week

Suzhou TFC Optical (300394.SZ) stock: 3 signals to watch before China’s short, pre-holiday week

8 February 2026
Suzhou TFC Optical closed up 0.4% at 252.97 yuan Friday after heavy trading and sharp swings, ranking as the No. 2 most-traded Shenzhen stock via Stock Connect. Margin financing and securities lending fell, with net margin selling of 419 million yuan. Shanghai and Shenzhen markets will close Feb. 16–23 for the Spring Festival. The company expects 2025 net profit to rise 40–60% year-on-year.
GigaDevice Semiconductor stock price: What to watch for 603986 A-shares as memory crunch bites

GigaDevice Semiconductor stock price: What to watch for 603986 A-shares as memory crunch bites

8 February 2026
GigaDevice Semiconductor’s Class A shares closed at 276.17 yuan in Shanghai, down 0.6% Friday. The company faces a Feb. 11 shareholder vote on related-party transaction limits and an overseas auditor. Investors are watching for fallout from the global memory-chip shortage, which has pushed prices higher across the supply chain. GigaDevice’s shares have nearly doubled over the past year.
Astera Labs (ALAB) stock closes near $170 after 19% jump as earnings week looms

Astera Labs (ALAB) stock closes near $170 after 19% jump as earnings week looms

8 February 2026
Astera Labs shares jumped 18.9% to $169.85 Friday, trading as high as $170.01 on volume of 7.3 million. The move followed Amazon’s AI spending forecast and a nearly 6% gain in the PHLX Semiconductor Index. Astera reports fourth-quarter results Tuesday after market close, with revenue guidance at $245–$253 million.
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