Shan Ahmed Khan

Shan Ahmed Khan is a senior markets reporter at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, technology and macroeconomic trends. A graduate of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), he previously worked in investment research and market analysis. His coverage helps readers understand the key developments influencing global financial markets and emerging industries.

Nvidia stock today: NVDA slips premarket after Huang flags China H200 orders and Rubin rollout

Nvidia stock today: NVDA slips premarket after Huang flags China H200 orders and Rubin rollout

Nvidia shares fell about 0.5% to $187.24 in premarket trading on Wednesday, after closing at $188.10. CEO Jensen Huang said at CES that any Chinese clearance to import Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence data-center GPU — short for graphics processing unit — would show up through “purchase orders,” not a formal announcement, as the company waits for U.S. export licenses. Reuters
7 January 2026
Aurora Innovation stock jumps 10% premarket as Amazon AWS, Aumovio deal spotlights driverless trucks

Aurora Innovation stock jumps 10% premarket as Amazon AWS, Aumovio deal spotlights driverless trucks

Aurora Innovation, Inc. shares rose about 10% to $4.40 in premarket trading on Wednesday, adding roughly 40 cents from the prior close, after Amazon’s cloud unit and German automotive supplier Aumovio expanded a partnership linked to Aurora’s autonomous trucks. AWS will become Aumovio’s preferred cloud provider for autonomous-driving development, and the companies said the new tools are set to be used for Aurora’s planned deployment of driverless trucks at scale from 2027. “The big accelerant in the industry has been the use of engineering AI,” AWS automotive and manufacturing chief Ozgur Tohumcu told Reuters. Reuters
Stock market today: Dow nears 50,000 as chip surge cools and futures pause before jobs data

Stock market today: Dow nears 50,000 as chip surge cools and futures pause before jobs data

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday after a chip-led rally drove the Dow and S&P 500 to record closes in the prior session, as investors paused ahead of key U.S. labor-market data. Futures on the Dow were up 24 points, while S&P 500 futures were down 6 points and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 58 points. https://www.reuters.com/business/sp-500-nasdaq-futures-inch-lower-after-rally-labor-data-focus-2026-01-07/
7 January 2026
Gold price slides as dollar firms and traders brace for U.S. jobs data

Gold price slides as dollar firms and traders brace for U.S. jobs data

Gold prices fell on Wednesday as the dollar held near a two-week high and traders reassessed the latest U.S.-Venezuela headlines after a sharp rally. Spot gold was down 0.8% at $4,461.51 an ounce by 10:01 GMT, while U.S. gold futures slid 0.5% to $4,471.30; silver fell 2.3% and platinum dropped 6%. Markets awaited the ADP private payrolls report due at 13:15 GMT for clues on the Federal Reserve’s next move. Reuters
7 January 2026
Silver price pulls back under $80 as dollar firms; SLV jumps ahead of U.S. jobs data

Silver price pulls back under $80 as dollar firms; SLV jumps ahead of U.S. jobs data

Silver prices slid more than 2% on Wednesday as profit-taking and a firmer U.S. dollar cooled a sharp rally that pushed the metal to record highs. Spot silver — the price for immediate delivery — was down 2.3% at $79.40 per ounce by 10:01 GMT, after hitting an all-time high of $83.62 on Dec. 29. “It’s been quite a frenetic and volatile start to kick off the New Year,” said Jamie Dutta, chief market analyst at Nemo.money. Reuters
UK stocks today: FTSE 100 retreats from record highs as BP, Shell slide on Venezuela oil deal

UK stocks today: FTSE 100 retreats from record highs as BP, Shell slide on Venezuela oil deal

Britain’s FTSE 100 edged lower on Wednesday, with energy and precious-metal miners dragging after a run of record highs, while utilities and real estate stocks drew defensive bids. The blue-chip index was down 0.5% by 1010 GMT; BP fell 2.9% and Shell slid 2.2%, while Topps Tiles rose 1.5% after reporting a 3.7% rise in first-quarter revenue. “Small caps are clearly more attractively valued than large caps in the UK,” Joachim Klement, head of investment strategy at Panmure Liberum, wrote in a note. Reuters
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