Oklo stock today: OKLO edges up in premarket as investors eye funding, DOE milestones
Oklo Inc. shares inched up about 0.2% to $71.76 in premarket trading on Friday.
Ondas Holdings (ONDS) stock climbs again in premarket as $10 million order update ripples through
Ondas Holdings Inc shares rose 3.5% to $10.11 in premarket trading on Friday, extending a sharp late-December rally after the company reported about $10 million in new purchase orders for its autonomous systems business. The stock closed at $9.76 on Dec. 31, up 8.6%, after trading as high as $10.53 on volume of about 156 million shares. StockAnalysis
Buffett steps down at Berkshire: Abel inherits an Apple-heavy portfolio — and a new Alphabet stake
Warren Buffett has stepped down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, handing the reins of the $1.08 trillion conglomerate to Greg Abel as 2026 begins. Berkshire’s Class A shares slipped 0.1% on Dec. 31, Buffett’s final day as CEO, while the S&P 500 fell 0.7%. Reuters
Advisers reshuffle Invesco QQQ: Delta quadruples stake as Nasdaq-100 ETF starts 2026 shaky
Delta Investment Management sharply increased its stake in the Invesco QQQ Trust in the third quarter, regulatory filings published this week showed. MarketBeat
Dow Jones today: Dow futures rise as 2026 trading begins, with jobs data and Fed path in focus
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures pointed higher on Friday, signaling a steadier start to 2026 after Wall Street slid in the final sessions of last year. At 5:45 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 171 points, or 0.35%, while S&P 500 E-minis gained 41.5 points and Nasdaq 100 E-minis added 267 points. Analysts at Deutsche Bank cautioned the first trading day has been a poor guide to how the year ultimately plays out. Reuters
JD.com stock today: JD steadies near 52-week low as China stimulus signals meet caution
JD.com, Inc shares were down about 0.1% at $28.70 in U.S. premarket trading on Friday, hovering near their 52-week low. Google
Strive (ASST) stock edges up premarket after Glass Lewis backs Semler merger vote
Shares of Strive, Inc. — parent of Strive Asset Management, LLC — rose about 1.1% in premarket trading on Friday.
Nvidia’s China moat faces a new test as Biren pops 76% and Baidu chip unit files for Hong Kong IPO
Shares of Chinese AI chip designer Shanghai Biren Technology closed up 76% in their Hong Kong debut on Friday, the market’s first listing of 2026. The stock opened at HK$35.70, hit HK$42.88 at an intraday high and ended at HK$34.46, versus an offer price of HK$19.60. Biren raised HK$5.58 billion, with institutional demand nearly 26 times the shares on offer and the retail tranche oversubscribed about 2,348 times, exchange filings showed. Reuters
SMCI stock rises in premarket after Supermicro unveils new liquid-cooled SuperBlade AI server
Super Micro Computer, Inc. shares were up about 3% at $30.13 in U.S. premarket trading on Friday, placing the server maker among the session’s early gainers. Investing.com
Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock rises in premarket as Space Force satellite deal stays in focus
Rocket Lab Corp shares rose 3.5% to $72.20 in premarket trading on Friday, after ending December 31 at $69.76. The stock has been choppy since late December, when it touched $79.83 intraday on Dec. 24 before slipping below $70 into year-end, data from StockAnalysis.com showed. StockAnalysis
Vertiv stock slips premarket as Barclays lifts VRT to Overweight, sets $200 target
Vertiv Holdings Co shares slipped 1.5% in premarket trading on Friday after a fresh bullish call from Barclays on the data-center infrastructure supplier. The stock was at $162.01 at 6:28 a.m. ET, about $2.40 below its previous close.
Rolls-Royce stock rises in London as defence shares lead the first trading day of 2026
Rolls-Royce Holdings shares climbed 2.6% to 1,180 pence, according to Davy data, extending a strong start to 2026 for London-listed defence and aerospace names. The stock traded as high as 1,194 pence and as low as 1,155.78 pence. Davy Group
Alphabet stock today: GOOGL slips in premarket even after a $385 price-target hike
Alphabet Inc’s Class A shares were down 0.3% at $313 in U.S. premarket trading on Friday. The Google parent is valued at about $2.94 trillion. The stock trades at roughly 24 times trailing earnings, a valuation metric that compares the share price with the past 12 months of profit.
CoreWeave (CRWV) stock in focus as insider sale filing lands ahead of Friday open
CoreWeave shares were flat at $71.61 in premarket trading on Friday, after sliding 3.1% in the previous session.
UK New Year Honours 2026: Ex-Aviva leader Cathryn Riley and Lloyd’s Dhruv Patel get CBEs
Former Aviva executive Cathryn Riley has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in Britain’s 2026 New Year Honours list, Insurance Post reported on Friday. Dhruv Patel, a London-based civic leader linked to the insurance market, was also appointed a CBE.
International stocks beat Wall Street in 2025 — and the funds that outperformed in both the drop and the rebound
Non-U.S. stocks were on track to finish 2025 up about 29%, their strongest performance since 2009, with the MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. index — which tracks shares outside the United States across more than 40 markets — leading the way. That compared with a more than 17% return for Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500, Al Jazeera reported.
Two Vanguard ETFs are back in focus as 2026 starts — VOO vs VGT debate heats up
U.S. equity funds pulled in about $16.89 billion of net inflows in the week to Dec. 31 as investors ended 2025 on an optimistic note, according to LSEG Lipper data.
Lloyds Bank closures start this month as 17 UK branches set to shut in January 2026
Lloyds Bank will close 17 branches across Britain in January, according to closure notices posted on the lender’s branch locator website. The first closures are scheduled for Jan. 8, including the bank’s branch in Gillingham, Dorset.
Novo Nordisk stock slips premarket as China court backs key semaglutide patent
Novo Nordisk A/S shares edged lower in premarket trading on Friday after the Danish drugmaker said China’s Supreme People’s Court upheld a key patent covering semaglutide, the active ingredient in its blockbuster obesity and diabetes drugs. U.S.-listed American depositary receipts — certificates that represent foreign shares — were down about 0.7% at $50.88.
ASML stock slips in premarket after Aletheia upgrade lifts target to $1,500
ASML Holding N.V. shares slipped 0.25% in U.S. premarket trading on Friday to $1,069.86. Aletheia Capital analyst Warren Lau double upgraded the Dutch chipmaking-equipment maker to Buy from Sell and raised his price target, an analyst estimate of where a stock should trade, to $1,500 from $750, TheFly reported. Lau told investors in a research note that “stronger extreme ultraviolet lithography demand from DRAM suppliers” would lift forecasts; extreme ultraviolet lithography is used to print the smallest chip features, and DRAM is a common type of memory chip. tipranks.com
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