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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.

Mortgage rates today: Trump’s $200B bond order lifts Rocket Companies stock, loanDepot premarket

Mortgage rates today: Trump’s $200B bond order lifts Rocket Companies stock, loanDepot premarket

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 06:40 EST — Premarket U.S. mortgage-linked stocks jumped in premarket trading on Friday after President Donald Trump ordered a $200 billion purchase of mortgage bonds, a move aimed at lowering mortgage rates today and improving housing affordability. The policy push lands at a sensitive moment for the housing market. Mortgage rates have eased from last year’s highs, but not enough to unlock demand in a market where prices have stayed elevated and inventories remain tight. Freddie Mac’s latest weekly survey put the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 6.16% for the week ended Jan. 8,
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EQT stock wobbles as U.S. natural gas prices slide on warm weather signals

EQT stock wobbles as U.S. natural gas prices slide on warm weather signals

New York, January 9, 2026, 06:31 EST — Premarket Shares of EQT Corp (EQT) were little changed in early premarket trade on Friday, after the U.S. gas producer fell 4.2% in the previous session amid renewed pressure on natural gas prices. Gas matters again because the latest slide has come fast, and it hits producers’ cash flow straight away. The Henry Hub spot price sank to $3.11 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on Wednesday, down from $3.96 a week earlier, while the February NYMEX futures contract ended Wednesday at $3.525, the Energy Information Administration said. (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
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Nvidia stock slips before the bell as China H200 payment terms jolt AI stocks

Nvidia stock slips before the bell as China H200 payment terms jolt AI stocks

New York, January 9, 2026, 06:31 (ET) — Premarket Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares were down 2.1% at $185.04 in premarket trade on Friday after a Reuters report said it is demanding full upfront payment from Chinese buyers of its H200 artificial intelligence chips. Chief Executive Jensen Huang said this week the “customer demand is high – quite high,” even as approvals on both sides remain uncertain. (reuters.com) China has been a swing factor for the AI-chip trade because the H200 is a high-end graphics processing unit, or GPU — the kind of chip used to train and run AI models. Chinese
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XRP price holds near $2 after first spot ETF outflows; U.S. jobs data next

XRP price holds near $2 after first spot ETF outflows; U.S. jobs data next

New York, January 9, 2026, 06:31 (EST) — Premarket XRP edged higher on Friday morning, hovering near $2.10 as the market digested the first net outflows from U.S.-listed spot XRP exchange-traded funds and braced for the U.S. jobs report later in the day. (CoinMarketCap) That matters because ETF flows have become a quick read on whether institutions are adding to positions or taking money off the table. For XRP, a run of uninterrupted inflows had been a rare steady tailwind in a market that often turns on a dime. (CoinMarketCap) The timing is awkward. The U.S. Labor Department is set
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Bitcoin price steadies near $90K after ETF outflows; Coinbase, Strategy shares mixed premarket

Bitcoin price steadies near $90K after ETF outflows; Coinbase, Strategy shares mixed premarket

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 06:30 (EST) — Premarket Bitcoin steadied near $90,000 on Friday, edging higher in early U.S. trade, while crypto-linked stocks split in the premarket. Coinbase Global dipped 0.1% and Strategy rose 3.2%, with miners Marathon Digital up 3.7% and Riot Platforms down about 1%. The key near-term driver is still flows, not slogans. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs — funds that hold bitcoin and trade like stocks — saw net outflows of $486.1 million on Jan. 7 and $398.8 million on Jan. 8, led by BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC, Farside Investors data showed. (Farside Investors) Investors
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Silver price stock: SLV and silver miners slip as commodity index rebalance forces selling

Silver price stock: SLV and silver miners slip as commodity index rebalance forces selling

New York, January 9, 2026, 06:30 EST — Premarket The iShares Silver Trust (SLV), a heavily traded proxy for silver prices, fell 1.8% in the last session, ending at $69.71. The slide followed a sharp pullback in silver as investors positioned for forced selling tied to annual commodity index rebalancing. The timing matters because the rebalance is mechanical. Funds that track broad commodity benchmarks have to reset weights after big moves, and that can swamp normal flows for a few days, regardless of investor views on the metal. A wave of bullion-linked selling valued at more than $10 billion is
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Dow futures stuck in neutral as jobs report and tariff ruling loom

Dow futures stuck in neutral as jobs report and tariff ruling loom

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 06:25 (EST) — Premarket Dow futures held near flat on Friday in premarket trade, with investors sitting tight before U.S. jobs data and a Supreme Court decision on tariffs that could jar markets out of an early-year calm. (reuters.com) The Labor Department’s nonfarm payrolls report — the monthly count of jobs added outside farming — is expected to show slower hiring in December, and investors have been using every labor-market print they can get to game out the Federal Reserve’s next move after rate cuts late last year. (reuters.com) Tariffs are the other live wire.
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Applied Digital stock jumps again premarket as $5 billion hyperscaler lease talk keeps AI trade in play

Applied Digital stock jumps again premarket as $5 billion hyperscaler lease talk keeps AI trade in play

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 06:29 EST — Premarket Applied Digital (APLD) shares climbed about 8% in premarket trading on Friday, extending gains after the data center operator posted sharply higher quarterly revenue and fresh details on long-term leasing tied to artificial intelligence demand. The stock was up $2.37 at $31.94. The move lands as investors keep rotating in and out of “picks-and-shovels” AI plays — the firms that supply the electricity, racks and buildings behind the models. Applied Digital’s revenue beat Wall Street estimates as demand grows for large-scale sites that can handle AI workloads, Reuters reported. (reuters.com) In
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Oil prices rise on Iran, Venezuela worries; Exxon and Chevron stocks jump premarket

Oil prices rise on Iran, Venezuela worries; Exxon and Chevron stocks jump premarket

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 06:38 EST — Premarket Exxon Mobil was up $4.42, or 3.7%, in premarket trading on Friday, while Chevron added $4.08, or 2.6%, as oil-linked names caught a bid. ConocoPhillips rose 5.1%, while oilfield services firms Halliburton and SLB were also higher. Moves in the group have turned on Venezuela again, with Washington pulling executives into a White House meeting that could shape who gets to market Venezuelan crude and where barrels end up. The guest list includes producers, refiners, traders and services firms, according to a White House official. (reuters.com) That matters because crude prices
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Barrick Mining stock edges lower in premarket as gold price stalls ahead of US jobs data

Barrick Mining stock edges lower in premarket as gold price stalls ahead of US jobs data

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 06:29 EST — Premarket Barrick Mining shares slipped 0.2% in premarket trade on Friday. The stock was last at $47.36 after ending Thursday up 0.36% at $47.44. (Public) The small move comes as the gold price steadied near record territory ahead of U.S. nonfarm payrolls, the government’s monthly jobs report. Spot gold was down 0.1% at $4,471.58 an ounce, after hitting a record $4,549.71 on Dec. 26, while U.S. gold futures gained 0.4% to $4,480.30; FXTM analyst Lukman Otunuga said gold was “in standby mode” going into the report. (reuters.com) Investors are also watching flows
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UK stock market today: FTSE100 rises as Glencore jumps on Rio takeover talks

UK stock market today: FTSE100 rises as Glencore jumps on Rio takeover talks

London, January 9, 2026, 11:36 GMT — Regular session London stocks edged higher on Friday, with Glencore’s sharp rise on takeover talk helping to steady the UK stock market after two down days. The FTSE 100 was up about 0.4% at roughly 10,088 points, with miners dominating both the winners and losers list. (MarketScreener UAE Emirates) This matters now because London’s main index still behaves like a bet on global growth and deal risk: miners, oil and banks do a lot of the heavy lifting. Investors were also reluctant to lean too hard either way before U.S. payrolls data and
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China SXT Pharmaceuticals (SXTC) stock whipsaws after AI “clinics” plan, with Friday open in focus

China SXT Pharmaceuticals (SXTC) stock whipsaws after AI “clinics” plan, with Friday open in focus

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 06:19 EST — Premarket China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc shares ended Thursday down 37.5% at $1.25 after swinging between $1.21 and $6.98, with volume jumping to about 109.3 million shares, Yahoo Finance data showed. The day before, the stock closed at $2.00 on roughly 115,000 shares. (Yahoo Finance) The China-based maker of traditional Chinese medicine products said it launched a “Strategic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insights Initiative” to apply AI analytics to product planning, market intelligence and research decisions, and it plans offline AI-supported consultation stores across China. “Leveraging AI to gain insight into product trends and
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Stock Market Today

Rio Tinto stock jumps as Glencore mega-merger is shelved; what to watch next week

Rio Tinto stock jumps as Glencore mega-merger is shelved; what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Rio Tinto’s U.S. shares closed up 2.5% at $93.37 Friday after the company ruled out a merger with Glencore, triggering a six-month “no-bid” lockout under UK takeover rules. Both companies cited disagreements over valuation. Attention now turns to Rio’s Feb. 19 results and iron ore prices, which fell below $100 a tonne amid weak Chinese demand.
iFAST share price drops 3% as markets shut; earnings next week in focus

iFAST share price drops 3% as markets shut; earnings next week in focus

7 February 2026
iFAST shares fell 3.2% to S$9.64 in heavy trading Friday, closing near the day’s low as investors awaited FY2025 results due Feb. 12. The stock is about 13% below its 52-week high. iFAST recently agreed to buy a 30% stake in Financial Alliance for S$19.6 million, pending regulatory approval. Assets under administration stood at S$30.62 billion as of Sept. 30.
Sembcorp Industries share price: what to watch after Friday dip as Feb 25 results near

Sembcorp Industries share price: what to watch after Friday dip as Feb 25 results near

7 February 2026
Sembcorp shares closed at S$6.05 on Friday, down 0.33%, as Singapore’s STI dropped 0.8%. Shareholders approved the A$6.5 billion Alinta Energy takeover on Jan 30, but the deal still faces regulatory and closing conditions. Sembcorp will release FY2025 results on Feb 25 before market open. Trading volume reached about 4.3 million shares.
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