Today: 7 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.

SoFi stock in focus today: share-sale overhang and Wall Street calls set up the next trade

SoFi stock in focus today: share-sale overhang and Wall Street calls set up the next trade

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 07:54 (EST) — Premarket SoFi Technologies, Inc. (SOFI) shares were little changed in U.S. premarket trading on Wednesday after a regulatory filing confirmed banks running its recent stock sale bought additional shares, keeping dilution worries in focus. The disclosure matters because SoFi is heading into a key earnings update later this month, when management will need to show how fresh capital supports growth without eroding returns. New stock issuance can weigh on a share price because it increases the number of shares outstanding, reducing each existing investor’s slice. A Form 8-K filing said underwriters exercised
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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

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 07:58 EST — Premarket Nvidia (NVDA.O) 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 (AI) 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 The update lands as investors keep treating Nvidia as a bellwether for the AI rally that drove the S&P 500 and Dow to record closes on Tuesday. U.S. index
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Tempus AI stock slips premarket after 7.5% jump as JPM Healthcare Conference nears

Tempus AI stock slips premarket after 7.5% jump as JPM Healthcare Conference nears

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 07:47 ET — Premarket Tempus AI, Inc shares were down about 1% in premarket trading on Wednesday, easing after the Nasdaq-listed health-tech stock jumped 7.5% in the previous session. The shares last traded around $68.85, after closing at $69.54 on Tuesday. MarketBeat The pullback comes as investors position for Tempus’ appearance at the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, a closely watched investor meeting that often sets the tone for healthcare stocks early in the year. Tempus said its founder and CEO Eric Lefkofsky will deliver a presentation and take questions on Jan. 12, with a
7 January 2026
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Momentus (MNTS) stock on watch after $5 million placement and Velo3D 3D-printed tank plan

Momentus (MNTS) stock on watch after $5 million placement and Velo3D 3D-printed tank plan

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 07:50 EST — Premarket Momentus Inc (MNTS) shares were flat in premarket trading on Wednesday after the space company said it priced a $5 million private placement and set out plans to flight-test a 3D-printed fuel tank made with Velo3D. The back-to-back announcements put the focus on funding and hardware execution at the San Jose, California-based company, which has leaned on repeated capital raises as it works toward its next in-orbit mission. Momentus closed up 11.45% on Tuesday after a 53.66% jump a day earlier, with the two sessions marked by wide intraday swings and
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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

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 07:33 EST — Premarket 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
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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

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 07:35 (EST) 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/ The hesitation comes at a moment when Wall Street’s early-year gains are already stretching round-number milestones. The Dow sits about 1% from 50,000 and the S&P 500 is within about 1% of 7,000, levels
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Arctic Cat buys Quebec’s Widescape stand-up snowmobile maker as $13 million debt forces sale

Arctic Cat buys Quebec’s Widescape stand-up snowmobile maker as $13 million debt forces sale

Montreal, Jan 7, 2026, 07:26 (EST) Arctic Cat said it has acquired the assets of Quebec-based Widescape, maker of the WS250 stand-up snowmobile, expanding the Minnesota company’s winter recreation portfolio. The move lands as Arctic Cat tries to rebuild its product line under new owners and widen a dealer network that thinned during years of uncertainty for the brand, the company said. Arctic Cat For Quebec, the sale shifts a locally designed stand-up machine into U.S. control and caps a startup’s slide into court-supervised insolvency—a legal process for firms that cannot pay their bills. In a statement on Tuesday, Arctic
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Natural gas price stock UNG: Henry Hub futures rebound before EIA storage data

Natural gas price stock UNG: Henry Hub futures rebound before EIA storage data

New York, January 7, 2026, 07:25 EST — Premarket Shares of the United States Natural Gas Fund fell 3% on Tuesday, ending at $11.28. Benchmark February Henry Hub futures were up about 4% at around $3.48 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) early on Wednesday. MarketWatch UNG is designed to track daily moves in the near-month NYMEX natural gas futures contract, giving investors a liquid way to trade U.S. gas prices through a listed fund. Winter price swings have sharpened early in the year as weather forecasts drive expectations for heating demand. In a note circulated Tuesday, EBW Analytics Group
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Bigger IRS tax refunds in 2026? The key deadlines and paper-check change to know now

Bigger IRS tax refunds in 2026? The key deadlines and paper-check change to know now

WASHINGTON, Jan 7, 2026, 07:22 EST The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is urging taxpayers to prepare early for the 2026 tax season, pointing to new tax-law changes that may lift some refunds and a push toward electronic payments as paper refund checks are phased out. IRS Why it matters now: the filing season for 2025 returns is weeks away, and refund size and timing will shape household cash flow at a moment when many workers are still learning the rules tied to new deductions and credits. The House Ways and Means Committee has cited a Piper Sandler analysis projecting refunds
7 January 2026
Nvidia stock slips premarket as China H200 orders and jobs data loom for AI stocks

Nvidia stock slips premarket as China H200 orders and jobs data loom for AI stocks

New York, January 7, 2026, 07:10 EST — Premarket Nvidia (NVDA.O) was down about 0.5% in premarket trading at $187.24 on Wednesday after CEO Jensen Huang said investors should watch for purchase orders — not a formal Chinese announcement — to gauge whether local customers can import the company’s H200 data-center chips used to run and train AI models. Reuters The comments land as investors test how far the new-year run in AI-linked stocks can stretch, after chip and memory names drove Wall Street higher a day earlier and pushed the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index to a record. “I think
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XRP price slides nearly 6% as early-2026 rally cools, ETF flows and U.S. crypto bill in focus

XRP price slides nearly 6% as early-2026 rally cools, ETF flows and U.S. crypto bill in focus

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 07:09 (EST) — Premarket XRP, the token used by Ripple, fell 5.9% to $2.25 in early trading on Wednesday, after touching $2.39 and as low as $2.22. Bitcoin slipped about 2% and ether, the token of the Ethereum network, eased 0.8%, pointing to a broader pullback across major cryptocurrencies. The dip comes after XRP rose 25% in the first week of 2026, helped by steady buying in U.S.-listed XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs), listed products that trade like stocks. Investors have poured $1.3 billion into XRP ETFs since the first launch in November, data cited by
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Bitcoin price today slides to $92,000 as rally cools before U.S. jobs data

Bitcoin price today slides to $92,000 as rally cools before U.S. jobs data

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 07:09 EST — Premarket Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency, fell 1.8% to $92,065 by 6:50 a.m. ET on Wednesday, down from a previous close of $93,722. It traded between $91,519 and $93,722, and has gained about 5% so far this year after hitting $94,830 on Monday, data from Twelve Data showed. Ether fell about 2.3% to $3,220. Twelve Data The pullback comes a day after Morgan Stanley filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, tied to the prices of bitcoin and solana. The filing lands as U.S.
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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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