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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.

Chevron stock set for spotlight on Dow Jones as Venezuela shock reshapes oil playbook

Chevron stock set for spotlight on Dow Jones as Venezuela shock reshapes oil playbook

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 03:46 ET — Market closed Chevron Corp is set to draw attention ahead of Monday’s U.S. session after the White House and State Department told oil executives they would need to invest significant capital in Venezuela if they want to recover debts linked to past asset expropriations, two people familiar with the outreach said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average component ended Friday up 2.3% at $155.90. Reuters The policy push lands after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend and President Donald Trump said American oil companies were prepared to spend billions
5 January 2026
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Indore water crisis widens to nerve-disorder fears as Mangaluru clears chargers for 100 e-buses

Indore water crisis widens to nerve-disorder fears as Mangaluru clears chargers for 100 e-buses

NEW DELHI, Jan 4, 2026, 13:54 ET A drinking-water contamination outbreak in Indore has taken a fresh turn after doctors flagged symptoms consistent with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder in which the immune system attacks nerves, in a 67-year-old patient from the city’s Bhagirathpura area, NDTV reported. Officials have confirmed six deaths in the diarrhoea outbreak, while local residents have claimed the toll is 16. Ndtv The suspected neurological complication matters because it could widen the public-health response from short-term gastroenteritis to longer-term disability, raising pressure on authorities to explain what went wrong with the city’s water supply and how
4 January 2026
Dyne Therapeutics stock drops 5% into 2026 — FDA filing timeline and next earnings date in focus

Dyne Therapeutics stock drops 5% into 2026 — FDA filing timeline and next earnings date in focus

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 13:49 ET — Market closed Dyne Therapeutics shares closed down 5.5% on Friday at $18.50, ending the first U.S. trading session of 2026 on a softer note. About 2.65 million shares changed hands. The pullback matters because 2026 is shaping up as a timing-driven year for the clinical-stage biotech, with investors focused on whether its lead Duchenne muscular dystrophy program can reach regulators on schedule and on what that path costs. Dyne said in December its Phase 1/2 DELIVER trial met its main biomarker goal, lifting dystrophin — a muscle protein missing in Duchenne —
4 January 2026
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Freshworks stock drops 5% to start 2026 — what matters before Monday’s open (FRSH)

Freshworks stock drops 5% to start 2026 — what matters before Monday’s open (FRSH)

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:47 ET — Market closed Freshworks Inc shares closed down 5.3% at $11.60 on Friday and ticked up 0.5% in after-hours trading, when U.S. stocks change hands electronically outside the regular 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. session. The software maker is valued at about $3.3 billion and is near the lower end of its 52-week range. MarketBeat The move matters because investors opened 2026 with a cautious eye on interest rates, a key input for valuing growth stocks that rely on future cash flows. U.S. Treasury yields pushed higher on Friday, with the 10-year yield
4 January 2026
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Asana stock slides 5% to start 2026 — downgrade and key dates that could move ASAN next

Asana stock slides 5% to start 2026 — downgrade and key dates that could move ASAN next

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 13:41 ET — Market closed. Asana, Inc. (ASAN) shares fell about 5.4% on Friday to $12.96, finishing near the session low after trading between $12.92 and $13.84. Research outlet Wall Street Zen downgraded the stock to “hold” from “buy” on Saturday, MarketBeat reported. MarketBeat The slide leaves Asana heading into Monday’s reopen with investors focused on whether 2026 brings more rate relief or a longer pause. Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson said on Saturday that another U.S. rate cut could take a while, after the Fed lowered rates by 75 basis points in 2025, Reuters
4 January 2026
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ZoomInfo stock slides 5.5% — key levels and the next dates investors are watching

ZoomInfo stock slides 5.5% — key levels and the next dates investors are watching

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:41 ET — Market closed ZoomInfo Technologies Inc (GTM.O) shares closed down 5.5% on Friday at $9.61, setting the software and data company up for a cautious start to the new week when U.S. markets reopen on Monday. The selloff pushed the stock below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages — common charting gauges that smooth daily price swings — at about $10.23 and $10.45, MarketBeat data showed. The same dataset put ZoomInfo’s consensus analyst rating at “Hold” with an average price target of roughly $11.79, leaving shares about 18% below that level after Friday’s
4 January 2026
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Palantir (PLTR) stock slides 5.6% as insider sale notice surfaces — what to watch next week

Palantir (PLTR) stock slides 5.6% as insider sale notice surfaces — what to watch next week

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:28 ET — Market closed Palantir Technologies Inc shares closed down about 5.6% on Friday at $167.86, their first session of 2026, after swinging from an early high near $183 to a low around $166. Why this matters now: the selloff leaves Palantir starting the week under a spotlight as investors return from the holidays and reassess risk in high-growth software names alongside a heavy macro calendar. “The market is looking for direction,” said Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak, as traders eye whether stocks break out of recent ranges. Reuters The first
4 January 2026
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Frontline (FRO) stock slides 5.7% as tanker traders digest OPEC+ output decision ahead of Monday

Frontline (FRO) stock slides 5.7% as tanker traders digest OPEC+ output decision ahead of Monday

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 1:18 PM ET — Market closed Frontline plc shares fell 5.7% on Friday to $20.58, leading declines among U.S.-listed crude tanker stocks into the weekend. DHT Holdings dropped 4.0%, Teekay Tankers lost 3.7% and International Seaways slid 3.2%. The sector heads into the first full week of 2026 with fresh signals from oil producers. OPEC+ kept output policy unchanged on Sunday, reaffirming a pause on production increases through March; the group’s next meeting is set for Feb. 1, Reuters reported. Reuters Oil prices, meanwhile, started the year with little momentum after steep 2025 losses. Brent
4 January 2026
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Establishment Labs (ESTA) stock drops 5.5% — what to watch before Monday’s open and JPM conference

Establishment Labs (ESTA) stock drops 5.5% — what to watch before Monday’s open and JPM conference

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:22 ET — Market closed Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. shares fell 5.5% on Friday, ending at $68.84 and lagging a largely flat Nasdaq on the first trading day of 2026. Yahoo Finance The move comes as investors sharpen their focus on U.S. growth drivers for the medical device maker, particularly a bid to widen the approved use of its Motiva silicone implants beyond cosmetic breast augmentation and into breast reconstruction. Establishment Labs said on Dec. 29 it submitted Motiva implants to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval in primary and revision breast reconstruction,
4 January 2026
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Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) stock slides nearly 6% to start 2026 — what traders watch next

Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) stock slides nearly 6% to start 2026 — what traders watch next

New York, January 4, 2026, 13:18 ET — Market closed Diebold Nixdorf shares closed down 5.79% on Friday at $63.96, marking a sharp retreat on the first trading day of 2026. The stock will reopen for trading on Monday after U.S. markets stayed shut over the weekend. Diebold Nixdorf Investors The move matters because the ATM and bank-technology provider had been hovering in the high-$60s into year-end, leaving it exposed to profit-taking as investors reset positions for the new year. A fast reversal early in January can set the tone for sentiment in smaller, more volatile names. Diebold Nixdorf Investors
4 January 2026
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Via Transportation stock sinks to 52-week low territory after 6% Friday slide — what to watch next for NYSE:VIA

Via Transportation stock sinks to 52-week low territory after 6% Friday slide — what to watch next for NYSE:VIA

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 12:46 ET — Market closed Via Transportation Inc (NYSE:VIA) ended Friday down 6.3% at $27.18, a sharp drop that left the recently listed transit-technology company pinned near the bottom of its one-year trading range ahead of the first full week of 2026. Investing Why it matters now: trading volumes are expected to normalize after the holiday lull, and January’s early economic releases could quickly reset appetite for newer, loss-making growth stocks. Via has already given back much of its post-IPO momentum, making the next macro surprise more consequential for sentiment. Reuters Investors are bracing for
4 January 2026
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Gartner stock slides 6% to start 2026 — what to watch before Monday’s open

Gartner stock slides 6% to start 2026 — what to watch before Monday’s open

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 12:56 ET — Market closed Gartner, Inc. shares closed down 6.1% on Friday at $237.03, marking a sharp drop in the first trading session of 2026. The stock opened at $250.39 and slid to an intraday low of $236.69 before paring losses. The move matters now because January is shaping up as a test of whether companies keep spending on research and advisory work or lean harder on cost controls. Big early swings can reset positioning quickly, especially when investors are trying to gauge how much growth they can pay for. For Gartner, the market’s
4 January 2026
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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