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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.

Diageo shares start 2026 near 52-week lows as investors hunt for a rebound

Diageo shares start 2026 near 52-week lows as investors hunt for a rebound

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:50 ET Diageo shares were little changed at about 1,602 pence in early London trade on Friday, keeping the FTSE 100 spirits maker near the bottom of its 52-week range at the start of 2026. The stock, valued at about £35.6 billion, has traded between 1,579 and 2,567.5 pence over the past year and offers a dividend yield of about 5%. Google The subdued start to the year masks a sharper debate about whether the global spirits group has become a value play after months of disappointing performance. Investors are weighing a steady dividend against
2 January 2026
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Nifty tops 26,300 as India bank stocks hit record; Coal India jumps, ITC slides on excise hike

Nifty tops 26,300 as India bank stocks hit record; Coal India jumps, ITC slides on excise hike

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:45 ET Indian shares rose on Friday, with the benchmark Nifty 50 trading above 26,300 and the Sensex up about 0.6% in noon deals, data from Upstox showed. The move mattered because it came on the second trading day of 2026, as investors positioned for a run of corporate updates ahead of the quarterly earnings season, The Economic Times reported. The Economic Times also said persistent foreign portfolio outflows have continued to temper risk appetite even as domestic sectors such as banks and metals lead gains. At 12:30 p.m. IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was
2 January 2026
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Cipher Mining (CIFR) stock edges up in premarket as bitcoin climbs near $89,000

Cipher Mining (CIFR) stock edges up in premarket as bitcoin climbs near $89,000

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:45 ET — Premarket Cipher Mining Inc shares were up 1.1% at $14.76 in pre-market trading on Friday, tracking a firmer bitcoin price heading into the first U.S. session of 2026. Bitcoin was up about 1.5% at $89,038. The early move comes after a volatile finish to 2025 for crypto, when bitcoin was on track for its first annual loss since 2022, weighed by shifting risk sentiment and macro cross-currents, a Reuters report late Wednesday said. “bitcoin increasingly exhibits the characteristics of a risk asset,” said Linh Tran, a senior market analyst at XS.com. Reuters
2 January 2026
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Broadcom stock slips into 2026 premarket as AI margins stay in the spotlight

Broadcom stock slips into 2026 premarket as AI margins stay in the spotlight

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:30 ET — Premarket Broadcom Inc shares were last down 1.1% at $346.10, after closing out 2025 about 16.5% below their 52-week high. The stock, which gained about 49% in 2025, is one of the market’s biggest AI infrastructure bellwethers. The move matters because Broadcom sits at the intersection of two trades investors have leaned on: AI hardware and recurring software. The company sells networking chips and custom processors built to order for large customers, while its VMware business ties it to enterprise software budgets. With U.S. markets reopening after the New Year holiday, traders
2 January 2026
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Datavault AI stock jumps premarket as DVLT traders focus on Jan. 7 warrant dividend clock

Datavault AI stock jumps premarket as DVLT traders focus on Jan. 7 warrant dividend clock

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:30 ET — Premarket Datavault AI Inc shares jumped 22.7% to $0.80 in premarket trading on Friday, after closing at $0.6521 on Dec. 31. The stock traded between $0.78 and $0.81 in early action, with about 274,000 shares reported in premarket volume. Public+1 The move matters now because the Nasdaq-listed company is heading into a Jan. 7 record date tied to two shareholder distributions it announced earlier this week — one involving warrants and another involving a “Dream Bowl Meme Coin II” digital collectible. Record date is the cutoff used to determine which shareholders are
2 January 2026
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Bitmine stock slips in premarket as crypto-linked shares ease into 2026

Bitmine stock slips in premarket as crypto-linked shares ease into 2026

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:14 ET — Premarket Shares of Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. were down about 2% at $27.15 in early premarket trading on Friday. The move matters because Bitmine has become a fast-moving proxy for crypto sentiment, with its treasury tied heavily to ether — the token used on the Ethereum blockchain — even as 2026 gets underway with holiday-thinned liquidity. SEC+1 Crypto’s growing correlation with broader risk assets has been a theme for investors coming out of year-end repositioning. “In 2025, the market showed that bitcoin increasingly exhibits the characteristics of a risk asset,” Linh Tran,
2 January 2026
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UK energy bills forecast to drop £138 in April 2026 after levy shake-up

UK energy bills forecast to drop £138 in April 2026 after levy shake-up

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:23 ET Britain’s household energy price cap is forecast to fall by about 8% in April, cutting the typical annual dual-fuel bill by £138 to around £1,620, consultancy Cornwall Insight said. https://www.cornwall-insight.com/press-and-media/press-release/price-cap-forecast-to-fall-8-in-april/ The forecast offers a potential spring reprieve after the cap for Jan. 1 through Mar. 31 took effect on Thursday, lifting the annualised bill for a typical household paying by direct debit to £1,758 from £1,755. The cap matters now because it sets the benchmark price for millions of households on “standard variable” deals as winter demand peaks. It limits the per-unit price
2 January 2026
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IREN stock rises in premarket as bitcoin rebounds — what traders are watching

IREN stock rises in premarket as bitcoin rebounds — what traders are watching

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:18 ET — Premarket Shares of IREN Limited (IREN.O) rose 3.1% to $38.95 in premarket trading on Friday, after ending 2025 at $37.77. The stock traded between $37.20 and $39.03 in the prior session and has a market value of about $10.9 billion. Google The early move matters because crypto-linked stocks often react in extended hours while bitcoin trades around the clock. Premarket trading — the window before the 9:30 a.m. New York opening bell — can also be thin and prone to sharper price swings. For miners and mining-adjacent names such as IREN, bitcoin’s
2 January 2026
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Vodafone shares near 100p again: 2026 targets sharpen as retail bulls talk up a 40% move

Vodafone shares near 100p again: 2026 targets sharpen as retail bulls talk up a 40% move

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 04:12 ET Vodafone shares are hovering just below 100 pence again, a round-number level that has become a near-term marker for retail investors after the stock’s strong 2025 rally. Yahoo Finance Why this matters now: Vodafone is trying to convince markets its turnaround is durable, not just a bounce from depressed levels. With the stock approaching 100p, the next leg higher will depend on whether operating momentum translates into steadier cash generation and reduced leverage, investors and analysts have said. Reuters+1 A pair of widely shared commentary pieces this week pushed that debate back into
2 January 2026
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TSMC stock today: U.S. China-tool licence and Nvidia H200 talks put Taiwan Semiconductor in focus

TSMC stock today: U.S. China-tool licence and Nvidia H200 talks put Taiwan Semiconductor in focus

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 04:05 ET — Premarket Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited’s U.S.-listed shares were set to stay in focus in premarket trading on Friday after the chipmaker said it had secured a U.S. licence covering imports of American chipmaking equipment for its China operations. The stock last closed up 1.4% at $303.89. Reuters The approval lands as investors track how U.S. export controls are reshaping supply chains for chipmakers with China exposure. For TSMC, it removes a near-term operational question around tools for its Nanjing facility after prior exemptions expired at year-end. Reuters Chip stocks are also
2 January 2026
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FTSE 100 hits 10,000 after best year since 2009

FTSE 100 hits 10,000 after best year since 2009

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 03:53 ET Britain’s FTSE 100 hit the 10,000 level for the first time on Friday, capping a surge that left the index up nearly 22% in 2025, its strongest annual showing since 2009. The benchmark beat both the pan-European STOXX 600 and the U.S. S&P 500 last year, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 rose about 9%. Miners such as Fresnillo, defence contractors including Babcock and Rolls-Royce and banks led by Lloyds powered gains in a market with limited exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Reuters The milestone follows a year in which the
2 January 2026
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AMD stock price today: CES 2026 keynote looms after year-end dip

AMD stock price today: CES 2026 keynote looms after year-end dip

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 02:55 ET — Market closed Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) last closed on Dec. 31 down about 0.5% at $214.16. The stock traded between $213.61 and $217.54, with about 17.6 million shares changing hands. U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day and are set to reopen later on Friday, kicking off the first full session of 2026. That restart can amplify moves in heavily traded growth names after a holiday-thinned week. New York Stock Exchange For AMD, the timing matters because the stock is closely tied to investor views
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Stock Market Today

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
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