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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.

Hongkong Land stock price at $8.49 as buybacks stay in focus heading into Monday

Hongkong Land stock price at $8.49 as buybacks stay in focus heading into Monday

Hongkong Land closed at $8.49 in Singapore, up 0.12% after buying back 170,000 shares at an average $8.47, according to a London filing. The group had 2.16 billion shares outstanding with no treasury shares. Singapore buybacks have slowed ahead of February earnings. Hong Kong’s economy grew 3.8% in Q4, with property stocks gaining on optimism over U.S. rate cuts and tenant demand.
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Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal goes cold as talks shift to a smaller stake

Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal goes cold as talks shift to a smaller stake

Nvidia’s proposed $100 billion investment in OpenAI has stalled amid internal concerns, with talks shifting to a smaller deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. Amazon is negotiating a separate investment of up to $50 billion, while OpenAI has signed a $10 billion-plus compute agreement with Cerebras, according to Reuters. Bloomberg says Nvidia-OpenAI talks have collapsed. OpenAI did not comment.
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Palantir Technologies co-founder Peter Thiel ditched Nvidia for Apple and Microsoft — here’s what the filings show

Palantir Technologies co-founder Peter Thiel ditched Nvidia for Apple and Microsoft — here’s what the filings show

Thiel Macro LLC reported no Nvidia shares in its latest U.S. stock filing, after holding 537,742 at end-June 2025. The fund listed stakes in Tesla, Apple, and Microsoft as of September 2025, with U.S. equity holdings dropping to $74.4 million from $212 million three months earlier. The portfolio shift is drawing attention as investors reassess AI exposure before Monday’s market open.
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding share price slips to S$3.34 as risk-off mood builds — what to watch next week

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding share price slips to S$3.34 as risk-off mood builds — what to watch next week

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding fell 1.8% to S$3.34 on Friday, the steepest drop on Singapore’s Straits Times Index, with no company-specific news. About 13.7 million shares changed hands as the STI slipped 0.5%. Asia-Pacific stocks broadly weakened after soft U.S. and European closes. Traders await Monday’s open for signs of further selling or a rebound.
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UOB stock price slips to S$38.27 as Singapore banks cool — what to watch next

UOB stock price slips to S$38.27 as Singapore banks cool — what to watch next

United Overseas Bank closed at S$38.27 on Jan. 30, down 0.98%, as Singapore’s STI slipped 0.5% led by declines in major banks. UOB traded about 3 million shares with turnover near S$115.7 million. The bank will release full-year 2025 results on Feb. 24 before market open. UOB also acted as joint global coordinator for Singapore Airlines’ S$500 million notes issue announced Friday.
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WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC) share price at a one-year low as tech stocks slide — what to watch next

WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC) share price at a one-year low as tech stocks slide — what to watch next

WiseTech Global shares fell 2.4% to A$58.00 Friday, their lowest in a year, after three days of declines and a 15% slide since January. The company faces regulatory pressure to divest Expedient following an ACCC ruling tied to its e2open acquisition. Half-year results are due Feb. 25, with the stock trading ex-dividend on March 13. The ASX tech sector also hit a two-year low Friday.
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Woolworths (ASX:WOW) share price lifts into the weekend — here’s what to watch next

Woolworths (ASX:WOW) share price lifts into the weekend — here’s what to watch next

Woolworths shares rose 1.1% to A$30.94 Friday, outperforming a falling market as 3.1 million shares traded. Coles also gained 1.1% to A$21.28. Investors await the Reserve Bank of Australia’s rate decision Tuesday and Woolworths’ half-year results on Feb. 25. Woolworths faces a class action in South Australia over alleged underpayments, with a potential charge of up to A$330 million.
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Stock Market Today

Bank of America stock jumps 3% into the weekend — what to watch before Monday’s trade

Bank of America stock jumps 3% into the weekend — what to watch before Monday’s trade

7 February 2026
Bank of America shares rose 2.89% Friday to $56.53, tracking a rally in U.S. financial stocks as the Dow closed above 50,000. The bank will redeem its Series DD preferred stock and related depositary shares on March 10 at $1,000 per share. CEO Brian Moynihan donated 100,000 shares on Feb. 4, a regulatory filing showed. Key U.S. jobs and inflation data are due next week after delays.
Oracle stock rebounds from eight-day skid as $20 billion share-sale plan looms

Oracle stock rebounds from eight-day skid as $20 billion share-sale plan looms

7 February 2026
Oracle shares jumped 4.65% to $142.82 Friday, ending an eight-day slide but remaining down 22% since Jan. 27. The company has set up a $20 billion at-the-market stock program and completed a $25 billion senior notes sale to fund cloud expansion. Oracle’s liabilities stood at $174.5 billion as of Nov. 30, 2025, before the new financing. Investors remain focused on dilution risks and the pace of capacity growth.
ASML stock price snaps back as AI spending bets return, with ex-dividend date next

ASML stock price snaps back as AI spending bets return, with ex-dividend date next

7 February 2026
ASML shares rose 3.84% Friday in Amsterdam to 1,193.80 euros, rebounding with global chip stocks after Amazon signaled a sharp increase in AI-related capital spending. The stock goes ex-dividend Feb. 9 ahead of a 1.60-euro interim payout. ASML’s Nasdaq shares climbed 4.64% to $1,413.01. Despite Friday’s gains, the Amsterdam listing finished the week about 2.5% lower.
Mastercard stock price: MA slips as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI data next week

Mastercard stock price: MA slips as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI data next week

7 February 2026
Mastercard shares closed down 0.6% at $548.74 Friday, trailing gains in Visa and American Express. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 2.47% to a record 50,115.67. Mastercard disclosed a new cybersecurity partnership in the UAE and raised compensation for two top executives. U.S. jobs and inflation data, delayed by a government shutdown, are due next week.
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