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Camtek stock jumps 8% today as chip-equipment rally lifts CAMT; traders eye Fed, jobs data

Camtek stock jumps 8% today as chip-equipment rally lifts CAMT; traders eye Fed, jobs data

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 1:50 PM ET — Regular session Camtek Ltd shares rose 8.1% to $115 in afternoon trading on Friday, after swinging between $108.90 and $116. The stock opened at $110.55 and had traded about 145,500 shares. The move puts the semiconductor inspection-equipment maker back in focus as investors start 2026 hunting for strength inside technology. Chip-related names have been prone to sharp, fast moves as money rotates between risk-on and risk-off trades. Chip stocks led gains on Wall Street even as the main indexes traded muted; the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index — a basket of U.S.-listed
2 January 2026
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Vertiv stock surges 8% on Barclays upgrade — what Wall Street is watching next

Vertiv stock surges 8% on Barclays upgrade — what Wall Street is watching next

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 13:40 ET — Regular session Vertiv Holdings Co shares were up 8.2% at $175.33 in afternoon trading on Friday after Barclays upgraded the data-center power and cooling supplier and raised its price target to $200. Barclays analyst Julian Mitchell said the stock had “substantial upside potential” to consensus earnings estimates in 2026 and 2027. TipRanks The call matters because investors have been treating data-center infrastructure as a front-line trade on artificial intelligence spending, and small shifts in expected demand can swing valuations. Vertiv sells the power and thermal gear that keeps high-density servers running. Barclays’
2 January 2026
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XRP price today jumps near $2 as Ripple escrow release sharpens focus

XRP price today jumps near $2 as Ripple escrow release sharpens focus

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 1:42 PM ET — Regular session XRP was up 5.9% at $1.98 on Friday, pushing back toward the $2 level after swinging between $1.86 and $1.99. The token last closed at $1.87. Traders pointed to Ripple’s scheduled January release from escrow — time‑locked XRP reserves on the XRP Ledger — as a key near-term catalyst. Blockchain tracker Whale Alert reported Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP on Jan. 1 in three tranches, and past releases are often followed by transactions that return unused tokens to new escrow contracts, U.Today reported. U The timing matters because the
2 January 2026
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Bitcoin price today: BTC hovers near $90,000 as Coinbase, Strategy and miners climb

Bitcoin price today: BTC hovers near $90,000 as Coinbase, Strategy and miners climb

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 13:46 ET — Regular session bitcoin rose 2.2% to $89,982 by early afternoon in New York, after swinging between $87,971 and $90,804. Crypto-linked U.S. stocks moved higher, with Coinbase up 4.4%, Strategy up 3.8% and Marathon Digital up 9.6%. The bounce comes after bitcoin ended 2025 down more than 6%, its first annual decline since 2022, and after a late-year slide from an October record above $126,000, Reuters reported. “Bitcoin increasingly exhibits the characteristics of a risk asset,” said Linh Tran, a senior market analyst at XS.com, meaning it often moves with stocks. Reuters said
2 January 2026
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Silver price stock today: SLV ticks higher as bullion firms, miners lag

Silver price stock today: SLV ticks higher as bullion firms, miners lag

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 13:42 ET — Regular session Shares of the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) rose 0.8% to $64.96 by 1:31 p.m. ET, while the Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV) gained 1.0% to $23.88. The moves put “silver price today” back in focus as investors reopened positions after a volatile finish to 2025 and an outsized run in precious metals. It matters because silver sits at the intersection of safe-haven demand and industrial consumption. That mix can amplify swings when markets are repricing U.S. interest-rate expectations. Physically backed ETFs such as SLV and PSLV tend to track bullion
2 January 2026
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Hubble spots odd triple jets on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as radio search finds no alien signal

Hubble spots odd triple jets on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as radio search finds no alien signal

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 13:44 ET Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb said newly analyzed Hubble Space Telescope images show three evenly spaced jets on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, adding fresh intrigue to a rare visitor now leaving the solar system. The timing matters because 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object from beyond the solar system — after 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov — and it is already receding after its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19. The comet’s unusual appearance has also become a flashpoint for claims that it might be artificial, a debate that has pushed some researchers to look
2 January 2026
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NuScale Power (SMR) stock jumps 13% today as nuclear shares rally — what’s driving the move

NuScale Power (SMR) stock jumps 13% today as nuclear shares rally — what’s driving the move

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 1:04 PM ET — Regular session Shares of NuScale Power Corp (NYSE:SMR) climbed on Friday, lifting the nuclear technology stock early in the first session of 2026. The shares were up 13.2% at $16.05, after touching $16.07, with about 17.6 million shares traded. The move matters because NuScale sits in a pocket of the market where flows can dominate fundamentals for long stretches. Investors treat small modular reactor developers as a long-duration bet on future electricity demand, making the stocks sensitive to shifts in risk appetite. Friday’s jump also stood out against a mixed tape,
2 January 2026
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Pentagon awards Lockheed $328.5 million Taiwan IRST pod contract as China drills keep island on alert

Pentagon awards Lockheed $328.5 million Taiwan IRST pod contract as China drills keep island on alert

WASHINGTON, January 2, 2026, 13:48 ET The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin a ceiling $328.5 million undefinitized letter contract — a preliminary deal that lets work begin before final terms are set — for fixed-wing sensor hardware for Taiwan, a U.S. government contracts notice said. The award covers 55 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Legion Enhanced Sensor pods, which can detect aircraft by heat, plus related equipment under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, the U.S. government’s channel for selling weapons to partners. The notice said $157.3 million in FMS funds were obligated at award, work will be performed in Orlando,
2 January 2026
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Natural gas price today: Futures slip as Cheniere stock climbs on record U.S. LNG exports

Natural gas price today: Futures slip as Cheniere stock climbs on record U.S. LNG exports

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 13:44 ET — Regular session U.S. natural gas futures edged lower on Friday, while shares of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters and pipeline operators traded higher in a mixed energy tape. Barchart The moves matter now because winter heating demand can swing quickly with temperature forecasts, and U.S. LNG exports have become a bigger, steadier source of demand for domestic gas. Barchart They also matter for stocks because gas-focused producers are closely tied to price moves, while LNG exporters and pipeline operators tend to benefit from volumes moving through their plants and pipes. The February
2 January 2026
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Hut 8 stock jumps today as Coinbase expands its $200 million bitcoin-backed credit line

Hut 8 stock jumps today as Coinbase expands its $200 million bitcoin-backed credit line

New York, January 2, 2026, 13:17 ET — Regular session Hut 8 Corp shares jumped about 14% on Friday, extending a volatile start to the year for crypto-linked stocks, after a regulatory filing showed the company expanded a bitcoin-backed credit facility with Coinbase. Shares were up $6.30 at $52.24 and traded between $46.83 and $52.61. The move matters because Hut 8 sits at the intersection of two fast-moving trade drivers: bitcoin prices and financing for energy-hungry computing projects. When either shifts, the stock tends to swing harder than the broader market. It also lands as investors re-price miners and “compute
2 January 2026
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Gold price today: Spot holds above $4,300 as Fed cut talk supports bullion; GLD inches up

Gold price today: Spot holds above $4,300 as Fed cut talk supports bullion; GLD inches up

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 13:40 ET — Regular session Gold prices rose in early 2026 on Friday, with spot gold up 0.3% at $4,328.49 an ounce by 12:24 p.m. ET after earlier touching $4,402.06. Reuters The move matters because bullion is starting the year near record territory after a blistering 2025 run, and investors are resetting positions around the outlook for U.S. interest rates. Gold hit an all-time high of $4,549.71 on December 26 and gained 64% in 2025, Reuters reported. Reuters Traders are focused on rate-cut expectations because gold does not pay interest; lower yields reduce the opportunity
2 January 2026
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Dow Jones today: Caterpillar, Boeing lift blue chips as investors eye jobs report and Fed path

Dow Jones today: Caterpillar, Boeing lift blue chips as investors eye jobs report and Fed path

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 13:36 ET — Regular session The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 78.93 points, or 0.16%, at 48,142.22 in early afternoon trading on Friday, after swinging between 47,853.04 and 48,275.63. Investing The muted rise matters because it is the first full trading session of 2026, and Wall Street is trying to steady after a late-December slide. Investors are also recalibrating expectations for interest rates after the market’s year-end “Santa Claus rally” — a seasonal tendency for stocks to rise into early January — failed to gain traction. Traders are now looking to next week’s U.S.
2 January 2026
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Rio Tinto stock jumps as Glencore mega-merger is shelved; what to watch next week

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 02:50 EST — Market closed Rio Tinto’s U.S.-listed shares closed higher on Friday after the miner said it would not pursue a merger with Glencore, ending weeks of deal talk that had hung over the sector. The stock finished at $93.37, up about 2.5% on the day. (https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RIO/history/) The move matters because the market had started to price in a rare industry shake-up — and the risk that Rio might have to pay up to get it done. By walking away, Rio removed one uncertainty but left investors with the same old question: can it
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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