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Ondas (ONDS) stock jumps after rebrand plan, Florida HQ move and note-extension filing

Ondas (ONDS) stock jumps after rebrand plan, Florida HQ move and note-extension filing

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 11:19 ET — Regular session Ondas Holdings Inc shares rose 8.6% to $10.60 as of 11:04 a.m. ET on Friday after the company disclosed plans to change its corporate name to Ondas Inc. and relocate its headquarters to West Palm Beach, Florida. Nearly 49.4 million shares had changed hands, with the stock trading between $9.92 and $10.63. The move matters because small-cap defense and security suppliers often rely on frequent capital raises and new customer wins to fund growth. Investors tend to treat rebrands and headquarters moves as signals about how a company wants to
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Visa stock slips nearly 1% today as Wall Street eyes jobs data and Fed rate cues

Visa stock slips nearly 1% today as Wall Street eyes jobs data and Fed rate cues

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 11:11 ET — Regular session Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) shares fell 0.9% to $347.54 in late-morning trading on Friday. The stock traded between $343.59 and $351.75. The pullback put the payments giant in focus at the start of 2026, when positioning can swing quickly after year-end. Visa makes money by taking a small fee on card transactions, so investors track economic data for signals on consumer spending. After the S&P 500 finished 2025 up more than 16%, investors are scanning for new catalysts and the next read on U.S. economic momentum. The monthly jobs report
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Exxon Mobil stock rises today as traders track oil slide and OPEC+ decision

Exxon Mobil stock rises today as traders track oil slide and OPEC+ decision

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 11:09 ET — Regular session Shares of Exxon Mobil were up 0.6% at $121.07 by 10:55 a.m. ET, after trading between $119.66 and $121.10 earlier in the session. Oil prices slipped as 2026 trading opened after both Brent and U.S. crude logged annual losses of nearly 20% in 2025, their steepest drop since 2020, with investors weighing oversupply worries against geopolitical risks. Brent fell 51 cents to $60.34 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate was down 52 cents at $56.90 by 1350 GMT. “As of now, we are expecting a fairly boring year for (Brent)
2 January 2026
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Broadcom stock rebounds as 2026 opens, with Benchmark bulls clashing with Trefis bear case

Broadcom stock rebounds as 2026 opens, with Benchmark bulls clashing with Trefis bear case

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 10:53 ET Broadcom shares rose about 3% on Friday, tracking a broader rebound in technology stocks as U.S. markets made a firmer start to 2026. Reuters The chip-and-software maker has become a bellwether for the custom artificial-intelligence chip trade, as investors try to gauge whether surging AI orders can translate into durable profits. Broadcom has said it has a $73 billion AI backlog to ship over the next 18 months and expects AI semiconductor revenue to double to $8.2 billion in its fiscal first quarter, while warning gross margin will slip about 100 basis points,
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Microsoft stock vs Alphabet stock: Why 2026 is the real AI monetization test

Microsoft stock vs Alphabet stock: Why 2026 is the real AI monetization test

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 10:49 ET Microsoft shares were down about 1.6% at $475.69 in late-morning trade on Friday, while Alphabet rose about 0.7% to $315.20. Microsoft’s market value stood near $3.85 trillion versus roughly $2.94 trillion for Alphabet, with Microsoft trading at about 37 times earnings compared with Alphabet at roughly 24 times. The moves come as investors start 2026 still leaning into big technology names after an AI-led rally in 2025. The S&P 500 gained 16.39% last year and Alphabet jumped 65%, helping make the communication services sector the index’s best performer, Reuters reported. Reuters U.S. stocks
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Walmart stock today: WMT stays steady as jobs report and earnings catalysts loom

Walmart stock today: WMT stays steady as jobs report and earnings catalysts loom

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 11:09 ET — Regular session Walmart Inc. shares edged higher on Friday, holding near $112 after a quiet start to the first full session of 2026. The stock traded between $111.14 and $111.96 so far in the session. The muted move comes as investors look for a new catalyst after year-end positioning and with a heavy January calendar of economic reports and corporate results. “The market is looking for direction,” said Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak. Reuters That matters for Walmart because it is widely treated as a read-through on U.S. household
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Coinbase stock rises 3% as CEO Brian Armstrong lays out 2026 ‘everything exchange’ priorities

Coinbase stock rises 3% as CEO Brian Armstrong lays out 2026 ‘everything exchange’ priorities

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 10:52 ET — Regular session Coinbase Global shares rose about 3% on Friday morning as bitcoin rebounded and Chief Executive Brian Armstrong laid out a 2026 blueprint for expanding the exchange into more asset classes. The stock was up 3.3% at $233.59 by 10:45 a.m. ET, while bitcoin gained 1.7% to about $89,400. Coinbase shares often act as a high-beta proxy for crypto prices because trading volumes and transaction fees tend to rise when markets are volatile. Traders are watching whether the first U.S. session of 2026 sets a firmer tone for digital assets after
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TSX opens 2026 higher after best year since 2009 as gold, silver rebound

TSX opens 2026 higher after best year since 2009 as gold, silver rebound

Toronto, Jan 2, 2026, 10:52 ET Canada’s main stock index opened the first trading day of 2026 higher on Friday, lifted by mining-linked stocks as precious metal prices rebounded. At 9:30 a.m. ET, the S&P/TSX Composite index was up 0.54% at 31,882.97 points. Reuters The early move follows a banner year for Canadian equities. The TSX ended 2025 up nearly 29%, its strongest annual performance since 2009, despite slipping 0.4% on the final session to 31,712.76. “If we do have a shift in the commodity cycle, how much does that actually deflate the exuberance that we’re seeing right now,” said
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TSMC gets U.S. annual licence to keep its China Nanjing chip plant supplied with American tools

TSMC gets U.S. annual licence to keep its China Nanjing chip plant supplied with American tools

SEOUL, Jan 2, 2026, 10:52 ET The United States has granted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) an annual licence allowing shipments of U.S.-controlled chipmaking equipment to its facilities in Nanjing, China, the company said. Reuters The decision matters because the carve-outs that had let selected foreign chipmakers move certain American tools into China without case-by-case permissions expired on Dec. 31. The companies had to secure new authorisations for 2026 to avoid delays in equipment needed to keep factories running. The annual licence also signals a shift in how Washington is policing tool flows into China-linked semiconductor production. Instead of broad
2 January 2026
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JPMorgan stock today: JPM steadies as jobs report and Jan. 13 earnings come into focus

JPMorgan stock today: JPM steadies as jobs report and Jan. 13 earnings come into focus

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 10:51 ET — Regular session Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) were little changed on Friday, as investors turned to fresh economic signals and the start of bank earnings season. The stock was up 0.1% at $322.40 as of 10:33 a.m. ET, after trading between $320.83 and $323.99. The quiet start for JPM stock underscores how quickly attention is shifting from year-end positioning to January’s data docket, which can reset expectations for interest rates and loan demand. The next major rate signal is the U.S. employment report due Jan. 9, which is expected to
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Costco stock faces a key test next week as analyst keeps $1,100 target

Costco stock faces a key test next week as analyst keeps $1,100 target

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 10:41 ET Costco stock slipped on Friday as Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Outperform rating — a call for the shares to beat the broader market — and kept a $1,100 price target ahead of the retailer’s December sales report. The brokerage expects comparable sales to rise 2.2% for the month, down sharply from a year earlier, Investing.com reported. Investing The January 7 update is one of the first holiday read-outs among major U.S. retailers and is closely watched because Costco publishes monthly sales results in addition to quarterly earnings. The release also lands against
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq start 2026 higher as tech and chipmakers lead

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq start 2026 higher as tech and chipmakers lead

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 10:39 ET Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday, kicking off 2026 on an upbeat note after a late-December pullback. The Dow rose 42.7 points to 48,105.98 at the opening bell, while the S&P 500 gained 32.6 points to 6,878.11 and the Nasdaq added 239.5 points to 23,481.49. Reuters Investors are bracing for a heavy stretch of catalysts that could reset rate expectations, including the monthly U.S. jobs report on Jan. 9 and consumer price inflation data on Jan. 13, as fourth-quarter earnings season begins with major banks. Fed funds futures — derivatives that
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National Grid share price: what to know before London reopens after BoE signal

7 February 2026
London, Feb 7, 2026, 08:55 GMT — Market closed. National Grid shares (NG.L) last closed at 1,285 pence on Friday, a 0.23% gain on the session. London markets are shut for the weekend, leaving rate expectations and bond yields to do most of the talking until Monday. (Investing.com) The move matters because National Grid is a rate-sensitive utility: it spends heavily, carries debt and is often valued for steady cash flows and dividends. The Bank of England held its benchmark rate at 3.75% on Thursday after a narrower-than-expected 5-4 vote, and Governor Andrew Bailey said there should be “scope for
BAE Systems share price rises into weekend — what to watch before Monday’s London open

BAE Systems share price rises into weekend — what to watch before Monday’s London open

7 February 2026
BAE Systems shares closed up 1.2% at 1,879 pence on Friday, tracking gains in European defence stocks. The company’s market value stands near £54.8 billion. Investors await BAE’s full-year results on Feb. 18 for updates on cash returns and orders. GXO Logistics renewed and expanded its contract to support BAE’s Type 26 frigate program in Scotland.
Barclays share price jumps into earnings week as BoE rate-cut bets shift the story

Barclays share price jumps into earnings week as BoE rate-cut bets shift the story

7 February 2026
Barclays shares closed up 2.7% at 479.1 pence on Friday, outperforming the FTSE 100 ahead of next week’s full-year results. Trading volume was 18.8 million shares, well below the 50-day average. A split Bank of England vote on rates led traders to price in more UK rate cuts, sending sterling down 0.6%. Barclays announced non-executive director Mary Francis will retire in May.
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