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Energy stocks today: Oil’s steep 2025 slide weighs on XLE as OPEC+ meeting nears

Energy stocks today: Oil’s steep 2025 slide weighs on XLE as OPEC+ meeting nears

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 1:54 PM ET — Market closed Energy stocks ended 2025 weaker, tracking a late-year slide in crude that left oil prices with their steepest annual drop since 2020. U.S. markets are shut on Thursday for New Year’s Day, leaving investors to recalibrate positions ahead of Friday’s reopening. Reuters+1 The timing matters because many energy shares still trade as a proxy for oil. Lower crude prices can compress cash flow for producers and slow spending on drilling and well services, while also shaping inflation expectations through gasoline and diesel costs. Reuters+1 In the final session of
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Industrial stocks today: XLI slides into New Year market shutdown as Boeing, Lockheed deals draw focus

Industrial stocks today: XLI slides into New Year market shutdown as Boeing, Lockheed deals draw focus

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:55 ET — Market closed Key points U.S. industrial stocks began 2026 with Wall Street shut for New Year’s Day, after the sector slipped in the year’s final session. The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI), a widely followed ETF that tracks large U.S. industrial companies, last closed down about 0.8% at $155.12. Yahoo Finance+1 The pause matters because industrials sit at the crossroads of global trade, manufacturing demand and interest-rate expectations. With markets reopening on Friday, investors are looking for fresh signals on whether the sector’s late-2025 momentum can extend into the first quarter.
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Healthcare stocks today: FDA decisions jolt biotechs as Wall Street shuts for New Year

Healthcare stocks today: FDA decisions jolt biotechs as Wall Street shuts for New Year

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:41 ET — Market closed Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ FDA win in motion sickness set the tone for outsized, stock-specific swings in healthcare shares as Wall Street paused for the New Year’s Day holiday. U.S. stock markets were closed Thursday. Nasdaq The moves matter because regulatory calls can dominate small-cap biotech even when the broader healthcare sector trades like a defensive corner of the market. Investors also head into January watching how rates and earnings guidance reshape valuations after thin year-end trading. In Wednesday’s final session of 2025, the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) fell
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Tech stocks stumble into 2026 as Nasdaq ends 2025 lower; Fed cuts and chip policy in focus

Tech stocks stumble into 2026 as Nasdaq ends 2025 lower; Fed cuts and chip policy in focus

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:38 ET — Market closed U.S. technology stocks closed out 2025 with a late dip, pulling the Nasdaq lower in year-end trade, as Wall Street remained shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. The slide matters because tech’s outsized run has left investors sensitive to interest-rate swings and any hints that demand for AI hardware is cooling. Growth stocks tend to benefit when borrowing costs fall, but they can drop fast if rates rise or earnings expectations slip. Strategists say 2026 will test whether earnings growth can keep up with the optimism priced
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GE Vernova stock today: GEV slips into New Year’s Day market closure as dividend date nears

GE Vernova stock today: GEV slips into New Year’s Day market closure as dividend date nears

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 12:23 ET — Market closed GE Vernova Inc. shares closed down 0.9% at $653.57 on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2025, before U.S. markets shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. StockAnalysis The stock tracked a broader year-end fade on Wall Street, with trading volumes thin in the holiday-shortened week. “It’s perfectly fine in any bull market to have moments of cost,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president of Reflexivity, pointing to profit-taking when liquidity is low. Reuters For GE Vernova, which makes gas turbines, wind turbines and grid equipment, the year-end
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Communication Services stocks: Meta’s Manus AI deal and Warner takeover battle set early 2026 agenda

Communication Services stocks: Meta’s Manus AI deal and Warner takeover battle set early 2026 agenda

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:35 ET — Market closed Meta Platforms’ plan to buy artificial-intelligence startup Manus, in a deal a source valued at $2 billion to $3 billion, kept U.S. communication-services stocks in focus heading into 2026. U.S. equity markets were closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Reuters The timing matters because communication services — home to the biggest U.S. online advertising platforms, streamers and telecom operators — finished 2025 as the best-performing sector in the S&P 500, helped by Alphabet’s 65% jump. Investors now start the year weighing whether AI-led leadership can extend as
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Financial services stocks: Citigroup flags $1.2B Russia-exit loss ahead of Jan. 14 earnings

Financial services stocks: Citigroup flags $1.2B Russia-exit loss ahead of Jan. 14 earnings

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:33 ET — Market closed Citigroup said it expects to record a pre-tax loss of about $1.2 billion as it moves to sell AO Citibank — its remaining operations in Russia — to Renaissance Capital. SEC+1 The loss matters now because it is set to land in Citi’s fourth-quarter 2025 financials, just ahead of the bank’s scheduled earnings release in mid-January, when investors typically reset expectations for capital returns and costs. SEC+1 Citi said the hit is largely tied to “currency translation adjustment” (CTA) — an accounting adjustment from converting a foreign unit’s financials into
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Defense and space stocks in focus as Pentagon hands Boeing, Lockheed fresh contract wins

Defense and space stocks in focus as Pentagon hands Boeing, Lockheed fresh contract wins

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:29 ET — Market closed The Pentagon’s latest contract awards for Boeing and Lockheed Martin kept U.S. space and defense stocks in focus into the new year, even as Wall Street sat out Thursday’s New Year’s Day holiday. Reuters+1 The updates matter now because the first trading session of 2026 begins on Friday, and late-year contract announcements can shape near-term sentiment around backlog and government demand — a key driver for the sector’s biggest companies. New York Stock Exchange Lockheed’s Taiwan-related award also landed against a backdrop of heightened cross-strait tensions after China staged major
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Cloud computing stocks today: Microsoft, Oracle slip as Wall Street shuts for New Year’s Day

Cloud computing stocks today: Microsoft, Oracle slip as Wall Street shuts for New Year’s Day

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:30 ET — Market closed U.S.-listed cloud computing stocks ended 2025 on a softer note, with big cloud names and cloud-focused funds slipping in the last session before Wall Street shut for the New Year’s Day holiday. Nasdaq That matters now because cloud and enterprise software shares were central to the AI-led market run in 2025, leaving the group sensitive to shifts in risk appetite as 2026 begins. Reuters The S&P 500 fell 0.74% on Dec. 31 and the Nasdaq dropped 0.76% as technology shares were among the day’s laggards, Reuters reported. The year still
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Data center stocks slide into 2026 as xAI expansion keeps Nvidia, Dell, Super Micro in focus

Data center stocks slide into 2026 as xAI expansion keeps Nvidia, Dell, Super Micro in focus

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:24 ET — Market closed Data center stocks ended 2025 on a softer note, with U.S. markets closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday and investors heading into 2026 still fixated on who captures the next leg of AI infrastructure spending. Nasdaq The latest focus is on customer buildouts that can move the needle for suppliers of chips, servers and the power-and-cooling gear that keeps new facilities running. That matters as the market tries to separate durable demand from year-end positioning after an AI-driven run. Reuters Elon Musk said on Tuesday his AI
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Quantum Computing Stocks Slip Into New Year Holiday as Traders Eye CES, Earnings Next

Quantum Computing Stocks Slip Into New Year Holiday as Traders Eye CES, Earnings Next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:13 ET — Market closed Quantum computing stocks ended 2025 on a softer note, with several of the sector’s most traded names closing lower ahead of the New Year’s Day market holiday. IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum and Quantum Computing Inc. all fell in the final regular U.S. session of the year. The moves matter because quantum shares have become a high-beta corner of the market, where small shifts in risk appetite can produce outsized swings. Investors are also entering 2026 with a sharper focus on valuation, as most pure-play quantum companies remain loss-making while
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Rare metals stocks today: Critical Metals in focus after Greenland offtake target, U.S. stake talks

Rare metals stocks today: Critical Metals in focus after Greenland offtake target, U.S. stake talks

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:11 ET — Market closed Critical Metals (CRML.O) is targeting early 2026 to finalize the last quarter of customer offtake agreements for its Tanbreez rare earths project in Greenland and is open to a potential U.S. government investment, its chief executive told Reuters. “Would welcome it, even though we didn’t ask for it,” CEO Tony Sage said, adding the company had sought grant support under the U.S. Defense Production Act. Reuters The update lands as investors in rare metals stocks look for clearer signs of how the U.S. and its allies will fund supply chains
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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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