Gold price breaks $5,100 as silver spikes near $118 — what’s driving the metal rush

Gold price breaks $5,100 as silver spikes near $118 — what’s driving the metal rush

Gold hit a record $5,110.50 an ounce Monday before retreating, while silver surged to $117.69, its highest ever. The rally follows renewed tariff threats from President Trump and comes ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting. Analysts cite trade and policy uncertainty, with some warning of overheating and bubble risks. Silver’s gains marked one of its largest daily jumps in decades.
26 January 2026
Natural gas just hit a 3-year high — what’s driving prices and UNG, EQT this week

Natural gas just hit a 3-year high — what’s driving prices and UNG, EQT this week

U.S. front-month Henry Hub natural gas futures surged nearly 30% to $6.80 per mmBtu Monday, the highest close since December 2022, after winter storms slashed output and strained power grids. Lower 48 production fell to a two-year low, while the United States Natural Gas Fund rose 6%. LNG exporters slipped. Inventories remain above the five-year average.
XRP price jumps back toward $1.90 — what traders are watching into Fed week

XRP price jumps back toward $1.90 — what traders are watching into Fed week

XRP rose about 3% to $1.8983 in after-hours trading Monday, recovering from a weekend drop but staying 21% below its Jan. 6 high. Trading volume reached $3.2 billion as traders awaited the Federal Reserve’s policy decision set for Wednesday. Bitcoin and ether also gained. XRP remains the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market value, near $116 billion.
Bitcoin price rebounds near $88,000 as Fed week looms and crypto fund outflows mount

Bitcoin price rebounds near $88,000 as Fed week looms and crypto fund outflows mount

Bitcoin rose 2% to $87,989 late Monday after dipping to $86,126 earlier, while ether gained 4% to $2,926. Crypto-linked stocks fell after hours, with Coinbase down 1.6% and Marathon off 5%. Strategy disclosed a $264 million bitcoin purchase last week at an average $90,061 per coin. Digital asset funds saw $1.73 billion in outflows, led by bitcoin and ether, amid fading hopes for Fed rate cuts.
USA Rare Earth stock whipsaws after Trump-backed $1.6 billion plan — what investors watch next

USA Rare Earth stock whipsaws after Trump-backed $1.6 billion plan — what investors watch next

USA Rare Earth shares rose about 8% to $26.72 in after-hours trading Monday after announcing a $277 million federal funding plan and $1.3 billion loan from the Commerce Department’s CHIPS Program. The company also secured $1.5 billion through a private investment in public equity. Trading volume reached 122 million shares. Reuters reported the Trump administration plans to acquire a 10% stake tied to a $1.6 billion deal.
26 January 2026
Dow Jones climbs over 300 points; Fed decision and big-tech earnings are next

Dow Jones climbs over 300 points; Fed decision and big-tech earnings are next

Gold futures topped $5,000 an ounce for the first time Monday as the Dow closed up 307.91 points at 49,406.62. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also rose. Investors await earnings from Microsoft, Tesla, and Apple, along with a Federal Reserve policy meeting later this week. Intel fell 5.7%, while USA Rare Earth jumped nearly 8% on a new government deal.
CoreWeave jumps on Nvidia’s $2 billion check as AI stocks brace for earnings week

CoreWeave jumps on Nvidia’s $2 billion check as AI stocks brace for earnings week

CoreWeave shares surged 5.7% to $98.31 after Nvidia announced a $2 billion investment and plans to nearly double its stake at $87.20 per share. Nvidia slipped 0.7% in late trading. Microsoft unveiled its Maia 200 AI chip and new software tools, challenging Nvidia’s CUDA. U.S. stocks closed higher ahead of major earnings and a Fed meeting this week.
Micron stock slides on Samsung’s Nvidia HBM4 push — what MU investors watch next

Micron stock slides on Samsung’s Nvidia HBM4 push — what MU investors watch next

Micron shares fell 2.6% to $389.09 Monday after reports that Samsung will soon supply Nvidia with next-generation HBM4 memory chips. Samsung reportedly passed HBM4 qualification for both Nvidia and AMD and will begin shipments next month. Nvidia shares slipped 0.7%, AMD dropped 3.3%. Investors await Samsung and SK Hynix earnings for more on HBM4 demand.
Tesla (TSLA) stock drops 3% after hours — here’s what Wall Street is watching before earnings

Tesla (TSLA) stock drops 3% after hours — here’s what Wall Street is watching before earnings

Tesla shares fell 3.1% to $435.20 Monday, underperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, which both closed higher. The company reported 2025 deliveries of 1,636,129 vehicles and energy storage deployments of 46.7 GWh. Tesla will release fourth-quarter results Wednesday as investors focus on robotaxi and Full Self-Driving software revenue. Lemonade will cut insurance rates for Tesla drivers using FSD in Arizona and Oregon.
Microsoft stock rises after Maia 200 AI chip reveal, with earnings and Fed decision next

Microsoft stock rises after Maia 200 AI chip reveal, with earnings and Fed decision next

Microsoft shares rose 0.9% to $470.28 in late trading Monday after the company launched its second-generation Maia AI chip and new developer tools. The Maia 200 chip goes live this week at a data center in Iowa, with another site planned in Arizona. The announcement comes ahead of Microsoft’s quarterly results due Wednesday.
Newmont stock price: why NEM rose as gold tops $5,100 and Scotiabank lifts target to $152

Newmont stock price: why NEM rose as gold tops $5,100 and Scotiabank lifts target to $152

Newmont shares rose 1.3% to $125.92 in after-hours trading Monday as gold prices hit a record $5,100 an ounce. Trading volume reached about 13.1 million shares. Scotiabank raised its price target for Newmont to $152, citing economic uncertainty and higher gold forecasts. The company’s Boddington mine in Australia resumed operations at reduced capacity after bushfires, with a Q1 production shortfall expected.

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CleanSpark stock price jumps 22% after earnings and AI push — what CLSK traders watch next week

CleanSpark stock price jumps 22% after earnings and AI push — what CLSK traders watch next week

7 February 2026
CleanSpark shares jumped 22% to $10.08 Friday after quarterly results and an AI infrastructure update, following bitcoin’s rebound above $70,000. The company reported a quarterly net loss tied to bitcoin price swings and outlined plans to expand power capacity in Houston. Peers Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms also surged. Upcoming U.S. jobs and inflation data next week could add further volatility.
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