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Kweichow Moutai stock price: 600519 slips again as China readies leverage curbs and GDP week

Kweichow Moutai stock price: 600519 slips again as China readies leverage curbs and GDP week

Kweichow Moutai shares closed down 0.5% at 1,382 yuan Friday, marking a fourth straight decline. About 5.51 million shares changed hands. China’s securities regulator will raise minimum margin requirements for new loans to 100% from Jan. 19, as the Shanghai Composite approaches a 10-year high. Key economic data, including Q4 GDP, is due Monday.
17 January 2026
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American Express (AXP) stock price rises ahead of rate-cap week — what investors watch next

American Express (AXP) stock price rises ahead of rate-cap week — what investors watch next

American Express shares rose 2.08% to $364.79 Friday, outperforming the broader market amid speculation over a possible White House cap on credit card interest rates. Trading volume topped 3.5 million shares. AmEx reported U.S. consumer card loans at $100.2 billion as of Dec. 31, with 1.3% of balances 30 days past due. U.S. markets will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
17 January 2026
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Applied Materials stock price holds near $327 after TSMC capex jolt — what to watch next

Applied Materials stock price holds near $327 after TSMC capex jolt — what to watch next

Applied Materials closed up 2.5% at $327.01 Friday, lifted by TSMC’s announcement of a $52–$56 billion 2026 spending plan. U.S. markets will be shut Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Applied’s earnings call is set for Feb. 12, with analysts expecting a 7.1% year-over-year profit drop. The company has warned U.S. export controls could cut 2026 revenue by $600 million.
17 January 2026
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Novo Nordisk stock rallies: Wegovy pill scripts and UK higher-dose nod put NOVO-B back in play

Novo Nordisk stock rallies: Wegovy pill scripts and UK higher-dose nod put NOVO-B back in play

Novo Nordisk A/S Class B shares surged 6.5% to 388.9 Danish crowns Friday in Copenhagen after early U.S. prescription data for the new Wegovy pill surfaced and Britain approved a higher Wegovy dose for certain obesity patients. Trading volume reached 13.9 million shares. IQVIA data showed 3,071 U.S. retail prescriptions for the pill in its first four days, not counting online orders.
17 January 2026
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China Construction Bank A-shares slip — what matters before China’s big data dump and rate signals

China Construction Bank A-shares slip — what matters before China’s big data dump and rate signals

China Construction Bank Class A shares closed down 0.89% at 8.95 yuan in Shanghai Friday, with turnover at 1.10 billion yuan. The PBOC will implement targeted rate cuts and lower mortgage down payment requirements Monday. Investors await China’s “national economic performance” data, due Jan. 19. The Shanghai benchmark also ended lower.
17 January 2026
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Energy Stocks Head Into MLK Break as Oil Firms Up — What Traders Watch Next

Energy Stocks Head Into MLK Break as Oil Firms Up — What Traders Watch Next

U.S. energy shares edged up Friday, with the XLE closing at $47.69, up 0.17%, as oil prices rose ahead of the long holiday weekend. Brent settled at $64.13 a barrel, WTI at $59.44. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1%. Markets remain closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, reopening Tuesday. The U.S. oil and gas rig count fell by one to 543 for the week ending Jan. 16.
17 January 2026
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Basic materials stocks face a copper reality check after the long weekend as XLB slips

Basic materials stocks face a copper reality check after the long weekend as XLB slips

Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) fell 0.6% Friday as copper retreated from record highs, dragging basic materials stocks lower. Freeport-McMoRan dropped 2.1%, Dow lost 1.4%, and Alcoa slid nearly 5.9%. U.S. markets will close Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, reopening Tuesday. Investors await Alcoa’s earnings on Jan. 22 and watch copper prices for further direction.
17 January 2026
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Amazon’s Europe-only AWS cloud launch puts cloud computing stocks in focus before Tuesday’s open

Amazon’s Europe-only AWS cloud launch puts cloud computing stocks in focus before Tuesday’s open

Amazon’s AWS launched a Europe-based “sovereign cloud” service, pledging over 7.8 billion euros in Germany. Cloud software ETFs lagged megacaps Friday as Treasury yields rose and Wall Street closed flat. Salesforce and ServiceNow shares fell sharply, while Microsoft and Amazon edged higher. U.S. markets close Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with investors awaiting Microsoft’s Jan. 28 earnings.
17 January 2026
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Communication Services stocks slide into long weekend: Netflix earnings, Google court fight in focus

Communication Services stocks slide into long weekend: Netflix earnings, Google court fight in focus

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF fell 0.9% Friday to $115.17, capping a fifth straight daily decline. Alphabet slipped 0.9%, Disney dropped 1.9%, and T-Mobile fell 2.3%. Netflix will report quarterly results Tuesday, with attention on its pursuit of Warner Bros Discovery’s assets. Google asked a federal judge to delay an order requiring it to share data with rivals during its appeal.
17 January 2026
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JPMorgan lawsuit threat and credit-card cap: what to watch in U.S. financial stocks next week

JPMorgan lawsuit threat and credit-card cap: what to watch in U.S. financial stocks next week

Donald Trump said he plans to sue JPMorgan Chase, accusing the bank of “debanking” him. Financial stocks were mixed Friday, with the S&P 500 financial sector up 0.1% but posting its worst week since October. PNC Financial jumped 3.7% on strong earnings, while Regions Financial fell 2.6% after a weak outlook. U.S. markets will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
17 January 2026
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SMIC stock set for results test this week as Hong Kong market reopens

SMIC stock set for results test this week as Hong Kong market reopens

8 February 2026
SMIC shares closed up 0.22% at HK$67.60 on Friday in Hong Kong. The board will announce unaudited results on Feb. 10, and shareholders vote Feb. 12 on acquiring the remaining 49% of SMNC. The register of members closes Feb. 9–12. SMIC plans to pay mainly with new RMB shares.
MediaTek stock price drops 3.4% as Taiwan market shuts; what investors watch next week

MediaTek stock price drops 3.4% as Taiwan market shuts; what investors watch next week

8 February 2026
MediaTek shares closed down 3.4% at NT$1,710 on Friday in Taipei, with 11.8 million shares traded before the market shut for the weekend. The company said it will double investment in data-center chips and advanced packaging, while warning of rising supply chain costs. Fourth-quarter sales rose 8.8% to NT$150.2 billion, but net income slipped 3.6%. Investors face uncertainty ahead of the Lunar New Year break and a weaker tech sector mood.
Arm Holdings stock rallies into weekend on AI spending hopes — Monday’s next test

Arm Holdings stock rallies into weekend on AI spending hopes — Monday’s next test

8 February 2026
Arm Holdings’ U.S. shares jumped 11.6% Friday to $123.70, capping an 18% two-day rebound amid a rally in chip stocks tied to AI data-center spending. The gains followed Arm’s fiscal Q3 revenue beat, but executives warned memory shortages could cut royalty revenue by up to 2% as smartphone chip shipments are expected to fall 7% in 2026. Investors now await Arm’s “Arm Everywhere” event on March 24.
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