Nestle stock price: shares end higher as investors weigh baby formula recall, look to Feb 19 results

Nestle stock price: shares end higher as investors weigh baby formula recall, look to Feb 19 results

Nestle shares closed up 0.6% at 78.89 Swiss francs Friday, outperforming the Swiss blue-chip index. The move comes as investors track Europe’s widening infant formula recall, which has swept in Nestle and other producers. French authorities are investigating possible links to two infant deaths. Nestle’s full-year results are due Feb. 19.
Lam Research stock price jumps 8% as chip rally returns — what to watch next week

Lam Research stock price jumps 8% as chip rally returns — what to watch next week

Lam Research shares surged 8.3% to $231.01 Friday, with after-hours trading flat. The move followed a broad rally in chip stocks, pushing the PHLX semiconductor index up 5.7% as Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom advanced. Lam announced a $0.26 quarterly dividend and a senior executive exercised 53,925 shares. Investors await U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
Goldman Sachs stock jumps on Anthropic AI push — what to watch before Monday

Goldman Sachs stock jumps on Anthropic AI push — what to watch before Monday

Goldman Sachs shares jumped 4.3% to $928.75 Friday after confirming it is working with AI startup Anthropic on internal “AI agents.” The stock’s rally helped lift the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. Delayed U.S. jobs and inflation data are due midweek and could affect rate expectations. Goldman also filed for new structured notes tied to the Russell 2000 and S&P 500.
Novartis stock heads into Monday with Kisqali Canada nod and $23 billion U.S. R&D build-out in focus

Novartis stock heads into Monday with Kisqali Canada nod and $23 billion U.S. R&D build-out in focus

Novartis shares closed up 0.6% in Zurich at 119.96 francs Friday, with U.S. ADRs gaining 1.5%. The company broke ground on a new San Diego research center and reported a positive draft reimbursement recommendation for Kisqali in Canada. Investors are watching for the March 6 annual meeting and March 10 ex-dividend date tied to a proposed 3.70-franc payout.
AstraZeneca stock price: What could move AZN next week as earnings loom

AstraZeneca stock price: What could move AZN next week as earnings loom

AstraZeneca shares rose Friday, closing at $193.03 in New York, up 3.1%, and 14,104p in London, up 0.9%. The company reports full-year and Q4 2025 results Tuesday, with investors focused on 2026 guidance. The FDA this week issued a complete response letter for a subcutaneous Saphnelo filing, while granting Priority Review to Datroway for breast cancer. AstraZeneca recently shifted its primary U.S. listing to the NYSE.
Toyota stock price rises on CEO shake-up and higher profit outlook as buyout deadline nears

Toyota stock price rises on CEO shake-up and higher profit outlook as buyout deadline nears

Toyota shares rose 2% to 3,780 yen Friday after the company raised its full-year profit forecast and announced CFO Kenta Kon will replace CEO Koji Sato on April 1. Third-quarter net revenues climbed 6.8% to 38.087 trillion yen, but North America posted a 5.6 billion yen operating loss. Toyota’s U.S. ADRs closed up 2.9%. The tender offer for Toyota Industries shares closes Feb. 12.
HSBC share price bounces back after BoE split vote — what to watch before Feb 25 results

HSBC share price bounces back after BoE split vote — what to watch before Feb 25 results

HSBC shares closed up 2.2% at £13.06 on Friday, reversing Thursday’s drop as traders weighed possible Bank of England rate cuts and awaited the bank’s annual results on Feb. 25. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%, with major UK banks also gaining. HSBC is also preparing to cut some banker bonuses and push out underperformers amid a cost reset. Key UK, U.S., and euro zone economic data are due next week.
Agricultural Bank of China 601288 A-shares slide as tech rout bites; inflation data is the next test

Agricultural Bank of China 601288 A-shares slide as tech rout bites; inflation data is the next test

Agricultural Bank of China’s A shares closed down 0.45% at 6.67 yuan in Shanghai Friday, with turnover at 2.24 billion yuan. The bank’s A-share capital remained unchanged at 319.24 billion shares as of Jan. 31. Mainland and Hong Kong stocks fell after a global tech selloff and a sharp drop in silver futures. China’s January CPI data is due Feb. 11, with trading expected to thin ahead of the Lunar New Year break.
Palantir stock price rebounds after AI shakeout — what traders watch next week

Palantir stock price rebounds after AI shakeout — what traders watch next week

Palantir Technologies shares rose 4.5% to $135.90 Friday after reporting a 70% jump in Q4 revenue to $1.407 billion and forecasting 61% revenue growth in 2026. The stock rebounded from a 6.8% drop Thursday, triggered by concerns over Big Tech capital spending and AI’s impact on software demand. A new partnership with Cognizant and U.S. government policy shifts kept Palantir in focus. Director Alexander D. Moore sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2.
7 February 2026
Coca-Cola stock price ends near $79 — frozen products exit sets up KO earnings week

Coca-Cola stock price ends near $79 — frozen products exit sets up KO earnings week

Coca-Cola will discontinue its frozen products, including the Minute Maid frozen line, in the U.S. and Canada in Q1 2026. Shares closed Friday up 0.66% at $79.03 ahead of Tuesday’s quarterly results. CEO James Quincey sold 337,824 shares on Feb. 3 for about $26 million under a pre-arranged plan. Options pricing suggests a possible 3% move after earnings.
Alibaba stock price (BABA) back in focus after Qwen giveaway strains app — what to watch next week

Alibaba stock price (BABA) back in focus after Qwen giveaway strains app — what to watch next week

Alibaba’s U.S.-listed shares closed up 3% at $162.51 Friday after a Qwen app giveaway in China triggered a surge in downloads and service disruptions. Qwen’s free bubble tea offer drove over 10 million orders in nine hours, pushing the app to the top of China’s App Store. Traders await Alibaba’s Feb. 19 earnings and China’s Spring Festival holiday.
7 February 2026

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

8 February 2026
HONG KONG, Feb 8, 2026, 08:40 HKT — Market closed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp’s Hong Kong-listed shares ended Friday little changed, but the stock heads into a catalyst-heavy week with results due and a shareholder vote on a deal that would simplify control of a key 12-inch wafer unit. (Reuters) The next test comes quickly. SMIC’s board meets on Tuesday, Feb. 10, when the company said it will announce unaudited financial results. (HKEX News) Two days later, investors get a second lever: an extraordinary general meeting in Shanghai on Feb. 12. Trading in the name often tightens ahead of corporate
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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