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Vertiv (VRT) stock drops 7% as tech traders turn picky on AI data-center plays

Vertiv shares fell about 7% Thursday, trading near $159.55 after opening around $171.26. The drop followed Nvidia’s comments at CES questioning the need for water chillers in data centers, pressuring HVAC-linked stocks. Investors are watching Friday’s U.S. jobs report and Vertiv’s next earnings update for signs of order growth and margins.

8 January 2026

Data Centers·NYSE:VRT·Stock Market·Technology

AeroVironment (AVAV) stock jumps as Trump’s $1.5T defense budget call and drone-rule carve-outs hit markets

AeroVironment shares jumped nearly 8% to $343.30 in afternoon trading Thursday after touching $371.20, following Trump’s call for a $1.5 trillion U.S. military budget for 2027. The FCC said select AeroVironment drone models can still be imported through 2026 despite new restrictions. Defense stocks broadly rebounded, though new limits on dividends and buybacks remain in place.

8 January 2026

Defense Industry·Drone Technology·NASDAQ:AVAV·Stock Market

Viavi Solutions (VIAV) stock slides 8% as it unveils Verizon-linked AR tool — what’s next

Viavi Solutions shares dropped 8% to $17.03 Thursday afternoon, with 3 million shares traded after hitting a session low of $16.98. The decline followed a broader tech selloff as investors digested new labor data and anticipated Friday’s U.S. jobs report. Keysight Technologies shares also fell about 3%. Earlier, Viavi announced integration of its RF Viewer tool with the OneAdvisor 800 platform in partnership with Verizon.

8 January 2026

NASDAQ:KEYS·NASDAQ:VIAV·NYSE:VZ·Stock Market

D-Wave Quantum stock drops after $550M Quantum Circuits deal; QBTS eyes Jan. 27 Qubits event

D-Wave Quantum shares dropped 3.8% to $29.05 after announcing a $550 million cash-and-stock deal to acquire Quantum Circuits. The agreement sets the stock portion between $22.30 and $39.03 per share, pending antitrust review. Investors await further updates at the Qubits 2026 conference on Jan. 27-28.

8 January 2026

NASDAQ:IONQ·NASDAQ:QBTS·Quantum Computing·Stock Market·Technology

Uber stock ticks higher as CES robotaxi rollout sharpens focus on Waymo and Tesla

Uber shares rose 1.9% to $87.85 Thursday after it, Lucid, and Nuro unveiled a production-intent robotaxi at CES and began on-road testing in December. Lucid climbed about 4%. Investors are watching how robotaxis could affect Uber’s fee per trip and awaiting the company’s next earnings report.

8 January 2026

Autonomous Vehicles·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:LCID·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:TSLA·NASDAQ:UBER·Stock Market

Western Digital stock slides again after CES-fueled spike — what investors watch next

Western Digital shares fell 7.6% to $184.75 Thursday, after swinging between $180.70 and $201.78. The drop followed a sharp rally earlier in the week after Nvidia’s CES remarks, then a reversal as AI-linked memory stocks lost ground. About 9.3 million shares traded. Investors are now watching for Western Digital’s next earnings, expected Feb. 4.

8 January 2026

NYSE:WDC·Stock Market

BMNR stock rises as MSCI backs off crypto‑treasury index shakeup; BitMine vote looms

BMNR shares rose 3.1% to $31.30 on Thursday after MSCI said it would not exclude digital-asset treasury firms from its indexes in February. BitMine, flagged by MSCI as a potentially impacted security, will hold a shareholder vote next week on raising its authorized share count to 50 billion.

8 January 2026

Cryptocurrency·NASDAQ:BMNR

MYR Group stock sinks nearly 8% as infrastructure contractors slide ahead of U.S. jobs data

MYR Group shares fell 7.6% to $218 Thursday afternoon, tracking a broad selloff in U.S. engineering and construction stocks as Treasury yields rose. The drop came ahead of Friday’s U.S. payrolls report, with no new company-specific news. Initial jobless claims rose to 208,000 last week, while productivity grew at a 4.9% annualized pace in Q3.

8 January 2026

NASDAQ:MYRG·Stock Market

Constellation Energy stock slides as Calpine deal closes, investors eye integration updates

Constellation Energy shares fell 4.2% to $324.54 Thursday, extending losses after closing its $26.6 billion Calpine acquisition. The combined company now controls 55 gigawatts of generation capacity. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a $167 million digital safety upgrade at Constellation’s Limerick nuclear plant. Broader U.S. power sector stocks also declined amid a cautious market.

8 January 2026

Energy Sector·NYSE:CEG·NYSE:NRG·NYSE:VST

Qualcomm stock rises as Volkswagen lines up long-term Snapdragon infotainment deal

Qualcomm shares climbed 1.3% to $182.54 Thursday after Volkswagen named the company its primary tech provider for a new software-defined vehicle platform, with supplies set for 2027. The gain came as chip ETFs fell. Qualcomm is also reportedly in talks with Samsung over two-nanometre chip manufacturing, according to Reuters.

8 January 2026

NASDAQ:QCOM·Stock Market

Goldman Sachs stock slips as Apple Card handoff puts a Q4 earnings bump on the table

Goldman Sachs shares fell 0.7% after announcing it will transfer the Apple Card program to JPMorgan Chase. Goldman expects a $0.46 per-share boost to Q4 2025 earnings from a $2.48 billion loan-loss reserve release, offset by $2.26 billion in related costs. JPMorgan will take on over $20 billion in Apple Card balances and expects a $2.2 billion credit loss provision. The handover is set to take about two years.

8 January 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:AAPL·NYSE:GS·NYSE:JPM·Stock Market

MasTec stock drops nearly 9% in Thursday trade as infrastructure contractors slide — what to watch next

MasTec shares dropped 8.9% to $214.86 Thursday afternoon, falling $20.89 on the day after opening near $236. The decline came as Quanta Services, Dycom Industries, and EMCOR Group also fell, despite little change in broader indexes. The drop followed a bullish price target raise from KeyBanc. MasTec recently reported record Q3 revenue and a backlog of $16.8 billion as of September 30, 2025.

8 January 2026

NYSE:MTZ·Stock Market

Thermo Fisher Scientific stock edges lower as TD Cowen lifts target and JPM conference nears

Thermo Fisher Scientific shares fell 0.25% to $615.61 Thursday after hitting $623.20 earlier in the session. TD Cowen raised its price target to $696 and maintained a Buy rating. CEO Marc Casper will present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 13, with fourth-quarter and full-year results due January 29. About 1.5 million shares traded by mid-afternoon.

8 January 2026

NYSE:TMO

Carpenter Technology stock slides as investors size up Jan. 29 earnings catalyst

Carpenter Technology shares dropped 8% to $312.33 Thursday after hitting a new intraday high, reversing early gains. The move comes ahead of its Jan. 29 earnings report, with the company previously forecasting strong operating income. The decline outpaced specialty-metals peers ATI, Materion, and Metallus. Trading was volatile as Treasury yields rose and defense shares rallied on calls for a larger military budget.

8 January 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:CRS·Stock Market

Legence (LGN) stock drops nearly 9% today as contractors slide ahead of U.S. payrolls

Legence shares dropped 9% to $43.99 Thursday, reversing early gains and falling below last month’s secondary offering price. The move followed the company’s $325 million acquisition of The Bowers Group, funded partly by a new $200 million term loan. Other contractor stocks also declined. Traders watched for Friday’s U.S. payrolls report and further filings from Legence.

8 January 2026

NASDAQ:LGN·NYSE:BX·NYSE:EME·NYSE:FIX·NYSE:PWR·Stock Market

Arcus Biosciences (NYSE:RCUS) stock slides on Morgan Stanley downgrade as casdatifan 2026 timeline sharpens

Arcus Biosciences shares dropped 9.3% to $21.05 Thursday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock and cut its price target to $20. The company highlighted a February data update and a Jan. 14 J.P. Morgan conference slot. BlackRock disclosed a 10.4% stake as of Dec. 31. President Juan C. Jaen reported selling 31,823 shares on Jan. 5 under a pre-set trading plan.

8 January 2026

NYSE:RCUS·Pharmaceutical Industry·Stock Market

Dell (DELL) stock slips after CES “AI PC” reality check; here’s what traders watch next

Dell Technologies shares fell 1.3% to $118.46 Thursday afternoon after dropping as much as 4.4% earlier. Executives at CES played down consumer demand for “AI PCs,” focusing instead on new XPS and Alienware products. Rival HP Inc. rose 3.2%. Investors are watching for Dell’s Feb. 26 earnings and Friday’s U.S. jobs report.

8 January 2026

NYSE:DELL·Stock Market

ICON stock sinks nearly 8% after Truist downgrade puts 2026 outlook in the spotlight

ICON shares fell 7.9% to $186.83 Thursday after Truist downgraded the stock to “hold” and cut its target price to $222. The drop outpaced declines in CRO peers. A new SEC filing confirmed ICON will issue 2026 guidance with its next earnings. Truist cited margin pressure and uncertainty over cancellations as reasons for the downgrade.

8 January 2026

NASDAQ:ICLR·Stock Market

Coherent (COHR) stock slides nearly 10% as investors turn picky on AI-linked optics

Coherent Corp shares fell 9.6% to $173.31 Thursday afternoon, reversing earlier gains as selling hit AI-linked hardware stocks. The stock traded between $192.50 and $173.29 on above-average volume. Ciena, Lumentum, and Vertiv also dropped sharply. Investors appeared to cut exposure to networking and data-center infrastructure names amid shifting sentiment.

8 January 2026

NASDAQ:COHR·Stock Market

Eaton stock slips after Barclays cuts target as rate bets stay in play

Eaton shares fell 0.8% to $320.14 Thursday after Barclays cut its price target to $350. The stock is down 19% from its July high and dropped 3.1% Wednesday. Investors are watching U.S. interest rate signals and data-center spending, with the Fed seen likely to cut rates later this year. Eaton highlighted supply-chain resilience after being named a top supplier by Resilinc.

8 January 2026

NYSE:ETN·Stock Market

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Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

7 February 2026

Eli Lilly shares rose 3.7% to $1,058.18 Friday after the FDA said it would act against telehealth firm Hims & Hers for marketing a $49 compounded weight-loss pill. The move followed a sharp selloff Thursday when Hims announced plans to sell a version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. Investors remain uncertain how aggressively regulators will police copycat drugs and pricing in the obesity drug market.

Lumen stock surges 29% after CEO’s $500,000 buy; S&P debt upgrade adds to Monday watchlist

7 February 2026

Lumen Technologies shares surged 29.4% to $8.06 Friday after CEO Kathleen E. Johnson bought 78,685 shares at around $6.35, according to an SEC filing. S&P raised its rating on Lumen’s $1.35 billion senior unsecured notes to “B” from “CCC” after the AT&T fiber sale. Volume exceeded 32.5 million shares. Investors await Lumen’s Feb. 25 investor day.

Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

7 February 2026

Saudi Exchange approved Merrill Lynch KSA’s exit as market maker for Saudi Aramco, effective Feb. 8. Aramco shares closed at 25.60 riyals Thursday, down 0.06, with 22.1 million traded. The Tadawul index fell 1.3% as Brent crude dropped to $67.93. Aramco set March official selling prices at $2.10 above Argus for North America and $0.65 above ICE Brent for Western Europe.

Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

7 February 2026

Meta closed down 1.3% Friday at $661.46, capping a 6.4% weekly drop as investors questioned heavy AI spending. Amazon and Alphabet also fell after outlining major capital outlays. Meta’s Instagram suffered a brief outage this week. Legal risks persist, with trials involving Meta set for next week in Los Angeles and New Mexico.

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