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Barclays upgrades Vertiv and this data center stock jumps 8% — what traders watch next

Barclays upgrades Vertiv and this data center stock jumps 8% — what traders watch next

Vertiv shares jumped 8.4% Friday after Barclays upgraded the stock to overweight and raised its price target to $200, citing higher 2026 profit forecasts and strong data-center exposure. Barclays now sees 2026 adjusted EPS at $5.68, above consensus. The move outpaced gains in other infrastructure stocks. Focus turns to whether the rally holds into Monday and the next earnings window in February.
4 January 2026
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Palantir (PLTR) stock slides 5.6% as insider sale notice surfaces — what to watch next week

Palantir (PLTR) stock slides 5.6% as insider sale notice surfaces — what to watch next week

Palantir shares fell 5.6% to $167.86 Friday, their first 2026 session, after an SEC filing showed officer Ryan D. Taylor plans to sell up to 12,000 shares under a 10b5-1 plan. The stock swung from an early high near $183 to a low around $166. Markets reopen Monday with U.S. jobs and inflation data due next week. Palantir’s next earnings report is expected in early February.
4 January 2026
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USA Rare Earth stock jumps 19% to start 2026 — what traders watch next

USA Rare Earth stock jumps 19% to start 2026 — what traders watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:10 ET — Market closed Shares of USA Rare Earth (USAR) jumped 18.9% on Friday, the first trading session of 2026, to close at $14.15. U.S. markets were closed on Sunday, leaving the move to be digested ahead of Monday’s reopen. The rally matters because rare earths — a group of 17 metals used to make powerful permanent magnets — sit at the center of the U.S. push to build domestic supply chains for defense and electric vehicles. Stocks tied to that theme have been prone to sharp swings, with timing and funding questions often
4 January 2026
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Tesla stock heads into Monday under pressure after delivery miss hands EV crown to BYD

Tesla stock heads into Monday under pressure after delivery miss hands EV crown to BYD

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 13:09 ET — Market closed Tesla shares head into the new week on the back foot after the company reported a steeper-than-expected slide in fourth-quarter deliveries and ceded the global electric-vehicle sales crown to China’s BYD. Tesla closed down 2.6% at $438.07 on Friday. Reuters The figures land at an awkward moment for Tesla bulls who have leaned on the company’s long-term bets in robotics and self-driving, even as the core car business slows. Deliveries — vehicles handed over to customers — are a key, near-real-time gauge of demand and pricing power. Reuters They also
4 January 2026
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Establishment Labs (ESTA) stock drops 5.5% — what to watch before Monday’s open and JPM conference

Establishment Labs (ESTA) stock drops 5.5% — what to watch before Monday’s open and JPM conference

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:22 ET — Market closed Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. shares fell 5.5% on Friday, ending at $68.84 and lagging a largely flat Nasdaq on the first trading day of 2026. Yahoo Finance The move comes as investors sharpen their focus on U.S. growth drivers for the medical device maker, particularly a bid to widen the approved use of its Motiva silicone implants beyond cosmetic breast augmentation and into breast reconstruction. Establishment Labs said on Dec. 29 it submitted Motiva implants to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval in primary and revision breast reconstruction,
4 January 2026
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Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) stock slides nearly 6% to start 2026 — what traders watch next

Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) stock slides nearly 6% to start 2026 — what traders watch next

New York, January 4, 2026, 13:18 ET — Market closed Diebold Nixdorf shares closed down 5.79% on Friday at $63.96, marking a sharp retreat on the first trading day of 2026. The stock will reopen for trading on Monday after U.S. markets stayed shut over the weekend. Diebold Nixdorf Investors The move matters because the ATM and bank-technology provider had been hovering in the high-$60s into year-end, leaving it exposed to profit-taking as investors reset positions for the new year. A fast reversal early in January can set the tone for sentiment in smaller, more volatile names. Diebold Nixdorf Investors
4 January 2026
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Via Transportation stock sinks to 52-week low territory after 6% Friday slide — what to watch next for NYSE:VIA

Via Transportation stock sinks to 52-week low territory after 6% Friday slide — what to watch next for NYSE:VIA

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 12:46 ET — Market closed Via Transportation Inc (NYSE:VIA) ended Friday down 6.3% at $27.18, a sharp drop that left the recently listed transit-technology company pinned near the bottom of its one-year trading range ahead of the first full week of 2026. Investing Why it matters now: trading volumes are expected to normalize after the holiday lull, and January’s early economic releases could quickly reset appetite for newer, loss-making growth stocks. Via has already given back much of its post-IPO momentum, making the next macro surprise more consequential for sentiment. Reuters Investors are bracing for
4 January 2026
Gartner stock slides 6% to start 2026 — what to watch before Monday’s open

Gartner stock slides 6% to start 2026 — what to watch before Monday’s open

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 12:56 ET — Market closed Gartner, Inc. shares closed down 6.1% on Friday at $237.03, marking a sharp drop in the first trading session of 2026. The stock opened at $250.39 and slid to an intraday low of $236.69 before paring losses. The move matters now because January is shaping up as a test of whether companies keep spending on research and advisory work or lean harder on cost controls. Big early swings can reset positioning quickly, especially when investors are trying to gauge how much growth they can pay for. For Gartner, the market’s
4 January 2026
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Tesla stock faces a Monday test after delivery miss hands EV crown to BYD

Tesla stock faces a Monday test after delivery miss hands EV crown to BYD

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:04 ET — Market closed Tesla shares will be in focus when U.S. trading resumes on Monday after the electric-vehicle maker reported a sharper-than-expected fourth-quarter drop in deliveries and lost its annual EV sales lead to China’s BYD. The stock fell 2.6% on Friday to $438.07. Reuters The delivery figure is one of the first hard reads on EV demand after the $7,500 U.S. federal tax credit expired at the end of September, raising effective purchase prices for many buyers. That matters for Tesla because investors still treat volume growth as the core barometer for
4 January 2026
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Wave Life Sciences (WVE) stock slides 6% — what traders are watching next

Wave Life Sciences (WVE) stock slides 6% — what traders are watching next

New York, Jan 4, 2026, 12:46 ET — Market closed Wave Life Sciences shares closed down 6.2% on Friday at $15.95, with the Nasdaq-listed biotech swinging between $15.53 and $17.23 in the session. The drop matters because Wave’s stock has become a high-beta proxy for investor appetite for next-generation obesity treatments, where early clinical signals can move valuations sharply. The next company update investors care about is already on the calendar: Wave has guided to additional INLIGHT trial data in the first quarter. SEC Wave is developing RNA medicines, including WVE-007, a small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy that aims to
4 January 2026
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Chip stocks surge into 2026 as Nvidia, AMD and Intel face CES and jobs-report tests

Chip stocks surge into 2026 as Nvidia, AMD and Intel face CES and jobs-report tests

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:00 ET — Market closed Semiconductor stocks led Wall Street’s first session of 2026, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index — a benchmark for major U.S.-listed chipmakers — up 4% on Friday as the Dow rose 0.66% and the S&P 500 gained 0.19%. The Nasdaq slipped 0.03% as investors rotated back into chip names after a late-December pullback. “Buy the dip, sell the rip” is the mindset right now, Charles Schwab trading strategist Joe Mazzola said. Reuters With U.S. markets shut on Sunday, chip stocks sit near the center of the next week’s risk-on trade. The
4 January 2026
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Tesco issues urgent “do not eat” recall for three pate lines after date-label error

Tesco issues urgent “do not eat” recall for three pate lines after date-label error

LONDON, January 4, 2026, 13:02 ET Britain’s Tesco has recalled three 170-gram own-brand pate products after they were labelled with an incorrect use-by date, prompting a warning over a possible microbiological risk, the UK’s Food Standards Agency said on Jan. 3. The recall covers Tesco Coarse Farmhouse Pate, Coarse Ardennes Pate and Smooth Chicken Liver Pate with a use-by date of 05 January 2026. Food Standards Agency Use-by dates are safety deadlines for foods that spoil quickly, and the watchdog warns people should not eat food after that date even if it looks and smells normal. Mislabelled dates can leave
4 January 2026
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Nvidia stock starts 2026 higher — CES keynote and jobs report set next test for AI shares

Nvidia stock starts 2026 higher — CES keynote and jobs report set next test for AI shares

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 12:49 ET — Market closed Nvidia shares closed up 1.2% on Friday at $188.85, helping chipmakers lead Wall Street’s first trading day of 2026. The next read on the AI trade comes when U.S. markets reopen on Monday. Reuters The move matters because chip stocks have become a fast way for investors to express a view on AI infrastructure spending — the servers, chips and networking that power AI systems. Friday’s rebound followed a late-December stumble that left markets without the typical “Santa Claus rally” into year-end. Reuters The calendar is packed early. Nvidia CEO
4 January 2026
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Blackbaud stock slides nearly 6% to start 2026 as investors eye jobs data and mid-Feb earnings window

Blackbaud stock slides nearly 6% to start 2026 as investors eye jobs data and mid-Feb earnings window

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 1:04 PM ET — Market closed Blackbaud shares closed down 5.95% on Friday at $59.52, a drop of $3.77 from Thursday’s close, in the stock’s first session of 2026. Yahoo Finance The selloff left the software provider’s stock near the day’s low of $59.32 after trading as high as $63.90 earlier in the session, according to market data. Why it matters now: Friday’s move resets the tape for a name that sits at the intersection of software spending and nonprofit fundraising budgets, both sensitive to macro expectations and financing conditions. It also comes as investors
4 January 2026
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Exzeo Group (XZO) stock drops 6% into weekend — what investors are watching next

Exzeo Group (XZO) stock drops 6% into weekend — what investors are watching next

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 12:47 ET — Market closed Exzeo Group shares fell 6.1% on Friday, closing at $22.76, as the newly public insurance-technology company headed into the weekend with a sharp pullback. The stock traded between $24.49 and $22.19 during the session, according to market data. Yahoo Finance The slide matters because Exzeo has a short trading history after its November listing, and investors are still testing how the stock behaves around key levels without fresh company news. A move of this size can quickly reset near-term positioning in a stock that has only recently established a public-market
4 January 2026
XRP price today: XRP holds above $2 as SEC exit and crypto-policy calendar come into focus

XRP price today: XRP holds above $2 as SEC exit and crypto-policy calendar come into focus

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 12:38 ET — Market closed XRP held above $2 on Sunday, extending a rally that has outpaced major tokens as traders latched onto U.S. regulatory signals and new ETF demand. The token was up about 5% over the past 24 hours at roughly $2.10, according to Coinbase pricing. Coinbase The move matters because XRP has been unusually sensitive to Washington’s tone after years of legal and regulatory scrutiny, and because U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds have added a stock-like wrapper for investors who want exposure without holding the token directly. An ETF is a fund that trades
4 January 2026
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Novanta stock sinks 6.7% to start 2026; ISM data and JPM conference loom

Novanta stock sinks 6.7% to start 2026; ISM data and JPM conference loom

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 12:47 ET — Market closed Novanta Inc shares fell 6.7% on Friday and closed at $111.14, swinging between $119.96 and $110.46 in the year’s first U.S. trading session. Volume was about 663,000 shares. The selloff left Novanta lagging a broader market that finished mixed to slightly higher, with the Dow and S&P 500 edging up while the Nasdaq ended little changed. The early-2026 tape has traders watching whether rate-sensitive stocks can hold gains after a strong 2025. Reuters Why it matters now: the start-of-year reset is colliding with a fresh round of U.S. data and
4 January 2026
U.S. seizes Venezuela’s Maduro after strikes, setting up oil and diplomacy fallout

U.S. seizes Venezuela’s Maduro after strikes, setting up oil and diplomacy fallout

WASHINGTON, Jan 4, 2026, 12:38 ET Venezuela’s ruling bloc said it remained unified behind President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday, a day after the United States attacked Venezuela and took Maduro and his wife into custody. With Maduro held in a New York detention center awaiting a court appearance on Monday on drug charges, ministers in Caracas said the detentions were a kidnapping and kept running the state as some residents cautiously stocked up on essentials. The seizure has injected fresh geopolitical risk into markets set to reopen on Monday, and raised questions about whether Washington can stabilise an oil producer
4 January 2026
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Stock Market Today

Mastercard stock price: MA slips as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI data next week

Mastercard stock price: MA slips as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI data next week

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 11:18 EST — Market closed. Mastercard Incorporated shares (MA.N) last traded down 0.6% at $548.74 on Friday, after moving between $539.90 and $556.65. The stock is about 4% below its 52-week high, according to market data. That small drop still matters because payments names like Mastercard often trade as a clean read on consumer and travel spending. Heading into the new week, the focus shifts back to U.S. growth and rate expectations, which can move the group even when company news is thin. Friday’s tape was not thin. The Dow surged 2.47% to end above
Costco stock price retakes $1,000 — what traders are watching before Monday

Costco stock price retakes $1,000 — what traders are watching before Monday

7 February 2026
Costco closed Friday up 1.2% at $1,001.16, regaining the $1,000 level as about 2.36 million shares changed hands. January net sales rose 9.3% to $21.33 billion, with comparable sales up 7.1% and online sales surging 34.4%. Wells Fargo raised its price target to $950, maintaining a neutral rating. The next earnings call is set for March 5.
Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

7 February 2026
Johnson & Johnson shares rose 0.9% to $239.99 Friday after a New Jersey appeals court disqualified Beasley Allen from state talc cases, citing improper coordination with a former J&J attorney. The ruling affects about 3,600 state lawsuits, while a related federal motion is pending. J&J also reported early 12-month pilot data for its investigational AFib device at a cardiology meeting.
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