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GE Aerospace stock hits new 52-week high after 4% jump as 2026 trading starts

GE Aerospace stock hits new 52-week high after 4% jump as 2026 trading starts

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 8:00 PM ET — Market closed GE Aerospace shares jumped 4.13% on Friday to close at $320.75, setting a new 52-week high — the stock’s highest level in the past year — in the first trading session of 2026. MarketWatch The outsized gain matters because GE’s move comes as investors rotate into industrial names after a choppy year-end stretch, a shift that can set early tone for risk appetite in January. It also puts the focus back on aerospace suppliers that are seen as beneficiaries of resilient aircraft utilization and a heavy maintenance cycle, ahead
3 January 2026
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Bloom Energy stock jumps 14% today as fuel-cell rally lifts BE above $98 — what traders watch next

Bloom Energy stock jumps 14% today as fuel-cell rally lifts BE above $98 — what traders watch next

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 19:47 ET — After-hours Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) shares jumped on Friday and were last up about 13.6% at $98.69 in after-hours trading. The stock traded between $88.84 and $100.35 after opening at $90.00, with about 11.6 million shares changing hands. The move lands as U.S. stocks begin 2026 with a firm tone, even as investors keep one eye on interest rates. The S&P 500 ended up 0.19% while the Dow rose 0.66% and the Nasdaq was little changed. Reuters For Bloom, the rally keeps attention on the “bring-your-own-power” trade tied to data centers. The
3 January 2026
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NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission is getting closer — latest on the 2026 launch window

NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission is getting closer — latest on the 2026 launch window

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., January 2, 2026, 19:22 ET NASA astronaut Christina Koch said the Artemis II team is “firing on all cylinders” as the agency pushes toward a crewed lunar flyby in 2026. Space The mission is designed to send four astronauts around the Moon and back in a roughly 10-day flight, validating Orion’s life-support and other systems in deep space, NASA says. It will be the first crewed mission for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy-lift rocket, and the Orion capsule. NASA The timetable is drawing fresh attention as the calendar turns to 2026 and NASA’s Florida launch
3 January 2026
Western Digital stock jumps nearly 9% as AI storage trade kicks off 2026

Western Digital stock jumps nearly 9% as AI storage trade kicks off 2026

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 19:41 ET — After-hours Western Digital Corp shares surged on Friday and were still higher in after-hours trading, extending a sharp rally in data-storage stocks to start 2026. StockAnalysis The move matters because investors are rotating back into the “AI infrastructure” trade — the suppliers of hardware used to build and run data centers — after year-end volatility and a brief pullback in some high-flying names. Reuters It also comes as the broader U.S. market stabilized on the first session of the year, with chip stocks leading gains and a key semiconductor index rising 4%,
3 January 2026
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IREN stock jumps 13% as bitcoin trades near $90,000 and miners rally

IREN stock jumps 13% as bitcoin trades near $90,000 and miners rally

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 19:41 ET — After-hours Shares of IREN Limited (IREN.O) rose 13.1% and were last at $42.70 in after-hours trading on Friday, after earlier ranging between $38.10 and $42.96. About 30.5 million shares changed hands. The move came as bitcoin traded around $90,000, helping buoy crypto-linked equities at the start of 2026. Other U.S.-listed miners also advanced, with Marathon Digital, Riot Platforms and CleanSpark up roughly 10% to 14% on the day. The backdrop matters because bitcoin has been trading more like a risk asset — moving with broader appetite for higher-risk trades — rather than
3 January 2026
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Bank of America stock rises as yields climb; BAC traders eye payrolls and Jan. 14 earnings

Bank of America stock rises as yields climb; BAC traders eye payrolls and Jan. 14 earnings

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 19:38 ET — After-hours Bank of America shares were last up 1.7% at $55.95 in after-hours trading on Friday. The stock traded between $54.89 and $55.99 in the session, with about 25.5 million shares changing hands. The gain put the lender in step with a rate-driven shift that has investors re-pricing banks into the new year. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.195% as U.S. stocks seesawed to a mixed close, with the Dow up 0.67% and the S&P 500 up 0.26%, a Reuters market report said. ColoradoBiz The focus now turns to next week’s
3 January 2026
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Walmart stock rises 1.2% to start 2026 — what investors are watching next for WMT

Walmart stock rises 1.2% to start 2026 — what investors are watching next for WMT

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 19:29 ET — After-hours Walmart Inc (WMT) shares closed up $1.35, or 1.21%, at $112.76 on Friday and were unchanged in after-hours trading, the session after the 4 p.m. close when stocks can still change hands. MarketWatch The move matters because the first session of January often sets the tone for early-year positioning, especially in large, liquid stocks. Walmart is widely used by investors as a gauge of value-focused U.S. consumer demand. For Walmart, the near-term question is whether shoppers keep prioritizing essentials and lower prices as investors recalibrate expectations for growth and interest rates.
3 January 2026
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Nike stock today: NKE slips after hours as 2026 trading starts — what to watch next

Nike stock today: NKE slips after hours as 2026 trading starts — what to watch next

New York, Jan 2, 2026, 19:27 ET — After-hours Nike shares dipped 0.7% on Friday and were flat in after-hours trading — the electronic session after the 4 p.m. close — at $63.28. The stock traded between $62.58 and $64.18 in the session, with about 22.3 million shares changing hands. The move matters because Nike has been trying to convince investors that a brand and distribution reset can lift demand without dragging profitability lower. The stock’s 52-week range underscores how sensitive that debate has been, with shares having traded between $52.28 and $82.44. MarketWatch Nike’s latest quarterly filing showed why
3 January 2026
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Vertiv stock jumps 8% after Barclays upgrade calls pullback an “attractive entry point”

Vertiv stock jumps 8% after Barclays upgrade calls pullback an “attractive entry point”

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 19:22 ET — After-hours Vertiv Holdings (VRT) shares jumped 8.4% in after-hours trading on Friday after Barclays upgraded the data center power-and-cooling supplier and raised its price target to $200. Analyst Julian Mitchell called the pullback an “attractive entry point” and said the company’s outlook often leaves room to “beat and raise” — topping forecasts and lifting guidance. TipRanks The move puts Vertiv back in the spotlight early in the new year as investors recalibrate bets on the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence, where higher-power servers are driving demand for equipment that supports and cools data
3 January 2026
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ServiceNow stock slides again as 2026 starts — why NOW shares lagged and what traders watch next

ServiceNow stock slides again as 2026 starts — why NOW shares lagged and what traders watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 19:15 ET — After-hours ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) shares fell 3.75% on Friday to close at $147.45, underperforming a broader market that finished mostly higher in the first session of 2026. MarketWatch The drop matters because investors began the year rotating into areas of the market showing the strongest momentum, with chip stocks rallying while several big tech names and some software shares struggled for traction. Reuters Joe Mazzola, head of trading and derivatives strategy at Charles Schwab, said investors “might be a little bit more conscious about some of the valuations that they’re paying for
3 January 2026
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Applied Materials stock jumps on chip-stock rebound; AMAT steadies in after-hours trade

Applied Materials stock jumps on chip-stock rebound; AMAT steadies in after-hours trade

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 19:14 ET — After-hours Applied Materials Inc shares rose 4.62% to close at $268.87 on Friday, and were down 0.18% at $268.39 in after-hours trading, after the 4 p.m. close. MarketWatch The move put the chip-equipment maker at the center of a broad semiconductor rebound at the start of 2026, as investors rotated back into the sector after a late-year pullback. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index was up 4% on the day, Reuters reported. Reuters That matters now because equipment suppliers like Applied Materials tend to move with expectations for factory spending on new chip capacity,
3 January 2026
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Caterpillar stock today: CAT jumps 4% after-hours as Dow kicks off 2026 higher — what’s next

Caterpillar stock today: CAT jumps 4% after-hours as Dow kicks off 2026 higher — what’s next

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 19:17 ET — After-hours Caterpillar Inc shares (CAT.N) were up 4.4% at $598.41 in late U.S. after-hours trading on Friday, after a sharp rally to start 2026. The move matters because Caterpillar is a heavyweight industrial bellwether, and early-year flows can amplify shifts in sentiment for cyclical stocks tied to economic growth. U.S. markets began 2026 with a rebound, lifting the Dow and S&P 500 after a late-2025 pullback, while investors remained sensitive to valuation and policy signals. Joe Mazzola, head of trading and derivatives strategist at Charles Schwab, described a “buy the dip, sell
3 January 2026
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GE Vernova (GEV) stock jumps today after hours as dividend date and jobs data loom

GE Vernova (GEV) stock jumps today after hours as dividend date and jobs data loom

New York, January 2, 2026, 19:17 ET — After-hours GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) shares rose about 3.8% to $679.55 in after-hours trading on Friday, after moving between $659.62 and $680.94 during the session. Volume was about 2.7 million shares. After-hours trading refers to transactions after the 4 p.m. ET close. The move comes as investors kick off 2026 with a renewed focus on companies tied to U.S. electricity demand, grid upgrades and generation buildouts—areas being reshaped by data centers and broader electrification. Rob Spivey of Altimetry Research argued that power bills are turning into a market catalyst as households
3 January 2026
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Intuit stock drops nearly 5% today as 2026 opens; SEC filing and dividend dates in focus

Intuit stock drops nearly 5% today as 2026 opens; SEC filing and dividend dates in focus

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 19:11 ET — After-hours Intuit Inc (INTU) shares fell 4.99% on Friday to $629.46, and were little changed in after-hours trading. The drop put Intuit among the day’s laggards in large-cap software at the start of the new year. Investors often use early-January moves to reset positioning after year-end rallies and tax-related portfolio shifts. Wall Street was choppy, with gains in some cyclical corners offset by weakness in parts of tech and consumer names, a Reuters market report said. “The next Fed Chair is probably going to be much more dovish than Jerome Powell,” said
3 January 2026
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SoFi stock jumps nearly 5% as traders mark Jan. 30 earnings date for SOFI shares

SoFi stock jumps nearly 5% as traders mark Jan. 30 earnings date for SOFI shares

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 18:42 ET — After-hours SoFi Technologies, Inc. shares climbed nearly 5% on Friday and held those gains in after-hours trading, as investors focused on a late-January earnings report that will set the tone for the fintech’s 2026 outlook. Yahoo Finance The move matters now because SoFi’s Jan. 30 update will deliver the first look at its full-year 2025 results and fresh commentary on loan demand, credit performance and funding costs — key drivers for consumer-focused lenders. SoFi It also comes as U.S. markets head into a data-heavy stretch that can reset expectations for Federal Reserve
3 January 2026
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Mastercard stock falls after-hours as MA extends slide into 2026

Mastercard stock falls after-hours as MA extends slide into 2026

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 18:46 ET — After-hours Mastercard Incorporated shares were down 1.4% at $563.13 in after-hours trading on Friday, which follows the regular 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET session. The stock traded between $559.51 and $572.73; Visa fell 1.2%, PayPal slipped 0.4% and American Express gained 0.7%. U.S. stocks ended mixed on the first trading day of 2026 as Treasury yields rose ahead of next week’s employment data. “Today is kind of a holiday trading day, lighter volumes,” said Jed Ellerbroek, portfolio manager at Argent Capital in St. Louis. The benchmark 10-year yield rose 3.8 basis
3 January 2026
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CrowdStrike stock (CRWD) drops after-hours as Wall Street opens 2026 and traders focus on valuation

CrowdStrike stock (CRWD) drops after-hours as Wall Street opens 2026 and traders focus on valuation

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 6:58 PM ET — After-hours CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. shares slid 3.2% in after-hours trading on Friday to $453.58, extending a weak start to 2026 for the cybersecurity bellwether. The decline came even as U.S. stocks broadly recovered, with the Dow and S&P 500 closing higher on the first trading day of the new year. Reuters Why it matters now: CrowdStrike is widely seen as a premium-priced software name, and early-year flows can amplify moves as investors reset risk and valuation targets after year-end positioning. Joe Mazzola, head of trading and derivatives strategy at Charles Schwab,
3 January 2026
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Costco stock slips after hours as investors brace for December sales report

Costco stock slips after hours as investors brace for December sales report

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 18:38 ET — After-hours Costco Wholesale Corp shares slipped about 0.9% in after-hours trading on Friday to $854.50, after swinging between $852.59 and $865.23 in the session as the new year opened. Trading volume was about 2.37 million shares, according to market data. The move put focus back on Costco’s next near-term catalyst: its December sales report, due next week, which investors use as an early gauge of holiday demand and momentum heading into 2026. Costco’s monthly sales update is closely watched because it breaks out “comparable sales” — sales at warehouses open at least
3 January 2026
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Exxon Mobil stock climbs nearly 2% today as OPEC+ and LNG catalysts take focus

Exxon Mobil stock climbs nearly 2% today as OPEC+ and LNG catalysts take focus

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 18:49 ET — After-hours Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) shares closed up 1.9% at $122.65 on Friday and were last little changed in after-hours trading. The stock traded between $119.66 and $122.78 in the regular session, with about 14.2 million shares changing hands. The advance came on the first trading day of 2026, with investors rotating into value-linked corners of the market while waiting on next week’s U.S. data. The S&P 500 ended up 0.19% and the Dow gained 0.66%, while the Nasdaq slipped 0.03%. Reuters Oil remained the immediate swing factor for energy majors after
3 January 2026
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AST SpaceMobile stock jumps nearly 15% as BlueBird 6 milestone puts 2026 rollout back in focus

AST SpaceMobile stock jumps nearly 15% as BlueBird 6 milestone puts 2026 rollout back in focus

New York, Jan 2, 2026, 18:37 ET — After-hours AST SpaceMobile shares surged on Friday and held gains into after-hours trading, as investors returned from the holiday break chasing momentum in satellite-to-phone connectivity plays. The stock was up 14.9% at $83.47. The move matters now because 2026 is shaping up as a make-or-break year for companies promising to connect ordinary smartphones to satellites — a race that has drawn telecom partners, regulators and retail traders. AST is still in the buildout phase, so the stock tends to react sharply to execution milestones and deployment timelines. It also lands as the
3 January 2026
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MARA stock jumps 22% into weekend as bitcoin whipsaws; Monday risk test looms

MARA stock jumps 22% into weekend as bitcoin whipsaws; Monday risk test looms

7 February 2026
MARA shares jumped 22.4% to $8.24 Friday, trading higher after hours, as the company moved $87 million in bitcoin to major custodians. About 82.4 million MARA shares changed hands. Bitcoin hovered near $68,928 Saturday. A MARA filing showed its general counsel had shares withheld for taxes on vested stock units, not an open market sale.
Apple stock (AAPL) set for Monday test as memory-chip crunch revives iPhone price question

Apple stock (AAPL) set for Monday test as memory-chip crunch revives iPhone price question

7 February 2026
Apple shares closed up 0.8% at $278.12 Friday, then slipped 0.3% after hours. A global DRAM shortage is raising component costs, putting pressure on Apple’s pricing ahead of its Feb. 24 shareholder meeting. CEO Tim Cook said memory prices will rise “sharply” but gave no details on possible iPhone price hikes. Investors await signals before next week’s U.S. inflation data.
Roivant stock surges on brepocitinib skin-disease data; what to watch into Monday

Roivant stock surges on brepocitinib skin-disease data; what to watch into Monday

7 February 2026
Roivant shares surged 22.4% to $25.82 after Phase 2 data showed its drug brepocitinib outperformed placebo in cutaneous sarcoidosis, with no serious adverse events. The company plans a Phase 3 trial in 2026 and has filed for FDA approval in dermatomyositis. Quarterly revenue reached $2 million, with a $313.7 million loss. Cash holdings stood at $4.5 billion.
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