Exxon Mobil stock slips today as oil heads for biggest annual drop since 2020

Exxon Mobil stock slips today as oil heads for biggest annual drop since 2020

Exxon Mobil shares slipped 0.6% to $120.22 in afternoon trading Wednesday as oil prices hovered near $61 a barrel for Brent and $58 for WTI. U.S. crude inventories fell by 1.9 million barrels last week, but gasoline and distillate stocks rose sharply. Investors are watching the Jan. 4 OPEC+ meeting and late-January earnings for direction. Other oil majors were mixed to lower.
31 December 2025
MarineServices brings workboat ‘Puffin’ back to Dun Laoghaire as charter fleet expands

MarineServices brings workboat ‘Puffin’ back to Dun Laoghaire as charter fleet expands

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 13:29 ET MarineServices.ie said it has acquired the commercial workboat Puffin and brought the vessel back to its home port of Dún Laoghaire, adding capacity to its commercial vessel charter operations. https://afloat.ie/sail/how-to-sail/inss/item/69816-marine-services-acquires-puffin-to-expand-commercial-vessel-charter The move matters as operators around Irish ports face steady demand for small, multi-purpose workboats that can support marine construction, dive support and salvage jobs on short notice. MarineServices.ie said Puffin has already been used on projects including installation work on an Airfloat MPS “drive-up dock” for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and recovery of swim ladders from the area known locally as the
31 December 2025
AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) stock dips today as year-end tech pullback pressures growth names

AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) stock dips today as year-end tech pullback pressures growth names

AppLovin shares fell 1.3% to $685 in thin year-end trading Wednesday, underperforming major indexes as investors rotated out of high-growth tech stocks. Treasury yields rose after jobless claims dropped to 199,000, pressuring growth shares further. The Invesco QQQ Trust and S&P 500-tracking SPDR fund each slipped about 0.2% in afternoon trading.
Applied Digital (APLD) climbs on fresh analyst calls as ChronoScale spin-off plan stays in focus

Applied Digital (APLD) climbs on fresh analyst calls as ChronoScale spin-off plan stays in focus

Applied Digital shares climbed 4.6% to $25.20 Wednesday afternoon, outperforming a weaker market after Northland and Lake Street reiterated bullish ratings ahead of the Jan. 7 earnings call. The company recently signed a non-binding term sheet to spin out its cloud unit and merge it with EKSO Bionics, forming ChronoScale, a GPU-accelerated cloud platform. Applied Digital expects to own 97% of the new entity.
31 December 2025
Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) stock dives nearly 50% after FDA rejects relacorilant — what investors watch next

Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) stock dives nearly 50% after FDA rejects relacorilant — what investors watch next

Corcept shares plunged nearly 50% to $35.31 after the FDA rejected relacorilant for Cushing’s-related hypertension, citing insufficient evidence of effectiveness. The move erased about $3.7 billion in market value. Corcept said it will meet with the FDA to discuss next steps. The company is also awaiting a July 2026 FDA decision on relacorilant in ovarian cancer.
Santa Claus Rally Fizzles: S&P 500, Dow Slip as Tech Weighs on 2025 Finale

Santa Claus Rally Fizzles: S&P 500, Dow Slip as Tech Weighs on 2025 Finale

Wall Street’s main indexes slipped in thin trading on December 31, with the Dow down 116 points by midday, as Microsoft and Apple led declines. Despite the late-year dip, major indexes remained on track for double-digit gains in 2025. Investors shifted focus to the Federal Reserve’s 2026 outlook after minutes revealed divisions over further rate cuts. AI and chip stocks drove much of the year’s rally, while some firms lagged sharply.
JPMorgan stock edges up in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes and funding markets steer banks

JPMorgan stock edges up in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes and funding markets steer banks

JPMorgan shares rose 0.3% to $324.25 in afternoon trading Wednesday, outperforming major U.S. banks. Treasury yields climbed after weekly jobless claims dropped to 199,000, below forecasts. The Federal Reserve minutes showed officials divided over the 2026 rate outlook. Investors await JPMorgan’s earnings on Jan. 13 and the Fed’s Jan. 27–28 meeting.
IREN stock slips in New York trade as bitcoin eases into year-end

IREN stock slips in New York trade as bitcoin eases into year-end

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 13:50 ET — Regular session IREN Limited shares fell about 1% on Wednesday to $37.92, paring earlier losses as the price of bitcoin drifted lower. The Nasdaq-listed company sits at the intersection of two volatile trades: bitcoin mining and data centers built for artificial intelligence workloads. That combination has made the stock sensitive to shifts in crypto prices and risk appetite. Reuters Moves late in the year can also be magnified by portfolio adjustments, as funds lock in gains or harvest losses before the calendar turns. “Some year-end rebalancing is going on,” Michael Dehal, senior
Eli Lilly stock today: LLY slips as China Mounjaro cuts and U.S. pricing reset draw focus

Eli Lilly stock today: LLY slips as China Mounjaro cuts and U.S. pricing reset draw focus

Eli Lilly shares slipped 0.1% to $1,078.95 by early afternoon Wednesday after reports of price cuts for its diabetes and obesity drugs in China and a planned U.S. list-price reset. A regulatory filing showed Lilly Endowment, the company’s largest shareholder, trimmed its stake slightly. Investors focused on pricing pressure as the company’s GLP-1 drugs face broader access and lower prices heading into 2026.
Sandisk stock today: SNDK dips as company sets Jan. 29 earnings date

Sandisk stock today: SNDK dips as company sets Jan. 29 earnings date

Sandisk shares fell 1.1% to $237.64 midday Wednesday, trailing a weaker U.S. market as year-end trading remained thin. The company set Jan. 29, 2026, for its fiscal second-quarter results, with investors focused on flash demand from AI data centers. The stock has surged nearly 600% in 2025 since its spin-off from Western Digital. Peers Western Digital, Micron, and Seagate also traded lower.
OneSpaWorld (OSW) stock slides nearly 3% today as year-end trading cools cruise-linked names

OneSpaWorld (OSW) stock slides nearly 3% today as year-end trading cools cruise-linked names

OneSpaWorld Holdings shares fell 2.7% to $20.78 Wednesday, hitting an intraday low with about 53,000 shares traded. No new company news was reported. The cruise-spa operator’s revenue in 2024 depended heavily on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian, according to its annual filing. Broader markets were also lower, with the S&P 500 ETF down 0.3%.
Canada’s grocery code kicks in Jan. 1 as Loblaw, Walmart and rivals sign on — what shoppers should know

Canada’s grocery code kicks in Jan. 1 as Loblaw, Walmart and rivals sign on — what shoppers should know

Canada’s grocery industry code of conduct takes full effect Jan. 1, launching a formal dispute process for suppliers and grocers over fees and contract terms. Loblaw, Empire, Metro, Walmart Canada, and Costco Canada are registered under the voluntary code. The framework does not regulate shelf prices. Ottawa had warned it could make the code mandatory if major retailers did not participate.
31 December 2025
Natural gas price tumbles today on warmer forecasts, light storage draw; UNG, EQT slide

Natural gas price tumbles today on warmer forecasts, light storage draw; UNG, EQT slide

U.S. natural gas futures dropped nearly 7% midday Wednesday to about $3.70/mmBtu, pressured by warmer January forecasts and a smaller-than-expected EIA storage withdrawal of 38 Bcf. The United States Natural Gas Fund fell 6.5%, while gas producers EQT, Antero, and Range Resources also declined. LNG exporter Cheniere was little changed. Traders are watching for updated weather models and LNG feedgas flows.

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Linde stock price falls as LIN heads into weekend; JPMorgan downgrade and guidance in focus

Linde stock price falls as LIN heads into weekend; JPMorgan downgrade and guidance in focus

7 February 2026
Linde plc shares fell 2.5% to $448.24 Friday after reporting Q4 sales up 6% to $8.76 billion and adjusted EPS of $4.20. The company guided 2026 adjusted EPS to $17.40–$17.90, below analyst consensus. JPMorgan downgraded the stock, while Morgan Stanley and UBS raised price targets. Linde repurchased $1.4 billion in shares in Q4 and returned $7.4 billion to shareholders in 2025.
GE Vernova stock closes up nearly 6% — what to watch before Monday’s trade

GE Vernova stock closes up nearly 6% — what to watch before Monday’s trade

7 February 2026
GE Vernova shares jumped 5.6% to $779.35 Friday as Wall Street rallied and the company reported 1.1 GW of U.S. wind repower orders for 2025. The company also closed its $5.3 billion purchase of the remaining Prolec GE stake and completed a $2.6 billion senior notes offering. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data.
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