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American Express stock dips as Trump pushes 10% credit-card rate cap; CPI, earnings loom

American Express stock dips as Trump pushes 10% credit-card rate cap; CPI, earnings loom

NEW YORK, Jan 10, 2026, 06:36 EST — Market closed American Express (AXP) shares slid $7.36, or 1.9%, to $375.61 on Friday, as investors weighed President Donald Trump’s call for a one-year 10% cap on credit-card interest rates. The stock traded between $373.87 and $384.97, with about 2.8 million shares changing hands. (Financial Times) The rate-cap talk matters because issuers like American Express earn interest on balances that customers carry month to month, charged as an annual percentage rate, or APR, on top of fees tied to spending. It also hits as investors try to square consumer demand with stubborn
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KLA stock jumps back near record highs as chip rally builds — here’s the next test

KLA stock jumps back near record highs as chip rally builds — here’s the next test

New York, Jan 10, 2026, 06:24 EST — Market closed KLA Corp shares closed up 5.7% at $1,400 on Friday, leaving the chip equipment maker within sight of its early-week high. (MarketWatch) The bounce came as chip stocks surged broadly, pushing the PHLX semiconductor index — a widely watched gauge of chipmakers — up 2.7% to a record high, after a weaker U.S. jobs report kept expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts intact. “Investors are getting granular and picking the winners and losers,” said Zachary Hill, head of portfolio management at Horizon Investments. (Reuters) The next macro check comes fast.
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Hims & Hers stock slides as Amazon adds Wegovy pill, raising fresh pricing fears

Hims & Hers stock slides as Amazon adds Wegovy pill, raising fresh pricing fears

NEW YORK, Jan 10, 2026, 06:23 EST — Market closed Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (HIMS) shares fell 6.4% on Friday to $31.69, with about 25 million shares changing hands. The stock is down roughly 11% over the past two sessions as investors weighed Amazon Pharmacy’s move into Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy weight-loss pill business. (StockAnalysis) That matters now because Hims has pushed hard into GLP-1 weight-loss drugs — medicines that mimic a gut hormone to curb appetite — and a lot of demand in the category still comes from patients paying cash. Hims lists a “compounded GLP-1” program starting at
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Valens Semiconductor stock jumps 59% on heavy volume as share-sale filings surface

Valens Semiconductor stock jumps 59% on heavy volume as share-sale filings surface

New York, Jan 10, 2026, 06:05 EST — Market closed Valens Semiconductor Ltd. shares jumped about 59% on Friday, ending at $2.48 as turnover spiked to roughly 45 million shares. (Finviz) The move drew attention because it came late in the week with little fresh headline news from the company itself. Valens’ newsroom showed its most recent release dated Jan. 6. (Valens Semiconductor) In that Jan. 6 statement, Valens said it landed a fourth design win for its VA7000 chipset using MIPI A-PHY, an automotive connectivity standard for high-speed links between sensors and compute units. “We’re thrilled to ring in
10 January 2026
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Lam Research stock jumps on Mizuho target hike as chip-tool rally sets up next earnings test

Lam Research stock jumps on Mizuho target hike as chip-tool rally sets up next earnings test

New York, Jan 10, 2026, 06:12 EST — The market has closed. Lam Research (LRCX.O) shares jumped 8.7% on Friday, closing at $218.36. The boost came after Mizuho lifted its price target on the chip equipment maker to $220 from $200. The rally coincided with a wider upswing in semiconductor stocks that sent the PHLX chip index to a new record. (Reuters) The move comes as investors wrestle with the speed of Federal Reserve rate cuts this year, while growth stocks sensitive to rates remain focused on inflation and labor numbers. Following Friday’s jobs report, traders lowered near-term easing bets,
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Oracle stock jumps toward $200 as Stargate funding and a busy macro week collide

Oracle stock jumps toward $200 as Stargate funding and a busy macro week collide

NEW YORK, Jan 10, 2026, 06:06 EST — Market closed Oracle shares jumped 4.7% Friday, ending at $198.52 after trading in a range from $188.91 up to $200.13. Buyers drove the stock close to the $200 threshold, a level many traders watch closely as a “line in the sand.” Volume hit roughly 26.2 million shares. SB Energy announced late Friday that OpenAI and SoftBank are committing $1 billion to boost data-center and power infrastructure for Stargate, a $500 billion project supported by Oracle. The company plans to develop and run a 1.2-gigawatt OpenAI facility in Milam County, Texas. (Reuters) Oracle’s
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NuScale Power stock pops on BofA upgrade as Meta’s nuclear push lifts the SMR trade

NuScale Power stock pops on BofA upgrade as Meta’s nuclear push lifts the SMR trade

New York, Jan 10, 2026, 06:16 ET — Market closed NuScale Power Corporation shares ended Friday up 4.3% at $20.51, with U.S. markets shut for the weekend and trading set to resume on Monday. The move mattered because the nuclear trade has snapped back on fresh demand signals from Big Tech, which is hunting stable power for data centers. Meta said it struck 20-year nuclear power agreements and would back development of small modular reactors, or SMRs — smaller reactor designs that aim to shift more construction into factories. Meta executive Joel Kaplan called the plans “one of the most
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Mastercard stock in focus for Monday after Trump floats 10% credit-card rate cap

Mastercard stock in focus for Monday after Trump floats 10% credit-card rate cap

NEW YORK, Jan 10, 2026, 05:51 EST — The market has closed. Mastercard Incorporated shares enter Monday trading with credit policy in focus, following President Donald Trump’s call to cap credit card interest rates at 10% for one year starting Jan. 20. The stock closed down Friday, despite the broader market hitting new highs. The proposal focuses on card issuers rather than payment networks such as Mastercard, though traders frequently treat the sector as a whole. If the cap tightens credit availability, it could dampen card spending and curb loan growth — eventually weighing on transaction volumes. Timing is everything.
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Northrop Grumman stock jumps nearly 5% as Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense-budget talk reshapes the trade

Northrop Grumman stock jumps nearly 5% as Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense-budget talk reshapes the trade

New York, Jan 10, 2026, 05:48 EST — Market closed Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC) shares ended Friday up 4.7% at $618.82, after swinging between $578.00 and $619.60 on the day. U.S. markets are closed on Saturday. The jump capped a volatile week for big defense contractors after U.S. President Donald Trump said the 2027 U.S. military budget should be $1.5 trillion, well above the $901 billion Congress approved for 2026. RBC Capital Markets analysts led by Ken Herbert said that could “offset negative investor sentiment” but “there is significant uncertainty” around the final defense budget. (Reuters) Policy risk is the
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Vistra stock jumps after Meta signs 20-year nuclear power deal — what matters next

Vistra stock jumps after Meta signs 20-year nuclear power deal — what matters next

NEW YORK, Jan 10, 2026, 05:38 EST — Market closed Vistra Corp shares jumped 10.5% on Friday and closed at $166.37 after the U.S. power producer said it signed long-term nuclear power contracts with Meta Platforms. (StockAnalysis) The deal lands as Big Tech hunts steady electricity for data centers, a scramble Meta says is being driven by artificial intelligence and rising power use. “It will make Meta one of the most significant corporate purchasers of nuclear energy in American history,” Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, said. (Reuters) Meta said its agreements with Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo are expected
10 January 2026
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AMC stock pops 13% on a volume spike as options heat up and a Feb. 2 stock-sale window nears

AMC stock pops 13% on a volume spike as options heat up and a Feb. 2 stock-sale window nears

New York, January 10, 2026, 05:30 ET — Market closed AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc’s shares surged 13.1% to $1.64 on Friday, beating other movie-theater stocks amid heavy volume. About 71.6 million shares changed hands, nearly triple the 50-day average of 22.5 million. Still, AMC remains about 60% below its 52-week high of $4.08. (MarketWatch) Why it matters now: AMC is stuck close to its 12-month low, trading well beneath major moving averages that momentum investors track. According to MarketBeat data, the stock sits under its 50-day moving average of $2.07 and its 200-day average of $2.64. Notably, Friday’s session saw
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NovaBay stock more than doubles as microcap swings widen; warrants in focus ahead of CPI

NovaBay stock more than doubles as microcap swings widen; warrants in focus ahead of CPI

New York, Jan 10, 2026, 05:29 EST — Market closed NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc (NBY) shares surged 102.5% on Friday, closing at $19.16 after swinging between $9.69 and $19.95 during the session. Roughly 10 million shares traded, pushing the stock to a new 52-week high. (StockAnalysis) This move is significant because such rapid shifts can draw in momentum traders—and then reverse just as quickly. NovaBay trades thinly and has undergone restructuring through asset sales and financing, making its price more reactive to trading flows than to daily operational news. An October regulatory filing revealed the company sold roughly $6 million in
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Walmart stock jumps to $131 as traders brace for CPI and Feb. 19 earnings

Walmart stock jumps to $131 as traders brace for CPI and Feb. 19 earnings

7 February 2026
Walmart shares rose 3.3% Friday to $131.18, up 10% since Jan. 30, as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. The retailer’s market value crossed $1 trillion this week. Investors await January inflation data on Feb. 13 and Walmart’s quarterly results on Feb. 19 for signs of continued momentum.
Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

7 February 2026
Caterpillar shares surged 7.1% to $726.20 Friday, driving the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. The move erased recent losses and followed insider selling by Group President Bob De Lange earlier in the week. Deere and CNH Industrial also gained as investors rotated into industrial stocks. Markets await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data.
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