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AMD stock slips after hours as CES AI chip blitz sets up Feb. 3 earnings test

AMD stock slips after hours as CES AI chip blitz sets up Feb. 3 earnings test

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 4:33 PM EST — After-hours Advanced Micro Devices shares fell about 2% to $210.02 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after trading between $207.23 and $213.95 during the day. The slide lands as investors pick through AMD’s CES headlines and try to square them with what matters most in the near term: orders, margins and whether demand holds up into the February earnings report. AMD said on Tuesday it will report fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results on Feb. 3 after the market close, with a conference call set for 5 p.m. EST. Advanced Micro Devices,
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Meta stock drops after hours as court fight and smart-glasses supply squeeze keep traders cautious

Meta stock drops after hours as court fight and smart-glasses supply squeeze keep traders cautious

New York, January 7, 2026, 16:36 EST — After-hours Meta Platforms shares fell 1.8% to $648.69 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after moving between $644.92 and $659.01 during the session. The slip came as investors kept rotating around big tech and AI names, with Nvidia and Alphabet lifting the Nasdaq even as the S&P 500 ended lower. “Investors have come into 2026 with a similar playbook to last year: Buy tech and forget about it,” Jake Dollarhide, chief executive of Longbow Asset Management, said. Reuters Fresh U.S. labor data also kept rate bets in play — the kind of backdrop
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Intel stock jumps after CES “Panther Lake” reveal puts 18A chipmaking plan back in play

Intel stock jumps after CES “Panther Lake” reveal puts 18A chipmaking plan back in play

New York, January 7, 2026, 16:27 EST — After-hours Intel shares were last up about 6.4% at $42.62 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after swinging between $39.85 and $44.55 during the session on heavy volume. The move matters because 18A is not just a new chip line. It is the hinge on Intel’s pitch that it can build leading-edge chips in-house again and, over time, make chips for others as a foundry — contract manufacturing for outside customers. That puts execution under a harsher light than another product cycle. If the process slips, costs rise fast, and Intel risks giving
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Palantir stock (PLTR) ticks up after Truist starts coverage with $223 target, as jobs data looms

Palantir stock (PLTR) ticks up after Truist starts coverage with $223 target, as jobs data looms

New York, January 7, 2026, 16:20 (EST) — After-hours Palantir Technologies’ shares rose 1.1% to $181.69 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after Truist Securities initiated coverage with a buy rating and set a $223 price target. The stock traded between $177.70 and $187.26 during the session. TradingView The call lands as investors cool on an AI-led run in big U.S. tech and shift attention back to the data calendar. Traders have been using high-multiple AI software names like Palantir as a read-through on corporate spending appetite, and on how far the market will stretch for growth. Reuters Truist pitched Palantir
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Alphabet’s GOOG stock overtakes Apple in market value — what investors watch next

Alphabet’s GOOG stock overtakes Apple in market value — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 16:28 EST — After-hours Alphabet’s non-voting Class C shares climbed on Wednesday, lifting the Google parent above Apple in market value for the first time since 2019. https://www.barrons.com/articles/alphabet-stock-apple-market-cap-625151cc The shift matters because it shows where the money is hiding right now: investors are still willing to pay up for companies tied to artificial intelligence, even as the broader tape turns choppy. It also puts Alphabet back in the same conversation as Nvidia at the top end of U.S. equity valuations. Alphabet’s Class C stock (GOOG) was up about 2.5% at $322.46 after the bell. Apple
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Amazon stock rises after Alexa.com CES 2026 debut as AWS self-driving deal grabs attention

Amazon stock rises after Alexa.com CES 2026 debut as AWS self-driving deal grabs attention

New York, January 7, 2026, 16:04 EST — After-hours Amazon.com shares rose on Wednesday after the company used the CES technology show to broaden its Alexa+ push, including a web rollout at Alexa.com alongside new device and partner tie-ins. The stock was last up 0.5% at $242.06, after trading between $239.52 and $245.28. About Amazon The timing matters because investors want proof that Amazon’s AI spending can translate into everyday usage — and eventually revenue — rather than demos. The web launch also puts Alexa+ in front of users who may not own an Echo device, as Amazon jockeys for
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AbbVie circles Revolution Medicines in possible $20 billion-plus deal: WSJ, Bloomberg

AbbVie circles Revolution Medicines in possible $20 billion-plus deal: WSJ, Bloomberg

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 16:14 (EST) AbbVie (ABBV.N) is in advanced talks to buy cancer-drug developer Revolution Medicines (RVMD.O), the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Revolution shares jumped nearly 30% after the report, while AbbVie rose more than 5%. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/abbvie-talks-buy-biotech-revolution-medicines-wsj-reports-2026-01-07/ For AbbVie, a takeover would also sharpen its push to add new growth drivers as its former blockbuster Humira faces steeper competition after patent protection ended. It would put AbbVie deeper into oncology at a time when big drugmakers are still paying up for late-stage cancer assets. https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/abbvie-near-deal-for-revolution-medicines-eca830a1 The Journal did not
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Why Lockheed Martin stock is sliding: Trump payout threat collides with PAC-3 missile ramp and a Goldman sell

Why Lockheed Martin stock is sliding: Trump payout threat collides with PAC-3 missile ramp and a Goldman sell

WASHINGTON, Jan 7, 2026, 16:04 EST Lockheed Martin shares slid about 4.5% in afternoon trading on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would block dividends and share buybacks for defense contractors until they speed up weapons production. Trump also urged new production plants and called defense executive pay “exorbitant,” while offering no details on enforcement; Northrop Grumman, RTX and General Dynamics shares were also lower. Reuters The threat lands as Washington pushes the industry to build more capacity, faster, after years of tight stockpiles and long delivery times. It also risks jolting a sector many investors buy for
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Microsoft stock rises as the AI trade returns — and a Midwest grid deal adds a fresh angle

Microsoft stock rises as the AI trade returns — and a Midwest grid deal adds a fresh angle

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 16:02 EST — After-hours Microsoft Corp shares rose 1.0% to $483.51 in late trading on Wednesday, after touching a session high of $489.68, as money flowed back into AI-linked megacaps. The S&P 500 ended up 0.03% at 6,946.92 and the Nasdaq climbed 0.48%, with Nvidia and Alphabet among the leaders. Reuters The move matters because Microsoft stock has become a proxy for the “AI trade” — bets on companies expected to profit from the surge in spending on chips, cloud computing and software. Traders have been quick to fade and chase that theme, especially when
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Apple stock dips as Alphabet briefly overtakes it in market value, with chip costs in focus

Apple stock dips as Alphabet briefly overtakes it in market value, with chip costs in focus

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 16:02 EST — After-hours Apple Inc (AAPL.O) shares fell 0.7% to $260.53 in late regular trade on Wednesday, still below their 52-week high of $288.62, with about 56 million shares changing hands. The dip left the iPhone maker briefly behind Alphabet as the No. 2 U.S. company by market value, trailing Nvidia, according to reports. Barron’s The shuffle matters because Apple and Alphabet sit at the center of U.S. equity indexes, where small moves can tilt benchmark performance. Alphabet rallied about 66% in 2025 versus Apple’s roughly 9% gain, helped by investor appetite for AI-related
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Micron Technology stock slips as UBS, Piper lift MU price target to $400 and New York megafab date is set

Micron Technology stock slips as UBS, Piper lift MU price target to $400 and New York megafab date is set

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 16:15 (EST) — After-hours Micron Technology Inc shares were down about 1.2% at $339.45 on Wednesday after trading between $335.10 and $346.24, even as Wall Street pushed price targets higher and the company set a date to break ground on a planned New York factory. The pullback comes as investors crowd into memory and storage names tied to artificial-intelligence spending, where servers need more DRAM — the working memory in computers — and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a stacked chip used to feed AI processors. Sandisk shares surged 27.6% on Tuesday after Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen
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Nvidia stock ends higher as China pauses H200 chip orders, keeping investors on edge

Nvidia stock ends higher as China pauses H200 chip orders, keeping investors on edge

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 16:02 (EST) — After-hours Nvidia Corp (NVDA) shares ended the day up about 0.9% at $188.92, after trading between $186.60 and $191.26, as investors digested a report that China has asked some domestic tech companies to halt orders for Nvidia’s H200 artificial-intelligence chips. Reuters The tug-of-war matters because Nvidia is trying to reopen a lucrative channel into China at a time when U.S. export controls and Chinese industrial policy are both shifting. A pause, even a temporary one, risks turning a high-profile restart into another stop-start cycle. Investing.com The near-term trigger is regulatory, not engineering.
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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.
Amazon stock slides as $200B AI spending plan meets cautious profit outlook

Amazon stock slides as $200B AI spending plan meets cautious profit outlook

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 9% Friday after the company announced plans for $200 billion in 2026 capital spending, mainly for AWS and AI, and issued a first-quarter profit outlook below estimates. The stock drop could erase $200 billion in market value. Fourth-quarter net sales rose 14% to $213.4 billion, while free cash flow declined due to higher spending on AI infrastructure.
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