Costco stock rises on Mizuho upgrade as December sales report nears

Costco stock rises on Mizuho upgrade as December sales report nears

New York, January 6, 2026, 18:45 EST — After-hours Costco Wholesale Corp shares rose on Tuesday, extending a bounce after a broker upgrade as investors looked ahead to a closely watched monthly sales update. The warehouse retailer is due to release December sales results on Wednesday. The report is a quick read on comparable sales — sales at stores open at least a year — and can shift expectations for margins and membership momentum early in the new year. investor.costco.com Costco shares closed at $888.96, up about 1.5%, and were little changed after hours at $889.10. Yahoo Finance Mizuho upgraded
Nebius Group (NBIS) stock jumps after Nvidia Rubin NVL72 plan — what investors watch next

Nebius Group (NBIS) stock jumps after Nvidia Rubin NVL72 plan — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 6, 2026, 18:54 EST — After-hours Nebius Group N.V. shares climbed about 8% in after-hours trading on Tuesday, extending a strong day for the AI infrastructure provider after it said it would offer NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 platform in the United States and Europe from the second half of 2026. The move matters for investors because access to top-end chips is one of the main bottlenecks for AI cloud providers. Securing early supply can help firms win multi-year deals, while late deliveries can leave them priced out as customers lock up capacity elsewhere. Nebius sells computing
Marvell stock slides after $540 million XConn deal as MRVL doubles down on AI data-center switching

Marvell stock slides after $540 million XConn deal as MRVL doubles down on AI data-center switching

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 18:54 EST — After-hours Marvell Technology (MRVL.O) shares fell 2.2% to $88.23 on Tuesday, even as U.S. stocks ended higher, after the chipmaker agreed to buy networking technology firm XConn Technologies for about $540 million. The stock was little changed in after-hours trading. MarketWatch The deal lands as investors scrutinize the plumbing behind the AI boom, not just the chips that do the math. As data centers scale up clusters of accelerators, bottlenecks often show up in the links that move data between processors, memory and servers. Marvell has been leaning into that shift, pitching
Texas Instruments stock jumps 8% as Microchip update sparks analog-chip rally

Texas Instruments stock jumps 8% as Microchip update sparks analog-chip rally

New York, January 6, 2026, 18:32 EST — After-hours Texas Instruments shares jumped on Tuesday and held near the day’s highs in after-hours trading, riding a rally in analog chipmakers after Microchip Technology lifted its quarterly sales view. TXN was last up 8.4% at $192.10, after trading between $178.01 and $192.82. Investing.com The move matters because Texas Instruments is a closely watched read on demand for chips that go into factories and cars — markets investors have flagged as slow to rebound after customers spent months working down inventories. Microchip said on Monday it expects net sales of about $1.185
Coinbase (COIN) stock slips after-hours as CEO sale-plan filing follows Goldman upgrade

Coinbase (COIN) stock slips after-hours as CEO sale-plan filing follows Goldman upgrade

New York, January 6, 2026, 18:29 EST — After-hours Coinbase Global shares fell 1.7% to $250.56 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, paring gains from a rally sparked by a bullish Goldman Sachs call a day earlier. Bitcoin was down about 0.6% at $93,442, pressuring crypto-linked shares. Traders have been treating Coinbase as a high-beta proxy for crypto activity, with the stock moving quickly on shifts in bitcoin and brokerage sentiment. The shares jumped 7.8% on Monday after Goldman upgraded the exchange to “buy” from “neutral,” in a broader risk-on session. Reuters Why it matters now: investors are weighing whether Coinbase’s
Uber stock jumps nearly 6% as CES robotaxi reveal with Lucid, Nuro lifts shares

Uber stock jumps nearly 6% as CES robotaxi reveal with Lucid, Nuro lifts shares

New York, January 6, 2026, 18:36 EST — After-hours Uber Technologies, Inc. shares rose $4.79, or 5.9%, to $85.54 in late trade on Tuesday after the ride-hailing company and partners Lucid Group and Nuro unveiled a production-intent robotaxi at CES. The stock traded between $80.85 and $85.64 on the day, and about 27.5 million shares changed hands. The move matters because robotaxis are resurfacing as a key swing factor for ride-hailing valuations, with investors weighing whether autonomous fleets expand demand or pressure pricing. For Uber, the question is how much of each fare it can keep as the vehicles and
Exxon Mobil stock slides 3% as oil falls on Venezuela supply bets; investors eye next catalyst

Exxon Mobil stock slides 3% as oil falls on Venezuela supply bets; investors eye next catalyst

New York, January 6, 2026, 18:40 EST — After-hours Exxon Mobil Corp shares fell 3.4% to $121.05 on Tuesday, after trading between $121.01 and $126.11. Oil prices slid as the market weighed expectations of ample global supply in 2026 against uncertainty over Venezuelan output after the U.S. capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Brent settled down 1.7% at $60.70 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate fell 2% to $57.13, while Morgan Stanley analysts warned the balance could tip into a surplus of as much as 3 million barrels a day in the first half. “Oil supply will be sufficient in
Lumentum stock spikes 11% as AI data-center trade rebounds; Feb. 3 earnings loom

Lumentum stock spikes 11% as AI data-center trade rebounds; Feb. 3 earnings loom

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 18:26 ET — After-hours Shares of Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE.O) were up 11.3% at $397.42 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after swinging between $340.46 and $399.50 during the session. The move put the optical-components maker among the day’s standout gainers in a corner of the market tied to artificial-intelligence data centers, after a choppy start to 2026. Investors have been recalibrating bets on whether heavy capital spending by “hyperscalers” — the biggest cloud computing groups — will translate into profits, with several infrastructure stocks swinging sharply day to day. Investors.com Lumentum on Monday said it
Eli Lilly stock rises after hours on Nimbus obesity pill deal as Ventyx talks surface

Eli Lilly stock rises after hours on Nimbus obesity pill deal as Ventyx talks surface

New York, January 6, 2026, 18:18 EST — After-hours Eli Lilly and Company stock closed up 2.2% on Tuesday and was up about 0.1% in after-hours trading after Nimbus Therapeutics said it struck a research and licensing deal with the drugmaker to pursue an oral obesity treatment. Yahoo Finance The news lands as investors look for the next leg of growth in obesity care, where convenience matters and pill options could widen uptake beyond weekly injections. Industry forecasts have pegged the obesity-drug market at more than $150 billion a year by the early 2030s, and drugmakers are racing to develop
PizzaExpress shuts Millenia Walk and Scotts Square, leaving just 2 outlets in Singapore

PizzaExpress shuts Millenia Walk and Scotts Square, leaving just 2 outlets in Singapore

Singapore, January 7, 2026, 07:14 (SGT) PizzaExpress’ Singapore franchise has shut its Millenia Walk and Scotts Square outlets, cutting the British pizza chain’s local footprint to two stores. In a Jan 1 Facebook post, the franchise said the two sites ceased operations from Dec 31, 2025 and gave no reason. The Business Times The closures highlight the strain and turnover in Singapore’s food and beverage (F&B) sector — the restaurant and cafe trade — where brands open and shut at a brisk pace. A written parliamentary reply by the Ministry of Trade and Industry showed 3,047 F&B businesses closed in
7 January 2026
Octopus Energy’s Kraken lands $1bn funding round as spinout plans sharpen

Octopus Energy’s Kraken lands $1bn funding round as spinout plans sharpen

London, January 6, 2026, 23:14 GMT Octopus Energy’s software arm Kraken has raised about $1 billion in its first standalone equity round, valuing the utility technology business at $8.65 billion, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan said on Monday. Octopus will keep a 13.7% stake in Kraken after the split, it said. OTPP The carve-out puts fresh capital behind a bet that utilities will pay up for modern systems as grids strain under electrification and more variable renewable power. It also aims to make Kraken easier to sell to rival suppliers by loosening its ties to Octopus, which operates a large retail
MSCI hits pause on crypto index kick-out plan — Strategy pops after-hours

MSCI hits pause on crypto index kick-out plan — Strategy pops after-hours

New York, January 6, 2026, 18:07 (EST) MSCI said on Tuesday it has decided “not to implement” a proposal to exclude digital asset treasury companies from its MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes as part of its February 2026 index review, and will instead open a wider consultation on the treatment of non-operating companies. https://app2.msci.com/webapp/index_ann/DocGet?format=html&lang=en&pub_key=DD3Olh5uInk%3D The decision matters because MSCI benchmarks are widely used by passive funds that track indexes. A removal can force automatic selling, while inclusion can keep a stock in front of large pools of index-linked money. MSCI’s stance was not a clean all-clear. It said companies on

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GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
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