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Vertiv (VRT) stock jumps on Barclays upgrade to $200 target — what investors watch next

Vertiv (VRT) stock jumps on Barclays upgrade to $200 target — what investors watch next

New York, Jan 4, 2026, 14:57 ET — Market closed Vertiv Holdings Co shares ended Friday up 8.4% at $175.61 after Barclays upgraded the data-center power and cooling supplier to Overweight and lifted its price target to $200. Barclays analyst Julian Mitchell said the bank sees “substantial upside potential” to consensus earnings estimates in 2026 and 2027. TipRanks The call matters now because investor positioning in data-center infrastructure has been swinging sharply with every new read on AI-related spending. With U.S. markets reopening on Monday, traders will test whether Friday’s analyst-driven pop pulls in fresh buyers or fades once the
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Home Depot stock heads into Monday: jobs report, rate bets and key levels in focus

Home Depot stock heads into Monday: jobs report, rate bets and key levels in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 14:51 ET — Market closed Home Depot (HD.N) shares ended Friday up 0.5% at $345.82, leaving the home-improvement retailer in focus heading into Monday’s open as investors line up for a busy week of U.S. economic data. (Yahoo Finance) Why it matters now is simple: Home Depot’s demand is closely tied to housing activity and consumer appetite for big-ticket projects, both of which can swing with borrowing costs. Fresh jobs and inflation readings can reshape expectations for interest rates — and that often feeds directly into mortgage rates. The stock also enters the week in
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Virgin Galactic stock: Debt overhaul and dilution fears cloud 2026 profit hopes

Virgin Galactic stock: Debt overhaul and dilution fears cloud 2026 profit hopes

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 14:50 ET Virgin Galactic’s bid to refinance debt and raise fresh capital is sharpening investor doubts about whether the company can post its first annual profit in 2026, as it remains grounded and burning cash. Analysts polled by S&P Global Market Intelligence expect Virgin Galactic to lose nearly $240 million in 2026, according to a Nasdaq-published column. Nasdaq Why it matters now: Virgin is funding development of its next-generation “Delta-class” spaceplanes and a new carrier aircraft while it has little revenue coming in. That leaves the company reliant on the capital markets to bridge the
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India stock market open Jan 5: Oil shock risk meets Nifty record high — what to watch on Dalal Street

India stock market open Jan 5: Oil shock risk meets Nifty record high — what to watch on Dalal Street

MUMBAI, Jan 4, 2026, 14:40 ET — Market closed Oil is back in focus for Indian markets ahead of Monday’s open after Washington’s weekend moves in Venezuela revived supply worries and set the stage for a jump in crude when trading resumes.  Reuters That matters now because India imports most of its crude, and higher oil typically feeds into inflation expectations and weighs on the rupee, tightening conditions for equities. With benchmarks already at all-time highs, traders are likely to treat any oil-led risk-off swing as a direct test of this rally’s staying power. India’s Nifty 50 ended Friday up
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Do We Need More Pylons? Countryfile reignites Britain’s grid upgrade fight as protests grow

Do We Need More Pylons? Countryfile reignites Britain’s grid upgrade fight as protests grow

LONDON, January 4, 2026, 14:45 ET BBC “Countryfile” presenter John Craven wrote on Friday that Britain faces “1000s” more electricity pylons as grid operators race to connect renewable power, stoking an increasingly public fight over new lines. The column said protests are growing around routes tied to the country’s push to expand electricity transmission. Countryfile The debate matters now because Britain is trying to move more electricity from offshore wind, solar and other low-carbon generation to homes and industry, while demand rises as heating and transport electrify. It also lands as government and grid operators look for quicker approvals for
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Oil turmoil meets a FTSE 100 near 10,000: what to watch before UK stocks open Monday

Oil turmoil meets a FTSE 100 near 10,000: what to watch before UK stocks open Monday

LONDON, January 4, 2026, 14:39 ET — Market closed Oil is the first read for London equities at Monday’s Jan. 5 open after the United States seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and President Donald Trump said Washington would take control of the oil-producing nation. OPEC+ — the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia — said it would keep first-quarter output steady. “The political transition in Venezuela adds another major layer of uncertainty,” said Jorge Leon, head of geopolitical analysis at Rystad Energy.  Reuters That matters because the FTSE 100 is dominated by multinationals — including oil
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Venezuela, Fed bets and jobs data loom: What to know before U.S. stocks open Monday

Venezuela, Fed bets and jobs data loom: What to know before U.S. stocks open Monday

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 14:38 ET — Market closed Wall Street heads into Monday’s open after President Donald Trump said the United States had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and would put the oil-producing nation under temporary American control. Investors said the intervention could trigger a flight to safer assets when trading resumes.  Reuters The timing matters. The market is coming out of holiday-thinned trading into the first full week of the year, when volumes typically pick up and price moves can get sharper. The U.S. jobs report on Jan. 9 is the first big macro test of 2026,
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SaskPower warns of Sunday shutdown after widespread outages hit southwest Saskatchewan

SaskPower warns of Sunday shutdown after widespread outages hit southwest Saskatchewan

REGINA, Saskatchewan, Jan 4, 2026, 14:33 ET SaskPower will carry out a planned power outage from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday in parts of southwest Saskatchewan to complete emergency repairs to damaged poles, SwiftCurrentOnline reported. The utility said customers west of Highway 37 would be affected. SwiftCurrentOnline The planned shutdown follows multiple unplanned outages across the region on Saturday, when SaskPower said crews were investigating and did not initially provide estimated restoration times. The back-to-back interruptions matter for rural communities where outages can cascade as crews diagnose faults and then take lines offline to make repairs. SwiftCurrentOnline SaskPower says
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Why Cork Airport is drawing more long-haul travellers this Christmas

Why Cork Airport is drawing more long-haul travellers this Christmas

CORK, Jan 4, 2026, 14:36 ET Cork Airport has seen a surge in long-haul travellers over the Christmas period, travel news site Travel And Tour World reported on Saturday. It said passengers were drawn by the airport’s smaller scale and a quicker trip through security. The report lands as Ireland’s airports move through the final stretch of the holiday travel rush and airlines position for demand into 2026. daa, which operates Cork and Dublin airports, said the state’s two busiest airports handled more than 2.8 million passengers in November, with Cork up 7% and Dublin up 11% from a year
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Before ASX opens Jan 5, 2026: SPI futures steady, big banks bid, Northern Star and inflation data in focus

Before ASX opens Jan 5, 2026: SPI futures steady, big banks bid, Northern Star and inflation data in focus

SYDNEY, Jan 4, 2026, 14:39 ET — Market closed Australian shares head into Monday’s open with futures little changed and investors still trading thin holiday liquidity into the first full week of 2026. SPI 200 futures — derivatives that track the benchmark share index — were last at 8,726. The near-term test is whether risk appetite holds as markets pivot from year-end positioning to hard data. Australia’s monthly CPI indicator is due on Wednesday, Jan. 7, and traders globally also face a U.S. jobs report on Friday, Jan. 9 — both key inputs for interest-rate expectations. That matters for the
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IBM stock slides into 2026 — filings and Jan. 28 earnings set the next test

IBM stock slides into 2026 — filings and Jan. 28 earnings set the next test

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 14:40 ET — Market closed International Business Machines (IBM.N) shares fell 1.6% to $291.50 on Friday, even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended higher. The stock traded between $289.00 and $297.57 and remains below its 52-week high of $324.90, according to market data. Investing The early-year stumble matters because IBM sits at the intersection of enterprise software, infrastructure and consulting, where sentiment can turn quickly when budgets tighten. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, investors are mapping out the next set of macro and company checkpoints that typically reset positioning. IBM’s investor calendar
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Marvell stock jumps 5% as CES 2026 CEO chat nears — what MRVL investors watch next

Marvell stock jumps 5% as CES 2026 CEO chat nears — what MRVL investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 14:31 ET — Market closed Marvell Technology, Inc. shares rose 5.2% on Friday, closing at $89.39. About 15.0 million shares changed hands, according to Yahoo Finance data. Yahoo Finance The move matters because Marvell sits in the middle of the AI data-center buildout, selling chips that connect servers and move data across networks. Investors are looking for early-year signals on whether cloud spending is holding up after a volatile end to 2025. CES week often serves as the first public checkpoint for semiconductor demand in the new year. For Marvell, even small shifts in tone
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Stock Market Today

Verizon stock price snaps 7-day run as consumer chief exit sharpens focus on turnaround

Verizon stock price snaps 7-day run as consumer chief exit sharpens focus on turnaround

7 February 2026
Verizon shares fell 1.7% to $46.31 Friday, ending a seven-session rally and closing about 2.7% below Thursday’s one-year high. The dip follows news that consumer chief Sowmyanarayan Sampath will step down, with Alfonso Villanueva named interim head. Verizon has climbed 16% since January 29 amid strong subscriber growth and a $25 billion buyback plan.
Cisco stock jumps 3% near $85 as UBS sticks with Buy ahead of Feb. 11 earnings

Cisco stock jumps 3% near $85 as UBS sticks with Buy ahead of Feb. 11 earnings

7 February 2026
Cisco shares rose 3% to $84.82 Friday, nearing $85 ahead of fiscal Q2 results due Feb. 11. UBS maintained a Buy rating and $90 target, citing strong product order growth and data-center demand. Investors are watching AI-related spending and U.S. economic data that could affect rates. Peers Fortinet, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks also gained.
Coherent stock whiplash: COHR jumps after earnings drop — what to watch next week

Coherent stock whiplash: COHR jumps after earnings drop — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Coherent Corp shares jumped 8.8% to $227.68 Friday, rebounding after a two-day slide following its quarterly results. The company reported December-quarter revenue of $1.69 billion and non-GAAP earnings of $1.29 a share, with datacenter and communications driving 72% of sales. Barclays, Stifel, and JPMorgan raised price targets to $235–$245. FMR LLC disclosed a 15% stake as of Dec. 31.
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