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Meta stock slips to start 2026 as rates rise; traders eye earnings timing

Meta stock slips to start 2026 as rates rise; traders eye earnings timing

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 09:48 ET — Market closed Meta Platforms shares fell about 1.4% on Friday to close at $650.41, ending the first trading day of 2026 on the back foot. The stock traded between $643.58 and $666.10, with about 13.7 million shares changing hands. The move matters now because investors are re-pricing megacap growth stocks as bond yields drift higher. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield ended around 4.19% on Friday as traders looked ahead to next week’s labor-market data and other delayed economic releases, Reuters reported. Reuters U.S. stocks finished mixed, with the Nasdaq edging down
3 January 2026
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Palantir stock tumbles 5.6% to start 2026 as pricey AI names face a reality check

Palantir stock tumbles 5.6% to start 2026 as pricey AI names face a reality check

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 09:33 ET — Market closed Palantir Technologies Inc. shares fell 5.6% on Friday to close at $167.86, ending the first U.S. trading session of 2026 with a sharp pullback in one of the market’s most closely watched AI-linked software names. The slide mattered because it landed as investors rotated toward AI “infrastructure” winners such as chipmakers, while trimming exposure to some high-valuation growth stocks that drove much of last year’s gains. The Nasdaq dipped 0.03% even as the Dow rose 0.66% and the S&P 500 added 0.19%. Reuters Joe Mazzola, head of trading and derivatives
3 January 2026
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Tesla stock slides after Q4 deliveries report as BYD overtakes — what’s next for TSLA

Tesla stock slides after Q4 deliveries report as BYD overtakes — what’s next for TSLA

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 09:40 ET — Market closed Tesla shares ended Friday, Jan. 2, down 2.6% at $438.07, after trading between $435.33 and $462.42 on heavy volume. The move matters because Tesla’s delivery tally is a fast, high-frequency read on demand and pricing power in the electric-vehicle market. Deliveries are the number of vehicles handed over to customers, often used as a proxy for sales. The backdrop is getting tougher as incentives roll off and rivals push more models into key markets. China’s BYD said it sold 2.26 million battery-electric vehicles in 2025, overtaking Tesla for the year,
3 January 2026
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Apple stock today slips to start 2026 as Raymond James flags valuation; what investors watch next

Apple stock today slips to start 2026 as Raymond James flags valuation; what investors watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 09:34 ET — Market closed Apple Inc shares ended Friday down 0.3% at $271.01, starting 2026 on a softer note after a broker reset expectations on valuation even as broader U.S. stocks eked out gains. Investing The move matters because Apple is a heavyweight in major indexes and a bellwether for “megacap” tech positioning at the start of a new year, when investors tend to rebalance exposure and reassess what is already priced into the stock. Reuters Joe Mazzola, head of trading & derivatives strategist at Charles Schwab, described the market’s current mindset as “buy
3 January 2026
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Amazon stock today: AMZN slips as 2026 opens, $235 options level in focus

Amazon stock today: AMZN slips as 2026 opens, $235 options level in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 09:35 ET — Market closed Amazon.com, Inc. shares fell 1.9% on Friday to close at $226.50, slipping as investors opened 2026 with a mixed appetite for mega-cap tech. The stock traded between $224.71 and $235.39, with about 51.5 million shares changing hands. The move matters now because Amazon is heading into the heart of January’s macro and earnings calendar after the holiday-quarter shopping period, when investors tend to reset positions and reassess growth and spending plans. Wall Street broadly steadied after a late-2025 slide, but heavyweights including Amazon weighed on gains that were led by
3 January 2026
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Microsoft stock slides on Brazil antitrust probe into cloud licensing — what investors watch next

Microsoft stock slides on Brazil antitrust probe into cloud licensing — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 09:33 ET — Market closed Microsoft (MSFT.O) shares ended down 2.21% on Friday after Brazil’s antitrust watchdog opened a probe into the company’s corporate software and cloud computing practices. The stock finished at $472.94, and U.S. markets are closed on Saturday. Terra The investigation puts cloud licensing — the rules and prices for using Microsoft software on different cloud platforms — back in focus as investors size up regulatory risks alongside growth. It also lands as megacap tech valuations remain sensitive to changes in interest-rate expectations. Those expectations may get tested quickly. U.S. employment data
3 January 2026
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Korea Exchange stocks set new record as Kospi tops 4,300 on Samsung, SK hynix surge

Korea Exchange stocks set new record as Kospi tops 4,300 on Samsung, SK hynix surge

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 09:12 ET — Market closed South Korean shares hit a record close on the Korea Exchange on Friday, with the Kospi ending up 2.27% at 4,309.63 after reaching 4,313.55 just ahead of the close. Samsung Electronics jumped 7.17% and SK hynix rose 3.99%, while the won weakened to 1,441.8 per dollar, Yonhap reported. Foreign investors bought a net 644.68 billion won of shares and the three-year government bond yield fell 1.8 basis points — a basis point is 0.01 percentage point — to 2.935%. Korea Joongang Daily The record close matters because it landed as
3 January 2026
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Micron stock jumps 10% after Bernstein raises target to $330 as AI memory pricing stays tight

Micron stock jumps 10% after Bernstein raises target to $330 as AI memory pricing stays tight

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 09:27 ET — Market closed Micron Technology, Inc. (MU.O) shares jumped 10.5% on Friday, closing at $315.42, after a Bernstein price-target increase helped propel the memory-chip maker higher in the market’s first session of 2026. The move matters because Micron’s earnings are tightly linked to the direction of memory-chip prices, and investors have been leaning into the view that AI data centers are tightening supply faster than the industry can add capacity. Memory has a long history of boom-and-bust cycles, so even small shifts in expectations for pricing and supply can produce outsized moves in
3 January 2026
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Jubilee Metals shares dip on JSE after South Africa chrome, PGM sale closes

Jubilee Metals shares dip on JSE after South Africa chrome, PGM sale closes

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 09:29 ET — Market closed Shares of Jubilee Metals Group plc (JBL) ended Friday down 2.47% at 79 South African cents on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange after the company said it had completed the sale of its South African chrome and platinum group metals operations to One Chrome (Pty) Ltd. Jubilee said it expects a second US$10 million cash instalment in the coming days. Co The disposal matters now because it sharpens Jubilee’s pivot toward copper production in Zambia, changing the metal exposure investors are buying when they own the stock. It also puts cash
3 January 2026
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Chevron stock (CVX) rises as OPEC+ meeting nears; filing shows $57 million Ninety One stake

Chevron stock (CVX) rises as OPEC+ meeting nears; filing shows $57 million Ninety One stake

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 07:58 ET Chevron shares climbed 2.3% to $155.90 on Friday, the first trading session of 2026, as energy stocks gained ahead of an OPEC+ supply meeting this weekend. Exxon Mobil rose 1.9%, BP’s U.S.-listed shares gained 3.2%, and Vanguard’s energy-sector ETF added about 2.2%. The move put focus on oil-linked stocks at the start of the year, with traders watching whether OPEC+ will keep output steady at its Sunday meeting. The eight producers — Saudi Arabia, Russia, the UAE, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Iraq, Algeria and Oman — pump about half the world’s oil and raised output
3 January 2026
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Nvidia stock today: NVDA closes higher as chip rally kicks off 2026 — what investors watch next week

Nvidia stock today: NVDA closes higher as chip rally kicks off 2026 — what investors watch next week

New York, Jan 3, 2026, 09:20 ET — Market closed Nvidia shares ended Friday up 1.2% at $188.85, outperforming the broader market as semiconductors led a rebound in the first trading session of 2026. Reuters That move matters because Nvidia has become a bellwether for “AI plays” — stocks tied to artificial intelligence spending — after a choppy year-end left investors wary of stretched valuations. Chipmakers lifted the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index, a benchmark for major U.S. chip stocks, which rose 4% on Friday. Reuters The early bounce also comes as traders look for a new catalyst to set the
3 January 2026
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Cancelled flights spike across Aruba after U.S. strikes Venezuela; Delta, United, JetBlue hit

Cancelled flights spike across Aruba after U.S. strikes Venezuela; Delta, United, JetBlue hit

ORANJESTAD, Aruba, Jan 3, 2026, 09:18 ET Aruba Airport said all flights operated by Avianca, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, LATAM, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and WestJet were canceled on Saturday as the region reacted to U.S. strikes in Venezuela. The airport also listed additional cancellations including Air Century 620, Frontier 320, KLM 765 and Winair 805. The cancellations matter now because Aruba and nearby islands sit on busy air corridors linking North America, South America and Europe. When governments issue fresh safety restrictions, airlines often respond immediately to avoid contested airspace and protect crews and passengers. Saturday is also a
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SGX share price dips at week’s end after record profit; what investors watch next

SGX share price dips at week’s end after record profit; what investors watch next

7 February 2026
Singapore Exchange shares closed 0.4% lower at S$17.57 on Friday, despite reporting record half-year results and a higher dividend earlier in the week. Broker targets diverged after the update, with Maybank and DBS raising targets while Citi stayed bearish. Investors are watching for signs of momentum from derivatives and equity-market reforms as the next session opens Monday.
South32 share price drops 4% in ASX rout — what investors watch before results

South32 share price drops 4% in ASX rout — what investors watch before results

7 February 2026
South32 shares fell 4.1% to A$4.41 Friday as Australian miners dropped in the worst ASX session since April 2025. The S&P/ASX 200 lost 2%, erasing almost A$70 billion in value. South32’s half-year results and interim dividend decision are set for Feb. 12. Markets reopen Monday with investors watching for further volatility.
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