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Financial News News 9 January 2026

Oscar Health stock steadies premarket after ACA subsidies vote; UBS lifts rating

Oscar Health stock steadies premarket after ACA subsidies vote; UBS lifts rating

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 05:47 EST — Premarket Oscar Health shares were flat at $16.90 in premarket trading on Friday, after rising 2.6% in the prior session, as investors weighed a U.S. House vote to restore expired Affordable Care Act subsidies and fresh analyst commentary. (Investing.com) The subsidies, a form of tax credit that lowers monthly premiums for many people who buy coverage through the ACA marketplaces, are a live wire for insurers like Oscar that sell heavily on the exchanges. They lapsed at the end of 2025, and the sticker shock is already showing up in what consumers
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Estée Lauder stock rebounds toward a 52-week high as jobs data and earnings near

Estée Lauder stock rebounds toward a 52-week high as jobs data and earnings near

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 05:44 EST — Premarket Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) shares rose 4.75% on Thursday to close at $110.27, outpacing several large consumer names on a session that left the broader market little changed. The stock finished 0.77% below its 52-week high of $111.13 set earlier this week. (MarketWatch) The stock was last quoted at $110.50 in after-hours trading late Thursday, and it has traded in a $48.37-to-$111.13 range over the past 52 weeks, MarketWatch data showed. Investors now have a clear date on the calendar: Estée Lauder is scheduled to report fiscal second-quarter results on
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Unilever stock rebounds in London as Jefferies warns on margins, India tax order watched

Unilever stock rebounds in London as Jefferies warns on margins, India tax order watched

London, Jan 9, 2026, 10:48 GMT — Regular session Unilever shares rose 1.2% to 4,720.5 pence by 1033 GMT, bouncing from an early low of 4,678 pence as investors weighed fresh broker caution against a steady stream of company updates. The stock has traded between 4,123 and 4,930 pence over the past 52 weeks. (shareprices.com) Why it matters now: Unilever heads into a key reporting stretch with the market fixated on whether growth in 2026 comes from higher volumes, not just price rises. Broker notes and small regulatory filings have started to move the shares again, even when the underlying
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BP stock climbs in London as oil firms on Iran risk; buyback stays in focus

BP stock climbs in London as oil firms on Iran risk; buyback stays in focus

London, Jan 9, 2026, 11:02 GMT — Regular session BP PLC shares rose 1.9% to about 424 pence in London trade, tracking a firmer tone in oil-linked stocks. The stock opened at 421.65 pence and had traded as high as 425.29 pence, data from Hargreaves Lansdown showed. (Hargreaves Lansdown) The bounce follows a bruising couple of sessions for UK oil names as traders weighed whether Venezuelan barrels could add supply just as demand is being tested. BP, which tends to move with crude because oil and gas prices feed straight into cash flow, has been a quick read-through on the
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Occidental Petroleum stock slips in premarket after 5% pop as oil jumps and U.S. jobs report looms

Occidental Petroleum stock slips in premarket after 5% pop as oil jumps and U.S. jobs report looms

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 05:15 EST — Premarket Occidental Petroleum stock was down 0.5% at $43.02 in premarket trading on Friday after a $2.24 jump in the previous session lifted it to $43.23. Premarket is trading before the main U.S. session opens. (Investing.com) Brent and WTI, the two main oil benchmarks, were both up about 1.3% early Friday after jumping more than 3% on Thursday, as supply risks tied to Venezuela and Iran kept crude in play. “Escalation in geopolitical stress adds to the current momentum in oil prices,” Priyanka Sachdeva, a senior market analyst at Phillip Nova, said.
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HSBC stock in focus after France tax settlement as Hang Seng buyout clock ticks

HSBC stock in focus after France tax settlement as Hang Seng buyout clock ticks

London, Jan 9, 2026, 10:51 GMT — Regular session HSBC Holdings Plc shares edged lower on Friday after the bank agreed to pay 267.5 million euros ($312 million) to the French treasury to settle an investigation into alleged dividend tax fraud. The stock was down 2.8 pence at 1,192.6 pence in London, while its U.S.-listed shares were up 23 cents at $80.49. The timing matters because HSBC has been trading near recent highs and investors have been counting on clean capital returns in 2026, not fresh legal bills. Any hit to capital, even if manageable, lands just as the bank
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Ford stock jumps on Piper Sandler upgrade as “eyes-off” driving plan sharpens focus

Ford stock jumps on Piper Sandler upgrade as “eyes-off” driving plan sharpens focus

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 04:05 EST — Premarket Ford Motor (F.N) shares rose 4.8% to $14.40 on Thursday after Piper Sandler upgraded the automaker, pushing the stock toward recent highs as U.S. markets head into Friday’s session. reuters.com The timing matters. Detroit’s big carmakers are trimming or reshaping electric-vehicle plans as demand cools and U.S. policy shifts hit incentives, leaving investors quick to reward moves that protect margins and cash. General Motors on Thursday said it would take a $6 billion EV-related charge as it scaled back investment, a reminder of how fast the EV math is changing. reuters.com
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CSL stock ends slightly lower as investors look to Feb results after routine filing

CSL stock ends slightly lower as investors look to Feb results after routine filing

Sydney, Jan 9, 2026, 17:05 AEDT — Market closed CSL Ltd shares edged down on Friday, closing 0.1% lower at A$174.29, after trading between A$173.48 and A$175.60. Volume was about 494,000 shares. Investing.com The small move matters because CSL is an ASX heavyweight and investors are trying to work out whether this month’s steadier tape is the start of a base, or just noise after a bruising year. It rose 2.6% on Thursday. Market Index The next hard checkpoint is Feb. 11, when CSL is due to publish half-year results and declare an interim dividend — a mid-year payout to
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 09.01.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: January 9, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: January 9, 2026, 11:59 PM EST Wyndham Hotels & Resorts appears undervalued after DCF suggests fair value above current price January 9, 2026, 11:48 PM EST. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts last closed at $81.11, with 7.8% weekly gains, 7.2% over the past 30 days, and a 7.8% year-to-date rise, but a 17.7% drop over the past year. Over 3 and 5 years, returns run 16.7% and 45.6%. The hotel sector remains in play as travel patterns shift. Simply Wall St assigns a valuation score of 5 out of 6, flagging the
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Vertiv (VRT) stock drops 6% as Nvidia cooling remarks keep AI-infrastructure trade jumpy

Vertiv (VRT) stock drops 6% as Nvidia cooling remarks keep AI-infrastructure trade jumpy

New York, January 8, 2026, 21:23 (EST) — Market closed Vertiv Holdings Co shares fell 6.3% to end Thursday at $160.78 after touching a session low of $158.77. Yahoo Finance The move matters now as data-center infrastructure stocks turn skittish early in 2026, with investors trying to pin down whether new chip and cooling designs change what data centers buy — and when. Reratings have been sharp and fast across anything tied to the AI buildout. Vertiv, which sells power and thermal equipment used in data centers and networks, sits at the center of that argument. Changes in cooling can
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Carvana stock slips, but Morgan Stanley lifts bull case to $750 — what traders watch next

Carvana stock slips, but Morgan Stanley lifts bull case to $750 — what traders watch next

New York, January 8, 2026, 21:30 (EST) — Market closed Morgan Stanley analyst Andrew Percoco maintained an Overweight rating and a $450 price target on Carvana (CVNA) and raised his bull-case scenario to $750, TheFly reported Thursday, citing the company’s dealership purchases as a sign it is “readily expanding” beyond used cars. Shares of Carvana fell 1.8% to $442.58 after trading between $433.30 and $457.22; the stock is up about 11% so far in 2026 but about 9% below its 52-week high of $485.33. The call matters because it shifts the Carvana story away from a pure wager on the
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UnitedHealth stock rises as lawmakers summon insurers; UNH earnings date now in focus

UnitedHealth stock rises as lawmakers summon insurers; UNH earnings date now in focus

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 20:57 (ET) — Market closed U.S. House lawmakers have called on UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH.N) and four other major insurers to testify on coverage affordability later this month, signaling growing Washington scrutiny. UnitedHealth shares rose 1.5% to close at $346.85 on Thursday. The House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ways and Means Committee extended invitations to UnitedHealth, CVS Health, Cigna, Elevance and Ascendia for testimony on Jan. 22. Reuters The timing is sensitive. Congress is once again locked in a dispute over subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, a debate that
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ST Engineering stock price drops 2% to S$9.71 as drone-autonomy tie-up grabs attention

ST Engineering stock price drops 2% to S$9.71 as drone-autonomy tie-up grabs attention

7 February 2026
ST Engineering shares fell 1.9% to S$9.71 Friday, outpacing the Singapore market’s 0.8% drop amid a tech-led selloff. The company signed a deal with Shield AI at the Singapore Airshow to integrate autonomy software into its unmanned platforms and unveiled a small drone capable of carrying explosives. About 6.9 million shares traded as investors await full-year results on Feb. 27.
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