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Investing News 7 January 2026

Praxis Precision stock rises as $575 million share sale clears at $260

Praxis Precision stock rises as $575 million share sale clears at $260

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 12:02 PM EST — Regular session Praxis Precision Medicines shares rose about 6% on Wednesday after the biotech priced a $575 million public offering overnight, even as the deal came at a discount to the prior close. GlobeNewswire The Boston-based company late Tuesday set the offering at $260 per share for 2.212 million shares, and gave underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to 331,800 more shares. The deal is expected to close on or about Jan. 8, the company said. GlobeNewswire The stock was last at about $289.5 in midday trading, versus Tuesday’s close
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Bloom Energy stock jumps as $600 million Wells Fargo credit line and $502 million Quanta microgrid deal draw fresh attention

Bloom Energy stock jumps as $600 million Wells Fargo credit line and $502 million Quanta microgrid deal draw fresh attention

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 11:43 EST — Regular session Bloom Energy Corp (NYSE: BE) shares rose 8.1% to $111.38 on Wednesday, lifting off an intraday low of $100.87, as investors refocused on a new $600 million bank line and a large fuel-cell microgrid purchase linked to Quanta. The stock hit an intraday high of $111.41 and traded more than 8.3 million shares by late morning, keeping the $100 level in play for traders after the early slide. The move matters because Bloom has become a sensitive read-through on on-site power demand, a corner of the market that has drawn
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Abivax stock jumps 7% on Nasdaq — here’s what’s moving ABVX and what’s next

Abivax stock jumps 7% on Nasdaq — here’s what’s moving ABVX and what’s next

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 11:10 EST — Regular session Shares of Abivax SA jumped 7.3% to $127.75 in morning trading on Wednesday, after touching a session high of $128.87 and a low of $119.48. Trading volume topped 700,000 shares. The French biotech’s U.S.-listed stock has become a fast-moving name for healthcare traders, in part because its valuation rests on a single late-stage drug program. Its American depositary shares, or ADSs, are U.S.-traded certificates that represent ownership of a foreign company’s shares. Abivax is developing obefazimod, an oral treatment candidate for ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. The company
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Lam Research stock slips after two-day rally as traders weigh fresh Buy call and CES headlines

Lam Research stock slips after two-day rally as traders weigh fresh Buy call and CES headlines

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 10:51 EST — Regular session Shares of Lam Research Corp (LRCX) fell about 2.5% to $201.86 in morning trading on Wednesday, giving back part of a two-day rally in semiconductor equipment stocks. The timing matters because the trade in chip gear has turned fast this week, with investors leaning into names tied to artificial-intelligence-related chip buildouts as CES kicks off in Las Vegas. The group has also started to draw fresh analyst attention ahead of earnings season. Reuters+1 Aletheia Capital on Tuesday initiated coverage of Lam with a Buy rating and a $260 price target.
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Rocket Lab Corporation stock today: RKLB slides after insider sale filing as rally cools

Rocket Lab Corporation stock today: RKLB slides after insider sale filing as rally cools

New York, January 7, 2026, 11:05 EST — Regular session Rocket Lab Corp shares fell 1.8% on Wednesday after a filing showed its chief operations officer sold stock. RKLB was down $1.53 at $84.50 by 10:54 a.m. EST and had traded between $82.16 and $85.41. The stock has ranged from $14.71 to $86.25 over the past 52 weeks and gives Rocket Lab a market value of about $44.2 billion; analysts’ average 12-month target is $68.75 and the company has a trailing loss per share of about 39 cents, the data showed. Investing.com The disclosure hit a stock that has been
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Google (Alphabet) GOOG stock rises as House tees up self-driving hearing; Waymo in focus

Google (Alphabet) GOOG stock rises as House tees up self-driving hearing; Waymo in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 10:45 ET — Regular session Alphabet’s Class C shares rose about 1.7% to $319.98 in morning trade on Wednesday, outpacing a mixed U.S. market as investors digested fresh signals from Washington on self-driving rules. The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee plans a Jan. 13 hearing on draft proposals that would make it easier to deploy autonomous vehicles without human controls, including lifting the cap on exemptions to 90,000 vehicles a year from 2,500 now, a Reuters report said. Another draft would bar states from setting their own rules for autonomous driving systems, while a separate
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GameStop dangles a $35 billion Ryan Cohen payday — but only if GME hits $100 billion

GameStop dangles a $35 billion Ryan Cohen payday — but only if GME hits $100 billion

GRAPEVINE, Texas, January 7, 2026, 09:30 CST GameStop on Wednesday granted CEO Ryan Cohen a performance-based stock option award that could be worth roughly $35 billion if he can lift the videogame retailer’s market value to $100 billion and meet profit targets, Reuters calculated. The package offers no guaranteed salary or cash bonus, the company said. Reuters The unusually steep targets land as GameStop tries to prove it can outgrow a business built around physical stores while players shift to online buying. GameStop’s annual revenue has fallen more than 35% since 2022 and the stock is down about 80% from
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Rocket Lab stock slips after $103 million insider sale; what RKLB investors watch next

Rocket Lab stock slips after $103 million insider sale; what RKLB investors watch next

New York, January 7, 2026, 10:39 EST — Regular session Rocket Lab shares slid 2.6% to $83.80 in mid-morning trade on Wednesday, a day after the space and defense contractor’s stock logged a sharp jump. The pullback came as recent regulatory filings showed two top executives sold a combined roughly $110 million of shares under preset trading plans. Google+1 The sales matter because Rocket Lab’s rally has turned the stock into a crowded trade, with investors leaning on big government work and a pipeline of new hardware to justify a steep valuation. When insiders sell into that kind of tape
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OneStream (OS) stock drifts near $24 buyout price as analysts cut ratings — here’s what’s next

OneStream (OS) stock drifts near $24 buyout price as analysts cut ratings — here’s what’s next

New York, January 7, 2026, 10:41 EST — Regular session OneStream, Inc shares slipped 0.2% to $23.57 in morning trading on Wednesday, hovering just below the $24-a-share cash bid from buyout firm Hg Capital. The finance software maker, whose customers include Toyota and UPS, jumped more than 28% on Tuesday after the deal was announced. Reuters The all-cash deal values the finance software maker at about $6.4 billion and would hand control to an Hg-led group, with General Atlantic and Tidemark taking minority stakes, the company said. “This transaction delivers immediate value to our shareholders,” CEO Tom Shea said. KKR,
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Snap stock ticks higher toward $9 as investors eye Friday jobs report and court fight

Snap stock ticks higher toward $9 as investors eye Friday jobs report and court fight

New York, January 7, 2026, 10:36 EST — Regular session Snap Inc (SNAP) shares rose 0.8% to $8.86 in morning trade on Wednesday, hovering just under $9. The stock has traded between $8.75 and $8.975, with about 8.4 million shares changing hands. The Snapchat owner’s stock has climbed for two straight sessions, closing up 1.48% on Monday and jumping 6.55% on Tuesday to $8.79. Tuesday’s volume hit 49 million shares, above its 50-day average of 44.3 million, though the stock remains about 34% below its 52-week high of $13.28. MarketWatch+1 Wall Street’s main indexes opened little changed on Wednesday after
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Gold stocks slide as gold price pulls back; Newmont, GDX drop with U.S. payrolls ahead

Gold stocks slide as gold price pulls back; Newmont, GDX drop with U.S. payrolls ahead

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 10:10 EST — Regular session Gold stocks fell on Wednesday as bullion prices slipped, with Newmont down 3.1% at $105.80 and the VanEck Gold Miners ETF off 3.7% at $88.73. SPDR Gold Shares, a major gold-backed fund, fell 1.1% to $408.81, while Agnico Eagle slid 2.9% and Gold Fields dropped 5.9%. Spot gold — the cash price for immediate delivery — was down about 1% at $4,452.97 an ounce after briefly touching a more than one-week high earlier in the session. “The main trend remains supportive, but in the short term, some investors are taking
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Vale (VALE) stock wobbles after Tuesday surge as iron ore firms; Feb. 12 results loom

Vale (VALE) stock wobbles after Tuesday surge as iron ore firms; Feb. 12 results loom

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 09:55 EST — Regular session Vale’s U.S.-listed shares were down about 0.8% at $14.05 in early trade on Wednesday, underperforming the broader market’s early grind but holding up better than some mining peers. Rio Tinto fell about 1.5% and BHP Group slid roughly 1.8%. The tape matters because Vale is still, for many traders, a straight read-through on iron ore and China demand. The market has been hunting for anything concrete after a sharp run in the stock, with prices and shipment data doing most of the talking. Iron ore futures in China hit their
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Stock Market Today

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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