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Investment Analysis News 8 January 2026

Unilever PLC stock hits a fresh 52-week low as Jefferies stays wary ahead of February results

Unilever PLC stock hits a fresh 52-week low as Jefferies stays wary ahead of February results

London, Jan 8, 2026, 09:02 GMT — Regular session Unilever PLC (ULVR.L) shares fell 0.7% to 4,599.6 pence by 0902 GMT, after touching 4,584.5 pence, the bottom of their 52-week range. The FTSE 100 was down about 0.2% and peer Reckitt Benckiser was up about 0.8%. Google+1 The slide follows a 2.4% drop on Wednesday, when Unilever closed at £46.31 and lagged the wider market. The stock is about 16% below its Dec. 19 high, with trading volume running below recent averages, MarketWatch data showed. MarketWatch Broker notes were adding to the caution. Jefferies analyst David Hayes reiterated an “underperform”
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ABF shares plunge as Primark Europe slump triggers profit warning — what investors watch next

ABF shares plunge as Primark Europe slump triggers profit warning — what investors watch next

London, Jan 8, 2026, 08:42 GMT — Regular session Shares in Associated British Foods plc (ABF.L) fell sharply on Thursday after the Primark owner warned annual profit would drop, hit by weak clothing demand in continental Europe and softer sales in parts of its U.S. food business. The stock fell as much as 11.7% to 1,901 pence in early London trade and is down about 5% over the past year. City AM ABF said it now expects adjusted operating profit and adjusted earnings per share to come in below last year, reversing its earlier forecast for growth in 2026. “We
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (SGX:BS6) stock slips near 52-week high as traders eye March results

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (SGX:BS6) stock slips near 52-week high as traders eye March results

SINGAPORE, Jan 8, 2026, 15:50 SGT — Regular session Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) slipped 0.8% to S$3.61 by 3:39 p.m. in Singapore, pulling back after Wednesday’s close at S$3.64 and a session high of S$3.68, which matched the stock’s 52-week peak. The shares traded between S$3.60 and S$3.67 on the day, with turnover at about 8.2 million shares by mid-afternoon. SG Investors+1 The move comes with investors still leaning on the company’s recent margin story. In its latest half-year report, Yangzijiang said net profit rose 36.7% to RMB4.2 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2025, while shipbuilding
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Reliance Worldwide (ASX:RWC) stock flat after performance rights lapse filing, Feb 17 results in focus

Reliance Worldwide (ASX:RWC) stock flat after performance rights lapse filing, Feb 17 results in focus

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:29 AEDT — Market closed Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC) shares ended flat at A$3.92 on Thursday, with about 15.7 million shares changing hands — roughly six times typical volume — after the company disclosed a small lapse in employee incentive securities. The stock traded between A$3.85 and A$3.96 and remains near the bottom of its past-year range. StockAnalysis The update is routine, but it lands at a moment when investors are jumpy about anything that hints at slower momentum. Staff incentives can signal whether performance hurdles are being met, and they can also add (or
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PayPal stock drops 2% as PYPL traders digest CES ad-data push and eye Feb. 3 earnings

PayPal stock drops 2% as PYPL traders digest CES ad-data push and eye Feb. 3 earnings

New York, January 7, 2026, 20:45 EST — Market closed PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) shares fell 2.2% on Wednesday to close at $58.51. Traders will be watching $58.26 as near-term “support” — where buyers often show up — and $60.13 as “resistance”, a ceiling that can cap a bounce. Yahoo Finance The move comes as PayPal leans harder into advertising, using purchase data to try to prove which ads drive sales, not just clicks. It rolled out Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement at CES this week, pitching a cross-merchant view of how people browse, compare and buy, EMARKETER reported. EMARKETER PayPal
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D-Wave Quantum stock (QBTS) slides after $550 million Quantum Circuits deal puts dilution in focus

D-Wave Quantum stock (QBTS) slides after $550 million Quantum Circuits deal puts dilution in focus

New York, January 7, 2026, 20:16 (EST) — Market closed D-Wave Quantum shares fell 3.4% to close at $30.20 on Wednesday after the quantum computing company announced a $550 million deal for Quantum Circuits. StockAnalysis The move matters now because D-Wave is trying to widen its pitch beyond quantum annealing — a specialised method used mainly for optimisation problems such as scheduling — and push harder into “gate-model” systems, the general-purpose approach most labs pursue. Gate-model machines run sequences of operations on qubits, the basic unit of quantum information. The deal followed a separate announcement on Tuesday in which D-Wave
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AT&T stock dips again as downgrade and spectrum filings sharpen focus on Jan. 28 earnings

AT&T stock dips again as downgrade and spectrum filings sharpen focus on Jan. 28 earnings

New York, January 7, 2026, 19:56 EST — After-hours AT&T Inc (T) shares fell 1.5% to $23.97 on Wednesday and were little changed after hours. Arete Research cut the stock to sell from neutral and set a $20 target, a report on analyst calls showed. 24/7 Wall St. The drop came as investors reposition ahead of AT&T’s next earnings report later this month, when guidance can matter more than one-off headlines. Verizon Communications and T-Mobile US also finished lower, but AT&T’s decline was steeper. Analysts tracked by Zacks expect earnings of 47 cents per share on revenue of $32.75 billion
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Amphenol stock slides after Nvidia’s Rubin “cable-free” reveal; focus turns to Jan. 28 earnings

Amphenol stock slides after Nvidia’s Rubin “cable-free” reveal; focus turns to Jan. 28 earnings

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 19:53 EST — After-hours Amphenol Corp (APH.N) shares ended down 1.8% at $138.91 on Wednesday, after a sharp bout of volatility earlier in the week tied to investor nerves about the next generation of AI hardware. The move matters because Amphenol has become a crowded way to play data-center buildouts — and those bets can turn fast when big customers change designs. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang this week described linking Rubin chips into “pods” of more than 1,000, saying they could lift the efficiency of generating “tokens” — the basic unit of AI output —
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AbbVie stock slips after hours after denying Revolution Medicines talks, trims 2025 profit view

AbbVie stock slips after hours after denying Revolution Medicines talks, trims 2025 profit view

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 18:35 EST — After-hours AbbVie (ABBV.N) shares were down about 1% at $231.11 in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the drugmaker denied a Wall Street Journal report that it was in advanced talks to buy cancer-drug developer Revolution Medicines (RVMD.O), saying it “is not in discussions with Revolution Medicines.” The stock had closed up 4.2% at $233.42, while Revolution shares slid 11.5% late after jumping nearly 30% earlier, with the report pointing to a valuation around $20 billion. AbbVie has spent more than $20 billion on acquisitions since 2023 as its former blockbuster Humira lost
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Caterpillar stock drops more than 4% after-hours as CEO chair shift and AI push grab focus

Caterpillar stock drops more than 4% after-hours as CEO chair shift and AI push grab focus

New York, January 7, 2026, 18:37 EST — After-hours Caterpillar Inc shares fell 4.3% in after-hours trading on Wednesday to $596.52. The stock briefly dipped to $595.84 earlier in the session; after-hours trading is the stretch after the closing bell when liquidity can be thinner. The drop tracked a softer tone in U.S. equities, with the Dow down 0.94% and the S&P 500 off 0.34% as investors digested fresh labour-market readings and looked ahead to Friday’s government payrolls report. Caterpillar, a major supplier of construction and mining equipment and industrial engines, often trades as a read-through on big-ticket capital spending.
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Lumentum stock whipsaws near $400 as AI data-center trade heads for Feb. 3 earnings

Lumentum stock whipsaws near $400 as AI data-center trade heads for Feb. 3 earnings

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 18:05 EST — After-hours Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE.O) shares fell 1.2% on Wednesday and were little changed in after-hours trade, the session after the 4 p.m. close, after swinging between $365.47 and $402.66 in the regular session. The stock ended at $392.80 and last traded at $392.70 late after-hours, a day after rising 11.3%. Investors have treated the optics supplier as a proxy for the plumbing behind AI data centers, and the trade has turned jumpy. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at CES that the company’s next chips are in “full production,” and Nvidia said
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Coinbase stock slips after hours as bitcoin drops; Goldman’s $303 target still in play

Coinbase stock slips after hours as bitcoin drops; Goldman’s $303 target still in play

New York, January 7, 2026, 18:07 EST — After-hours Coinbase Global shares slid 1.8% to $245.93 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after ranging between $240.35 and $251.62. Bitcoin was down 2.6% at about $90,996. Why this matters now: Coinbase often trades as a proxy for risk appetite in crypto, and bitcoin’s pullback has come alongside broader jitters in growth stocks. A softer tape can mean lower trading activity, which feeds straight into exchange revenue. Barron’s Goldman Sachs recently upgraded Coinbase to “buy” and lifted its price target to $303 from $294, arguing the company is shifting toward steadier “infrastructure” revenues
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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