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Market Analysis News 8 January 2026

MasTec stock drops nearly 9% in Thursday trade as infrastructure contractors slide — what to watch next

MasTec stock drops nearly 9% in Thursday trade as infrastructure contractors slide — what to watch next

New York, January 8, 2026, 14:55 ET — Regular session MasTec, Inc. (MTZ) shares fell about 8.9% to $214.86 in afternoon trading on Thursday, after opening near $236 and sliding to an intraday low of $213.98. The stock was last down $20.89 on the day. The move underscores how quickly sentiment can flip in U.S. infrastructure contractors, where investors have been leaning into multi-year work tied to power grids, pipelines and network upgrades. When the trade gets crowded, small shifts in risk appetite can turn into a big tape move. MasTec’s drop came alongside a broader selloff in the group.
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XRP price slips after WisdomTree pulls SEC filing — and Friday’s jobs report looms

XRP price slips after WisdomTree pulls SEC filing — and Friday’s jobs report looms

NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2026, 14:34 EST — Regular session XRP fell on Thursday after WisdomTree asked U.S. regulators to pull its registration for a proposed XRP fund, a filing that traders read as a small but real check on the rush to wrap crypto in stock-market products. XRP was down about 1.8% at $2.14, after trading as low as $2.07 and as high as $2.19. SEC The filing matters because exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, have become the easiest on-ramp for large pools of capital that still won’t touch tokens directly. A withdrawal doesn’t settle anything on its own, but
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Ciena stock tumbles 14% as AI-networking names retreat — what investors watch next

Ciena stock tumbles 14% as AI-networking names retreat — what investors watch next

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 13:42 EST — Regular session Ciena Corp (CIEN) shares were down about 14% at $222.73 on Thursday, after ending Wednesday at $259.27 and touching $260 earlier in the session. Roughly 2.8 million shares had changed hands by early afternoon. Optical peer Lumentum Holdings fell about 11% and Coherent slid roughly 9%, while Arista Networks was down about 5%. The networking-equipment maker has become a proxy for rising data traffic in cloud and AI data centers, and that can make the stock whip around when the wider market mood shifts. The group has been running hot,
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Why Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) stock is down today as tech pulls back

Why Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) stock is down today as tech pulls back

New York, January 8, 2026, 13:44 (ET) — Regular session Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI.O) slid 14.9% to $32.40 in afternoon trading on Thursday after opening at $37.91, with about 6.2 million shares changing hands. The stock hit an intraday low of $31.70. The drop landed as investors trimmed exposure to big tech, leaving the Nasdaq down about 0.5% around midday even as the Dow rose. “Investors might be repositioning their holdings,” Joe Saluzzi, partner and co-founder at Themis Trading, said, adding it was too soon to call it a lasting rotation away from tech. Other optics and data-center networking names were
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GE Vernova stock slides 5% as a high-flying power trade cools ahead of earnings

GE Vernova stock slides 5% as a high-flying power trade cools ahead of earnings

New York, January 8, 2026, 12:41 (EST) — Regular session GE Vernova Inc. shares fell 5.3% to $627.44 in midday trading on Thursday, extending a pullback that began a session earlier. The stock dropped 3.5% on Wednesday. MarketBeat The move matters because GE Vernova has become a crowded way to play rising electricity demand, including from data centers, and the next company update is close. GE Vernova said it will report fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results on Jan. 28, with a webcast at 7:30 a.m. ET. GE Vernova The selling hit other electrification and power-infrastructure names, too, as investors trimmed
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Lumentum (LITE) stock sinks 11% as AI-optics rally breaks despite Needham target hike

Lumentum (LITE) stock sinks 11% as AI-optics rally breaks despite Needham target hike

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 12:43 ET — Regular session Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE) shares fell 10.7% to $351.00 on Thursday, after touching $399.88 earlier in the session. The stock hit a low of $343.41 as the selloff spread through AI-linked hardware names. Lumentum designs and makes optical and photonic products used in optical networking and laser applications. Its Cloud & Networking unit sells components used in AI and machine-learning infrastructure and in data center interconnect (DCI), the gear that links data centers together. Reuters The move matters because Lumentum has turned into a fast trade on data-center capex, and
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Strategy Inc stock climbs after MSCI index reprieve — what MSTR traders watch next

Strategy Inc stock climbs after MSCI index reprieve — what MSTR traders watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2026, 11:21 EST — Regular session Strategy Inc shares rose on Thursday as investors digested MSCI’s decision to keep so-called digital asset treasury companies in its global benchmarks, at least through the next review. The move matters because index membership can drive forced buying and selling from funds that track benchmarks. Losing that slot can turn into a mechanical hit, especially for stocks that already trade like crypto proxies. MSCI is keeping the group in for now, but it is also tightening the screws. The index provider said it plans a broader consultation on “non-operating” companies,
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Bitcoin price today: BTC slips near $90,000 as ETF outflows weigh on crypto-linked stocks

Bitcoin price today: BTC slips near $90,000 as ETF outflows weigh on crypto-linked stocks

NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2026, 10:23 (EST) — Regular session Bitcoin slipped on Thursday and kept U.S.-listed crypto-linked shares on the defensive in morning trade. The token was down about 0.9% at $90,380, after ranging between $91,640 and $89,312. Coinbase fell 0.2%, while Strategy slid 1.3% and BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF was down about 0.8%; miner Marathon rose 0.8% but Riot fell 1.6%. One immediate drag: fund flows. U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds — ETFs, products that trade like stocks — logged $486 million of net outflows on Wednesday, with BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC seeing the biggest withdrawals,
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Heating oil ETF UHN slips after surprise distillate build — what markets watch next

Heating oil ETF UHN slips after surprise distillate build — what markets watch next

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 07:17 EST — Premarket U.S.-listed heating oil fund UHN slid on Wednesday, tracking a softer tone in distillates after fresh U.S. inventory data. The United States Diesel-Heating Oil Fund last traded at $20.60, down 2.18%, after opening at $21.18 and hitting a low of $20.46. m.dividendchannel.com The move matters now because distillate fuel — the barrel that includes diesel and heating oil — is the winter workhorse, and stocks jumped just as traders look for cold-weather drawdowns. U.S. distillate inventories rose by 5.6 million barrels to 129.3 million barrels in the latest week, the Energy
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Natural gas price today: UNG ETF holds Wednesday’s jump as traders brace for the EIA storage report

Natural gas price today: UNG ETF holds Wednesday’s jump as traders brace for the EIA storage report

NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2026, 06:56 EST — Premarket The United States Natural Gas Fund was flat at $11.78 in premarket trade, after jumping 4.4% on Wednesday. The ETF fell 3.0% on Tuesday as the gas market swung back and forth early in the new year. StockAnalysis Benchmark Henry Hub natural gas was at $3.57 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), up 1.4% early Thursday, after trading between $3.55 and $3.63. The move comes with traders focused on fresh storage data rather than the last round of weather models. markets.businessinsider.com UNG is built to mirror the day-to-day percentage moves in
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Bitcoin price slips below $91,000 as ETF outflows grow ahead of U.S. jobs report

Bitcoin price slips below $91,000 as ETF outflows grow ahead of U.S. jobs report

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 06:23 EST — Premarket Bitcoin fell below $91,000 on Thursday as investors stepped back from riskier bets after a brisk start to the year. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency was down 2.4% at $90,589 by 6:23 a.m. EST, while ether slid about 4% and XRP dropped more than 6%, Coinbase data showed. Coinbase The pullback lands as traders brace for Friday’s U.S. payrolls report, a release that can swing expectations for where interest rates settle next. U.S. stock index futures also edged lower in premarket trade, underlining a cautious tone across markets. Reuters Flows were also
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ASTS stock steady in premarket after Scotiabank downgrade questions AST SpaceMobile valuation

ASTS stock steady in premarket after Scotiabank downgrade questions AST SpaceMobile valuation

New York, January 8, 2026, 06:26 EST — Premarket AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) shares were little changed in premarket trade on Thursday, after sliding about 12% in the prior session to $85.73 following a Scotiabank downgrade. The call is a reminder that ASTS is trading on big expectations, not current sales. For the next session, traders are likely to keep treating analyst notes and rollout timing as the main price drivers. Scotiabank cut AST SpaceMobile to “Sector Underperform” from “Sector Perform” and set a $45.60 price target, arguing the stock had hit “irrational levels” after a surge that left the company
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Stock Market Today

Keppel stock holds near 12-year high after profit jump, special dividend; buyback adds support

Keppel stock holds near 12-year high after profit jump, special dividend; buyback adds support

7 February 2026
Singapore, February 7, 2026, 15:11 SGT — Market closed. Shares of Singapore’s Keppel Ltd (SGX:BN4) ended Friday at S$11.64, up 0.17%, with the market shut for the weekend and traders eyeing whether the post-results bid carries into Monday. A filing showed Keppel bought back 151,400 shares on Feb. 6 at prices between S$11.38 and S$11.55, spending about S$1.74 million including costs. (ShareInvestor) The stock had surged 6.1% on Thursday to close at S$11.62 after Keppel reported higher FY2025 earnings and laid out a larger distribution, sending the counter to its highest level in more than 12 years. That move did
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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