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Market Analysis News 4 January 2026 - 5 January 2026

Hong Kong Stock Market Stalls Today — The One Sector Behind the Hang Seng Pullback

Hong Kong Stock Market Stalls Today — The One Sector Behind the Hang Seng Pullback

Hong Kong — January 5, 2026 — 2:08 AM ET Hong Kong stocks slipped.The Hang Seng Index dipped 0.08% by the midday break and traded at 26,302 in the afternoon, while the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 0.18% and the HSCEI lost 0.19%.  Futu News Breadth looked messy.Futu counted 1,099 gainers, 1,004 decliners, and 1,141 unchanged at midday, and that split shows traders ran stock-to-stock instead of buying the whole board.  Futu News Energy dragged hard.PetroChina sank 4.34% and CNOOC dropped 3.48%, tracking a softer crude tape after Brent slipped 0.4% to $60.49 as markets digested Venezuela headlines.  Futu News
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Nikkei 225 Ripped 3% as TOPIX Hit a Record—But Traders Keep Staring at 157

Nikkei 225 Ripped 3% as TOPIX Hit a Record—But Traders Keep Staring at 157

Tokyo — January 5, 2026 — 2:04 a.m. ET Nikkei ripped higher.The Nikkei 225 closed up 3.03% at 51,865 in the Tokyo stock market’s first session of 2026, and TOPIX finished at 3,477.52, up 2.01% after touching 3,486 intraday.  Investing Risk-on hit Tokyo.Traders chased chips and exporters as the dollar pushed to 157.295 yen and BOJ chief Kazuo Ueda talked about more rate hikes, while Venezuela headlines barely slowed the bid.  Reuters Chips did the hauling.Advantest jumped 6.37% and Tokyo Electron climbed about 6%, tracking a 4% surge in the U.S. semiconductor index on Friday and dragging index points with
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India Stock Market Today: Nifty Hit a Record — Then IT Stocks Pulled the Plug

India Stock Market Today: Nifty Hit a Record — Then IT Stocks Pulled the Plug

Mumbai — Jan 5, 2026 — 2:03 AM ET Nifty tagged a record.India stock market today pushed the Nifty 50 up to 26,358.25 (+0.11% intraday) before sellers knocked it back toward 26,321 (down 0.02%), while the Sensex hovered around 85,665 (down 0.07%) in mid-session trade.  Reuters That’s a tell.At fresh highs, traders wanted a clean breakout, but IT selling and tariff headlines out of Washington—Trump threatened higher duties tied to India’s Russian oil purchases—kept risk appetite tight.  Reuters IT did the damage.Nifty IT sank about 2.5%, with HCLTech down roughly 3.3% and Tech Mahindra off about 2% after CLSA cut
5 January 2026
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Singapore Stocks Rip Higher — Watch the STI’s 4,690 Line

Singapore Stocks Rip Higher — Watch the STI’s 4,690 Line

Singapore — January 5, 2026 — 2:11 AM ET Singapore shares pushed higher.The Straits Times Index jumped 0.69% to 4,688.03 on SGX by 2:59 p.m. local time (delayed), after sweeping a 4,668.69 low and tagging 4,690.48 intraday.  InvestingNote Risk appetite stayed alive.Asia kicked off the first full trading week of 2026 with equities bid even as Venezuela headlines hit the tape, and Singapore didn’t blink with the region in rally mode.  Reuters Oil drove the tape.Brent slid to about US$60.33 a barrel and traders treated Venezuela as a supply story, leaving Sembcorp Industries up 0.5% while China Aviation Oil dropped
5 January 2026
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 05.01.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: January 5, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: January 5, 2026, 11:59 PM EST RioCan REIT (TSX:REI.UN) valuation under scrutiny as P/E spikes; DCF fair value signals upside January 5, 2026, 11:38 PM EST. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:REI.UN) shows momentum with 1.7% gain in the past week and 4.7% in the past month, and a 1-year total shareholder return of 10.1%. Shares trade at CA$19.07, with a P/E of 84.3x against a sector average near 23.9x and peers around 16.7x. The data point to an intrinsic discount of about 10%. Simply Wall St's DCF model puts a
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Silver price tumbles from record as India’s gold rate drops — experts’ 2026 playbook

Silver price tumbles from record as India’s gold rate drops — experts’ 2026 playbook

NEW DELHI, Jan 4, 2026, 20:05 ET Silver prices have slipped about 13% from a record high and some market watchers see the metal dropping as much as 60% by the end of India’s fiscal 2027, after a surge that has started to squeeze industrial users. Silver hit $82.670 an ounce in the international market on Monday and fell to $71.300 by Friday, a drop of $11.37, Live Hindustan reported. After a 180% jump in 2025, the report said, analysts warned that high prices were pushing end-users to consider substitutes, even as short covering — buying back to close bearish
5 January 2026
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Procter & Gamble stock (PG) hovers near a 52-week low as 2026 starts — what’s next

Procter & Gamble stock (PG) hovers near a 52-week low as 2026 starts — what’s next

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:45 ET — Market closed Procter & Gamble shares closed Friday down about 1.1% at $141.79, leaving the consumer-products giant under pressure heading into Monday’s reopening. The stock is down about 21% from its 52-week high and sits roughly 2.6% above its 52-week low. FinanceCharts That matters because P&G is a heavyweight in consumer staples — everyday household goods that tend to hold up when growth worries rise — and it is a large holding in widely used staples funds. The Procter & Gamble position makes up about 10% of the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF,
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Verizon stock: three January catalysts investors are watching after Friday’s dip

Verizon stock: three January catalysts investors are watching after Friday’s dip

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 19:38 ET — Market closed Verizon stock slipped on Friday, the first U.S. trading day of 2026, as a rise in Treasury yields dulled appetite for high-dividend telecom shares. The stock closed down 0.5% at $40.52. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose 3.8 basis points — 0.038 percentage point — to 4.191%. Investing That matters for Verizon because investors often treat the stock as an income play, comparing its payout to what they can earn in government bonds. Verizon’s most recent quarterly dividend is $0.69 a share; the stock goes ex-dividend on Jan. 12, meaning
5 January 2026
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CrowdStrike stock fell 3% Friday — what to watch before markets reopen

CrowdStrike stock fell 3% Friday — what to watch before markets reopen

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 18:48 ET — Market closed CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) shares fell 3.2% on Friday to close at $453.58, trading between $449.49 and $477.25 as the cybersecurity stock lagged the broader market’s first session of 2026. Volume was about 3.3 million shares. The slide matters heading into Monday because early January trading often sets the tone for positioning after year-end, especially in high-valuation software where small shifts in sentiment can move prices quickly. U.S. stocks eked out small gains on Friday in a choppy start to the year, with technology names driving much of the up-and-down
5 January 2026
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Carvana stock tumbles on insider sale notices; what traders watch next week

Carvana stock tumbles on insider sale notices; what traders watch next week

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 18:03 ET — Market closed Carvana Co. shares ended down 5.16% on Friday at $400.25 after U.S. securities filings showed proposed stock sales by the company’s finance chief and a related trust. Yahoo Finance The disclosures landed as Carvana heads into Monday’s session after a sharp pullback in a stock that has been a momentum magnet since joining the S&P 500 late last month. Reuters Friday’s decline extended a five-session slide that has shaved about 9% off the shares since Dec. 26, leaving investors primed to scrutinize any signal of insider selling. StockAnalysis A Form
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Boeing stock jumps to $227.77 as 2026 opens — what could move BA next

Boeing stock jumps to $227.77 as 2026 opens — what could move BA next

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 17:35 ET — Market closed Boeing shares finished the first trading day of 2026 with a 4.91% gain, closing at $227.77. The move left the stock near the top of its session range after touching as low as $215.24. That matters now because Boeing has become a high-beta proxy for industrial risk appetite, not just a company story. The stock sits at the intersection of rate expectations, defense spending sentiment and a commercial-jet recovery narrative that investors still view as fragile. Friday’s jump also came as traders rotated back into cyclicals after a late-December wobble
4 January 2026
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Oracle stock: 3 catalysts that could move ORCL when markets reopen

Oracle stock: 3 catalysts that could move ORCL when markets reopen

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 17:13 ET — Market closed Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) closed Friday up 0.4% at $195.71, a modest gain heading into a week heavy on U.S. data that can jolt Treasury yields and equity multiples. The setup matters for Oracle stock because the company has become a bellwether for whether the AI build-out translates into durable profit, not just data-center spending. After a bruising post-earnings reset in December, investors are still calibrating how much growth they want to pay for. The broader market also starts 2026 with rate sensitivity front and center. U.S. stocks finished Friday mixed,
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Lloyds share price steadies after buyback update and BoE rate jitters — what to watch next week

Lloyds share price steadies after buyback update and BoE rate jitters — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Lloyds shares closed up 0.9% at 106.75 pence Friday after the bank announced fresh buybacks totaling 17 million shares over two days, all to be cancelled. The stock rebounded from a 5.6% drop Thursday as traders adjusted UK rate-cut bets. About 121 million Lloyds shares changed hands. Investors await the bank’s annual report on February 18 and the next Bank of England decision March 19.
Vodafone shares steady up after Q3 wobble — Germany, buyback and next results now set the tone

Vodafone shares steady up after Q3 wobble — Germany, buyback and next results now set the tone

7 February 2026
Vodafone shares rose 1.47% to 110.60p Friday, recovering part of Thursday’s 4.68% drop after a Q3 update. Group revenue climbed 6.5% to €10.5 billion, but Germany’s 0.7% service revenue growth missed some forecasts. Vodafone launched a new €500 million buyback tranche, bringing total buybacks since May to €3.5 billion. Investors remain focused on Germany’s pace and cash flow execution.
NatWest Group stock: buyback filing and Rightmove mortgage deal set up a busy week

NatWest Group stock: buyback filing and Rightmove mortgage deal set up a busy week

7 February 2026
NatWest shares closed up 1.45% at 659.4 pence Friday, buoyed by a buyback of 797,428 shares and a new digital mortgage deal with Rightmove. The Bank of England held rates at 3.75% but signaled possible cuts, with markets pricing in two reductions for 2026. NatWest plans to expand its Accelerator community to 50,000 members by 2026. Annual results are due Feb. 13.
Unilever share price holds at 5,250p as results week looms — what investors watch next

Unilever share price holds at 5,250p as results week looms — what investors watch next

7 February 2026
Unilever shares closed flat at 5,250p in London Friday, underperforming the FTSE 100’s 0.6% gain. The company issued 4.2 million new shares for employee plans, bringing total shares to over 2.18 billion. Investors await Q4 and full-year results on Feb. 12, with analyst consensus pointing to 3.9% Q4 sales growth. Unilever’s U.S. ADR rose 0.8% to $72.12.
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