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Market Analysis News 2 January 2026

Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 02.01.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: January 2, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: January 2, 2026, 11:59 PM EST DOMS Industries stock climbs as ROE at 19% supports earnings growth narrative (NSE:DOMS) January 2, 2026, 11:37 PM EST. DOMS Industries' stock has advanced about 6.9% over the last three months. The review centers on its profitability metric ROE (return on equity), which is 19% for the trailing twelve months to September 2025, calculated as net profit divided by shareholders' equity. That compares with an industry average near 11%. The company shows earnings growth of about 38% in net income over the past five years,
2 January 2026
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Icahn Enterprises (IEP) stock jumps 3.4% into New Year break — here’s what traders watch next

Icahn Enterprises (IEP) stock jumps 3.4% into New Year break — here’s what traders watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 21:19 ET — Market closed Icahn Enterprises L.P. (Nasdaq: IEP) closed up 3.4% at $7.55 on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2025, after swinging between $7.24 and $7.67 on about 2.48 million units. U.S. stock markets were shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Yahoo Finance+1 The move matters because Icahn Enterprises has been hovering near the bottom of its one-year range, leaving investors focused on whether the partnership’s high distribution can keep supporting the price. At Wednesday’s close, the forward yield was about 26%, based on the current payout rate. Yahoo
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PBF Energy stock ends 2025 up 4% as Wall Street reopens Friday — what to watch next

PBF Energy stock ends 2025 up 4% as Wall Street reopens Friday — what to watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 21:14 ET — Market closed. PBF Energy (PBF.N) shares last closed at $27.12 on Dec. 31, up 4.15% on the day, and last traded at $27.24 in after-hours dealing, according to Yahoo Finance. Yahoo Finance U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday and are set to reopen for regular trading on Friday. Nasdaq That pause matters for refiners because the first session of the year often brings position resets, and PBF’s shares have been moving with shifts in fuel margins and U.S. supply data. Investors are also recalibrating expectations
2 January 2026
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Webull (BULL) stock slips into the New Year break as Wall Street shuts — what to watch next

Webull (BULL) stock slips into the New Year break as Wall Street shuts — what to watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 20:58 ET — Market closed Webull Corporation shares closed down 2% at $7.77 in the final U.S. session of 2025, ending the year on a softer note for the online brokerage’s Nasdaq-listed stock. BULL traded between $7.67 and $7.95 and about 21.3 million shares changed hands; technicians often treat the day’s low as first support and the high as near-term resistance. The move matters because Webull is still establishing a public-market track record, and investors are trying to gauge how trading activity holds up after the holiday lull. It also matters now because retail brokerage
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MARA stock slides into 2026 after share-plan filing as bitcoin steadies near $88,000

MARA stock slides into 2026 after share-plan filing as bitcoin steadies near $88,000

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 20:10 ET — Market closed MARA Holdings, Inc (MARA) shares fell 3.6% in the last U.S. session of 2025, closing at $8.98 after trading between $8.96 and $9.40. U.S. markets were shut on Thursday for New Year’s Day. Traders often treat MARA as a leveraged proxy for bitcoin because miners earn bitcoin by running specialized computers that help secure the network. That linkage matters at the start of 2026 as investors reassess crypto exposure against broader risk sentiment. Bitcoin was last up about 1% at around $88,666, but was on track to end 2025 down
2 January 2026
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PSLV stock slides 6% as silver selloff bites — what to watch before Friday’s reopen

PSLV stock slides 6% as silver selloff bites — what to watch before Friday’s reopen

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 19:58 ET — Market closed. Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV) last closed down 6.2% at $23.65 on Wednesday, a steep drop that left the silver-linked fund under pressure going into the New Year. U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday for the holiday and are due to reopen on Friday. StockAnalysis PSLV is a closed-end trust designed to give investors exposure to physical silver bullion without storing the metal themselves. Sprott said PSLV’s net asset value (NAV) — the per-unit value of the trust’s assets minus liabilities — was $24.59 as of Dec. 31, leaving
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POET Technologies stock ends 2025 lower as markets close for New Year’s Day — what investors watch next

POET Technologies stock ends 2025 lower as markets close for New Year’s Day — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 06:40 PM ET — Market closed POET Technologies Inc. shares ended the year’s final session down 2.9% at $6.33, after a late-December pullback in tech and semiconductor-linked stocks. U.S. markets were closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day. Nasdaq+1 The move matters now because holiday-thin trading can magnify swings in smaller stocks, and investors are resetting positioning for the first session of 2026. “It’s perfectly fine in any bull market to have moments of cost,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president of Reflexivity, pointing to profit-taking when liquidity was low. Reuters Wall Street’s major indexes
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Symbotic stock: SYM ends 2025 lower as New Year shuts markets — what investors watch next

Symbotic stock: SYM ends 2025 lower as New Year shuts markets — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 18:37 ET — Market closed Symbotic Inc shares finished the final U.S. trading session of 2025 in the red, with Wall Street closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Trading resumes on Friday. MarketWatch+1 The break in trading comes as investors reassess richly valued automation and robotics names after a late-year slide in broader equities. For Symbotic, small shifts in expectations around growth and execution have tended to show up quickly in the stock. The next near-term test is the company’s next quarterly update, alongside early-January data that can move interest-rate expectations. Higher
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Walmart stock today: WMT slips into New Year’s Day market closure as traders eye Friday data

Walmart stock today: WMT slips into New Year’s Day market closure as traders eye Friday data

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 18:45 ET — Market closed Walmart Inc. (WMT) shares edged down in the final trading session of 2025, closing off 0.5% at $111.41 on Wednesday. U.S. stock markets are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day and resume normal hours on Friday. Barron’s The dip matters because Walmart is treated as a real-time read on everyday U.S. consumer demand, from groceries to household essentials. With 2026 just starting, investors are resetting risk and looking for early signals on spending, inflation and wage pressure. U.S. stocks finished the year’s last session lower but posted strong gains
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Ondas stock forecast 2026: New $10 million orders lift ONDS as Wall Street targets come into focus

Ondas stock forecast 2026: New $10 million orders lift ONDS as Wall Street targets come into focus

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:53 ET Shares of Ondas Holdings climbed about 9% on Wednesday to $9.76 after the company said it received about $10 million in new autonomous-systems orders — including counter-UAS systems that detect and stop hostile drones, autonomous drones and robotic ground platforms — and pointed to an initial purchase order expected in January 2026 for a border-protection program deploying thousands of drones. “These new orders underscore the sustained, global demand we are seeing,” Chairman and CEO Eric Brock said. Ondas Holdings Inc. The year-end order update matters because Ondas is trying to convince investors it
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Strategy Inc stock forecast for 2026: MSTR targets stay wide as bitcoin swings and MSCI review nears

Strategy Inc stock forecast for 2026: MSTR targets stay wide as bitcoin swings and MSCI review nears

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:52 ET Strategy Inc (MSTR) shares were last at $151.95, down about 2.3% from the previous close, after trading between $151.44 and $157.48 in the prior session. Bitcoin was around $88,540 on Thursday. The 2026 outlook is coming into focus because index provider MSCI is set to decide by January 15 whether to remove companies whose digital asset holdings make up 50% or more of total assets — a threshold MSCI said raises concerns they resemble investment funds. Analysts have warned that a removal could curb demand for Strategy shares and ripple across a sector
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Visa stock dips to end 2025 as Class B conversion filing lands

Visa stock dips to end 2025 as Class B conversion filing lands

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 18:23 ET — Market closed Visa Inc shares ended the final trading day of 2025 down 0.8% at $350.71, as investors digested a new filing on the payments network’s restricted Class B share conversion rates. The stock traded between $350.71 and $355.13 in the session, market data showed. The disclosure matters now because it affects Visa’s diluted share count — the “fully diluted” number investors use to calculate earnings per share. Changes to that denominator can subtly alter valuation models, even when the underlying payments business is steady. Visa’s Class B stock converts into its
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Stock Market Today

Halma share price: Friday’s lift sets up what investors watch next week

Halma share price: Friday’s lift sets up what investors watch next week

7 February 2026
Halma shares closed up 0.7% at 3,548 pence on Friday, valuing the group at about £13.4 billion. The Bank of England held rates at 3.75% in a split vote, keeping rate-cut speculation in focus. Halma’s next trading update is set for March 12. The FTSE 100 ended the week up 0.6%, lifted by bank stocks.
Diageo share price slips into the weekend as investors eye Feb. 25 results

Diageo share price slips into the weekend as investors eye Feb. 25 results

7 February 2026
Diageo shares closed down 1.48% at 1,760 pence on Friday, trailing a 0.59% gain in the FTSE 100. An updated analyst consensus points to a 2.0% fall in first-half organic net sales ahead of interim results due Feb. 25. Trading volume was light, and the stock remains over 22% below its 52-week high.
National Grid share price: what to know before London reopens after BoE signal

National Grid share price: what to know before London reopens after BoE signal

7 February 2026
National Grid shares closed at 1,285 pence in London on Friday, up 0.23%. The Bank of England held rates at 3.75% after a close vote, signaling possible cuts if inflation falls. National Grid announced a wireless power transmission study with Space Solar and marked five years of IFA2 interconnector operations. Its U.S. ADR ended at $88.06, up $1.17.
BAE Systems share price rises into weekend — what to watch before Monday’s London open

BAE Systems share price rises into weekend — what to watch before Monday’s London open

7 February 2026
BAE Systems shares closed up 1.2% at 1,879 pence on Friday, tracking gains in European defence stocks. The company’s market value stands near £54.8 billion. Investors await BAE’s full-year results on Feb. 18 for updates on cash returns and orders. GXO Logistics renewed and expanded its contract to support BAE’s Type 26 frigate program in Scotland.
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