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Market Trends News 9 January 2026

Valero Energy stock dips on Piper Sandler target cut as Venezuela talks keep traders guessing

Valero Energy stock dips on Piper Sandler target cut as Venezuela talks keep traders guessing

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 15:36 EST — Regular session Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) shares were down $5.82, or about 3%, at $185.50 in mid-afternoon trade, after swinging between $182.70 and $194.50. Marathon Petroleum was little changed and Phillips 66 fell about 1.2%, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust rose 0.8%. The move matters now because refiners are trying to price a fast-shifting crude story into near-term earnings. Crack spreads — the gap between crude costs and fuel prices — can swing quickly when geopolitics hits supply, and investors have been quick to fade the latest headlines. U.S.
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Accenture stock price today: ACN slips as jobs data resets rate bets, new retail AI push in focus

Accenture stock price today: ACN slips as jobs data resets rate bets, new retail AI push in focus

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 13:42 EST — Regular session Accenture plc shares were down about 0.6% at $280.15 in early afternoon trading on Friday, after sliding to $277.77 at the session low. The broader market was higher, with exchange-traded funds tracking the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow up between about 0.4% and 0.8%. A softer U.S. jobs report fed the push and pull for rate-sensitive stocks. Nonfarm payrolls rose 50,000 in December, below a 60,000 forecast, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, the Labor Department said. “The Fed will likely hold course for now,” Lindsay Rosner, head of
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EQT stock slips as U.S. natural gas price drops 6% in midday trade

EQT stock slips as U.S. natural gas price drops 6% in midday trade

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 13:52 EST — Regular session EQT Corp shares fell about 2.4% to $50.96 in afternoon trading, tracking a fresh leg down in U.S. natural gas prices. Front-month Henry Hub natural gas futures for February were down 6.1% at $3.198 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), a common unit used to price gas. (Investing.com South Africa) The moves matter because producers’ realised prices and cash flow are tied, directly or not, to the futures curve. In winter, weather models can flip demand in a hurry, and equities tend to follow the screen even when company news
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IREN stock jumps in midday trade as rate-cut bets keep high-beta names in play

IREN stock jumps in midday trade as rate-cut bets keep high-beta names in play

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 12:45 EST — Regular session IREN Limited shares rose about 7% to $48.90 on Friday, extending a choppy week for the Nasdaq-listed stock as traders leaned back into higher-risk names. Bitcoin was little changed near $91,067, while peers were mixed, with Riot Platforms up about 3% and Marathon Digital down about 0.4%. The move comes with U.S. stocks grinding higher after a softer December jobs report left expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts broadly intact. “This is a report that’s somewhat within the range of expectations of investors, so they’re not reacting,” Mark Hackett, chief
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Tecnoglass stock jumps today — what’s driving TGLS after Apogee’s outlook cut

Tecnoglass stock jumps today — what’s driving TGLS after Apogee’s outlook cut

NEW YORK, January 9, 2026, 11:32 ET — Regular session Tecnoglass Inc shares rose 3.4% on Friday, reversing part of this week’s pullback as building-products names found a bid in a stronger U.S. tape. The stock was up $1.74 at $52.97 in late morning trade. The move matters now because traders have been quick to treat any warning from peers as a read-through for commercial construction demand, where orders can turn fast and price pressure shows up before volumes do. Tecnoglass sells heavily into the U.S., so sentiment swings with every hint that projects are slipping. Friday’s bounce also came
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BellRing Brands stock slips as TD Cowen cuts target to $27; BRBR investors eye next catalyst

BellRing Brands stock slips as TD Cowen cuts target to $27; BRBR investors eye next catalyst

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 11:30 EST — Regular session BellRing Brands’ shares were down about 0.1% at $24.73 in late-morning trading after TD Cowen cut its 12-month price target to $27 from $31 and kept a Hold rating, meaning it does not see a clear case to buy at current levels. (MarketBeat) The call matters now because BellRing has been trading closer to its lows than its highs, leaving investors sensitive to any fresh valuation resets from Wall Street. The stock’s 52-week range runs from $22.45 to $80.67. (Nasdaq) TD Cowen analyst Robert Moskow framed the move as part
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Oracle stock jumps nearly 3% after soft US jobs data, but AI spending worries linger

Oracle stock jumps nearly 3% after soft US jobs data, but AI spending worries linger

New York, January 9, 2026, 11:00 (EST) — Regular session Oracle Corp shares rose nearly 3% on Friday, tracking a broader bounce in U.S. equities after a softer-than-expected jobs report eased pressure on rate-cut expectations. The stock was up 2.9% at $195.07, after trading as low as $188.91 earlier in the session. Wall Street’s main indexes edged higher after the Labor Department reported a 50,000 increase in December nonfarm payrolls, below economists’ 60,000 estimate, while the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4%. Traders still penciled in about 54 basis points of easing this year — a basis point is 0.01 percentage
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Sensex, Nifty slump for fifth day — what’s spooking India’s stock market right now

Sensex, Nifty slump for fifth day — what’s spooking India’s stock market right now

MUMBAI, Jan 9, 2026, 20:50 IST Indian shares fell for a fifth straight session on Friday, with the Nifty 50 closing down 0.75% at 25,683.3 and the Sensex off 0.72% at 83,576.24. Both benchmarks lost about 2.5% for the week, their worst in over three months, while small- and mid-cap indexes slid 3.1% and 2.6%. Oil and gas stocks led declines and Reliance Industries sank 7.4% for the week after it said it does not expect Russian crude deliveries in January; Ashika Global Family Office Services co-founder Amit Jain said extreme tariffs would “increase risk pricing” across assets. (reuters.com) The
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Micron Technology stock drops early — what MU traders are watching after a $400 target

Micron Technology stock drops early — what MU traders are watching after a $400 target

New York, January 9, 2026, 09:40 (EST) — Regular session. Micron Technology, Inc. shares fell about 3.7% to $327.02 in early trading on Friday, extending a pullback after a sharp run in memory-related stocks. The move followed a tech-heavy slide on Thursday, when the Nasdaq fell and the S&P 500 technology index dropped 1.5% as investors picked at AI-linked valuations. “While AI is still hot, there are going to be winners and losers,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth. (Reuters) That matters for Micron because its rally has leaned on one theme: tight supply and rising
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Datadog stock steadies in premarket after 7.6% slide as Truist cuts target to $140

Datadog stock steadies in premarket after 7.6% slide as Truist cuts target to $140

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 07:00 (EST) — Premarket Datadog (DDOG.O) shares were up 0.7% in premarket trading on Friday at $131.60, after sliding 7.6% to $130.68 at Thursday’s close. (MarketBeat) The timing is awkward for high-growth software. Investors are bracing for the U.S. jobs report and a Supreme Court ruling on the legality of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, both of which could jolt rate bets and broader risk appetite. (reuters.com) Analysts have started to reset the yardsticks. Truist analyst Miller Jump cut his price target on Datadog to $140 from $195 and kept a Hold rating, saying a “clear
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3i Group stock slips as director share awards land; what’s next for III.L before Jan. 29 update

3i Group stock slips as director share awards land; what’s next for III.L before Jan. 29 update

London, Jan 9, 2026, 11:24 GMT — Regular session Shares of 3i Group plc (III.L) were down 0.3% at 3,140 pence by 11:24 GMT, with the private equity group pointing investors to a Jan. 29 third-quarter performance update as the next diary date. (3i) The stock’s move came as the wider London market steadied after two sessions of losses, helped by a jump in Glencore on early-stage merger talks with Rio Tinto and with investors also waiting on a U.S. jobs report later on Friday. (Reuters) In company news, an RNS filing on Jan. 7 showed directors and other PDMRs
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NatWest share price today: NWG slips as buyback ticks on and Barclays cools ahead of Feb results

NatWest share price today: NWG slips as buyback ticks on and Barclays cools ahead of Feb results

London, January 9, 2026, 11:38 GMT — Regular session NatWest Group Plc (NWG.L) shares eased on Friday, down 0.3% at 642.4 pence, as investors weighed the pace of the bank’s buyback and a recent broker downgrade. The stock opened at 644.6p and has traded between 640.2p and 647.2p. (London South East) The drift matters because NatWest’s rally has turned capital returns into the main debate. Buybacks and dividends can lift earnings per share by shrinking the share count, but they hinge on how much surplus capital the bank can generate and keep. The next big marker is close. NatWest is
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Stock Market Today

Carvana stock jumps 5% to $403.67 — here’s what CVNA traders are watching next

Carvana stock jumps 5% to $403.67 — here’s what CVNA traders are watching next

7 February 2026
Carvana shares rose 5.21% Friday to $403.67, rebounding after recent volatility sparked by a short-seller report from Gotham City Research. The company denied allegations of overstated earnings and undisclosed ties to DriveTime. Carvana will report Q4 and full-year 2025 results after markets close on Feb. 18. The January U.S. CPI report is scheduled for Feb. 13.
Confluent stock hugs IBM’s $31 bid — here’s what investors watch next week

Confluent stock hugs IBM’s $31 bid — here’s what investors watch next week

7 February 2026
Confluent shares closed at $30.57 Friday, 43 cents below IBM’s $31-per-share cash offer, ahead of key events next week. The company will report earnings Feb. 11 without a call or outlook, and shareholders vote on the merger Feb. 12. Confluent disclosed 17 demand letters and two lawsuits over proxy disclosures but denies wrongdoing. The IBM deal values Confluent at $11 billion.
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