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Market Trends News 3 January 2026

Natural gas price today slips on warmer outlook; UNG dips while LNG-linked stocks hold up

Natural gas price today slips on warmer outlook; UNG dips while LNG-linked stocks hold up

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 12:23 ET — Market closed U.S. natural gas futures closed out the week lower on Friday, with the benchmark contract at $3.618 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), a standard energy unit. Natural-gas-linked stocks and ETFs finished mixed heading into the weekend. Investing The retreat matters now because traders are repricing winter heating demand after forecasts tilted warmer through mid-January, just as storage withdrawals have been undershooting expectations. That combination can quickly loosen the supply-demand balance that drove late-2025 volatility. Baird Maritime / Work Boat World It also lands as U.S. production and export flows
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CrowdStrike stock drops 3% to $453 as 2026 begins — here’s what investors are watching next

CrowdStrike stock drops 3% to $453 as 2026 begins — here’s what investors are watching next

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 11:38 ET — Market closed CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. shares fell 3.2% on Friday, the first trading day of 2026, closing at $453.58 — down about $15 on the day. The stock traded between $449.49 and $477.25, with roughly 3.3 million shares changing hands. The move matters because investors are starting the year trimming exposure to high-valuation software names — shares priced at rich multiples of sales — that often swing harder when interest-rate expectations shift. Rates are back in the frame. “There may be a scenario where the Federal Reserve does not end up cutting
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Caterpillar stock jumps toward $600 as 2026 trading starts; Wolfe lifts CAT target

Caterpillar stock jumps toward $600 as 2026 trading starts; Wolfe lifts CAT target

New York, Jan 3, 2026, 11:27 ET — Market closed Caterpillar Inc. shares last closed up $25.42, or 4.4%, at $598.41, outperforming most large industrial names on the first trading day of 2026. The move matters because Caterpillar is a high-priced component of the Dow, a price-weighted index where bigger-dollar stocks can sway the benchmark more than lower-priced names. Reuters said Caterpillar and Boeing were among the Dow’s biggest boosts on Friday. Reuters Caterpillar’s jump came as investors rotated back into cyclical and industrial shares while chipmakers rallied, helping Wall Street snap a four-session losing streak. Traders are also recalibrating
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Exxon stock hits $122.65 to start 2026 — here’s what traders are watching next

Exxon stock hits $122.65 to start 2026 — here’s what traders are watching next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 11:20 ET — Market closed Exxon Mobil Corporation shares closed higher on Friday, rising 1.9% to $122.65 in the first U.S. trading session of 2026. The move matters now because investors are resetting positions at the start of the year, with value sectors drawing interest even as big tech weighed on broader benchmarks. U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday, with the Dow up 0.66% and the S&P 500 up 0.19%. Reuters Energy also remains tied to the next swing in crude prices, with OPEC+ set to meet on Sunday as the market debates whether supply
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BitMine (BMNR) stock jumps 15% as Tom Lee presses 50‑billion authorized-share vote — what investors watch next

BitMine (BMNR) stock jumps 15% as Tom Lee presses 50‑billion authorized-share vote — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 11:15 ET — Market closed BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. shares jumped 14.9% on Friday, ending at $31.19, after the crypto-focused company stepped up its push for shareholders to approve a sharp increase in the number of shares it is authorized to issue. MarketBeat The vote matters because “authorized shares” set the legal ceiling on how much stock a company can issue under its charter — a key constraint for fundraising, acquisitions and stock splits. BitMine is asking investors to approve a charter amendment that would raise that limit to 50 billion shares from 500 million.
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ACM Research (ACMR) stock jumps nearly 14% to start 2026 as chip shares rebound; what’s next

ACM Research (ACMR) stock jumps nearly 14% to start 2026 as chip shares rebound; what’s next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 10:41 ET — Market closed. Shares of ACM Research closed up about 13.8% at $44.88 on Friday, outpacing the broader semiconductor rally on the first trading day of 2026. The outsized move matters because it signals renewed risk appetite in smaller semiconductor names after a choppy end to December, with investors quickly rotating back into chip-related stocks as the calendar turned. Chip stocks led the bounce, and the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index rose about 4% on Friday. “Investors might be a little bit more conscious about some of the valuations that they’re paying for some
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GE Vernova stock (GEV) rises nearly 4% to kick off 2026 — what traders watch next

GE Vernova stock (GEV) rises nearly 4% to kick off 2026 — what traders watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 11:15 ET — Market closed GE Vernova (GEV.N) shares closed up about 3.8% on Friday at $679.55, extending a year-end rally as U.S. markets head into the weekend. U.S. markets are closed on Saturday. The move matters because the first full week of 2026 brings rate-sensitive catalysts that can swing “AI infrastructure” trades — companies tied to the buildout of power and data-center capacity. The U.S. employment report due Jan. 9 and consumer price index data due Jan. 13 sit at the center of that calendar. Reuters Broader markets offered a tailwind on Friday, with
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CoreWeave stock jumps on credit covenant tweak — what CRWV investors are watching next

CoreWeave stock jumps on credit covenant tweak — what CRWV investors are watching next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 10:42 ET — Market closed CoreWeave, Inc. shares climbed in the last session after the Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider disclosed changes to a major credit agreement that lowered near-term liquidity requirements and pushed back some covenant tests, a filing showed. The stock ended Friday at $79.32, up $7.70, or 10.8%, after trading between $72.95 and $81.11. SEC The update matters now because CoreWeave’s business is capital intensive: it buys and deploys large amounts of computing hardware to serve customers building and running artificial intelligence models, and investors have been focused on how fast-growing “AI infrastructure”
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Energy Fuels stock surges nearly 15% as uranium miners rally — what traders watch next

Energy Fuels stock surges nearly 15% as uranium miners rally — what traders watch next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 10:32 ET — Market closed Energy Fuels Inc shares ended Friday up 14.9% at $16.68, after swinging between $14.72 and $17.07, with about 14.9 million shares changing hands. The move tracked a broader surge in uranium producers at the start of the year. Denison Mines jumped after it said it was ready to launch its flagship Phoenix ISR project — ISR, or in-situ recovery, is a mining method that dissolves uranium underground and pumps it to the surface for processing. Reuters Energy Fuels has been on investors’ screens since late December, when the company said
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Strategy (MSTR) stock jumps as Bitcoin steadies near $90,000 — here’s what investors are watching

Strategy (MSTR) stock jumps as Bitcoin steadies near $90,000 — here’s what investors are watching

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 10:04 ET — Market closed Strategy Inc shares rose 3.4% in the last U.S. session on Friday, closing at $157.16 after swinging between $149.75 and $160.79. Volume was about 19.9 million shares. StockAnalysis The move matters because Strategy trades as a high-volatility proxy for bitcoin — the stock often moves more than the cryptocurrency as traders price in the firm’s crypto-heavy balance sheet and financing model. An SEC filing on Friday showed Strategy increased the regular annual dividend rate on its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch preferred stock (ticker STRC) to 11.00%, effective for
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Google stock (GOOG) starts 2026 higher — here’s what could move Alphabet next

Google stock (GOOG) starts 2026 higher — here’s what could move Alphabet next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 09:54 ET — Market closed Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares (GOOG) closed up about 0.5% at $315.32 on Friday, the first session of 2026, giving the Google parent a market value of about $2.94 trillion. Alphabet’s Class A shares (GOOGL) gained about 0.7%. The muted move matters because the first full week of January brings a heavy U.S. calendar that can reset expectations for interest rates — a key driver for high-valuation technology stocks. Fed funds futures, interest-rate contracts that reflect traders’ expectations, suggest little chance of a cut at the Fed’s late-January meeting but
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Ibovespa slips as 2026 begins: what moved São Paulo stocks and what traders watch next

Ibovespa slips as 2026 begins: what moved São Paulo stocks and what traders watch next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 09:24 ET — Market closed Brazil’s Ibovespa (.BVSP) ended Friday down 0.36% at 160,538.69, starting 2026 in the red on São Paulo’s B3 exchange, according to Yahoo Finance data. The benchmark eased after a holiday-thinned session. Yahoo Finance The first full week of the year is when many global investors reset risk and rebalance portfolios. For Brazil, that often means a tug-of-war between commodity-linked heavyweights and shifting bets on interest rates. The move matters now because the Ibovespa remains unusually sensitive to external pricing signals. U.S. yields and the dollar can change the appetite for
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Stock Market Today

Meta stock faces an AI split: ad gains vs a $135 billion bill

Meta stock faces an AI split: ad gains vs a $135 billion bill

7 February 2026
Meta shares dropped 1.3% to $661.46 on Friday after the company projected 2026 capital spending of up to $135 billion, raising investor concerns over cash flow. Meta reported Q4 revenue of $59.89 billion, up 24% year-over-year, with ad impressions rising 18%. Analysts remain divided on whether AI-driven ad gains can offset the steep spending ramp.
IAG share price jumps toward a 52-week peak — what to watch before London reopens

IAG share price jumps toward a 52-week peak — what to watch before London reopens

7 February 2026
IAG shares rose 4.33% to 438.50 pence Friday, near their 52-week high, ahead of full-year results due later this month. The company reported 162,073,135 treasury shares and total voting rights of 4,565,128,012. Brent crude fell 2.2% Thursday to $67.93 a barrel. South Europe Ground Services logged 712,340 operations in 2025 and seeks approval to operate in Portugal.
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