Apple stock slips today as Apple Card shifts to JPMorgan, payrolls and earnings loom
Apple shares slid 0.8% to $260.33 in early trading on Thursday. The stock closed at $262.32 on Wednesday.
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U.S. stock index futures slipped on Thursday, cooling after the S&P 500 and Dow briefly touched fresh highs a day earlier, while defense shares jumped on new budget talk from President Donald Trump. Futures contracts, which track expected moves in the cash indexes, showed the Dow, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 down about 0.4%, 0.3% and 0.2% in premarket trading. Alphabet was up nearly 1% after overtaking Apple for No. 2 in market capitalization — the market value of its shares — with Apple down more than 1%. Investopedia
Goldman Sachs stock falls after Apple Card handoff report — here’s what investors watch next
Goldman Sachs shares fell 1.7% to $941.02 in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported JPMorgan Chase had reached a deal to take over Apple’s credit-card program from the Wall Street bank. The Journal said the Apple Card book totals about $20 billion and that Goldman is expected to offload the balances at a discount of more than $1 billion. Reuters
JPMorgan set to take over Apple Card from Goldman in $20 billion switch
JPMorgan Chase has struck a deal to take over Apple Inc.’s credit-card program from Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. JPMorgan would become the new issuer — the bank that extends the credit and runs the account — for Apple Card, one of the largest co-branded card programs in the United States with about $20 billion in balances, the report said. JPMorgan and Goldman declined to comment, and Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters
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Apple Inc shares fell 0.7% to $260.53 in late regular trade on Wednesday, still below their 52-week high of $288.62, with about 56 million shares changing hands. The dip left the iPhone maker briefly behind Alphabet as the No. 2 U.S. company by market value, trailing Nvidia, according to reports. Barron's
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Apple Inc shares were down $5.04, or 1.9%, at $262.36 in premarket trading on Wednesday, after closing at $267.40 in the prior session.
Apple stock slips on App Store slowdown signal — what Wall Street is watching next
Apple Inc shares fell 1.8% on Tuesday to $262.34, sliding as traders weighed fresh signals that App Store spending growth is cooling ahead of the iPhone maker’s next earnings report.
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Apple Stock Gets Mixed Signals: UBS Stays Neutral as App Store Growth Cools
UBS reiterated a Neutral rating on Apple on Tuesday and kept a $280 price target, saying App Store growth slowed in the December 2025 quarter. The bank estimated growth at about 7%, down from 12% and 10% in the June and September 2025 quarters, and about 5% on a foreign-exchange-neutral basis — stripping out currency swings. UBS said the March 2026 quarter still looks like a hurdle even with easier comparisons of roughly 200 basis points, or two percentage points. Investing.com
Apple stock today: AAPL turns choppy as App Store growth cools ahead of earnings
Apple shares opened slightly lower on Tuesday and traded in a tight band as investors weighed fresh reads on App Store spending ahead of the iPhone maker’s results later this month. The stock opened at $266.96, down about 0.1% from Monday’s close, and moved between $264.36 and $267.55 in early trade. Public
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Apple Inc shares slipped 0.3% to $271.01 in early trading on Monday, as investors weighed fresh signals from a key iPhone assembler and a rival’s aggressive push into AI-enabled phones.
Apple stock slips in premarket: what traders are watching before ISM data and Apple’s Jan. 29 earnings
Apple Inc shares slipped 0.3% to $270.18 in premarket trading by 9:00 a.m. EST on Monday, after closing at $271.01 in the prior session. The stock has traded in a tight early range around $270.12, according to Public.com data. Public
Apple stock heads into Monday under a valuation spotlight after Raymond James turns neutral on AAPL
Apple Inc shares closed Friday down about 0.3% at $271.01, giving back a slice of their late-2025 run. Raymond James resumed coverage with a “market perform” rating — Wall Street shorthand for a neutral view — citing a rich valuation and a thin near-term catalyst calendar, according to an Investors Business Daily report. The stock is valued at roughly 30 times trailing earnings, a price-to-earnings ratio that measures what investors pay for each dollar of profit. Investors
Apple stock starts 2026 on a slip as valuation debate heats up ahead of Jan. 29 earnings
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Apple stock today: AAPL slips on Raymond James caution as Wall Street weighs rates and earnings
Apple Inc shares slipped about 0.3% to $271.01 on Friday after Raymond James restarted coverage with a neutral view on valuation. U.S. markets are closed on Sunday, leaving Apple last seen trading between $269.12 and $277.69 on roughly 37.8 million shares.
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