Apple stock slips before the bell as Alphabet leapfrogs it in value and Apple Card shift stays in focus
Apple was down 0.5% at $259.04 in premarket trade on Friday, after ending Thursday’s session at $260.37.
Tesla stock rebounds to $445 as autonomy stakes rise; CPI and earnings loom
Tesla shares gained 2.1% on Friday, ending the day at $445.01. The stock swung between a low of $430.39 and a high of $449.05 during the session. U.S. markets will be closed Sunday, with trading resuming Monday.
Uber stock ticks higher as CES robotaxi rollout sharpens focus on Waymo and Tesla
Uber Technologies, Inc shares rose 1.9% to $87.85 in afternoon trading on Thursday, while partner Lucid Group climbed about 4%.
Dow Futures Slip After Jobless Claims; Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Talk Lifts Defense Stocks
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
Dow, S&P 500 futures dip as Trump policy headlines bite and jobs report looms; Samsung flags record AI-chip profit
U.S. stock index futures slipped on Thursday morning as investors turned cautious ahead of Friday’s U.S. jobs report, while defense shares jumped after President Donald Trump called for a $1.5 trillion military budget in 2027. At 05:08 a.m. ET, Dow futures were down 0.30%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.22% and Nasdaq 100 futures eased 0.31%; RTX gained 4.9% in premarket trading and Lockheed Martin climbed 7.2%. “While details are unclear and implementation cumbersome, a move towards more government intervention would create uncertainty and add to some risk premium in the markets,” said Mohit Kumar, an economist at Jefferies. Reuters
Wall Street jolted by Trump buyback, home-buying moves; S&P 500 slips, Nasdaq steadied by AI
U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow closing lower after touching record highs earlier in the session as President Donald Trump’s policy shots hit defense and housing-related shares. The Nasdaq ended slightly higher as investors returned to AI, or artificial intelligence, heavyweights including Nvidia and Alphabet. The S&P 500 fell 0.34% to 6,920.93, the Nasdaq rose 0.16% to 23,584.28 and the Dow dropped 0.94% to 48,996.08.
Dow Jones falls from intraday record as Trump policy moves hit financials; jobs report next
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 466 points, or 0.94%, to 48,996.08 on Wednesday, retreating from an intraday record as Trump policy comments hit financials and defense shares. JPMorgan dropped 2.3% after Wolfe Research downgraded it to “peer perform” from “outperform,” and “Rumors that the AI trade was done turned out not to be true,” said Jake Dollarhide of Longbow Asset Management, as Nvidia and Alphabet helped the Nasdaq end up 0.16%. Reuters
Apple stock dips as Alphabet briefly overtakes it in market value, with chip costs in focus
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
Google stock price forecast: Alphabet rises after Canaccord lifts target to $390
Alphabet’s Class A shares rose 2.5% to $322.25 on Wednesday, near the day’s high, after Canaccord Genuity raised its price target for the Google parent. The stock hit an intraday high of $326.11 and was up $7.91 from Tuesday’s close.
Uber stock price forecast: Robotaxi debut, analyst targets and the next catalysts for UBER
Uber Technologies shares rose 0.7% to $86.10 on Wednesday after Uber and partners Lucid and Nuro debuted a production-intent robotaxi at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Uber, which sold its self-driving unit to Aurora Innovation in 2020, has since leaned on partnerships to bring robotaxis onto its app. The stock traded between $85.16 and $87.73.
Qualcomm (QCOM) stock rises after-hours on Google auto AI pact, CES chip launches
Qualcomm Incorporated shares rose 3.5% to $182.45 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after swinging between $176.50 and $184.38 during the session as investors weighed a string of CES updates tied to cars and PCs.
Uber stock jumps nearly 6% as CES robotaxi reveal with Lucid, Nuro lifts shares
Uber Technologies, Inc. shares rose $4.79, or 5.9%, to $85.54 in late trade on Tuesday after the ride-hailing company and partners Lucid Group and Nuro unveiled a production-intent robotaxi at CES. The stock traded between $80.85 and $85.64 on the day, and about 27.5 million shares changed hands.
Uber stock jumps after CES robotaxi debut with Lucid, Nuro as AV race heats up
Uber Technologies’ shares rose about 5% to $84.93 in midday trading on Tuesday after it and partners Lucid Group and Nuro unveiled a production-intent robotaxi at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. The vehicle uses Nuro’s Level 4 system — meaning it can drive itself in limited areas without a human — and runs on Nvidia’s DRIVE AGX Thor computer, the companies said. Uber, which sold its self-driving unit to Aurora Innovation in 2020, said testing began in December ahead of a planned launch in the San Francisco Bay Area later this year, as Alphabet’s Waymo and Tesla expand their own robotaxi efforts. Reuters
Warby Parker stock jumps 9% as TD Cowen lifts target — what investors watch next
Warby Parker Inc shares rose about 9.3% to $25.42 in midday trading on Tuesday, after touching $25.93. The stock opened at $23.65 and volume topped 2.6 million shares. TD Cowen raised its price target to $26, a StreetInsider report showed.
CoreWeave stock falls as Truist starts CRWV at Hold; Nvidia Rubin plan sharpens focus on AI capex
CoreWeave shares fell 3.5% to $74.15 in midday trading on Tuesday after Truist Securities initiated coverage of the AI cloud infrastructure provider at “Hold” with an $84 price target, citing the company’s leverage and heavy capital spending needs. The company counts OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta and Google among customers, according to Truist.
AI ETFs before the bell: Nvidia CES chip push lifts funds as bubble warnings linger
AI-focused exchange-traded funds — baskets of stocks that trade like a single share — were mostly higher in U.S. premarket trading on Tuesday after Nvidia laid out fresh details on its next-generation AI chips at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Roundhill’s Generative AI & Technology ETF rose about 0.7% and Global X’s Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF gained about 1.1%. Reuters
CoreWeave stock (CRWV) slips after hours as Nvidia Rubin rollout plan lands
CoreWeave shares fell 3.1% to $76.86 in after-hours trading on Monday, after a volatile session that saw the stock trade between $76.35 and $84.44 on volume of about 27 million shares. The AI cloud provider said it will add Nvidia’s Rubin platform to its cloud and expects to be among the first to deploy it in the second half of 2026. “Workloads like drug discovery, climate modeling, and advanced robotics demand both cutting-edge compute and the ability to run it reliably at scale,” said Dan O’Brien, president and COO of The Futurum Group. CoreWeave
Qualcomm stock rises on Google auto AI tie-up, Snapdragon X2 laptop push at CES 2026
Qualcomm Incorporated shares rose on Monday after the chip designer and Alphabet’s Google broadened their automotive partnership at CES in Las Vegas. The stock was up about 1.7% at $175.96 in afternoon trade, after rising as much as 3.4% earlier.
Uber stock gets a sell call as robotaxi race heats up in 2026
Uber Technologies shares were up about 1.4% in premarket trading on Monday. Melius Research cut the ride-hailing and delivery company’s rating to sell and set a $73 price target, below the stock’s last trade at $82.86. The firm cited rising competition from autonomous-vehicle, or AV, developers such as Tesla and Alphabet’s Waymo. Investing.com India
Microsoft stock slips premarket as MSFT heads into jobs data and Jan. 28 earnings
Microsoft shares fell about 2.2% in premarket trading on Monday to $472.94, while the Invesco QQQ Trust — a widely used proxy for the Nasdaq 100 — slipped 0.2%. The move values Microsoft at roughly $3.85 trillion, with the stock trading at about 37 times trailing earnings, a valuation that can amplify swings when interest-rate expectations shift.
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