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NASDAQ:IREN.O 29 December 2025 - 28 February 2026

IREN stock price slides 6% as bitcoin dips again — what traders watch next

IREN stock price slides 6% as bitcoin dips again — what traders watch next

IREN shares dropped 6.1% to $40.06 in Thursday afternoon trading, outpacing declines in other crypto miners as bitcoin fell 2.7% to $65,559. HC Wainwright cut IREN’s earnings forecasts but kept a “Buy” rating. Investors pulled back from risk assets ahead of Friday’s U.S. CPI report. Treasury yields slipped as traders adjusted Fed rate-cut bets.
IREN stock climbs in premarket as Bernstein backs the AI-cloud miner with U.S. jobs data due

IREN stock climbs in premarket as Bernstein backs the AI-cloud miner with U.S. jobs data due

IREN shares rose 4.7% to $45.68 in premarket trading Friday, after closing at $43.63 Thursday. Bernstein maintained IREN as its “top AI pick” with a $75 target, while J.P. Morgan reaffirmed a sell rating. Traders are watching the U.S. jobs report at 8:30 a.m. ET and bitcoin’s price, which was up 0.5% at about $90,337. IREN’s outlook remains tied to a $9.7 billion Microsoft GPU cloud contract.
IREN stock jumps nearly 8% as AI data-center trade returns; earnings are the next test

IREN stock jumps nearly 8% as AI data-center trade returns; earnings are the next test

IREN shares jumped 7.7% to $46.99 in Thursday afternoon trading, tracking gains in data-center stocks after Applied Digital announced talks with a major cloud customer. IREN operates U.S. and Canadian data centers for bitcoin mining and AI compute, with about 1,896 Nvidia GPUs. Its $9.7 billion, five-year GPU cloud deal with Microsoft includes strict delivery terms. Next results are expected in February, with focus on GPU rollout and funding.

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  • Friday's Top ETF Movers: SPDR Oil & Gas ETF Surges, Sprott Silver ETF Declines
    March 20, 2026, 1:06 PM EDT. On Friday, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) led gains, rising about 2.1%, driven by strong performances from Venture Global, up 10.8%, and SM Energy, up 7.9%. Conversely, the Sprott Silver Miners & Physical Silver ETF (SLVR) lagged, falling around 3.8%. Key laggards within SLVR included Gold Resource, down 6.5%, and Americas Gold and Silver, down 6.2%. These movements highlight sector-specific volatility, with energy exploration seeing robust investor interest, while silver mining faced selling pressure throughout the day.
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