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NYSE:PANW News 16 December 2025 - 5 January 2026

Palo Alto Networks stock climbs after report flags $400 mln Koi Security talks, analysts turn less bearish

Palo Alto Networks stock climbs after report flags $400 mln Koi Security talks, analysts turn less bearish

Palo Alto Networks shares rose 1.7% to $182.46 after Israeli media reported the company is in talks to acquire Koi Security for about $400 million. Guggenheim upgraded the stock to neutral, while Piper Sandler raised its price target to $265. Cybersecurity stocks broadly gained, with the Global X Cybersecurity ETF up 1.2%. Investors await confirmation on the Koi deal and Palo Alto’s earnings, expected around Feb. 12.
5 January 2026
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Cisco stock slips as CSCO turns ex-dividend; what investors are watching next

Cisco stock slips as CSCO turns ex-dividend; what investors are watching next

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 11:37 ET — Regular session Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) fell about 1% to $76.23 in late morning trading on Friday, after sliding as much as 1.9% earlier in the session. The move comes as Cisco trades ex-dividend, meaning buyers purchasing the stock on or after that date are not eligible for the next payout. Cisco’s upcoming cash dividend is $0.41 per share, with payment due on January 21, Fidelity data showed. The broader market was mixed, leaving the ex-dividend adjustment more visible in a large, liquid name like Cisco. The S&P 500 tracker
2 January 2026
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Palo Alto Networks stock slips into 2026 holiday pause as year-end tech selling bites

Palo Alto Networks stock slips into 2026 holiday pause as year-end tech selling bites

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:29 ET — Market closed Shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. closed down 1.42% at $184.20 on Wednesday, extending a late-year pullback for several large cybersecurity names as U.S. markets went dark for the New Year’s Day holiday. MarketWatch+1 The move matters because Palo Alto is one of the biggest enterprise-security bellwethers, and the group has been sensitive to shifts in risk appetite and interest-rate expectations heading into 2026. A choppy year-end tape can magnify moves as investors rebalance for January. Reuters Wall Street finished 2025’s final session lower, with the S&P 500 down 0.74%
1 January 2026
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Software and Platform Stocks Week Ahead: AI Spending Scrutiny, Cloud Security Mega-Deals, and Holiday-Shortened Trading (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

Software and Platform Stocks Week Ahead: AI Spending Scrutiny, Cloud Security Mega-Deals, and Holiday-Shortened Trading (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

Dec. 21, 2025 — Software and platform stocks head into the Christmas week balancing two powerful forces: a thinner, holiday-shortened market that can amplify price swings, and a still-evolving narrative around the AI buildout—specifically, when massive infrastructure spending turns into measurable profits. By Friday’s close, investors were once again talking about a potential “Santa Claus rally,” but the setup feels different than in a typical year. The sector’s winners are increasingly defined by platform leverage (cloud ecosystems, cybersecurity suites, and data/AI tooling) rather than simple “growth at any price.” At the same time, several high-growth SaaS names face tougher comparisons
21 December 2025
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Cybersecurity Stocks Today: Okta Rallies on Jefferies Upgrade as Palo Alto Warns on AI Cloud Attacks and Fortinet Targets NVIDIA “AI Factory” Security (Dec. 16, 2025)

Cybersecurity Stocks Today: Okta Rallies on Jefferies Upgrade as Palo Alto Warns on AI Cloud Attacks and Fortinet Targets NVIDIA “AI Factory” Security (Dec. 16, 2025)

NEW YORK — Dec. 16, 2025 (early afternoon ET) — Cybersecurity stocks are showing relative resilience Tuesday even as the broader U.S. market tilts lower on a mix of delayed economic data, sector rotations, and renewed sensitivity to rates. By around 2:00 p.m. ET, Reuters reported the Dow down ~0.63%, the S&P 500 down ~0.42%, and the Nasdaq off ~0.06%, as investors digested a delayed jobs report and reassessed the Federal Reserve outlook for 2026. Reuters Against that backdrop, cybersecurity names are trading on a familiar set of late-2025 themes: AI expanding the attack surface, identity security moving to the top of budgets, and vendor consolidation/platformization shaping both fundamentals and
16 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

7 February 2026
Johnson & Johnson shares rose 0.9% to $239.99 Friday after a New Jersey appeals court disqualified Beasley Allen from state talc cases, citing improper coordination with a former J&J attorney. The ruling affects about 3,600 state lawsuits, while a related federal motion is pending. J&J also reported early 12-month pilot data for its investigational AFib device at a cardiology meeting.
Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
Walmart shares climbed 3.34% to $131.18 Friday, pushing its market value to about $1.05 trillion as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. Retail stocks mostly gained, with Target up 4.24% and Costco up 1.20%, while Amazon dropped 5.55%. Investors await Walmart’s fiscal Q4 results on Feb. 19 and key U.S. economic data next week.
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