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Stock Market News 31 January 2026

Exxon stock price in focus after Q4 beat: buyback, dividend and Golden Pass LNG loom

Exxon stock price in focus after Q4 beat: buyback, dividend and Golden Pass LNG loom

Exxon Mobil shares closed at $141.40, up 0.7%, after reporting Q4 adjusted earnings of $1.71 per share, beating estimates. The company posted $7.3 billion in adjusted profit and $12.7 billion in operating cash flow. Exxon plans a $20 billion buyback through 2026 and expects the first LNG shipment from Golden Pass by March.
Samsung stock price in focus: What to watch after earnings as memory-chip squeeze hits phones

Samsung stock price in focus: What to watch after earnings as memory-chip squeeze hits phones

Samsung Electronics closed Friday at 160,500 won, down 0.1%, after posting record quarterly revenue of 93.8 trillion won and operating profit of 20.1 trillion won. The chip division drove results, but investors weighed rising memory costs and weaker demand for phones and PCs. Samsung plans to ship HBM4 memory and launch the Galaxy S26 this quarter. Shares remain about 1% below their 52-week high.
Eli Lilly stock price (LLY): $3.5B plant, EU Mounjaro call and earnings ahead — what to watch

Eli Lilly stock price (LLY): $3.5B plant, EU Mounjaro call and earnings ahead — what to watch

Eli Lilly shares rose 1.3% to $1,037.15 after announcing a $3.5 billion injectable drug plant in Pennsylvania, set to create 850 permanent jobs by 2031. The plant will produce next-generation weight-loss drugs, including retatrutide. The European regulator declined a new use for Mounjaro in heart failure but will update prescribing info. Lilly’s Q4 results are due Feb. 4.
Berkshire Hathaway stock price outperforms as Wall Street slips; jobs report is next test

Berkshire Hathaway stock price outperforms as Wall Street slips; jobs report is next test

Berkshire Hathaway’s Class B shares closed up 0.9% at $480.53 Friday, outperforming the S&P 500’s 0.43% drop. The Nasdaq fell 0.94% and the Dow slipped 0.36% as hotter wholesale inflation and Fed leadership uncertainty weighed on markets. The producer price index rose 0.5% in December. Investors await Monday’s open and the February 6 U.S. jobs report.
Walmart stock price today: WMT closes higher after new SEC filing; what traders watch next

Walmart stock price today: WMT closes higher after new SEC filing; what traders watch next

Walmart shares rose 1.47% to $119.14 Friday, bucking a broader market decline ahead of a CEO transition set for Feb. 1. The company filed an 8-K/A detailing exit terms for departing International head Kathryn McLay, including $2.82 million in payments and a two-year non-compete. Major indexes fell after Donald Trump named Kevin Warsh as his pick for Fed chair. Walmart’s next earnings report is due Feb. 19.
Colgate-Palmolive stock price jumps 6% after earnings; what CL investors watch next week

Colgate-Palmolive stock price jumps 6% after earnings; what CL investors watch next week

Colgate-Palmolive shares rose 6% to $90.29 Friday after fourth-quarter net sales climbed 5.8% to $5.23 billion, but GAAP earnings swung to a loss due to a $794 million skin-health impairment. The company’s 2026 outlook includes finalized tariffs and projects net sales growth of 2% to 6%. North America sales fell, while Latin America and Africa/Eurasia posted double-digit gains.
Moog stock price jumps after record quarter, raised 2026 outlook and dividend hike

Moog stock price jumps after record quarter, raised 2026 outlook and dividend hike

Moog shares jumped 6% Friday after the company posted record quarterly sales of $1.1 billion and raised its full-year outlook. The aerospace supplier lifted its dividend by 3% and boosted its 2026 sales forecast to $4.3 billion. Net earnings reached $78.9 million, though operating cash flow was negative. Tariff costs pressured some segments, but backlog rose 30% to $3.3 billion.
Broadcom stock price: AVGO heads into Monday after Wolfe upgrade spotlights Google’s TPU push

Broadcom stock price: AVGO heads into Monday after Wolfe upgrade spotlights Google’s TPU push

Broadcom shares rose 0.17% to $331.30 Friday, bucking declines in other chip stocks. Wolfe Research upgraded the stock to Outperform with a $400 target, citing momentum from Google’s TPU program. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 3.87%. U.S. jobs data is due Feb. 6; Broadcom’s earnings are expected March 5.
Google stock (GOOG) holds steady as Alphabet heads into earnings week with AI capex in focus

Google stock (GOOG) holds steady as Alphabet heads into earnings week with AI capex in focus

Alphabet Class C shares closed at $338.64 Friday, slipping to $338.53 after hours. Google launched “Project Genie,” an AI tool for creating interactive worlds, triggering sharp declines in videogame stocks. A federal judge rejected over $2 billion in new privacy penalties against Google. Investors await next week’s earnings and updates on AI spending.
Meta stock drops ahead of New Mexico child-safety trial — what traders watch next week

Meta stock drops ahead of New Mexico child-safety trial — what traders watch next week

Meta shares fell 2.9% to $716.50 Friday, reversing some post-earnings gains. A New Mexico jury trial over child-exploitation claims against Meta leadership begins Monday, the first such case to reach this stage. Investors are watching upcoming Big Tech earnings and a U.S. jobs report due Feb. 6. Meta projects 2026 capital expenditures of $115–135 billion, with total expenses up to $169 billion.

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LSEG share price drops 4% in early London trade as AI fears linger and buyback rolls on

LSEG share price: London Stock Exchange Group stock braces for Monday after AI jitters and buyback move

7 February 2026
London, Feb 7, 2026, 08:20 GMT — Market closed. London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG.L) shares ended Friday at 7,502 pence, down about 1.1% on the day, with London markets shut for the weekend and set to reopen on Monday. (MarketWatch) The stock has been caught in a wider repricing of software, data and analytics names as investors question which business models benefit from the next wave of AI — and which get squeezed. “It’s a de-risking trade,” Andrew Wells, chief investment officer at SanJac Alpha, said, as he argued the AI build-out had become “too pricey.” (Reuters) LSEG also
GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
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