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Stock Market 1 March 2026

GOOG stock heads into Monday: Alphabet closes higher as Google faces Belgium ad probe, Korea Maps decision

GOOG stock heads into Monday: Alphabet closes higher as Google faces Belgium ad probe, Korea Maps decision

Alphabet Class C shares rose 1.39% to $311.43 Friday, outperforming the broader market as the S&P 500 fell 0.43%. Belgium’s competition authority opened a preliminary probe into Google’s online ad pricing, citing possible antitrust violations. South Korea approved Google’s request to export high-precision map data, paving the way for a full version of Google Maps in the country.
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Nvidia stock price: NVDA heads into new week after 4% fall as OpenAI funding and GTC chip talk loom

Nvidia stock price: NVDA heads into new week after 4% fall as OpenAI funding and GTC chip talk loom

Nvidia shares fell 4.2% to $177.19 Friday after a sharp post-earnings drop. Investors weighed reports of a new AI processor platform possibly debuting at GTC next month and OpenAI’s $110 billion fundraising, including $30 billion from Nvidia. Broader markets also slid after hotter-than-expected U.S. producer price data renewed rate cut uncertainty.
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Amazon stock in focus after $50 billion OpenAI partnership lands in SEC filing

Amazon stock in focus after $50 billion OpenAI partnership lands in SEC filing

Amazon disclosed a $50 billion investment and expanded partnership with OpenAI, making AWS the exclusive third-party cloud provider for OpenAI’s new enterprise platform. Amazon shares closed up 1% at $210.00 Friday, while the S&P 500 fell 0.4% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.9%. OpenAI is raising $110 billion at a reported $840 billion valuation. Traders await U.S. factory data and Friday’s jobs report.
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Gas Prices Forecast After Iran Attack: Will U.S. Gasoline Top $3 This Week?

Gas Prices Forecast After Iran Attack: Will U.S. Gasoline Top $3 This Week?

U.S. gasoline prices are expected to climb above $3 a gallon this week after strikes on Iran disrupted oil markets and halted some shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude traded about 10% higher near $80 a barrel in off-exchange deals Sunday. Retail pump increases are likely to appear gradually, with futures reopening at 6 p.m. ET Sunday. Tanker owners and major carriers have suspended transits after Iran warned ships not to pass.
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Before Wall Street opens Monday: Iran strikes, oil-supply fears and the U.S. jobs report

Before Wall Street opens Monday: Iran strikes, oil-supply fears and the U.S. jobs report

Wall Street closed out February with the Dow down 1.05%, S&P 500 off 0.43%, and Nasdaq down 0.92%, marking their steepest monthly drops since March 2025. Oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz stalled after U.S.-Israel strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, prompting Iranian missile retaliation. OPEC+ agreed in principle to raise output by 206,000 barrels per day, but traders remain focused on supply risks.
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Borsa Istanbul week ahead: BIST 100 turns to Turkey inflation test after Friday drop

Borsa Istanbul week ahead: BIST 100 turns to Turkey inflation test after Friday drop

Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index closed Friday down 1.17% at 13,717.81, with market value at 13.59 trillion lira ($310.2 billion) and turnover of 191 billion lira. Banks fell 1.71% while tech shares rose 3.08%. February inflation data is due Tuesday, with the central bank set to meet March 12. The lira hit a record low of 44.00 per dollar in February, down 20.68% over 12 months.
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Chile stocks week ahead: IPSA faces MSCI aftershocks, SQM results and key data

Chile stocks week ahead: IPSA faces MSCI aftershocks, SQM results and key data

Chile’s S&P CLX IPSA index closed Friday at 10,877.74, down 1.56%, capping a 4.8% monthly drop—its worst since October 2023—amid MSCI-driven repositioning. Retailers and banks led declines; Cencosud fell 5.95%. The peso weakened to 873.71 per dollar. The central bank will release January IMACEC data Monday, and SQM reported 2025 net income of $588.1 million.
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Vietnam stocks week ahead: Ho Chi Minh VN-Index faces a settlement test after T+2 glitch

Vietnam stocks week ahead: Ho Chi Minh VN-Index faces a settlement test after T+2 glitch

Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange will reopen Monday after a KRX system maintenance delay disrupted some T+2 settlements late last week. The VN-Index closed Friday at 1,880.33, up 0.04%, while the VN30 index fell 0.39%. Settlement issues were resolved by Friday afternoon, according to state media. Traders await Monday’s manufacturing PMI and key February economic data later in the week.
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NGX Group dividend and bonus plan jolts the stock — what Nigeria’s market watches this week

NGX Group dividend and bonus plan jolts the stock — what Nigeria’s market watches this week

NGX Group shares jumped 9.8% Friday to 124 naira after posting a 44% rise in 2025 operating profit and declaring a 3 naira full-year dividend plus a 1-for-3 bonus issue. The NGX All Share Index ended February up 23.9% year-to-date at 192,826.78 points, with market capitalisation at 123.76 trillion naira. The market reopens Monday after the weekend closure.
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Egypt stock market week ahead: EGX30 futures go live as Cairo shares slide

Egypt stock market week ahead: EGX30 futures go live as Cairo shares slide

Egypt’s stock exchange launched futures trading on the EGX30 index Sunday, marking its first listed derivatives. The EGX30 fell 3.29% by mid-morning, with broader indices also down sharply. Telecom Egypt reported 2025 net profit more than doubled to 22.6 billion pounds; its shares dropped 2.31%. The IMF last week cleared Egypt to draw $2.3 billion after completing program reviews.
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