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Stock Market News 24 January 2026

Costco stock (COST) holds near $1,000 as dividend date nears and a sales update looms

Costco stock (COST) holds near $1,000 as dividend date nears and a sales update looms

Costco shares closed Friday up 0.8% at $983.25, just below $1,000, ahead of the Jan. 29 ex-dividend date. December net sales rose 8.5% year-over-year. Shareholders approved director nominees and executive pay but rejected a greenwashing audit proposal at the annual meeting. Executive vice president Teresa A. Jones sold 850 shares at a weighted average of $986.26, according to a new SEC filing.
24 January 2026
Disney stock slips into weekend as board flags CEO pick “early 2026” and earnings loom

Disney stock slips into weekend as board flags CEO pick “early 2026” and earnings loom

Disney shares fell 1.97% to $110.98 Friday after a proxy filing confirmed the board plans to name a new CEO in early 2026, ahead of the March 18 shareholder meeting. Senior executive Sonia L. Coleman sold 2,473 shares at $114 each under a pre-arranged plan. Investors await Disney’s Feb. 2 earnings for updates on streaming, ESPN, and parks.
ServiceNow stock price jumps 3.5% into earnings week — OpenAI tie-up and target cuts in focus

ServiceNow stock price jumps 3.5% into earnings week — OpenAI tie-up and target cuts in focus

ServiceNow shares rose 3.5% to $133.11 Friday ahead of its Jan. 28 earnings release. Analysts cut price targets this week, with Cantor Fitzgerald lowering its target to $200 and BNP Paribas Exane to $120, citing doubts over software valuations and AI returns. The stock remains more than 46% below its 52-week high. Investors are watching subscription growth and the impact of a new OpenAI partnership.
Moderna stock pulls back after a sharp rally as investors weigh U.S. vaccine backlash risk

Moderna stock pulls back after a sharp rally as investors weigh U.S. vaccine backlash risk

Moderna shares fell 6.09% to $48.71 Friday after CEO Stéphane Bancel said the company will scale back new late-stage vaccine trials, citing U.S. resistance and policy delays. The drop followed a midweek rally on positive cancer vaccine data with Merck. Investors await Moderna’s Feb. 13 results for further updates. U.S. markets are closed until Monday.
TeraWulf (WULF) stock jumps nearly 10% on bitcoin’s $91,000 bounce — what to watch next week

TeraWulf (WULF) stock jumps nearly 10% on bitcoin’s $91,000 bounce — what to watch next week

TeraWulf shares surged 9.5% to $14.12 Friday as bitcoin briefly topped $91,000 before settling near $89,459. Nearly 29.6 million TeraWulf shares traded hands. Other U.S.-listed miners, including Marathon Digital, Riot Platforms, and CleanSpark, also closed higher. Broader U.S. stocks ended mixed, with the Dow down 0.58% and the Nasdaq up 0.28%.
IREN stock jumps 8% into the weekend as Feb. 5 earnings date puts AI cloud push back in focus

IREN stock jumps 8% into the weekend as Feb. 5 earnings date puts AI cloud push back in focus

IREN shares jumped 8.5% Friday to $56.68, trading between $50.11 and $58.58 on heavy volume before slipping 0.5% after hours. The company will report quarterly results Feb. 5. Bitcoin hovered near $89,000, keeping crypto stocks active. IREN’s recent $9.7 billion, five-year deal with Microsoft remains in focus.
Coca-Cola stock price ends week higher; KO heads into Fed week with earnings on deck

Coca-Cola stock price ends week higher; KO heads into Fed week with earnings on deck

Coca-Cola shares rose 1.4% to $72.88 on Friday, outperforming a flat S&P 500 as investors awaited next week’s Federal Reserve decision. The Dow fell 0.58%, with Intel dropping sharply on a weak forecast. Coca-Cola will report earnings Feb. 10 and present at CAGNY on Feb. 17. Markets reopen Monday with attention on the Fed’s Jan. 28 policy announcement.
Microsoft stock jumped Friday — what investors watch before MSFT earnings next week

Microsoft stock jumped Friday — what investors watch before MSFT earnings next week

Microsoft shares rose 3.3% to $465.95 Friday, lifting its market cap near $3.85 trillion after a volatile week. Analysts trimmed price targets ahead of Microsoft’s Jan. 28 earnings, citing sector de-rating. Microsoft restored 365 services after outages and reported 40% growth in Azure and cloud revenue last quarter. Investors await next week’s results for updates on AI spending and cloud demand.
Sarepta stock eyes a Monday swing as Elevidys 3-year EMBARK data gets a date

Sarepta stock eyes a Monday swing as Elevidys 3-year EMBARK data gets a date

Sarepta shares rose about 5% in after-hours trading Friday after the company announced it will release three-year Phase 3 data for its Duchenne gene therapy, Elevidys, on Jan. 26. The update follows recent FDA restrictions and safety warnings after deaths in non-ambulatory patients. Investors are watching for data on durability and safety. Sarepta will hold a webcast Monday morning to present the results.
GlobalFoundries (GFS) stock price slides nearly 5% into weekend as chip trade turns jumpy

GlobalFoundries (GFS) stock price slides nearly 5% into weekend as chip trade turns jumpy

GlobalFoundries shares fell 4.8% to $42.85 Friday, following a volatile week for chip stocks and a 17% plunge in Intel. About 4.3 million GFS shares changed hands as investors reacted to weak forecasts and rising supply chain costs. GlobalFoundries will report quarterly results on Feb. 11. The company recently agreed to buy Synopsys’ ARC Processor IP business, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.
Alaska Air stock pops on earnings beat — here’s what matters before Monday’s open

Alaska Air stock pops on earnings beat — here’s what matters before Monday’s open

Alaska Air Group shares rose 4.1% to $50.87 Friday after the airline beat quarterly profit estimates. The company projected a first-quarter adjusted loss of 50 cents to $1.50 per share and full-year earnings of $3.50 to $6.50 per share, below analyst expectations. Fourth-quarter revenue reached $3.6 billion. Alaska completed two major steps in its Hawaiian Airlines integration.
Fortinet stock jumps on TD Cowen upgrade — what FTNT investors watch before earnings

Fortinet stock jumps on TD Cowen upgrade — what FTNT investors watch before earnings

Fortinet shares rose 5.2% to $81.64 Friday after TD Cowen upgraded the stock to buy, citing steady demand and AI-driven security growth. The move comes ahead of Fortinet’s Feb. 5 earnings report, with investors focused on billings and management’s 2026 outlook. Trading volume reached 10.7 million shares. The stock remains 29% below its 52-week high amid ongoing concerns over device security and SSO vulnerabilities.

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AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 11:29 ET — Market closed. AbbVie shares closed up 2% on Friday at $223.43, extending a second straight session of gains as U.S. stocks rallied. The stock is still roughly 9% below its 52-week high, and trading volume ran a bit under its recent average. (MarketWatch) The bounce comes as investors work through AbbVie’s post-earnings reset and what it means for 2026. The drugmaker said fourth-quarter net revenues rose 10% to $16.618 billion and adjusted profit per share—excluding certain items—was $2.71; it forecast 2026 adjusted earnings of $14.37 to $14.57 a share. Chief Executive Robert
SK hynix stock price slips into Monday after S&P upgrade, tech selloff

SK hynix stock price slips into Monday after S&P upgrade, tech selloff

7 February 2026
SK hynix shares closed at 839,000 won, down 0.36% Friday and 8% for the week, as tech stocks retreated across Asia. S&P Global Ratings upgraded the chipmaker to “BBB+” with a positive outlook, citing strong HBM sales. The KOSPI fell 1.4% Friday, ending a six-week winning streak. Traders await Monday’s Seoul open for signs of further tech weakness.
Bank of America stock jumps 3% into the weekend — what to watch before Monday’s trade

Bank of America stock jumps 3% into the weekend — what to watch before Monday’s trade

7 February 2026
Bank of America shares rose 2.89% Friday to $56.53, tracking a rally in U.S. financial stocks as the Dow closed above 50,000. The bank will redeem its Series DD preferred stock and related depositary shares on March 10 at $1,000 per share. CEO Brian Moynihan donated 100,000 shares on Feb. 4, a regulatory filing showed. Key U.S. jobs and inflation data are due next week after delays.
Oracle stock rebounds from eight-day skid as $20 billion share-sale plan looms

Oracle stock rebounds from eight-day skid as $20 billion share-sale plan looms

7 February 2026
Oracle shares jumped 4.65% to $142.82 Friday, ending an eight-day slide but remaining down 22% since Jan. 27. The company has set up a $20 billion at-the-market stock program and completed a $25 billion senior notes sale to fund cloud expansion. Oracle’s liabilities stood at $174.5 billion as of Nov. 30, 2025, before the new financing. Investors remain focused on dilution risks and the pace of capacity growth.
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