Stock Market 9 March 2026

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings starts $1.5 billion buyback after NYSE debut, buys 663,882 shares in first week

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings disclosed Monday it repurchased 663,882 shares between March 2 and March 6—marking the first such update since the company’s main listing moved to New York and it kicked off its $1.5 billion buyback program. These shares will sit in treasury for the time being, the firm added.

9 March 2026

LSE:AHT·NASDAQ:HEES·NYSE:HERC·NYSE:URI·Share Buybacks·Stock Market

Unilever PLC Shares Slip as Oil Shock Revives 2026 Growth Doubts After Magnum Spin-Off

Unilever slipped 0.64% to finish at 4,903.5 pence on Monday in London, with the shares losing ground as oil prices soared and European equities broadly sold off. Investors kept a close watch on the group’s performance, still digesting the recent spin-off of its ice cream business and eyeing its growth prospects.

9 March 2026

LSE:ULVR·Stock Market

Standard Chartered Pushes Ahead With $1.5 Billion Buyback After Profit Miss, CFO Exit

Standard Chartered PLC snapped up 892,954 shares on March 6, according to a filing published Monday, with the bank set to cancel those shares as part of its recently launched $1.5 billion buyback. So far, by the end of March 6, Standard Chartered had already deployed about $111.4 million—representing close to 7% of the buyback’s total size.

9 March 2026

LSE:STAN·Stock Market

Barclays PLC Shares Stay Under Pressure as MFS Fallout Meets Oil Shock

Barclays PLC slipped again Monday, with traders bracing for fallout from the bank’s links to collapsed mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions and another round of oil-fueled volatility in UK markets. Shares dropped 2.86% to 392.6 pence at 1429 GMT, according to Reuters data. The FTSE 100 shed 0.3%, and the FTSE 250 slid 1.8%—both settling at levels last seen about five weeks ago.

9 March 2026

LSE:BARC·Oil Industry·Stock Market

BP PLC Shares Rise as Oil Prices Spike, but Traders Still Bet the Windfall Fades

BP climbed 2.2% in London on Monday after Brent crude briefly crossed $119 a barrel. Even so, shares are up 7.8% since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran erupted late last month—well behind crude’s more than 40% surge. That spread points to skepticism about a lasting supply hit; James West at Melius Research noted the market was anticipating a “swift end” to the Strait of Hormuz disruption.

9 March 2026

Energy Sector·LSE:BP·Oil Industry·Stock Market

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Expands Poland Defence Bet With PGZ as Europe Rearms

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc on Monday announced it has inked a preliminary agreement with Poland’s Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa aimed at ramping up collaboration on propulsion systems for military vehicles and naval vessels, giving the British engineering firm a bigger foothold in Europe’s rearmament efforts. Under the proposed partnership, the companies may tackle everything from maintenance and upgrades of existing mtu systems to manufacturing complete drive units and components on Polish soil.

9 March 2026

LSE:RR·Stock Market

BlackRock Fund Curbs Rattle Banks and Property Trades as Standard Motor Products Draws Bottom-Fishing Calls

BlackRock’s move to limit withdrawals from its $26 billion private-credit fund kept pressure on banks and property-related trades Monday, though a late-session comeback lifted Wall Street. Sentiment was also rattled by new trouble at bankrupt auto-parts supplier First Brands and the fallout from failed UK mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions.

9 March 2026

NASDAQ:JEF·NYSE:BLK·NYSE:BX·NYSE:OWL·Real Estate·Stock Market

Opendoor Stock Swings After 4.99% Mortgage Offer Raises Fresh 2026 Profit Questions

Opendoor Technologies shares were choppy on Monday, slipping down to $4.74 at one point before rebounding to trade near $5.07 in the afternoon. The moves came as investors took stock of the company's fresh 4.99% mortgage offer.

9 March 2026

NASDAQ:OPEN·Real Estate·Stock Market

UiPath Stock Slips Ahead of Earnings as AI Bet Faces a March 11 Test

UiPath shares eased on Monday as investors waited for the automation software company's fourth-quarter report, due after the market closes on March 11. The stock was down 0.8% at $11.77 in afternoon trading.

9 March 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:PATH·Stock Market

Micron Technology rises as analysts look past Nvidia Vera Rubin HBM4 setback

Micron Technology shares gained roughly 2.3% Monday, with Citi and Susquehanna lifting their price targets ahead of the chipmaker’s results set for March 18. Korean media over the weekend reported Nvidia's Vera Rubin AI system will use HBM4 chips from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, skipping Micron. The stock was changing hands at $378.78 during the afternoon session.

9 March 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Industry Analysis·NASDAQ:MU·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

NIO Inc Earnings Preview: China EV Maker Faces Crucial Margin Test After Rare Profit Alert

NIO Inc is set to deliver its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results on Tuesday. Investors want to see whether management’s rare operating profit forecast can hold up beyond just one quarter. The Chinese EV company’s U.S.-listed stock added 9 cents to $4.87 on Monday.

9 March 2026

Earnings Reports·Electric Vehicles·NASDAQ:NIO·Stock Market

Nokia Stock Slips After AI-RAN Push as Broker Views Split

Nokia’s stock edged down 0.24% to 6.69 euros in Helsinki on Monday. On March 5, the company reported it had filed its Form 20-F. The next day, a stock-exchange filing revealed FMR LLC increased its stake to 5.26% of shares and 5.05% of voting rights, up from the previous 5.04% and 4.83%.

9 March 2026

NYSE:NOK·Stock Market

Bank of America Says U.S. Art Market Rebounded 23% as Wealthy Buyers Returned

Bank of America reported Monday that the U.S. art market staged a rebound in 2025, with auction sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips reaching $3.17 billion—a 23% jump from the prior year. That's the first annual uptick since 2022, based on the latest report from the bank and ArtTactic.

9 March 2026

NYSE:BAC·Stock Market

Ford Motor Company Recall Wave Deepens With 1 Million U.S. Owner Notices Due, Shares Slip

Ford Motor was set to start mailing U.S. recall notices on Monday for roughly 1.02 million vehicles, continuing a fast run of safety actions at the automaker. Ford shares were down about 1% at $12.03 around 12:25 p.m. EDT.

9 March 2026

NYSE:F·Stock Market

Wall Street Shaken by $100 Oil: Dow Drops, Airlines Slide, Rate-Cut Bets Pushed Out

Stocks on Wall Street slipped Monday, pressured by spiking oil that put renewed heat on inflation worries and weighed on travel and bank names, while chipmakers rebounded just enough to keep the Nasdaq mostly stable. By 11:58 a.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had shed 398.03 points, or 0.84%, landing at 47,103.52. The S&P 500 slipped 0.44%; the Nasdaq Composite edged down just 0.06%. “With oil prices going up 50% in a matter of weeks — that’s a displacement this market hasn’t seen in years,” said Dennis Dick, founder and market structure analyst at Triple D Trading. https://www.reuters.com/business/wall-st-futures-slump-iran-war-drags-oil-near-120-stokes-inflation-worries-2026-03-09/

9 March 2026

Airlines·Federal Reserve·NASDAQ:AVGO·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:WDC·Oil Prices·Stock Market

UK stock market today: FTSE 100 pares early slump as oil shock hits London shares

London stocks slumped on Monday. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.3%, while the FTSE 250 dropped a steeper 1.6%. Climbing oil prices unsettled investors, stoking fresh worries over inflation.

9 March 2026

FTSE 100·LSE:BP·LSE:ITRK·LSE:PSN·LSE:SGRO·LSE:SHEL·Oil Prices·Stock Market·UK Economy

Petrobras Shares Jump as Oil Surge Renews Extra Dividend Talk

Petrobras caught renewed attention Monday, oil rallying to highs last seen in mid-2022 and stirring debate over the Brazilian state oil giant's capacity for additional shareholder payouts, following its profit jump last week. In New York, the U.S.-listed stock rose roughly 4.3% by midday.

9 March 2026

Dividends·NYSE:PBR·Oil Industry·Stock Market

Intel’s Delayed Ohio Chip Project Drew $1.4 Billion in 2025, and It Says No New Delay Is Planned

Intel has told Ohio’s Department of Development it put around $1.4 billion into the state in 2025 and, as of February, wasn’t planning another holdup for its New Albany chip facility, according to a Sunday report from Columbus TV station WCMH. That’s a shift for a project Intel pushed last year to a 2030 finish for its first factory—operations slated to kick off sometime from 2030 to 2031.

9 March 2026

NASDAQ:INTC·Stock Market

Lumentum Holdings Stock Jumps as S&P 500 Addition Extends Nvidia-Linked AI Optics Rally (News Release Archive)

Lumentum Holdings surged roughly 10.6% Monday, bucking the slide across U.S. equities as buyers piled in before the photonics group's upcoming S&P 500 inclusion later this month. Shares recently changed hands near $617.81 in New York.

9 March 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:COHR·NASDAQ:LITE·NASDAQ:MTCH·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:PAYC·NASDAQ:SATS·NYSE:LW·NYSE:MOH·NYSE:VRT·Stock Market·Technology

Stock Market Today: Wall Street Slides as Oil Nears $120 and Weak Jobs Data Stoke Stagflation Fears

Stocks tumbled out of the gate Monday, with all three major indexes—Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq—off roughly 1.3% by 9:44 a.m. ET. Oil flirted with $120 a barrel after Iran tapped Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader and President Donald Trump gave no sign of reversing course quickly, deepening worries about a drawn-out Middle East conflict. Crude held above $100 even after slipping from its earlier high.

9 March 2026

NYSE:CCL·NYSE:RCL·Oil Prices·Stock Market