Stock Market 8 February 2026

PetroChina A-shares jump, but oil headlines and China CPI could decide the next move

PetroChina Co., Ltd. Class A shares—those traded in yuan on the mainland—caught attention ahead of Monday’s session. The stock closed out Friday at 10.77 yuan, up 2.3%.

8 February 2026

China Economy·Oil Industry·SHA:601857·Stock Market

Goldman Sachs stock jumps after Anthropic AI “agents” plan as traders size up a big week

Goldman Sachs Group Inc climbed $38.10 to finish Friday at $928.75, up roughly 4.3%. Shares reached $931.59 at their high, with U.S. equities making a strong upward move as the week closed.

8 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:GS·Stock Market·Technology Trends

IBM stock steadies near $300 after Friday pop — what investors watch before Monday

IBM jumped 3.1% Friday to close at $298.93, logging back-to-back gains and ending the week just shy of $300. Shares beat Microsoft’s performance, while Alphabet lost ground. Trading volume, however, stayed under IBM’s 50-day average, according to MarketWatch data.

8 February 2026

NYSE:IBM·Stock Market

Lam Research stock price jumps 8% on chip rebound — what LRCX investors watch next week

Lam Research jumped 8.2% Friday, closing at $231.01. That move put the chip-equipment name right back in focus for traders looking ahead to Monday’s open.

8 February 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:LRCX·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Basic materials stocks jumped Friday — now jobs and CPI could decide IYM’s next move

The iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF finished Friday up 2.3% at $176.81, trimming the gap to its 52-week peak to about 1.6% as U.S. stocks staged a strong rebound to end the week.

8 February 2026

Stock Market

Wells Fargo stock price jumps Friday — what to watch before Monday’s open

Wells Fargo & Co climbed 2.63% Friday to end the session at $93.97, part of a stronger day for U.S. stocks overall. Even with the advance, shares closed roughly 3.9% under their 52-week high. Volume lagged the 50-day average.

8 February 2026

NYSE:WFC·Stock Market·Wells Fargo

Morgan Stanley stock heads into Monday after a 2.3% jump — here’s what traders watch next

Morgan Stanley’s stock settled at $179.96 Friday, up 2.3%. Shares moved within a $175.52 to $181.17 band during the session. The last open was $178.89.

8 February 2026

NYSE:MS·Stock Market

Novartis share price sits near a 52-week high after San Diego research build — what investors watch next

Novartis closed out Friday’s session at 119.96 Swiss francs, up 0.57%, after hitting a 52-week high of 120.64 earlier in the day. Shares next trade in Zurich on Monday.

8 February 2026

NYSE:NVS·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

Real estate stocks bounce at week’s end; here’s what XLRE and VNQ investors watch next

U.S. real estate shares climbed Friday, just before another batch of U.S. economic numbers. The Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund advanced 1.8% to $41.99. Vanguard’s VNQ picked up 1.6%. Equinix, focused on data centers, jumped roughly 5%. Simon Property Group, which owns malls, tacked on 1.2%.

8 February 2026

ETFs·NYSE:VNQ·NYSE:XLRE·Real Estate·Stock Market

Utilities stocks week ahead: XLU price ends higher, but CPI and jobs data loom

Utilities shares in the U.S. managed a modest climb Friday. The Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF finished the session at $43.35, gaining 0.58%.

8 February 2026

NYSE:DUK·Stock Market

Financial services stocks brace for “jobs + CPI” week after XLF jumps — here’s what traders watch

Financial services names in the U.S. caught a bid going into the weekend, with the Dow breaking past 50,000 for the first time. Goldman Sachs rallied 4.3%, fueling the move. “What’s driven it recently has been the broadening that we have seen in the market … other than just the tech, AI trade,” said Horizon Investment Services CEO Chuck Carlson.

8 February 2026

NASDAQ:COIN·NASDAQ:HOOD·NYSE:BAC·NYSE:GS·NYSE:JPM·NYSE:XLF·Stock Market

Industrial stocks just had their best day in months — here’s what could break the rally next week

U.S. industrial stocks went into the weekend with a jolt. The Industrials Select Sector SPDR Fund ended Friday up 2.8% at $173.18.

8 February 2026

NYSE:CAT·Stock Market

Amazon’s $200 billion AI spending plan rattles tech stocks — what traders watch next week

Amazon.com is making waves with plans to pour around $200 billion into capex this year—think data centers, chips, the works. That figure “materially greater than consensus expected,” MoffettNathanson analysts noted. Still, CEO Andy Jassy pointed out: AWS is scaling up from a much bigger starting point than its cloud competitors.

8 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AMD·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:AVGO·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market·Technology

Data Center Stocks Rip Higher Into the Weekend — Here’s What Wall Street Watches Next

Vertiv surged 10% on Friday, pacing a strong rally in U.S. data center shares. Equinix tacked on 5%, Digital Realty picked up 4%, and Iron Mountain finished the session just under 8% higher. Server farm infrastructure names caught a strong bid.

8 February 2026

Data Centers·NASDAQ:EQIX·NYSE:DLR·NYSE:IRM·NYSE:VRT·Stock Market·Technology

Cloud computing stocks bounce back — SKYY jumps, but Amazon’s AI spending plan keeps nerves high

Cloud computing names wrapped up Friday in the green, with key cloud ETFs notching gains—First Trust Cloud Computing ETF up 4.4%, WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund ahead 3.5%, and Global X Cloud Computing ETF climbing 2.2%. Amazon, though, dropped 5.6% as investors balked at the mounting price tag of its AI buildout. Snowflake soared 7.5%, while Microsoft edged up 1.8%.

8 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:MSFT·NYSE:SNOW·Stock Market·Technology

Healthcare stocks set up for Monday: Hims drops $49 Wegovy copycat as FDA targets compounded GLP-1s

Hims & Hers announced Saturday it’s discontinuing access to its compounded semaglutide pill—previously sold at $49 a month—after U.S. regulators threatened enforcement on off-brand weight-loss treatments. Shares in Hims dropped 15.9% Friday, closing at $19.36. https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/hims-hers-stop-offering-compounded-semaglutide-pill-after-fda-crackdown-2026-02-07/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/HIMS/history/

8 February 2026

NASDAQ:HIMS·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market

Communication services stocks lag Friday’s Wall Street bounce as AI spending jitters bite — here’s what matters next

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF slipped 0.39% to $115.76 on Friday—out of step with a broad market rebound. Alphabet lost 2.5%, Meta dropped 1.3%. Both weighed on the sector, where online ad and platform heavyweights set the tone.

8 February 2026

NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:NFLX·NASDAQ:TMUS·NYSE:DIS·NYSE:T·NYSE:VZ·Stock Market

Quantum computing stocks rally: IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, QUBT prices jump as traders look to the week ahead

Quantum computing stocks traded in the U.S. snapped higher on Friday, riding the tech sector’s rebound and easing some of the pressure that had been building across riskier pockets of the market this week.

8 February 2026

NASDAQ:IONQ·NASDAQ:QUBT·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Ucore Rare Metals stock price jumps nearly 15% — what’s driving rare metals stocks into next week

Ucore Rare Metals jumped 14.7% to C$7.97 at Friday’s close, trading as low as C$7.10 and touching C$8.04 during the day. Shares had been under pressure earlier in the week, sinking 13.0% on Thursday. Volume on Friday hit roughly 525,000, according to Investing.com.

8 February 2026

Stock Market·TSXV:UCU.V

Big Tech stocks brace for AI spending scrutiny after Nvidia’s jump and Amazon’s drop

Big Tech walks into Monday divided: Friday’s bounce revived chip stocks, but Amazon sank as new concerns flared over AI infrastructure costs. The Dow topped 50,000 for the first time, with the S&P 500 rising 2% and the Nasdaq up a shade over 2%, thanks mostly to Nvidia and other semiconductors.

8 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:TSLA·Stock Market·Technology