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Stock Market News 17 January 2026

IonQ stock (IONQ) rebounds nearly 7% into long weekend — what traders watch before Tuesday

IonQ stock (IONQ) rebounds nearly 7% into long weekend — what traders watch before Tuesday

New York, January 17, 2026, 09:17 (EST) — The market has closed. IonQ shares jumped 6.8% on Friday, ending the day at $50.80 after dropping 6.5% the previous session. The stock fluctuated between $47.52 and $51.89 during the day, then slipped 0.5% in after-hours trading to $50.55. (Investing.com) The whipsaw counts because the quantum-computing group has swung back into a rapid sentiment trade, as investors flip-flop between lofty promises and the slow slog of developing machines that function reliably beyond the lab. IonQ finds itself right at the heart of this. The company’s challenge remains converting technical advances into actual
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Centrus Energy (LEU) stock price jumps into long weekend as nuclear fuel trade stays in focus

Centrus Energy (LEU) stock price jumps into long weekend as nuclear fuel trade stays in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 17, 2026, 08:24 (EST) — Market closed. Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) shares climbed 8.2% on Friday, closing at $331.03. Trading volume hit roughly 1.6 million shares, with prices swinging between $298.10 and $333.30 during the session. The bounce is significant since Centrus operates in a crucial segment of the nuclear supply chain: uranium enrichment. This process raises the uranium concentration for reactor fuel—a bottleneck investors are keenly watching. Friday brought a flurry of nuclear news. The U.S. inked a civil nuclear power deal with Slovakia, aiming to cut ties to Russian-designed reactors. The agreement centers on a
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Galaxy Digital stock jumps on Texas grid OK for Helios — what GLXY investors watch next

Galaxy Digital stock jumps on Texas grid OK for Helios — what GLXY investors watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 17, 2026, 08:41 EST — The market has shut down for the day. Galaxy Digital (GLXY) shares climbed 7.25% Friday, closing at $34.31 on Nasdaq after fluctuating between $32.38 and $34.73. On Thursday, the stock finished at $31.99, with volume dropping to roughly 15.5 million shares from around 20.6 million the previous day. (Galaxy Digital Inc.) Galaxy followed up with an update on its Helios data center campus in West Texas, revealing that ERCOT, the grid manager, has greenlit an extra 830 megawatts of computing demand—a key measure of electrical load. This boosts Helios to over 1.6
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AST SpaceMobile stock spikes on $151 billion SHIELD defense pool nod — what to watch next week

AST SpaceMobile stock spikes on $151 billion SHIELD defense pool nod — what to watch next week

New York, Jan 17, 2026, 08:15 EST — Market closed. AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) shares ended Friday up 14.34%, closing at $115.77. The stock bounced between $106.30 and $120.80 during the session, with roughly 33.6 million shares changing hands, per Yahoo Finance. The company’s decision came after it secured a prime contract spot on the Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a U.S. government procurement initiative linked to missile defense efforts. (Yahoo Finance) Why it matters now: SHIELD opens a door for AST to enter the defense sector while pushing forward its commercial satellite goals. Investors
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Micron’s $1.8B Taiwan fab plan puts MU in focus after Friday’s 7.8% pop

Micron’s $1.8B Taiwan fab plan puts MU in focus after Friday’s 7.8% pop

New York, Jan 17, 2026, 08:34 EST — Market closed Micron Technology announced Saturday it has entered into an exclusive letter of intent to buy Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp’s P5 fabrication facility in Tongluo, Taiwan, for $1.8 billion in cash. On Friday, Micron’s shares closed at $362.75, gaining $26.12, or 7.76%, on roughly 47.9 million shares traded. (Micron Technology) This announcement comes amid growing concerns that memory, not processors, could be the next bottleneck in AI development. Attention is now on DRAM and NAND chips, which provide servers with the fast working memory and flash storage essential for AI. Morgan
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Riot Platforms stock jumps 16% on AMD data-center lease — what to watch next week

Riot Platforms stock jumps 16% on AMD data-center lease — what to watch next week

New York, January 17, 2026, 08:07 EST — The market has closed. Riot Platforms (RIOT.O) shares jumped 16.1% to close at $19.24 on Friday, following news of a long-term data-center lease deal with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) and a land acquisition in Texas. AMD shares gained 1.7%. Riot’s volume hit roughly 54 million shares. (GlobeNewswire) Bitcoin miners are making moves to convert their sizable power assets into more reliable income streams, tapping into demand from artificial-intelligence servers and other high-performance computing setups that require heavy electricity and space use. (Barron’s) Riot expects the deal to generate around $311 million in
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Argan stock (AGX) jumps 16% — what investors watch next after the long weekend

Argan stock (AGX) jumps 16% — what investors watch next after the long weekend

New York, January 17, 2026, 08:05 EST — The market has closed. Shares of Argan, Inc. (NYSE: AGX) surged 16.4% on Friday, finishing at $383.66. The move puts the power-plant contractor’s market cap near $4.2 billion. (Yahoo Finance) The shift comes just before a quiet patch for U.S. markets. Wall Street will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, pushing the earliest test of buyer interest to Tuesday. (New York Stock Exchange) Argan is nearing a dividend milestone. It plans to pay a $0.50-per-share quarterly dividend on Jan. 30 to shareholders of record as of Jan. 22. CEO
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ImmunityBio stock set for volatile week after ANKTIVA sales jump and new trial update

ImmunityBio stock set for volatile week after ANKTIVA sales jump and new trial update

New York, Jan 17, 2026, 08:04 ET — Market closed. ImmunityBio shares jumped on Friday and look set to remain in the spotlight when U.S. markets open again. The company revealed a steep rise in preliminary sales for its bladder cancer immunotherapy ANKTIVA, alongside a quicker-than-anticipated pace in trial enrollments. (Nasdaq) Why this matters now: these updates offer traders new clues on whether ImmunityBio can make ANKTIVA’s launch a steady revenue source, rather than a one-off quarter surge. The company forecasted preliminary net product revenue for 2025 at around $113 million, signaling a roughly 700% jump from last year. For
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American Airlines stock dips before long weekend as Chicago O’Hare showdown heats up

American Airlines stock dips before long weekend as Chicago O’Hare showdown heats up

New York, January 17, 2026, 07:46 EST — The market is closed. Shares of American Airlines Group (AAL.O) slipped 2.2% on Friday, settling at $15.37. United Airlines (UAL.O) also declined 2.2%, with Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) down 1.2%. JetBlue Airways (JBLU.O) surged 8.2%, while Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) remained mostly flat. U.S. stock markets remain closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, stretching the holiday weekend and delaying the next trading session until Tuesday. This pause often intensifies early-week volatility as investors adjust their portfolios and absorb news released during the shutdown. (New York Stock Exchange) For American,
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Apple stock price slips into holiday week as India antitrust warning and earnings near

Apple stock price slips into holiday week as India antitrust warning and earnings near

New York, Jan 17, 2026, 07:40 EST — Market closed. Apple Inc shares slipped on Friday, closing at $255.53 as investors digested a fresh antitrust warning from India ahead of the upcoming U.S. trading session. The timing couldn’t be more inconvenient. U.S. markets close Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, squeezing the week and spotlighting just a few key dates and court filings. (New York Stock Exchange) Apple’s legal risks have resurfaced, not only in India but also in Washington. Efforts to challenge Alphabet’s Google have consistently highlighted the huge sums Apple pockets for default search placement. Wall Street
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Pfizer stock slips into holiday week as CEO filing, vaccine-policy row and biotech IPO news land

Pfizer stock slips into holiday week as CEO filing, vaccine-policy row and biotech IPO news land

New York, January 17, 2026, 07:32 EST — Market closed. Shares of Pfizer Inc (PFE) closed Friday down 0.9% at $25.65. Investors wrestled with a jumble of policy updates, regulatory filings, and a biotech IPO that dragged Pfizer’s name back into the paperwork spotlight. The next real hurdle for the stock arrives Tuesday. U.S. markets shut Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, tightening the news flow and often making the session after the holiday a bit jittery. (NYSE) Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla expressed he was “seriously frustrated” following U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to roll back
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Bank of America stock price: BAC ends higher, but Wall Street is fixated on the Jan. 20 credit-card cap

Bank of America stock price: BAC ends higher, but Wall Street is fixated on the Jan. 20 credit-card cap

New York, Jan 17, 2026, 07:50 a.m. ET — Market closed. Shares of Bank of America Corp climbed 0.7%, closing at $52.97 on Friday. Investors are now gearing up to assess policy updates following the extended weekend. https://investor.bankofamerica.com/shareholder-information/historical-data Washington is pushing to cap credit-card APRs at 10% for a year starting Jan. 20, and BAC is already feeling the impact. The proposal hit bank balance sheets before all the details were clear. “There will be an ongoing conversation between the industry and the administration,” said Stephen Biggar, a banking analyst at Argus Research. Brian Mulberry, senior client portfolio manager at
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CapitaLand Investment share price jumps as CapitaLand REIT payouts roll in — what’s next for 9CI

CapitaLand Investment share price jumps as CapitaLand REIT payouts roll in — what’s next for 9CI

7 February 2026
CapitaLand Investment shares rose 1.3% to S$3.12 on Friday, bucking a 0.8% drop in Singapore’s benchmark index. CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust reported a 16.4% jump in second-half distributable income, while CapitaLand Ascendas REIT posted a 1.4% full-year rise. CapitaLand China Trust saw full-year DPU fall to 4.82 cents amid weaker yuan and occupancy. CLI reports FY2025 results on Feb. 11.
Keppel stock holds near 12-year high after profit jump, special dividend; buyback adds support

Keppel stock holds near 12-year high after profit jump, special dividend; buyback adds support

7 February 2026
Keppel shares closed at S$11.64 on Friday, up 0.17%, after surging 6.1% the previous day on stronger FY2025 profit and a larger dividend plan. The company bought back 151,400 shares for about S$1.74 million. Keppel reported a 29% rise in full-year profit to S$1.02 billion and proposed a total distribution of 47 cents per share, including a special dividend partly paid in Keppel REIT units.
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