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Stock Market News 8 January 2026

AbbVie stock drops before the bell after Revolution Medicines deal talk gets swatted down

AbbVie stock drops before the bell after Revolution Medicines deal talk gets swatted down

New York, January 8, 2026, 05:14 (EST) — Premarket AbbVie Inc (ABBV) shares slipped 1.6% to about $229.64 in premarket trading on Thursday after the drugmaker denied it was in talks to buy cancer biotech Revolution Medicines and cut its 2025 profit view. Revolution’s stock fell 11.5% in extended trading after AbbVie’s statement, Reuters reported. Investing.com+1 The whiplash matters because AbbVie has become a deal story again, and the market is quick to mark it up or down on anything that hints at the next growth lever. The company is due to report full-year and fourth-quarter 2025 results on Feb.
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RTX stock rebounds on Trump’s defense-spending push as buyback curbs hang over sector

RTX stock rebounds on Trump’s defense-spending push as buyback curbs hang over sector

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 05:16 EST — Premarket RTX shares rose 4.6% in premarket trading on Thursday after President Donald Trump called for a $1.5 trillion U.S. military budget for next year. Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman were up more than 6% in early trade. “Geopolitics is the inescapable story of 2026 thus far,” said Neil Wilson, UK investor strategist at Saxo Bank; Investec analyst Ben Bourne said the move could fuel a rotation into UK defence names. Reuters For RTX Corporation and its peers, the sector is being repriced on two moving parts: a bigger top-line spending signal
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Lockheed Martin stock jumps premarket after Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense-budget call

Lockheed Martin stock jumps premarket after Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense-budget call

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 04:58 EST — Premarket Lockheed Martin (LMT) shares jumped 7.6% in premarket trading on Thursday to $534.78. The stock closed Wednesday down 4.8% at $496.87 after dipping below $500 in the session. StockAnalysis Trump late Wednesday called for a $1.5 trillion U.S. military budget in 2027, far above the $901 billion Congress approved for 2026, a proposal that would still need lawmakers’ sign-off. Lockheed rose 6.2% in trading after the market closed, while General Dynamics gained 4.4% and RTX added 3.5%. Byron Callan, a defense analyst at Capital Alpha Partners, said the post left open
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Intel stock hits a 52-week high on 18A Panther Lake debut as Jan. 22 earnings loom

Intel stock hits a 52-week high on 18A Panther Lake debut as Jan. 22 earnings loom

NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2026, 05:01 EST — Premarket Intel shares jumped 6.5% on Wednesday to close at $42.63, after touching a 52-week high of $44.57 as trading picked up around its first laptop platform built on the company’s new 18A manufacturing process. About 166 million shares changed hands, roughly 2-1/2 times Tuesday’s volume. StockAnalysis+1 The move matters now because 18A sits at the center of Intel’s turnaround pitch — that it can regain chip-making edge and sell manufacturing capacity to outside customers in its foundry business. Intel has framed the new Core Ultra Series 3 line as the first
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Applied Digital stock: APLD jumps after-hours on revenue beat, $5B AI lease and fresh funding

Applied Digital stock: APLD jumps after-hours on revenue beat, $5B AI lease and fresh funding

New York, January 8, 2026, 04:51 EST — Premarket Applied Digital shares rose about 7% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the data-center operator posted quarterly revenue above Wall Street estimates on demand for facilities used to run artificial-intelligence workloads. The stock last closed down about 2% at $29.56. Reuters The timing matters. Big cloud firms are chasing power and floor space as they race to train and deploy larger AI models, and Applied Digital has pitched North Dakota as a place to lock in capacity before it gets scarcer. Applied Digital reported revenue of $126.6 million for the fiscal
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Blackstone stock steadies in premarket after Trump threatens Wall Street home-buying ban

Blackstone stock steadies in premarket after Trump threatens Wall Street home-buying ban

NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2026, 05:11 EST — Premarket Blackstone Inc shares held steady before the open on Thursday, after a sharp selloff tied to fresh political risk around institutional home buying. The stock last traded at $153.59, unchanged from Wednesday’s close after it fell as low as $147.52 in the session. Yahoo Finance Why it matters now: the housing headline hit a corner of the market that had been leaning on lower-rate hopes and a calmer U.S. economy. Blackstone and Apollo Global Management slid more than 5% on Wednesday, weighing on the S&P 500 financials sector. Reuters Trump said
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British American Tobacco stock edges up after fresh buyback update as Feb results loom

British American Tobacco stock edges up after fresh buyback update as Feb results loom

LONDON, Jan 8, 2026, 09:51 GMT — Regular session British American Tobacco (BATS.L) shares rose 0.3% to 3,979 pence by 0933 GMT, trimming a two-day slide in the London-listed tobacco group. In the United States, its ADR (BTI) was down about 1.4% in early premarket trading. SharePrices The move followed a new buyback disclosure that kept attention on capital returns at the start of the year, with investors now looking past day-to-day cigarette volumes to the bigger question: how much cash BAT can keep sending back while it pushes harder into vaping and nicotine pouches. Investegate BAT’s buyback programme, first
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Standard Chartered stock edges up after buyback update; STAN.L investors eye Feb results

Standard Chartered stock edges up after buyback update; STAN.L investors eye Feb results

London, Jan 8, 2026, 09:36 GMT — Regular session Standard Chartered (STAN.L) shares rose about 0.8% to 1,805 pence in early London trade on Thursday after the bank disclosed another round of share repurchases under its buyback programme. The lender said it bought 537,006 shares on Wednesday at an average 1,805.41 pence, lifting cumulative buyback spending to $1.11 billion and cutting shares outstanding after cancellation to about 2.26 billion. The stock has traded between 1,783.5 and 1,806.5 pence so far, still below its 52-week high of 1,875.5 pence. The move comes after a sharp pullback a day earlier. The shares
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Diageo stock edges up in London after Kenya court bid targets $2.3 billion Asahi deal

Diageo stock edges up in London after Kenya court bid targets $2.3 billion Asahi deal

London, Jan 8, 2026, 09:35 GMT — Regular session Diageo shares edged higher in early London trade on Thursday, a small bounce after a Kenyan court filing put fresh noise around the spirits maker’s $2.3 billion plan to sell East African Breweries to Japan’s Asahi. Diageo was up 0.8% at 1,589.5 pence by 0919 GMT, while the FTSE 100 eased about 0.2%. SharePrices The move matters because Diageo has been leaning on asset sales to shore up cash flow and cut debt, and the Kenya challenge adds a new moving part just as investors are looking for cleaner lines on
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LSEG shares edge higher after buyback filing as investors look to Feb results

LSEG shares edge higher after buyback filing as investors look to Feb results

London, Jan 8, 2026, 09:36 GMT — Regular session London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L) shares inched higher on Thursday after the company said it bought back 117,644 shares as part of its existing programme. The stock was up 0.1% at 8,898 pence. London South East The small gain follows a sharper move the other way a day earlier, when LSEG fell 2.33% to close at 88.90 pounds, underperforming the broader market. Trading volume was also light versus its recent average, MarketWatch data showed. MarketWatch Why this matters now: UK equities have been swinging between fresh highs and quick pullbacks, leaving
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Lloyds Banking Group stock edges up after UK-first tokenised deposit blockchain trade

Lloyds Banking Group stock edges up after UK-first tokenised deposit blockchain trade

London, Jan 8, 2026, 09:46 GMT — Regular session Lloyds Banking Group plc (LLOY.L) shares edged up 0.7% to 99.58 pence on Thursday, after trading between 98.31 pence and 99.64 pence and sitting about 2 pence below a 52-week high of 101.70 pence. Investing.com The lender said on Wednesday it issued “tokenised deposits” — a digital form of bank money recorded on a blockchain — on the Canton Network and used them to buy a tokenised gilt, or UK government bond, from digital securities firm Archax. Surath Sengupta, head of transaction banking products at Lloyds, called it “a glimpse into
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FTSE 100 record run stalls as gold dips and Tesla UK sales slide

FTSE 100 record run stalls as gold dips and Tesla UK sales slide

London, January 8, 2026, 09:21 GMT London’s FTSE 100 closed down 0.7% on Wednesday, pausing after a run of record highs as energy and financial stocks fell and investors tracked the latest U.S.-Venezuela moves. Energy shares slid after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had reached a deal to import up to $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude, while banks fell and defence stocks edged higher. The mid-cap FTSE 250 ended 0.4% higher, holding near a four-year peak. Reuters The wobble comes at the start of a year when investors have pushed several major markets toward new highs, then started
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IRS tax refund delays? Watchdog flags staffing crunch as 2026 filing season ramps up

IRS tax refund delays? Watchdog flags staffing crunch as 2026 filing season ramps up

7 February 2026
IRS staffing has dropped to 2021 levels as the 2026 tax filing season begins, according to a Treasury watchdog. The agency faces a backlog of about 2 million returns, 129% above pre-pandemic levels. Most e-filers using direct deposit still get refunds within 21 days, but paper filings and amended returns could see delays. The IRS lowered its call-answer target to 70% for this season.
Plug Power stock jumps 12% after vote setback, with Feb 17 share decision in focus

Plug Power stock jumps 12% after vote setback, with Feb 17 share decision in focus

7 February 2026
Plug Power shares rose 11.6% Friday to $2.08 after a sharp drop the previous day, as attention shifted to a Feb. 17 shareholder vote on expanding authorized shares. The company failed to secure enough votes earlier this week and is urging overseas holders to participate. CEO Andy Marsh cited difficulties for European investors in casting ballots. A reverse stock split remains possible if the proposal fails.
AT&T stock price: T slips after $6.5B bond sale as payrolls, CPI loom next week

AT&T stock price: T slips after $6.5B bond sale as payrolls, CPI loom next week

7 February 2026
AT&T shares closed down 0.7% at $27.13 on Friday, underperforming the S&P 500’s 1.97% gain. The company completed a $6.5 billion global notes sale this week, with maturities from 2031 to 2056 and coupons between 4.4% and 6%. Investors await delayed U.S. jobs and inflation data, along with T-Mobile’s upcoming earnings update.
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