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PLTR stock price forecast: Palantir climbs as Truist slaps $223 target on shares

PLTR stock price forecast: Palantir climbs as Truist slaps $223 target on shares

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 15:34 EST — Regular session Palantir Technologies (PLTR) shares rose 1.8% to $182.98 in late afternoon trading on Wednesday after Truist Securities initiated coverage with a buy rating and a $223 price target. The stock ranged between $177.70 and $187.26, with traders eyeing whether it can stay north of $180 into the close. Investing.com The fresh call matters because Palantir has turned into a proxy for whether “generative AI” — tools that can produce text, code and images — is moving from pilots to budget lines. It is also a test of how far investors will
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Microsoft stock price forecast: MSFT climbs as AI trade returns — payrolls and earnings in focus

Microsoft stock price forecast: MSFT climbs as AI trade returns — payrolls and earnings in focus

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 15:29 (EST) — Regular session Microsoft (MSFT) shares rose 1.2% to $484.34 in afternoon trading on Wednesday, keeping pace with a renewed bid for big-cap tech. The stock ended Tuesday at $478.51. The move comes as investors rotate back into stocks tied to artificial intelligence, after recent hand-wringing over stretched valuations. The Nasdaq was up 0.48% and the S&P 500 was up 0.03%, with Microsoft among the AI-linked names leading gains. “Investors have come into 2026 with a similar playbook to last year: Buy tech and forget about it,” Jake Dollarhide, chief executive of Longbow
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IREN stock price forecast: Why the shares are sliding and what to watch before earnings

IREN stock price forecast: Why the shares are sliding and what to watch before earnings

New York, January 7, 2026, 15:28 EST — Regular session IREN Ltd shares were down 2.8% at $44.63 in late-afternoon trade, after swinging between $44.12 and $46.57 earlier in the session. Volume topped 16 million shares, putting the stock back in traders’ crosshairs after another choppy start to the year. Why it matters now: IREN sits at the seam between bitcoin mining and the newer AI data-center trade, and that mix can cut both ways when risk appetite turns. The company’s last big re-rating came on the back of a multi-year GPU cloud deal with Microsoft, which also left investors
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P&G stock slips in late trade as staples lag and jobs report looms

P&G stock slips in late trade as staples lag and jobs report looms

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 15:25 ET — Regular session Procter & Gamble shares fell about 1.1% on Wednesday afternoon, down $1.51 at $138.40, underperforming a mixed U.S. tape. The pullback matters now because staples have started the year on the back foot as investors lean into higher-growth corners of the market. The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR fund was down about 0.8%, while the Nasdaq-tracking QQQ was modestly higher and the Dow ETF lagged. Traders have also been squaring up for Friday’s U.S. monthly employment report, a key release that can shift expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. “We
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D-Wave Quantum stock dips after $550m Quantum Circuits deal — what QBTS investors watch next

D-Wave Quantum stock dips after $550m Quantum Circuits deal — what QBTS investors watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 15:17 EST — Regular session Shares of D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) were down about 1.1% at $30.93 on Wednesday afternoon, after the company agreed to acquire Quantum Circuits in a $550 million cash-and-stock deal. The stock swung between $32.15 and $30.44 earlier in the session, with roughly 29 million shares traded. The acquisition puts D-Wave, best known for quantum annealing systems used for optimization problems, closer to gate-model machines that run sequences of operations — the “gates” — and are viewed as more general-purpose. D-Wave said the $550 million price includes $300 million in stock and
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Salesforce stock rises as tech steadies after soft jobs data; CRM investors eye Friday payrolls

Salesforce stock rises as tech steadies after soft jobs data; CRM investors eye Friday payrolls

New York, January 7, 2026, 15:08 ET — Regular session Salesforce (CRM.N) shares rose 1.6% to $267.13 in afternoon trading on Wednesday, recovering some ground after early volatility, with about 3.7 million shares changing hands. The uptick came as technology shares extended gains from the prior session, helping keep the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in positive territory even as investors tested how much more they want to pay for growth. “The economic news sort of fueled a little bit of profit taking,” Robert Pavlik, a senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth, said. Reuters Data released on Wednesday showed U.S. private
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Why CoreWeave stock is moving today: Nvidia Rubin plan meets fresh Wall Street calls

Why CoreWeave stock is moving today: Nvidia Rubin plan meets fresh Wall Street calls

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 15:21 EST — Regular session CoreWeave shares rose about 1.1% to $78.81 in afternoon trading on Wednesday, after moving between $75.77 and $79.92. Nvidia shares were up about 1.1%. The AI cloud provider said on Monday it will add Nvidia’s Rubin platform to its infrastructure and expects to be among the first cloud providers to deploy it in the second half of 2026. Chief executive Michael Intrator called Rubin “an important advancement” as customers push into agentic systems — software that can plan tasks and act on them. CoreWeave Investors Nvidia unveiled Rubin at CES
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Applied Materials stock pulls back from 52-week high as chip-tool trade cools

Applied Materials stock pulls back from 52-week high as chip-tool trade cools

New York, January 7, 2026, 15:04 EST — Regular session Applied Materials shares fell about 1.1% to $292.66 in afternoon trade on Wednesday, easing alongside other chip-equipment names. Lam Research and KLA were also lower, while Nvidia rose, and Applied traded between $286.90 and $295.05. The move matters because chip-tool makers have turned into a clean read on how long the industry’s spending cycle can run. Investors have piled in on the view that demand tied to artificial intelligence keeps chip plants busy and pushes customers to add capacity. Applied sells the machinery that helps make chips — deposition and
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Why Vistra stock is sliding after the $4.7 billion Cogentrix deal

Why Vistra stock is sliding after the $4.7 billion Cogentrix deal

New York, January 7, 2026, 14:57 EST — Regular session Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) shares fell about 8% to $155.93 on Wednesday afternoon. The stock was down $13.60 from its previous close. Moody’s affirmed Vistra’s Ba1 corporate family rating but revised its outlook to stable from positive after the company agreed to buy a 5.5-gigawatt gas portfolio from Cogentrix. The agency cited Vistra’s “acquisitive appetite and financial policy,” saying the transaction delays the company’s expected deleveraging. Investing.com Vistra announced on Monday it would buy Cogentrix Energy from Quantum Capital Group for about $4.7 billion, adding 10 natural gas plants across PJM,
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Nike stock slides after RTFKT NFT unit sale report as RBC trims price target

Nike stock slides after RTFKT NFT unit sale report as RBC trims price target

New York, January 7, 2026, 14:56 EST — Regular session Nike shares fell 2.5% on Wednesday, down $1.65 at $63.70 in afternoon trading after earlier touching $65.58. The drop lands as investors keep testing how quickly CEO Elliott Hill can steady demand and margins. This week’s headlines – a reported sale of a digital unit and another trim to Street targets – pushed that debate back to the top of the tape. Nike has sold its digital products subsidiary RTFKT, about a year after shutting the business, Bloomberg reported, citing a Nike spokesperson. “RTFKT transitioned to a new owner on
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Bitmine (BMNR) stock slides as $14.2B crypto stash update meets dilution vote deadline

Bitmine (BMNR) stock slides as $14.2B crypto stash update meets dilution vote deadline

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 14:51 (EST) — Regular session Shares of Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. fell 4.3% to $30.94 in mid-afternoon trading on Wednesday, tracking softer crypto prices after the company highlighted a $14.2 billion crypto-and-cash pile and urged shareholders to vote ahead of next week’s annual meeting. Ether slipped about 2.5% and bitcoin fell about 1.1%. Why it matters now: Bitmine has become one of a handful of listed “crypto treasury” names that investors use as a liquid proxy for major tokens, especially ether. When the token moves, the stock can react fast — and when the company
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Visa stock slips as DOJ antitrust fight stays in focus; 3 dates investors are circling

Visa stock slips as DOJ antitrust fight stays in focus; 3 dates investors are circling

New York, January 7, 2026, 14:46 EST — Regular session Visa Inc shares slipped 0.3% to $356.59 in afternoon trading on Wednesday, as investors weighed fresh developments in U.S. litigation over the payments network’s debit practices and card fees. The move came with Wall Street mixed after a strong start to the year, as investors digested labor data ahead of Friday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. The Dow was down about 0.3%, while the S&P 500 was flat and the Nasdaq edged higher. Reuters Data on Wednesday also pointed to a firmer end to 2025 for the services-heavy U.S. economy, a
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Stock Market Today

Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 07.02.2026

7 February 2026
LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: February 7, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: February 7, 2026, 12:31 AM EST Dollar Dips as Stocks Rally and US Data Influences Fed Rate Expectations February 7, 2026, 12:18 AM EST. The **dollar index** fell 0.17%, pressured by a rebound in equity markets reducing demand for the safe-haven currency. Weaker-than-expected U.S. labor market data raised the odds of a Fed rate cut to 18% for March, though consumer sentiment improved to a six-month high, limiting losses. Hawkish comments from Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic emphasized maintaining restrictive monetary policy. The dollar faces medium-term weakness amid expectations for rate cuts
Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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