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Stock Market News 3 January 2026

Palantir stock drops to start 2026 as insider sale notice hits — what to watch next

Palantir stock drops to start 2026 as insider sale notice hits — what to watch next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 06:35 ET — Market closed Palantir Technologies Inc. shares fell 5.6% on Friday, Jan. 2, to $167.86, marking a weak start to 2026 for the data-analytics software maker. The stock swung between $182.93 and $166.38 in the session, with about 60.6 million shares changing hands. The move matters now because Palantir has become a high-beta proxy for investor appetite for “AI” trades — and those trades can unwind fast when the market shifts its focus from growth stories to valuations and rates. The drop also put fresh emphasis on near-term positioning. When a stock finishes
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Tesla stock slips after delivery update; Wall Street shifts focus to Tesla’s Jan. 28 earnings

Tesla stock slips after delivery update; Wall Street shifts focus to Tesla’s Jan. 28 earnings

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 06:15 ET — Market closed. Tesla (TSLA) shares ended down 2.6% at $438.07 in the last session, after the electric-vehicle maker released its quarterly production and delivery update. The stock traded between $435.33 and $462.42 on Friday. The data landed on the first trading day of 2026, giving investors an early read on demand. Deliveries, a proxy for sales that counts vehicles handed to customers, remain one of Tesla’s most-watched metrics. Truist analyst William Stein cut his price target — an analyst’s estimate of where a stock should trade — to $439 from $444 and
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Intel stock jumps 6.7% to start 2026 as chip rally returns — what Wall Street is watching next

Intel stock jumps 6.7% to start 2026 as chip rally returns — what Wall Street is watching next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 06:13 ET — Market closed Intel Corporation (INTC) shares ended Friday up $2.48, or 6.7%, at $39.38, after semiconductor stocks paced gains in Wall Street’s first session of 2026. U.S. markets are closed on Saturday. The move matters because semiconductors tend to set the tone for growth stocks at the start of a new year, when investors rebalance portfolios and reset risk. Big swings in chip names can quickly bleed into broader tech sentiment. At Friday’s close, Intel was about 11% below its 52-week high of $44.02, and well above its 52-week low of $17.67,
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Nvidia stock rises to start 2026 — and traders are already eyeing Jensen Huang’s CES stage

Nvidia stock rises to start 2026 — and traders are already eyeing Jensen Huang’s CES stage

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 06:08 ET — Market closed NVIDIA Corporation shares rose 1.26% to $188.85 at Friday’s close and were little changed in after-hours trading. ( Stockanalysis) The gain mattered because Nvidia remains a key proxy for the “AI trade” — investor demand for stocks tied to artificial intelligence hardware and spending — and early-year positioning can set the tone for the sector. Attention is also turning quickly to near-term catalysts, including a scheduled CES appearance by Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang and a new insider sale notice, after a late-December wobble put valuation back in focus for
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Plug Power stock jumps as Clear Street turns bullish — here’s what investors watch next

Plug Power stock jumps as Clear Street turns bullish — here’s what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 06:19 ET — Market closed. Plug Power Inc. (PLUG) shares closed at $2.23 on Friday, up about 13% in the last regular session, after a bullish analyst call helped lift sentiment in the beaten-down hydrogen sector. The stock traded between $2.00 and $2.27. The move matters now because Plug’s equity has been trading on a single question: can the company improve unit economics fast enough to narrow losses while keeping financing risks contained. For traders, that sets up a familiar pattern in high-volatility clean-energy names: a modest shift in the “path to profitability” narrative can
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U.S. attack on Venezuela: Trump says Maduro captured; what to watch for stocks next week

U.S. attack on Venezuela: Trump says Maduro captured; what to watch for stocks next week

NEW YORK, Jan 3, 2026, 05:59 ET — Market closed The U.S. struck Venezuela overnight and captured President Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump said early on Saturday, promising more details at an 11 a.m. ET press conference in Florida. Venezuela’s government said attacks hit Caracas and several states and declared a national emergency. Reuters said the action would be the most direct U.S. intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.  Reuters The surprise escalation hits as U.S. markets are shut for the weekend, leaving traders to digest the geopolitical shock before Monday’s opening bell. Investors will be
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Lockheed Martin stock jumps nearly 3% to start 2026 — contracts, rates and earnings in focus

Lockheed Martin stock jumps nearly 3% to start 2026 — contracts, rates and earnings in focus

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 05:58 ET — Market closed Lockheed Martin Corp stock rose 2.8% at its last close, ending at $497.07 as U.S. markets wrapped the first trading day of 2026. The move matters now because investors are re-positioning for January with defense spending and contract flow back in focus, even as the broader market takes its cues from interest rates. For Lockheed, the world’s largest defense contractor, the stock often tracks both the drumbeat of Pentagon awards and the bigger question of where bond yields are headed. On Friday, Lockheed outpaced the broader market and most large
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Disney stock slips to start 2026 — here’s what traders are watching next

Disney stock slips to start 2026 — here’s what traders are watching next

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 06:01 ET — Market closed. Walt Disney Co shares closed down 1.7% on Friday at $111.85, starting 2026 on a softer note even as the broader market eked out a gain. The early-year dip matters because Disney sits at the crossroads of consumer spending and advertising, two areas investors tend to reprice quickly when interest-rate expectations move. It also puts the focus back on what comes next: whether Disney can keep improving streaming profits while protecting its high-margin parks business, as Wall Street looks for fresh signposts in January and early February. U.S. stocks began
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Salesforce stock slides 4% to start 2026 — CRM investors brace for jobs data and earnings

Salesforce stock slides 4% to start 2026 — CRM investors brace for jobs data and earnings

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 05:51 ET — Market closed Salesforce (CRM) shares closed down 4.26% at $253.62 on Friday, marking a weak start to 2026 for the cloud software bellwether. ServiceNow and DocuSign also fell, underscoring broader pressure across enterprise software. Stooq The drop came as the Dow and S&P 500 ended higher, helped by a rally in chipmakers, while some big technology names retreated, Reuters reported. “Investors might be a little bit more conscious about some of the valuations that they’re paying for some of the AI plays,” said Joe Mazzola, head of trading and derivatives strategist at
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Exxon stock today: XOM ends higher as OPEC+ decision and LNG record sharpen the focus

Exxon stock today: XOM ends higher as OPEC+ decision and LNG record sharpen the focus

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 05:50 ET — Market closed. Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) shares last closed up about 1.9% at $122.65 on Friday, after trading between $119.66 and $122.78. About 14.2 million shares changed hands. The stock heads into the weekend with oil markets focused on Sunday’s OPEC+ meeting and a fresh debate over whether global supply stays heavy in early 2026. Brent settled at $60.75 a barrel and U.S. crude ended at $57.32, Reuters reported. “Oil prices are locked in this long-term trading range,” said Phil Flynn, senior analyst at Price Futures Group. Reuters Natural gas is also
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Occidental Petroleum (OXY) stock climbs on $9.7B OxyChem sale to Berkshire as markets shut for weekend

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) stock climbs on $9.7B OxyChem sale to Berkshire as markets shut for weekend

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 05:50 ET — Market closed Occidental Petroleum shares ended Friday up 3.06% at $42.38 after the company completed a $9.7 billion all-cash sale of its OxyChem chemicals business to Berkshire Hathaway. A regulatory filing showed Occidental published unaudited pro forma financial statements, which adjust past results as if the sale and certain debt redemptions had already happened. The stock’s 52-week range is $34.78 to $53.20, according to the company’s investor site. Oxy The divestiture — the sale of a business — delivers a large cash inflow and reshapes Occidental into a tighter oil-and-gas story. That
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GE Aerospace stock hits a fresh high as Wall Street turns to earnings and jobs data

GE Aerospace stock hits a fresh high as Wall Street turns to earnings and jobs data

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 05:51 ET — Market closed. GE Aerospace shares closed up 4.13% on Friday at $320.75, outperforming aerospace peers and marking a new 52-week high in the first session of 2026. Trading volume was about 4.2 million shares, slightly below its 50-day average, market data showed. MarketWatch The move matters because GE is heading into its next earnings update with the stock at record levels, leaving less room for disappointment in guidance. The company is scheduled to hold its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings webcast on Jan. 22. GE Aerospace Friday’s jump came as U.S. equities opened the
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Stock Market Today

Corning stock price hits record close — what’s driving GLW and the next big test

Corning stock price hits record close — what’s driving GLW and the next big test

7 February 2026
Corning shares jumped 8.3% to a record $122.16 Friday, gaining 11% over two sessions amid strong demand for AI infrastructure stocks. The move follows a $6 billion optical fiber deal with Meta and upgraded company forecasts. Shares traded as high as $122.56 and rose 0.6% after hours. COO Avery Nelson sold 1,894 shares for tax withholding, retaining 66,050.
PepsiCo stock: €2.5 billion bond deal lands as investors size up the price-cut gamble

PepsiCo stock: €2.5 billion bond deal lands as investors size up the price-cut gamble

7 February 2026
PepsiCo priced €2.5 billion in euro notes across four maturities, with settlement set for Feb. 11, according to an SEC filing. The company plans to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repaying commercial paper. Shares closed at $170.49 Friday, up 1.8%. PepsiCo is also cutting U.S. snack prices by up to 15% after consumer pushback.
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