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Stock Market News 2 January 2026

Gold price today: Bullion steadies near $4,300 as yields rise; gold stocks firm after the bell

Gold price today: Bullion steadies near $4,300 as yields rise; gold stocks firm after the bell

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 16:38 ET — After-hours Gold prices steadied near $4,300 an ounce on Friday as U.S. Treasury yields moved higher and the dollar firmed, muting early momentum after a record-breaking 2025 for precious metals. Reuters The pause matters because investors are reopening risk books for 2026 with Federal Reserve policy and geopolitics back in the driver’s seat. Gold tends to draw demand when investors want a hedge against uncertainty, and when interest rates fall the metal’s lack of interest income becomes less of a disadvantage. Spot gold was steady at $4,313.29 an ounce by 1:46 p.m.
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US stock market today: Dow rises, S&P 500 edges up as Nvidia leads chip rally; Tesla falls

US stock market today: Dow rises, S&P 500 edges up as Nvidia leads chip rally; Tesla falls

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 4:30 PM ET — After-hours Wall Street ended mixed on Friday, with the Dow snapping a four-day losing streak to start 2026 as chipmakers and industrials rallied, while consumer discretionary shares weighed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 311.99 points, or 0.67%, to 48,383.22; the S&P 500 added 12.52 points, or 0.18%, to 6,858.02; and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 5.30 points, or 0.02%, to 23,236.69. Recent selling also snuffed out hopes of a “Santa Claus rally” — a tendency for stocks to firm in the last five trading days of December and the first two
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Dow Jones today: Dow jumps 312 points as chip stocks and industrials lift Wall Street into 2026

Dow Jones today: Dow jumps 312 points as chip stocks and industrials lift Wall Street into 2026

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 16:31 ET — After-hours The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 311.99 points, or 0.67%, to 48,383.22 at Friday’s close, snapping a four-day losing streak on the first trading day of 2026. The S&P 500 added 0.18% while the Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.02%, according to preliminary data. Chip stocks and industrials lifted the Dow, and furniture retailers advanced after the White House said President Donald Trump signed a proclamation delaying planned tariff increases on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for another year; Tesla slid after reporting a second straight annual fall in sales. Reuters The
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Amazon stock dips to start 2026 — here’s what could move AMZN next

Amazon stock dips to start 2026 — here’s what could move AMZN next

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 4:17 PM ET — After-hours Amazon.com, Inc. shares fell 1.9% on Friday and last traded little changed in early after-hours at $226.47, after swinging between $224.71 and $235.39 during the session. About 50.4 million shares changed hands. The drop put fresh pressure on a corner of the market that helped power 2025’s rally. The Dow ended higher, but the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished little changed as chipmakers advanced while consumer discretionary names such as Amazon weighed on broader indexes. Reuters The timing matters because investors are hunting for a new catalyst after thin year-end
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Micron stock jumps 10% as Bernstein hikes MU target to $330 — what investors watch next

Micron stock jumps 10% as Bernstein hikes MU target to $330 — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 16:15 ET — After-hours Micron Technology Inc shares closed up 10.4% at $315.23 on Friday after a Bernstein note lifted sentiment on memory pricing, extending a semiconductor rally to start 2026. The stock touched $315.37 and gained $29.82 from Thursday’s close, market data showed. StockAnalysis The call matters because Micron’s earnings are highly sensitive to memory pricing — small shifts in contract prices can swing margins. Investors have been hunting for new signposts on whether AI-driven demand is keeping the supply squeeze intact as 2026 begins. High-bandwidth memory, or HBM, is a premium stacked memory
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Palantir stock drops nearly 6% to start 2026 as yields rise and chips rally

Palantir stock drops nearly 6% to start 2026 as yields rise and chips rally

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 16:09 ET — After-hours Palantir Technologies Inc. shares fell 5.7% on Friday to close at $167.59, giving back early gains as the first trading day of 2026 turned choppy for growth stocks. The move matters because Palantir was one of last year’s standout AI-linked winners, leaving the stock more sensitive to shifts in risk appetite and interest-rate expectations than the broader market. Friday’s drop also underscored how quickly money can rotate at the start of a new year, with investors moving toward areas tied to AI infrastructure — notably chipmakers — while some high-multiple software
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Nvidia stock rises as chipmakers rally into 2026; NVDA traders eye CES and earnings

Nvidia stock rises as chipmakers rally into 2026; NVDA traders eye CES and earnings

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 16:06 ET — After-hours NVIDIA Corp shares rose $2.00, or about 1.1%, to $188.50 in late trade on Friday, extending a semiconductor-led lift in the first trading session of 2026. The move mattered because chipmakers helped offset broader market churn, with the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index up about 3.5% in afternoon trading. Reuters For investors, Nvidia’s direction is a quick read on whether the “AI infrastructure” trade is regaining traction after a choppy year-end. That trade centers on spending for servers, networking and power gear that run artificial intelligence workloads. Reuters Peers also advanced. AMD
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Tesla stock falls on delivery miss as BYD takes EV crown — what’s next for TSLA

Tesla stock falls on delivery miss as BYD takes EV crown — what’s next for TSLA

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 4:18 PM ET — After-hours Tesla (TSLA.O) shares fell 2.3% to $439.31 in Friday’s regular session and traded between $462.42 and $435.33 after the electric-vehicle (EV) maker reported quarterly deliveries that missed estimates. Visible Alpha data showed analysts had expected 434,487 deliveries, and the annual tally left Tesla trailing China’s BYD after the expiry of a $7,500 U.S. federal EV tax credit and intensifying competition from rivals such as Volkswagen and BMW. “It’s about Optimus, Robotaxi and physical AI,” said Dennis Dick, a trader at Triple D Trading, which owns Tesla shares. Reuters The delivery
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Microsoft stock drops more than 2% to start 2026 as investors trim megacap tech exposure (MSFT)

Microsoft stock drops more than 2% to start 2026 as investors trim megacap tech exposure (MSFT)

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 16:08 ET — After-hours Microsoft (MSFT.O) shares fell about 2.4% on Friday to $472.24, after trading as high as $487.15 and as low as $470.19. Volume was about 19.6 million shares in a holiday-thinned session. The drop put Microsoft on the back foot on the first trading day of 2026, a period when portfolio managers often rebalance holdings and lock in gains after year-end. After-hours trading is the session after the 4 p.m. close, when volumes are typically thinner and prices can move more abruptly. Why it matters now: Microsoft is one of the market’s
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Accenture stock slides nearly 3% as software sector slumps to start 2026

Accenture stock slides nearly 3% as software sector slumps to start 2026

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 4:02 PM ET — After-hours Accenture plc shares were down 2.9% at $260.55 in late trade on Friday, after ranging between $258.07 and $271.92 in the session. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF fell about 2.8%. The slide matters because markets are shifting out of holiday-thinned trading and into January catalysts that can reset expectations for growth, corporate spending and interest rates. Accenture is closely watched as a barometer for corporate technology budgets because it sells consulting and outsourcing services across industries. That makes the stock sensitive to shifts in risk appetite around software and
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Sidus Space (SIDU) stock surges 34% after new 7.4% stake filing hits SEC

Sidus Space (SIDU) stock surges 34% after new 7.4% stake filing hits SEC

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 15:50 ET — Regular session Shares of Sidus Space Inc (SIDU) jumped about 34% on Friday, putting the Nasdaq Capital Market-listed stock at $4.20 in afternoon trade. The session range ran from $3.39 to $4.44 with volume above 132 million shares, market data showed. The move comes as traders scan a newly filed Schedule 13G — an SEC form used to disclose large passive stakes — showing a 7.4% position in the space and defense technology company. Why it matters now: the ownership update follows a late-December equity financing that increased share supply. In small-cap
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Motorola Solutions (MSI) stock falls late Friday as investors start 2026 on edge

Motorola Solutions (MSI) stock falls late Friday as investors start 2026 on edge

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 15:49 ET — Regular session Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI) shares fell about 0.7% to $380.68 on Friday afternoon, after swinging between $384.69 and $380.00 earlier in the session. The move came as U.S. stocks seesawed on the first trading day of 2026, with Treasury yields higher and investors watching for the return of key economic data after a recent federal government shutdown delayed some releases, Reuters reported. Reuters Strategists have also flagged valuation risk after last year’s run-up. “Stocks trade expensive on 18 of 20 measures,” Savita Subramanian, Bank of America’s equity and quant strategist,
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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.
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