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Stock Market News 1 January 2026

Data center stocks slide into 2026 as xAI expansion keeps Nvidia, Dell, Super Micro in focus

Data center stocks slide into 2026 as xAI expansion keeps Nvidia, Dell, Super Micro in focus

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:24 ET — Market closed Data center stocks ended 2025 on a softer note, with U.S. markets closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday and investors heading into 2026 still fixated on who captures the next leg of AI infrastructure spending. Nasdaq The latest focus is on customer buildouts that can move the needle for suppliers of chips, servers and the power-and-cooling gear that keeps new facilities running. That matters as the market tries to separate durable demand from year-end positioning after an AI-driven run. Reuters Elon Musk said on Tuesday his AI
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Quantum Computing Stocks Slip Into New Year Holiday as Traders Eye CES, Earnings Next

Quantum Computing Stocks Slip Into New Year Holiday as Traders Eye CES, Earnings Next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:13 ET — Market closed Quantum computing stocks ended 2025 on a softer note, with several of the sector’s most traded names closing lower ahead of the New Year’s Day market holiday. IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum and Quantum Computing Inc. all fell in the final regular U.S. session of the year. The moves matter because quantum shares have become a high-beta corner of the market, where small shifts in risk appetite can produce outsized swings. Investors are also entering 2026 with a sharper focus on valuation, as most pure-play quantum companies remain loss-making while
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Rare metals stocks today: Critical Metals in focus after Greenland offtake target, U.S. stake talks

Rare metals stocks today: Critical Metals in focus after Greenland offtake target, U.S. stake talks

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:11 ET — Market closed Critical Metals (CRML.O) is targeting early 2026 to finalize the last quarter of customer offtake agreements for its Tanbreez rare earths project in Greenland and is open to a potential U.S. government investment, its chief executive told Reuters. “Would welcome it, even though we didn’t ask for it,” CEO Tony Sage said, adding the company had sought grant support under the U.S. Defense Production Act. Reuters The update lands as investors in rare metals stocks look for clearer signs of how the U.S. and its allies will fund supply chains
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Big Tech stocks today: Nvidia’s China chip push and Tesla deliveries set up Friday’s open

Big Tech stocks today: Nvidia’s China chip push and Tesla deliveries set up Friday’s open

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:05 ET — Market closed Nvidia ended 2025 down 0.6%, but was back in focus on Thursday after Reuters reported it asked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to ramp production of its H200 artificial-intelligence processors to meet demand from China. (Reuters) U.S. stock markets are closed for New Year’s Day, leaving investors to digest a late-year pullback in mega-cap technology stocks that drive the Nasdaq and S&P 500. The New York Stock Exchange is scheduled to reopen on Friday. (NYSE calendar) The timing matters because the “Magnificent Seven” — Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Nvidia and
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EV Stocks Today: BYD’s weakest growth in five years and Tesla deliveries set up Friday’s trade

EV Stocks Today: BYD’s weakest growth in five years and Tesla deliveries set up Friday’s trade

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 1:03 PM ET — Market closed China’s BYD reported its weakest annual sales growth in five years, putting a spotlight on the pressure from an EV price war as U.S. markets stayed shut on Thursday for the New Year’s holiday. Reuters The update matters now because China is the world’s biggest electric-vehicle market, and year-end sales and delivery tallies often reset expectations for demand, pricing and margins. Traders also have Tesla’s fourth-quarter deliveries report on Friday as the next major checkpoint for the sector. Reuters In the last U.S. session on Wednesday, Tesla closed down
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Semiconductor stocks today: Chip shares slip as Nvidia’s China H200 push meets policy spotlight

Semiconductor stocks today: Chip shares slip as Nvidia’s China H200 push meets policy spotlight

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 13:07 ET — Market closed U.S. semiconductor stocks slipped in the final trading session of 2025, with the PHLX Semiconductor Index closing down 1.2% on Wednesday. U.S. markets are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day. Nasdaq Global Index Watch+1 The pullback comes after a year in which AI-linked chipmakers helped power broader equity gains, leaving the group sensitive to profit-taking in thin holiday liquidity. Investors are also entering 2026 with geopolitics and export rules again shaping which products can reach key end-markets. Reuters+1 That matters now because China remains a major buyer of chips
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AI stocks today: Nvidia’s China H200 chip surge puts semis back in focus as Wall Street shuts

AI stocks today: Nvidia’s China H200 chip surge puts semis back in focus as Wall Street shuts

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 12:48 ET — Market closed Nvidia has approached Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co about ramping output of its H200 artificial intelligence chip as demand from Chinese technology firms accelerates, sources told Reuters. Reuters The China demand story lands as investors gauge whether the AI trade can extend after it powered much of Wall Street’s 2025 gains and pushed major U.S. indexes to record highs, Reuters reported. Nvidia rose 39% in 2025 and became the first publicly traded company to top $5 trillion in market value, the report said. Reuters The H200 is a data-center graphics processor
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Global stock market today: Wall Street shut for New Year as world shares finish 2025 near highs

Global stock market today: Wall Street shut for New Year as world shares finish 2025 near highs

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 12:28 ET — Market closed. Global stock markets were muted on Thursday, with U.S. exchanges closed for New Year’s Day, after a late-December pullback left major indexes just below record territory. New York Stock Exchange The pause matters because investors are starting 2026 with equities priced for continued strength after a year dominated by tariff headlines and an artificial intelligence-led surge in megacap technology. “It’s frankly hard to find an asset class that did poorly outside of the U.S. dollar,” said Scott Ladner, chief investment officer at Horizon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Reuters With fewer
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S&P 500 slips on 2025 finale, still logs 16% annual gain — what Wall Street watches before Jan. 2 reopen

S&P 500 slips on 2025 finale, still logs 16% annual gain — what Wall Street watches before Jan. 2 reopen

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 12:32 ET — Market closed. U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day after Wall Street finished 2025 with a late slide but strong yearly gains. The S&P 500 ended Wednesday down 0.74% at 6,845.50, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.76% and the Dow slipped 0.63%. Reuters The year-end tape matters because investors are starting 2026 with a rally that has been heavily shaped by interest-rate expectations and a narrow group of mega-cap winners. With fresh economic data due in coming days and weeks, traders are recalibrating what “higher for longer” or
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Dow Jones today: Market closed for New Year after year-end dip; what Wall Street watches next

Dow Jones today: Market closed for New Year after year-end dip; what Wall Street watches next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 12:36 ET — Market closed U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average on hold after a late-year pullback. The Dow last closed down 303.77 points, or 0.63%, at 48,063.29 on Dec. 31, while the S&P 500 fell 0.74% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.76%. For 2025, the Dow gained 12.97%, the S&P 500 rose 16.39% and the Nasdaq climbed 20.36%, and “it’s perfectly fine in any bull market to have moments of cost,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president of Reflexivity. Reuters Why this matters
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SoFi stock slips into 2026 after year-end selloff — here’s what traders are watching next

SoFi stock slips into 2026 after year-end selloff — here’s what traders are watching next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 12:00 ET — Market closed. SoFi Technologies, Inc. shares ended the year on a softer note, closing down 1.4% at $26.18 on Wednesday after trading between $26.08 and $26.90. The move matters because the first days of a new year often reset positioning, and SoFi’s stock has tended to trade like a rate-sensitive growth name. When investors de-risk, fintech lenders can get hit harder than the broader market. With U.S. markets shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday, attention shifts to what reopens trading in 2026: interest-rate expectations, risk appetite and the first
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Johnson & Johnson stock holds near $207 as New Year’s Day shuts U.S. markets — what to watch next

Johnson & Johnson stock holds near $207 as New Year’s Day shuts U.S. markets — what to watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 12:08 ET — Market closed. Johnson & Johnson shares were steady heading into 2026, last closing up 0.02% at $206.95 on Wednesday, with U.S. stock markets shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. New York Stock Exchange Why it matters now: investors are starting the year with U.S. drug pricing back on the agenda after Reuters reported drugmakers plan to raise list prices on at least 350 branded medicines in 2026, even as the Trump administration presses for cuts. Reuters For Johnson & Johnson, attention is also turning to Jan. 21, when CEO
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Stellantis stock slides 24% after €22 billion EV reset kills 2026 dividend — what to watch next

Stellantis stock slides 24% after €22 billion EV reset kills 2026 dividend — what to watch next

7 February 2026
Stellantis shares plunged 23.7% to $7.28 Friday after the company disclosed about €22.2 billion in charges tied to a reset of its electric-vehicle strategy and said it will skip its 2026 dividend. The automaker flagged a preliminary net loss of €19–21 billion for the second half of 2025. Shares rose 1.6% in late after-hours trading. Investors await Feb. 26 results and a May 21 Investor Day.
Intel stock jumps on China server CPU delays as traders map the week ahead

Intel stock jumps on China server CPU delays as traders map the week ahead

7 February 2026
Intel shares rose 4.87% to $50.59 Friday, trailing gains by Nvidia and Broadcom as chip stocks rallied. Sources said Intel and AMD warned Chinese customers of longer waits and higher prices for some server CPUs, with Intel lead times reaching six months. Intel said China accounts for over 20% of its revenue. Investors await key U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
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.
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