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Microchip stock slides after surprise sales forecast — traders look to Feb. 5 for proof

Microchip stock slides after surprise sales forecast — traders look to Feb. 5 for proof

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 13:34 (ET) — Regular session Microchip Technology shares fell about 3% on Wednesday, giving back part of Tuesday’s 12% run-up after the chipmaker lifted its quarterly sales outlook. The stock was down $2.30 at $72.57 in afternoon trade. Barron’s The pullback matters because Microchip is a read on demand in the slower, more cyclical side of semiconductors, where customers have spent months burning off excess inventories. The company has pointed to clients working through stockpiles built during the pandemic, a shift that can change order patterns fast. Reuters Late Monday, Microchip raised its net sales
7 January 2026
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AppLovin stock rises after Piper Sandler sticks with $800 target as earnings loom

AppLovin stock rises after Piper Sandler sticks with $800 target as earnings loom

New York, January 7, 2026, 13:29 (ET) — Regular session AppLovin (APP.O) shares rose 3.5% to $638.63 in afternoon trade on Wednesday after Piper Sandler analyst James Callahan reiterated an Overweight rating — meaning he expects the stock to outperform — and kept an $800 price target. Piper pointed to encouraging U.S. e-commerce advertising signals and stronger Black Friday and Cyber Monday checks, according to an Investing.com report. Investing.com The call lands as investors hunt for proof that AppLovin can widen its ad business beyond mobile games, a push that has become the stock’s main debate. Benchmark analyst Miike Hickey
7 January 2026
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AppLovin (APP) stock rises as Piper Sandler sticks with $800 target and BofA keeps $860 view

AppLovin (APP) stock rises as Piper Sandler sticks with $800 target and BofA keeps $860 view

New York, January 7, 2026, 11:36 EST — Regular session AppLovin (APP.O) shares rose about 2% on Wednesday, building on a choppy start to the year as fresh analyst notes kept attention on the company’s push into e-commerce advertising. The stock was up at $629.57, while the S&P 500 was little changed and the Nasdaq-100 ETF edged higher; rival Trade Desk fell. The move matters because AppLovin’s next leg is still being priced in. Bulls are betting the company can broaden beyond mobile-game ads into web and e-commerce budgets, and the next earnings call is expected to put real numbers
7 January 2026
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Palantir stock ticks higher as Truist starts coverage with $223 target, valuation stays in play

Palantir stock ticks higher as Truist starts coverage with $223 target, valuation stays in play

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 10:50 (EST) — Regular session Palantir Technologies shares rose on Wednesday, keeping a fresh bid in place after a new “buy” call from Truist put the data-analytics firm back on traders’ screens. The move matters now because Palantir is already priced like a winner. Any new sell-side support can pull in fast money, but it also tightens the market’s tolerance for a miss, especially with rate and growth bets getting reset in early January. Wall Street was mixed as investors digested labor-market data and waited for Friday’s U.S. jobs report, a release that can swing
7 January 2026
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KLA Corporation stock hits a fresh 52-week high after Cantor upgrade — what’s next for KLAC

KLA Corporation stock hits a fresh 52-week high after Cantor upgrade — what’s next for KLAC

New York, January 6, 2026, 20:51 EST — Market closed KLA Corp (KLAC) shares rose 3.15% to $1,395 on Tuesday, their third straight gain and a new 52-week high, after Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded the chip-equipment maker. The stock touched $1,406 at its session high as the iShares Semiconductor ETF gained 3.3%. The move highlights a broader shift in the AI trade, with investors pushing beyond chip designers into the firms that sell the tools needed to expand capacity. “Investors realize the great data-center build-out is still not reflected across all of the stocks that are impacted,” D.A. Davidson head of
7 January 2026
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Dow Jones breaks above 49,000 in record close as chip-led rally rolls on

Dow Jones breaks above 49,000 in record close as chip-led rally rolls on

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 17:09 EST — After-hours The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 49,000 for the first time on Tuesday, extending Wall Street’s early-year run as technology shares drove broad gains. The Dow added 484.90 points, or 1%, to 49,462.08; the S&P 500 rose 0.6% to 6,944.82 and the Nasdaq climbed 0.6% to 23,547.17. AP News For investors, the round-number break puts immediate focus on whether the index can hold those levels and make a run at 50,000. With earnings season nearing, traders are looking for proof that the latest rally has enough follow-through to survive the
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Lam Research stock jumps 6% after Aletheia starts coverage with $260 target

Lam Research stock jumps 6% after Aletheia starts coverage with $260 target

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 17:01 EST — After-hours Lam Research Corp (LRCX.O) shares rose 6.2% to $206.96 in after-hours trading on Tuesday after Aletheia Capital analyst Warren Lau began coverage with a buy rating and a $260 price target. Lau wrote he expects the chip-equipment maker to “sustain its strong growth” as demand rises for tools tied to artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). The stock traded between $195.05 and $210.40 during the regular session. StreetInsider.com The call landed as chip stocks surged on renewed AI optimism after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show
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Why Arista Networks stock is down today: ANET slips despite a Piper Sandler upgrade

Why Arista Networks stock is down today: ANET slips despite a Piper Sandler upgrade

New York, January 6, 2026, 15:51 EST — Regular session Shares of Arista Networks (ANET) fell 2.9% to $133.25 in afternoon trading on Tuesday, after earlier reaching $138.47. Arista, valued at about $168 billion, trades at roughly 55 times trailing earnings. About 5.0 million shares had changed hands. The stock is a proxy for investor appetite for the data-center networks that move traffic between servers, a market being reshaped by artificial intelligence. Some large money managers have started to look harder at valuation in AI-linked names; strategists at BlackRock Investment Institute wrote the backdrop was “ripe for active investing.” Reuters
6 January 2026
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Coca-Cola stock slips in New York trade as investors rotate to tech; jobs data looms

Coca-Cola stock slips in New York trade as investors rotate to tech; jobs data looms

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 15:26 EST — Regular session Coca-Cola Co shares (KO) were down 0.1% at $67.87 in afternoon trading on Tuesday. The stock is coming off a 1.7% drop on Monday, its fourth straight daily decline, and has lagged rivals in recent sessions. PepsiCo fell 1.6% on Monday, while Starbucks rose 3.1% and Mondelez edged up, MarketWatch data showed. MarketWatch The softness in defensive names such as Coca-Cola has come as the wider market leaned on tech and healthcare, with chip stocks jumping on renewed artificial-intelligence optimism and the Dow hitting a record. “We’re going to have
6 January 2026
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Lumentum stock whipsaws as accounting chief retirement, Feb. 3 earnings date draw focus

Lumentum stock whipsaws as accounting chief retirement, Feb. 3 earnings date draw focus

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 12:25 p.m. ET — Regular session Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE.O) shares rose 5.2% to $375.69 in Nasdaq midday trade on Tuesday after a volatile morning that took the stock as low as $340.46. The shares hit a session high of $377.65 and about 3.1 million shares had changed hands. On Monday, Lumentum disclosed in an 8-K — a form companies use to report major events — that Chief Accounting Officer Matthew Sepe plans to retire and will step down from that post on the later of Feb. 6 and the filing of its quarterly 10-Q
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Oracle stock slips as Jefferies sticks to $400 target; what investors watch next

Oracle stock slips as Jefferies sticks to $400 target; what investors watch next

New York, January 6, 2026, 10:48 EST — Regular session Oracle shares dipped 0.1% to $192.33 on Tuesday as Jefferies reiterated a “buy” rating and kept a $400 price target, even as broader U.S. equities and the tech sector traded higher. The S&P 500 ETF SPY rose 0.3%, while the tech-heavy QQQ and technology sector ETF XLK added about 0.6% and 1.0%, respectively. Investing.com The call lands after a bruising stretch for Oracle, which has become a proxy for investor anxiety over the cost of building artificial intelligence data-center capacity. In December, Oracle forecast third-quarter sales and profit below Street
6 January 2026
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Spotify stock premarket: SPOT steadies near $600 as earnings, pricing loom

Spotify stock premarket: SPOT steadies near $600 as earnings, pricing loom

NEW YORK, Jan 6, 2026, 09:00 (EST) — Premarket Spotify Technology S.A. (SPOT) shares rose 0.1% to $593.99 in premarket trading on Tuesday, after a 3.2% jump in the prior regular session. Public+1 The stock is trading with an earnings date on deck and a new leadership structure in place. Spotify said it will publish fourth-quarter results and a shareholder deck on Tuesday, Feb. 10, before the U.S. market opens, with a Q&A session scheduled for 8:00 a.m. ET. Business Wire+1 Pricing remains the swing factor. The Financial Times reported in late November that Spotify would raise U.S. subscription prices
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Ashtead share price in focus as buyback rolls on and NYSE switch clocks closer

Ashtead share price in focus as buyback rolls on and NYSE switch clocks closer

7 February 2026
Ashtead shares closed Friday at 4,936p, up 1.09%, after the company bought 88,872 shares under its repurchase program. The group is set to shift its primary listing to New York on March 2, pending court approval, and will be removed from the FTSE UK index the same day. Ashtead paid a half-year dividend of 37.5 U.S. cents per share on Friday.
Beazley share price: big funds reshuffle stakes as Zurich bid deadline nears

Beazley share price: big funds reshuffle stakes as Zurich bid deadline nears

7 February 2026
Beazley shares closed flat at 1,236 pence Friday as BlackRock disclosed a 6.55% stake and Vanguard reported 5.02%. Wellington Management cut its holding below 5%. The disclosures follow Zurich Insurance’s possible takeover offer of up to 1,335 pence per share, with a Feb. 16 deadline for a firm bid.
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