Verizon stock price jumps on $25 billion buyback — can VZ hold gains into Monday?
Verizon shares climbed 11.8% to close Friday at $44.52, setting a high bar to maintain when Wall Street reopens.
ASML stock price slips into weekend; dividend dates, capacity questions loom
ASML Holding NV’s shares on U.S. exchanges ended Friday at $1,423, slipping 2.2%. With markets closed Sunday, investors are now looking toward the upcoming week for new triggers. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ASML/
Texas Instruments stock price: TXN eases into the weekend as eyes turn to Feb. 24 webcast and key U.S. data
Texas Instruments Incorporated closed Friday at $215.55 on the Nasdaq, slipping roughly 1.5% as the momentum after its earnings report tapered off heading into the weekend.
Tech stocks brace for Alphabet, Amazon earnings as Nasdaq slip puts AI spending in focus
U.S. tech stocks face a busy start to February: Alphabet announces earnings on Feb 4, with Amazon set to follow on Feb 5. The U.S. jobs report lands on Feb 6. Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm are also scheduled to report this week, providing fresh insight into demand for data-center chips and devices.
Semiconductor stocks slide, setting up Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm earnings week
Momentum in semiconductor stocks stalled as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 3.87% on Friday, closing at 7,998.5.
SK hynix stock price: Korea export surge sets up Monday test for chip shares
SK hynix is set to open Monday’s Seoul session following a sharp rise in South Korea’s semiconductor exports in January, keeping spotlight on the memory-chip sector. According to trade ministry figures, semiconductor exports soared 102.7%, pushing total exports up 33.9% to $65.85 billion. Analyst Park Sang-hyun at iM Securities called the surge “expected to continue for the time being.”
Micron stock (MU) drops nearly 5% into Monday — what traders watch next
Micron Technology’s shares dropped 4.8%, ending Friday at $414.88, underperforming the broader tech sector. The memory-chip powerhouse heads into the week on shaky ground.
Oracle stock drops despite $88 million Air Force cloud award as investors look to a busy week ahead
Oracle shares fell 2.6% on Friday, ending the day at $164.58 despite a U.S. government update revealing new Air Force contracts for its cloud division. In after-hours trading, the stock slipped slightly to $164.03.
Samsung stock in focus as Korea chip exports double; Monday open looms
When trading in Seoul restarts Monday, all eyes will be on Samsung Electronics shares following South Korea’s sharp January export surge, driven largely by semiconductors—offering a new signal for the world’s top memory chipmaker.
Microsoft stock (MSFT) heads into Monday with AI spending bill still in focus
Microsoft shares ended Friday down 0.8% at $430.29, leaving the stock under pressure heading into the weekend after a tough two days.
BitMine Immersion Technologies stock price: BMNR heads into Monday after Friday slide, ether drop
BitMine Immersion Technologies slid nearly 6% Friday, ending the day at $25.10. Shares traded in a range from $24.56 to $26.52, with about 45.5 million changing hands, market data shows.
NS&I’s £3bn IT overhaul hits another reset as Premium Bonds giant weighs cutting legacy links
Britain’s state-owned savings bank, National Savings & Investments, is exploring ways to reduce the effort needed to link its aging IT systems with new services as it attempts to revive a delayed tech overhaul, CEO Dax Harkins told the Public Accounts Committee in a letter. The project is now expected to finish “outside the March 2028 target date and outside the agreed budget.” NS&I aims to complete an options analysis by the end of March, after which ministers will decide on a revised delivery plan.
Google dodges $2.36 billion disgorgement bid in privacy class action, but $425 million verdict stands
A U.S. federal judge in San Francisco dismissed an attempt to impose over $2 billion in extra penalties on Alphabet’s Google in a privacy class action. The court refused to order Google to hand over $2.36 billion in alleged profits or halt certain data practices. At the same time, the judge rejected Google’s request to decertify the class, keeping the September jury verdict intact.
Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal goes cold as talks shift to a smaller stake
Nvidia’s effort to invest as much as $100 billion in OpenAI has hit a roadblock, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing doubts from within the chipmaker. “We have been OpenAI’s preferred partner for the last 10 years. We look forward to continuing to work together,” an Nvidia spokesperson said. OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC) share price at a one-year low as tech stocks slide — what to watch next
Shares of WiseTech Global Ltd closed Friday at A$58.00, dropping 2.4% to touch the bottom of their one-year range after three straight days of declines. The logistics software heavyweight, with a market cap of A$19.3 billion, has shed around 15% since January and is down roughly 53% over the past year, per market data.
Telstra shares brace for Monday as iPhone call glitch drags 000 reliability back into the spotlight
Telstra Group shares start the week under fresh pressure as a recent Apple iPhone software update disrupted service for some users, cutting them off from the carrier’s network—and crucially, Australia’s 000 emergency number. The outage has sparked new calls for stricter regulation. Telstra said it had “moved quickly” alongside Apple to investigate and assist affected customers, ABC News reported.
Shanghai Biren Technology Class H shares: HK$34.80 close sets up Monday “greenshoe” test for 06082.HK
Shanghai Biren Technology’s Class H shares on the Hong Kong market slipped 1.14% to close at HK$34.80 on Friday. Investors face a weekend break ahead of a new wave of shares set to hit the market Monday.
Lattice Semiconductor stock price drops into the weekend as chip slump deepens ahead of Feb. 10 call
Lattice Semiconductor shares dropped 3.35% on Friday, closing at $80.52 on the Nasdaq amid a pullback in chip stocks.
Tongfu Microelectronics (002156.SZ) share price in focus after 200 million yuan sci-tech bond issue
Tongfu Microelectronics announced a 200 million yuan raise through a 270-day sci-tech innovation bond priced at 1.77%, according to a filing. The chip packaging and testing company is now on traders’ radar for the upcoming onshore session. The bond, maturing Oct. 26, was arranged by China Merchants Bank under a debt program registered with the China Interbank Market Dealers Association, the filing revealed.
China Resources Microelectronics stock price in focus: filing flags 2026 revenue lift, higher margins and SiC push
China Resources Microelectronics Ltd. Class A shares could draw fresh interest in the next session after the company laid out an optimistic 2026 outlook at its recent investor briefing. The stock closed Friday at 63.77 yuan, down a touch by 0.02%, with about 16.7 million shares changing hands.
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