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Technology 31 January 2026 - 1 February 2026

Arm stock slips after Friday chip selloff; CEO share-sale notice puts earnings in focus

Arm stock slips after Friday chip selloff; CEO share-sale notice puts earnings in focus

Arm’s U.S.-listed ADRs fell 2.8% to $105.36 at Friday’s close amid a broad chip stock selloff. CEO Rene Haas filed to sell 6,152 shares valued at about $654,000. The drop comes ahead of Arm’s fiscal third-quarter results due Feb. 4. Investors cited uncertainty over monetary policy after Donald Trump named Kevin Warsh as his pick for Federal Reserve chair.
1 February 2026
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Cambricon Technologies stock price in focus after 2025 profit forecast, “U” tag in play

Cambricon Technologies stock price in focus after 2025 profit forecast, “U” tag in play

Cambricon Technologies expects its first annual profit since listing, forecasting 2025 net income of 1.85–2.15 billion yuan on revenue of 6–7 billion yuan, citing AI computing demand. Shares closed up 0.6% Friday in Shanghai. The company’s “U” suffix may be dropped if audited results in March confirm the turnaround. Cambricon posted a 2024 net loss of 452 million yuan on 1.17 billion yuan revenue.
1 February 2026
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Advanced Micro Devices stock slips on MI450 delay chatter — what investors watch before earnings

Advanced Micro Devices stock slips on MI450 delay chatter — what investors watch before earnings

AMD shares fell 6.13% to $236.73 Friday after SemiAnalysis warned of possible MI450 AI chip delays, though Wells Fargo’s Aaron Rakers disputed the claim and kept a $345 price target. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.94% as investors reacted to Kevin Warsh’s nomination for Fed chair. AMD reports earnings Feb. 3, with options pricing signaling an 8.9% implied move for Feb. 6 expiries.
1 February 2026
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SK hynix stock pops above 900,000 won — what could drive the next move

SK hynix stock pops above 900,000 won — what could drive the next move

SK hynix shares jumped 5.57% to 909,000 won Friday, capping a 19% weekly gain as AI-driven memory shortages pushed chip prices higher. The KOSPI closed up 0.06%. Apple and Samsung flagged rising memory costs and tight supply, with SK hynix holding a 61% HBM market share last year. The company is weighing a U.S. AI investment arm and saw its bond rating upgraded to AA+ this week.
1 February 2026
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Broadcom stock price in focus: Wolfe upgrade leans on Google TPU growth as AVGO heads into Monday

Broadcom stock price in focus: Wolfe upgrade leans on Google TPU growth as AVGO heads into Monday

Broadcom shares rose 0.17% to $331.30 Friday after Wolfe Research upgraded the stock to Outperform with a $400 target. The upgrade cited Broadcom’s gains in Google’s tensor processing units and stronger AI custom-chip sales. Broadcom’s VMware partner strategy is under scrutiny in Europe. Chip and AI infrastructure stocks broadly fell, but Broadcom closed higher.
1 February 2026
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Texas Instruments stock: what to know after TXN dips, with jobs data and chip demand in focus

Texas Instruments stock: what to know after TXN dips, with jobs data and chip demand in focus

Texas Instruments shares fell 1.6% to $215.55 Friday, despite a strong earnings forecast earlier in the week. Trading volume reached 9.1 million. The drop followed a spike in U.S. producer prices and steady Fed rates, with investors shifting focus from chip demand to interest rate risks. The Nasdaq closed down 0.9%, S&P 500 down 0.4%.
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Salesforce stock heads into Monday after software rout as AI fears hang over CRM shares

Salesforce stock heads into Monday after software rout as AI fears hang over CRM shares

Salesforce shares closed Friday at $212.29, down 0.8%, after plunging 7.1% Thursday amid a broad software selloff. Concerns over AI’s impact on software subscription models weighed on the sector. Investors are awaiting U.S. jobs data on Feb. 6 and Salesforce’s earnings later this month. Wall Street indexes also fell Friday on economic and political developments.
31 January 2026
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Tech stocks face a Monday test after Trump taps Warsh for Fed as Big Tech earnings line up

Tech stocks face a Monday test after Trump taps Warsh for Fed as Big Tech earnings line up

Nasdaq fell 0.94% Friday, led by a 4.1% drop in semiconductor ETFs and losses in major tech stocks after a hotter-than-expected PPI report. The 10-year Treasury yield hovered near 4.25%. Apple projected strong March-quarter revenue growth, while Tesla rose 3.3% against declines in Meta and Nvidia. Investors now await earnings from Alphabet, Amazon, and AMD, plus the Feb. 6 U.S. jobs report.
31 January 2026
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Data center stocks drop before a packed week: what to watch for Equinix, Digital Realty, Vertiv

Data center stocks drop before a packed week: what to watch for Equinix, Digital Realty, Vertiv

Vertiv shares fell 4.5% and Arista Networks dropped 4.3% Friday as data center stocks slid, with the Global X Data Center ETF down 2.5%. The declines followed Microsoft’s cloud revenue miss and came ahead of key REIT earnings and the Feb. 6 U.S. jobs report. Broader markets also dropped after Donald Trump said he would nominate Kevin Warsh as Fed chair.
31 January 2026
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Big Tech stocks brace for Monday as Nvidia CEO vows ‘huge’ OpenAI investment and Apple’s iPhone rebound shows up

Big Tech stocks brace for Monday as Nvidia CEO vows ‘huge’ OpenAI investment and Apple’s iPhone rebound shows up

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company will make a “huge” investment in OpenAI but denied plans for a $100 billion deal. Amazon is in early talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, while SoftBank has discussed an additional $30 billion, sources told Reuters. Tech stocks fell Friday after Trump named Kevin Warsh as his Fed pick and producer prices rose. Tesla gained nearly 5% on SpaceX merger speculation.
31 January 2026
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Semiconductor stocks stumble after KLA rout — what to watch before Monday’s open

Semiconductor stocks stumble after KLA rout — what to watch before Monday’s open

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 3.9% to 7,998.47 Friday, led by a 15.2% plunge in KLA shares despite the company beating estimates. Apple warned of rising memory-chip costs, while investors weighed Trump’s pick of Kevin Warsh for Fed chair and a hotter producer-price report. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed plans for a major OpenAI investment. Key chip earnings reports are due next week.
31 January 2026
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Micron stock faces Monday test after Friday slide as Apple flags rising memory costs

Micron stock faces Monday test after Friday slide as Apple flags rising memory costs

Micron shares fell 4.8% to $414.88 on Friday after Apple warned of sharply rising memory prices. A company filing showed chief legal officer Ray Michael Charles sold 12,268 shares under a preset plan. Samsung and SK Hynix are shifting production to high-bandwidth memory, tightening DRAM supply. Analysts now expect global smartphone and PC sales to decline in 2026.
31 January 2026
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Tencent stock slips to HK$606 as China’s Nvidia H200 signal meets a rougher tape

Tencent stock slips to HK$606 as China’s Nvidia H200 signal meets a rougher tape

Tencent shares fell 2.57% to HK$606.00 Friday as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dropped 2.08% amid a tech selloff and weak Chinese factory data. China’s January manufacturing PMI slipped to 49.3, signaling contraction. Beijing granted conditional approval for DeepSeek and major tech firms to buy Nvidia’s H200 AI chips. Hong Kong markets are closed for the weekend.
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Stock Market Today

  • US Labor Market Faces Uncertainty Amid Iran War Impact on Oil Prices and Inflation
    March 29, 2026, 8:27 AM EDT. The U.S. labor market, already sluggish with only 116,000 jobs added in 2025, faces heightened risks due to the escalating Iran conflict. The war has driven oil prices above $100, disrupting supply chains and inflating gasoline costs, causing inflation fears and economic uncertainty. Economists warn this could stall hiring and potentially lead to layoffs if these conditions persist through April. Employment growth is forecasted to slow to about 20,000 jobs per month in early 2026, with unemployment potentially rising from 4.4% to 4.7% by year-end. Despite these challenges, analysts describe the labor market as "stable but stagnant," emphasizing that uncertainty delays recruitment rather than cancels it, with recession risks near 40%. The conflict threatens to keep the jobs market frozen, overshadowing earlier optimism fueled by expected interest rate cuts and tax law changes.
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