IBM stock steadies before the bell after Anthropic’s COBOL AI claim sparks worst day since 2000
IBM shares rose 0.7% in premarket trading Tuesday after plunging 13% Monday, their steepest drop since 2000. The selloff followed Anthropic’s claim that its Claude Code AI tools can speed up COBOL modernization, raising concerns over IBM’s mainframe services. IBM pushed back, saying platform modernization is more complex than code translation. Investors are watching IBM’s March 3 conference for further comments.