New York, Jan 6, 2026, 08:15 EST — Premarket
- EBAY down 0.3% premarket after a 3.9% rise in Monday’s regular session
- Stock sits about 11% below its 52-week high after reclaiming the $90 handle
- Investors watch U.S. payrolls on Jan. 9 and eBay’s expected earnings around Feb. 25
eBay shares slipped 0.3% to $90.18 in premarket trading on Tuesday, cooling after a 3.9% gain in Monday’s regular session. The stock traded between $86.64 and $91.41 on Monday and is about 11% below its 52-week high of $101.15; market calendars peg its next results around Feb. 25. 1
The pause matters because eBay is heading into a week of market-moving U.S. data with its own holiday-quarter report on deck later this month. Traders often treat round-number levels like $90 as a quick read on sentiment, and the stock just pushed back above it after a sharp one-day jump.
U.S. stock index futures were little changed early Tuesday after Wall Street rallied on Monday, lifting the Dow to a record high as energy and financial stocks climbed. “The broader equity markets are able to set aside what might have been fears of a prolonged engagement,” said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, after Washington’s move in Venezuela spurred risk-taking. 2
For eBay, the next debate is whether the holiday quarter shows steady demand and stable trading activity on its marketplace. Investors focus on gross merchandise volume, or GMV — the total value of goods sold on the platform — because it helps explain the pace of transactions beyond revenue alone.
In October, eBay forecast holiday-quarter adjusted profit of $1.31 to $1.36 per share and pointed to tariff and customs-related uncertainty that it said has weighed on small businesses and consumer confidence. CFO Peggy Alford told analysts the company saw “a deceleration in year-over-year volume growth” after the removal of the “de minimis” exemption — a rule that had allowed many packages valued at $800 or less to enter the U.S. duty-free. 3
Before that, the market’s next hard catalyst is the U.S. Employment Situation report for December, due at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 9, according to the Labor Department’s schedule. 4
But the setup cuts both ways. If payrolls run hot and investors dial back expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts, consumer and internet stocks can lose support fast, and any disappointment in eBay’s February update could widen the pullback.
