NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 16:19 ET — Market closed
- Nvidia shares ended Friday up 1.3% at $188.85 as chip stocks led a broader rebound.
- A U.S. filing showed an Nvidia officer planned to sell up to 80,000 shares under a preset trading plan.
- Next catalysts include CEO Jensen Huang’s CES appearance on Jan. 5, the U.S. jobs report on Jan. 9 and Nvidia earnings on Feb. 25.
Nvidia shares closed up 1.26% at $188.85 on Friday, the first trading day of 2026, as semiconductor stocks rebounded.
The move matters because Nvidia (NVDA.O) remains a bellwether for the AI trade and a heavyweight in U.S. equity indexes. When investors rotate into or out of chip stocks, Nvidia often sets the tone.
With U.S. markets shut on Sunday, traders head into Monday with a tight set of near-term catalysts: a high-profile CES appearance by CEO Jensen Huang and fresh U.S. economic data that can shift interest-rate expectations.
A filing dated Friday showed Nvidia officer Donald F. Robertson Jr. filed a Form 144 — a notice insiders submit when they intend to sell shares — for up to 80,000 shares valued at about $14.92 million. The filing said the proposed sales were tied to a Rule 10b5-1 plan, a pre-arranged trading program that lets executives sell on a set schedule.
Chip stocks did the heavy lifting in Friday’s rebound. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which tracks major U.S. chipmakers, rose 4%, helping lift the Dow and the S&P 500 even as the Nasdaq finished roughly flat.
Macro headlines are the other driver. The U.S. jobs report due Jan. 9 and the consumer price index on Jan. 13 are the next big tests for rate-cut bets, and by extension the valuation of high-growth tech names. “The market is looking for direction,” Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak, told Reuters. Reuters
On the company calendar, Nvidia said Huang will speak at CES in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 5, with the main event slated for 1 p.m. PT — around the U.S. closing bell in New York. Investors will be listening for product and demand signals that can feed into 2026 revenue expectations.
The next hard fundamental marker is earnings. Nvidia’s investor relations calendar lists its fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results for Feb. 25, and Wall Street will focus on data-center momentum and guidance for the new fiscal year. Nvidia last forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $65.0 billion, plus or minus 2%, while analyst estimates tracked by Yahoo Finance point to an EPS forecast of $1.52 for the report.
Chart watchers start the week with clear reference points. Nvidia traded between $188.26 and $192.93 on Friday and ended 2025 at $186.50; those levels often become near-term lines in the sand for short-term traders.
Risks run both ways. A hotter inflation or stronger jobs print could push yields higher and pressure richly valued chip stocks, while any CES messaging that fails to reassure on supply, competition or demand could hit sentiment across the AI complex.
The next trigger for Nvidia shares is Huang’s CES appearance on Monday, Jan. 5, with markets then turning quickly to the Jan. 9 U.S. jobs report and Nvidia’s Feb. 25 earnings.
