Finance 21 February 2026

Coca-Cola stock price nears 52-week high as KO investors weigh dividend hike, CEO filing
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Coca-Cola stock price nears 52-week high as KO investors weigh dividend hike, CEO filing

Coca-Cola shares closed up 1.18% at $79.84 on Friday, outperforming PepsiCo and Keurig Dr Pepper. The company raised its quarterly dividend to 53 cents per share, payable April 1 to holders as of March 13. SEC filings detailed CEO Henrique Braun’s $1.45 million salary as he takes over March 31, with James Quincey staying as executive chairman. Coca-Cola repurchased 9.4 million shares in 2025 for $634 million.
February 21, 2026
RingCentral stock jumps 34% on first dividend and bigger buyback — what RNG investors watch next week
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RingCentral stock jumps 34% on first dividend and bigger buyback — what RNG investors watch next week

RingCentral shares jumped 34.4% to $39.50 Friday after the company launched its first quarterly dividend and raised its buyback authorization to $500 million. The company reported 2025 revenue of $2.515 billion, up 5%, and free cash flow up 32% to $530 million. RingCentral also announced new AI integrations with OpenAI and forecast 2026 free cash flow of $580–600 million.
February 21, 2026
Okta stock price slides 9% as Anthropic’s Claude Code Security spooks cyber names
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Okta stock price slides 9% as Anthropic’s Claude Code Security spooks cyber names

Okta shares dropped 9.2% to $74.29 Friday, hitting a 52-week low amid a sharp selloff in cybersecurity stocks after Anthropic launched an AI tool for code security. The broader market rose, with the Nasdaq up 0.9% and S&P 500 up 0.7%. Okta reports quarterly results March 4. Investors cited concern over AI products encroaching on traditional security roles.
February 21, 2026
Cloudflare stock tumbles after outage hit routing feature — what to watch when trading reopens
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Cloudflare stock tumbles after outage hit routing feature — what to watch when trading reopens

Cloudflare shares fell 8.05% to $177.14 on Friday after the company reported network connectivity issues affecting some “bring your own IP” customers. The incident was resolved late Friday, but some clients needed to re-advertise their IP ranges. Investors await a detailed incident report and signs of customer fallout when markets reopen Monday.
February 21, 2026
Borsa Istanbul BIST 100 bounces off a bruising drop — here’s what could move Turkish stocks next
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Borsa Istanbul BIST 100 bounces off a bruising drop — here’s what could move Turkish stocks next

Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 closed up 0.94% at 13,934.06 on Friday, partly recovering from Thursday’s 3.2% drop. Destek Finans Faktoring surged 9.16%, while the lira slipped to 43.84 per dollar. Annual inflation stood at 30.65% in January, with the central bank’s policy rate at 37%. February inflation data is due March 3, ahead of the central bank’s March 12 meeting.
February 21, 2026
Thailand stocks: SET Index slips ahead of MSCI reshuffle — what to watch next week
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Thailand stocks: SET Index slips ahead of MSCI reshuffle — what to watch next week

Thailand’s SET Index fell 0.95% to 1,479.71 on Friday, ending a four-day winning streak. Foreign investors were net buyers, but local institutions sold more, pushing the market lower. Turnover reached 90.5 billion baht, with heavy trading in TRUE, Bangkok Bank, PTT, Kasikornbank, and Krung Thai Bank. Traders are watching domestic politics, earnings, and MSCI index changes for next week.
February 21, 2026
Qatar National Bank stock ends weak week on Qatar Stock Exchange as Iran risk hangs over Sunday open
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Qatar National Bank stock ends weak week on Qatar Stock Exchange as Iran risk hangs over Sunday open

Qatar National Bank closed at 19.68 riyals Thursday, down 3.5% for the week but up 5.5% in 2026. The QE Index dropped 2.5% to 11,229.06 as market value fell to 669.4 billion riyals. Traded value slid 11.5% to 2.03 billion riyals, with QNBK leading volumes. Regional markets declined amid U.S.-Iran tensions and talk of possible U.S. military action.
February 21, 2026
Borsa Italiana stock price watch: FTSE MIB at 46,473 after Moncler pop, traders eye week ahead
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Borsa Italiana stock price watch: FTSE MIB at 46,473 after Moncler pop, traders eye week ahead

Milan’s FTSE MIB closed up 1.48% at 46,472.98 on Friday, with Moncler surging 13.41% after strong results and Unipol gaining 8.67% on higher profit and dividends. Tenaris fell 4.16%. European markets rallied after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Trump-era tariffs, but traders remain wary of further trade policy shifts. Italy’s inflation and confidence data are due next week.
February 21, 2026
Nasdaq Nordic OMX Nordic 40 ends week higher; tariff ruling and Castellum buyback set up Monday trade
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Nasdaq Nordic OMX Nordic 40 ends week higher; tariff ruling and Castellum buyback set up Monday trade

Nasdaq Nordic’s OMX Nordic 40 index rose 0.51% Friday to 2,675.12, while Sweden’s OMX Stockholm 30 hit a record high. Sweden’s CPIF inflation eased to 2.0% in January. Real estate firm Castellum announced up to 3.4 billion SEK in share buy-backs after property sales. Denmark’s OMX Copenhagen 25 and Finland’s OMX Helsinki 25 also closed higher.
February 21, 2026
Deutsche Boerse stock ends higher as buyback begins — what DB1 investors watch next week
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Deutsche Boerse stock ends higher as buyback begins — what DB1 investors watch next week

Deutsche Börse shares closed Friday at 219.90 euros, up 1.62%, as the group began a share buyback of up to 500 million euros through July 31. About 706,500 shares traded during the session. The buyback started Feb. 20 and will follow EU “safe harbour” rules, with purchases executed via Xetra. Investors await early disclosures and Q1 results in late April.
February 21, 2026
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