Investment 6 February 2026 - 12 February 2026

EOSE Stock Climbs Before Crucial Share Vote as Eos Energy Bulls Eye Grid-Storage Funding

EOSE Stock Climbs Before Crucial Share Vote as Eos Energy Bulls Eye Grid-Storage Funding

Eos Energy Enterprises shares rose on Tuesday, last quoted at $9.42, up 43 cents, or about 4.8%, after the zinc-battery storage company traded between $8.755 and $9.685 during the session. Volume reached about 26.4 million shares. The move came one day before Eos’ virtual annual meeting, set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT, where investors will have a fresh chance to weigh the company’s financing path.
June 3, 2026
Nuveen’s $13.5 billion swoop for Schroders: the £9.9bn cash deal reshaping asset management

Nuveen’s $13.5 billion swoop for Schroders: the £9.9bn cash deal reshaping asset management

Nuveen has agreed to buy British asset manager Schroders for 9.9 billion pounds, a deal that would create a group managing nearly $2.5 trillion in assets under management — client money overseen for investors. The tie-up lands as fund managers face fee pressure, higher operating costs and a client push into private markets such as infrastructure and private credit, where margins can be fatter but investment teams are expensive.
February 12, 2026
Philip Morris stock rises despite India keeping IQOS-style device ban, with investors eyeing next catalyst

Philip Morris stock rises despite India keeping IQOS-style device ban, with investors eyeing next catalyst

NEW YORK, Feb 11, 2026, 3:37 PM EST — Regular session Philip Morris International shares climbed roughly 2% to $186.30 in afternoon trading Wednesday, after briefly hitting $188.28. This gain outperformed a flat S&P 500 ETF, while consumer staples showed strength; tobacco rivals Altria jumped 2.2% and British American Tobacco added 0.8%.
February 11, 2026
Lenskart Q3 profit jumps 70-fold after IPO, revenue rises 38% as investors eye margins

Lenskart Q3 profit jumps 70-fold after IPO, revenue rises 38% as investors eye margins

Mumbai, 16:28 IST, February 11, 2026 Lenskart Solutions Ltd posted a consolidated net profit of 131 crore rupees for the October-December quarter, soaring over 70 times compared to the same period last year. Revenue from operations climbed 38.3% to 2,307.7 crore rupees. The eyewear retailer also recorded an exceptional loss of 5.3 crore rupees, attributing it to expenses tied to its recent initial public offering.
February 11, 2026
Gold price today: Gold holds above $5,000 as traders eye U.S. jobs and CPI

Gold price today: Gold holds above $5,000 as traders eye U.S. jobs and CPI

LONDON, Feb 10, 2026, 15:40 GMT — Regular session Gold prices held steady above $5,000 on Tuesday after a brief dip, as traders awaited key U.S. jobs and inflation reports due later this week. Spot gold edged up 0.1% to $5,058.86 an ounce by 1438 GMT, recovering from an earlier low of $4,985.99. Meanwhile, April U.S. gold futures rose 0.1% to $5,084.10. “We’re seeing a consolidation ahead of a bevy of key economic data coming out later this week,” said David Meger, director of metals trading at High Ridge Futures. Market expectations include two 25-basis-point rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year — a scenario that usually supports gold since it doesn’t yield interest.
February 10, 2026
Anthropic’s $20B-plus funding round could close next week at $350B valuation, report says

Anthropic’s $20B-plus funding round could close next week at $350B valuation, report says

Anthropic is closing in on a funding round that could bring in over $20 billion, with a potential close as early as next week, Bloomberg News reported Friday. This deal would peg the Claude chatbot developer at around $350 billion. Reuters has yet to confirm the report, and Anthropic didn’t respond to requests for comment. Investor cash is funneling into a tight group of AI model developers that demand massive compute resources. Reuters highlighted OpenAI’s current funding round, pegged at over $800 billion, alongside Elon Musk’s SpaceX-xAI merger as prime examples of how AI ventures are drawing capital. At Cisco’s AI Summit in San Francisco, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said, “You let a thousand flowers bloom,” before expressing concerns about
February 7, 2026
Amazon stock sinks after $200 billion AI capex plan spooks investors

Amazon stock sinks after $200 billion AI capex plan spooks investors

Amazon shares dropped roughly 9% on Friday after the company revealed plans to shell out around $200 billion in 2026, sparking concerns over how fast artificial intelligence investments will turn profitable. This spending, called capital expenditures or capex, includes costs for data centers, chips, and other hardware. Amazon’s forecast joins a broader surge in AI spending among U.S. tech giants, with plans to dump over $630 billion into data centers and AI chips this year. While investors anticipated higher capex, these numbers are steering the cloud giants—often dubbed hyperscalers for their vast computing infrastructures—toward a much heavier capital investment approach.
February 6, 2026