PayPal shares rose 6.7% Tuesday after Bloomberg reported Stripe is considering a bid for all or part of the company. PayPal has received unsolicited offers and held talks with banks, but discussions
Oracle shares fell 5.4% to $148.08 Friday, underperforming the broader market despite the U.S. Supreme Court lifting Trump-era tariffs. The drop followed reports OpenAI is targeting $600 billion in compute spending by 2030, with Nvidia in talks to invest $30 billion. Oracle’s stock has traded between $118.86 and $345.72 in the past year. Trading resumes Monday.
Reckitt Benckiser began the third phase of its £1 billion share buyback, purchasing 127,000 shares on March 10 for an average 5,489.76 pence each. The stock fell 10.6% in the week ending March 10, underperforming the FTSE 350. Reckitt reported 5.2% core revenue growth for 2025 but flagged weaker cold and flu sales, European market challenges, and lower EPS after selling Essential Home.
PayPal shares rose 6.7% Tuesday after Bloomberg reported Stripe is considering a bid for all or part of the company. PayPal has received unsolicited offers and held talks with banks, but discussions remain at an early stage. Enrique Lores will become CEO on March 1, with CFO Jamie Miller serving as interim chief until then. Stripe and PayPal declined to comment.
UnitedHealth Group shares fell 2.6% to $273.95 in after-hours trading Tuesday, extending a two-day drop of about 5.5%. The decline follows investor concerns over proposed 2027 Medicare Advantage payment rates, with the public comment window closing Feb. 25. Managed-care stocks, including Humana and Elevance, also slipped, even as the broader market rose. UnitedHealth trades on NYSE under ticker UNH.
Sandisk shares rose 5.2% to $683.53 in early New York trading Monday, with volume near 5 million shares. The move followed Western Digital’s plan to sell part of its Sandisk stake to cut debt, raising $3.17 billion. Investors await AI infrastructure demand signals on February 25. Sandisk reported Q2 revenue of $3.03 billion and forecast Q3 revenue of $4.40–$4.80 billion.
GE Vernova rose 0.1% to $831.30 in late trading Monday after a volatile session. The Dow fell 1.6% and S&P 500 dropped 1.2% following Trump’s surprise 15% tariff announcement. GE Vernova reported a $150 billion order backlog, with gas equipment reservations up to 83 gigawatts. The board declared a $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, payable April 14.
SELLAS Life Sciences rose 3.4% to $4.29 in premarket trading Monday after closing at $4.15 Friday. The company is nearing the final analysis of its phase 3 AML trial, with 72 of 80 required events recorded as of late December. SELLAS reported $71.8 million in cash at year-end, plus $26.5 million from warrant exercises. Short interest stands at 41.33 million shares, or 24.42% of the float.
Barclays shares rose 1.1% to 478.9 pence in early London trading after the bank reported buying back 4.21 million shares for cancellation on February 20. The total buybacks since February 10 now stand at 25.38 million shares. Lloyds and HSBC shares also gained. HSBC’s annual results are due Wednesday.
Corning shares jumped 7.3% to close at $139.51 Friday after UBS raised its price target to $160 and reiterated a buy rating. The stock touched $140.27 intraday, its first time above $140, amid optimism over tech infrastructure spending. Investors await management appearances on February 27 and March 3 for further demand signals.
The FDA approved a new first-line combination therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia using AbbVie’s Venclexta and AstraZeneca’s Calquence, showing improved progression-free survival over standard chemoimmunotherapy. AbbVie shares closed up 0.21% at $224.81 on Friday. Barclays initiated coverage with an overweight rating and $275 price target. Investors await market reaction when trading resumes Monday.
Cisco closed at $79.20 Friday, up 0.8%, marking its third straight gain. Executive VP Thimaya K. Subaiya sold 10,233 shares for about $804,000 under a preset plan. The company expects over $5 billion in AI-related orders, but margin pressure remains after a recent earnings miss. Investors are watching Nvidia’s results next week for signals on AI infrastructure spending.
Oracle shares fell 5.4% to $148.08 Friday, underperforming the broader market despite the U.S. Supreme Court lifting Trump-era tariffs. The drop followed reports OpenAI is targeting $600 billion in compute spending by 2030, with Nvidia in talks to invest $30 billion. Oracle’s stock has traded between $118.86 and $345.72 in the past year. Trading resumes Monday.
Trump Media & Technology Group shares fell 4.3% Friday to close at $10.11. Yorkville America Equities announced plans to acquire the MAGA ETF, aiming to complete the deal in the second quarter. Investors are watching the $10 level and updates on Trump Media’s token launch and ETF plans ahead of Monday’s market open.
Oracle shares fell 5.4% to $148.08 after hours Friday, underperforming as U.S. stocks rose on a Supreme Court decision overturning Trump-era tariffs. Investors are watching for details on Oracle’s $45–50 billion 2026 funding plan and Nvidia’s upcoming report. OpenAI is targeting $600 billion in computing spend by 2030 and a valuation near $830 billion, sources told Reuters.
Oracle shares fell 2.7% to $152.25 in morning trading Friday, underperforming the broader market. Nvidia is nearing a $30 billion stake in OpenAI as part of a funding round expected to top $100 billion, according to a source. S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump-era tariffs. Investors are watching Nvidia’s results next week for signals on AI and data center spending.
Alphabet C shares rose 2.1% to $309.87 in early Nasdaq trading Friday after Google launched its Gemini 3.1 Pro-preview for business customers. Google and Sea Ltd agreed to develop an AI shopping prototype for Shopee. U.S. GDP grew at a 1.4% annual rate in Q4, below forecasts. Inflation data came in higher than expected.
Micron Technology shares fell 1% in after-hours trading Thursday to $417.35. Samsung is reportedly seeking about $700 per HBM4 AI memory chip, roughly 30% higher than the previous generation. U.S. stocks slipped, with the S&P 500 down 0.28% and Nasdaq off 0.31%. Investors await Friday’s U.S. PCE inflation data for clues on interest rates.
Microsoft shares fell $1.26 to $398.46 in after-hours trading Thursday after going ex-dividend. The company announced plans to invest $50 billion in AI for developing markets by 2030. Director John W. Stanton bought 5,000 shares on Feb. 18, raising his direct stake to 83,905. CrowdStrike shares rose 1.5% after expanding its partnership with Microsoft.
The Dow Jones fell 236 points to 49,426 by midday Thursday, led lower by financials and tech stocks. Blue Owl Capital shares dropped after it announced a $1.4 billion asset sale and halted fund redemptions. U.S. jobless claims fell sharply, while the trade deficit widened to $70.3 billion. Oil rose 2.6% to $66.71 a barrel amid U.S.-Iran tensions.
AMD shares fell 1.5% to just under $200 in premarket trading Thursday after CFO Jean Hu sold nearly 20,000 shares under a preset trading plan, according to a regulatory filing. The company disclosed a $75 million equity award for CEO Lisa Su, tied to future stock performance. Traders watched for U.S. economic data and signals affecting tech stocks and interest rates.
Broadcom shares closed up 0.3% at $333.51 Wednesday, little changed after hours, as Citi cut its price target to $458 but kept a buy rating ahead of Broadcom’s March 4 earnings. Nvidia announced a multi-year AI hardware deal with Meta, which will deploy millions of Nvidia chips. Some Broadcom customers are reconsidering VMware due to higher license costs.
Rolls-Royce shares rose 3.67% to 1,271 pence Friday, outperforming the FTSE 100, which closed up 0.42%. Strong demand for jet engine servicing lifted the sector, with investors awaiting the company’s 2025 results on Feb. 26. United Airlines is seeking a $175 million refund from Rolls-Royce over a maintenance contract dispute. Rolls-Royce is conducting a £200 million share buyback through Feb. 24.
Macquarie Group shares fell 0.91% to close at 216.17 AUD Friday, marking a second straight day of losses. The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 1.4% to 8,917 ahead of the weekend. No new Macquarie updates hit the ASX Sunday. Investors await the Reserve Bank of Australia’s meeting minutes Tuesday.
AST SpaceMobile shares fell 15.17% Thursday to $82.22 after announcing a $1 billion convertible debt deal, then edged up 0.35% Friday. U.S. defense stocks rose Friday as Treasury yields dropped following lower inflation data. U.S. markets will be closed Monday for Presidents Day. Investors await Tuesday’s open for further reaction to AST’s financing plans.
Salesforce rose 2.7% to close at $190.41 Friday, outperforming a sluggish U.S. market after January inflation data came in below forecasts. The stock swung between $184.31 and $193.43 on volume of 6.1 million shares. Despite the gain, Salesforce remains down about 30% in 2026 amid ongoing tech sector volatility. The company reports Q4 and full-year earnings on February 25 after market close.
Algorhythm Holdings shares jumped $2.42 to $3.48 in after-hours trading Friday, up about 228% after touting strong SemiCab results and surging freight rates. The move triggered a selloff in trucking and logistics stocks, with the Dow Jones Transportation Average down 4.4% Thursday. Trading volume hit 161.5 million shares. Some analysts questioned whether the reaction matched actual business risks.