News Bulletin

Wednesday, January 07 2026
Morning Edition

 

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

 

6:59

MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate

6.32%

 

6.31%

6:59

MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW)

-10.00%

 

-5.00%

6:59

MBA Purchase Index

169.8

 

169.9

6:59

Mortgage Market Index

269.9

 

299.8

6:59

Mortgage Refinance Index

872.1

 

1,084.30

7:00

MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate

6.25%

 

6.32%

7:00

MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW)

0.30%

 

-10.00%

7:00

MBA Purchase Index

159.3

 

169.8

7:00

Mortgage Market Index

270.8

 

269.9

7:00

Mortgage Refinance Index

937

 

872.1

15 min

ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (Dec)

 

49K

-32K

10:00

Durables Excluding Defense (MoM) (Oct)

 

-1.50%

-1.50%

10:00

Durables Excluding Transport (MoM) (Oct)

 

 

0.20%

10:00

Factory Orders (MoM) (Oct)

 

-1.10%

0.20%

10:00

Factory orders ex transportation (MoM) (Oct)

 

 

0.20%

10:00

ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Activity (Dec)

 

 

54.5

10:00

ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment (Dec)

 

 

48.9

10:00

ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders (Dec)

 

 

52.9

10:00

ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Dec)

 

52.2

52.6

10:00

ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices (Dec)

 

 

65.4

10:00

JOLTS Job Openings (Nov)

 

7.610M

7.670M

10:30

Crude Oil Inventories

 

-1.200M

-1.934M

10:30

EIA Refinery Crude Runs (WoW)

 

 

0.071M

10:30

Crude Oil Imports

 

 

-0.957M

10:30

Cushing Crude Oil Inventories

 

 

0.543M

10:30

Distillate Fuel Production

 

 

-0.076M

10:30

EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks

 

2.200M

4.977M

10:30

Gasoline Production

 

 

-0.352M

10:30

Heating Oil Stockpiles

 

 

0.134M

10:30

EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates (WoW)

 

 

0.10%

10:30

Gasoline Inventories

 

2.900M

5.845M

16:10

FOMC Member Bowman Speaks 

 

 

 

Indices
 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

49,462.08

47,679.00

44,616.66

NASDAQ

23,547.17

23,277.30

20,915.29

S&P 500

6,944.82

6,813.23

6,305.22

Earnings Calendar:

(EPS: Earning Per Share / Rev: Revenue / Mkt Cap : market Capital/ BMO : Before Market Opening /AMC : After Market Close)

   COMPANY

EPS  Act

EPS Fore

Rev Act

Rev Fore

Mkt Cap

Time

Albertsons (ACI)

0.72

0.68

19.12B

  19.18B

9.4B

BMO

MSC Industrial Direct (MSM)

0.99

0.95

965.7M

  964.59M

4.74B

BMO

Cal-Maine (CALM)

2.13

2.08

769.5M

  814.21M

3.84B

BMO

Unifirst (UNF)

--

2.1

--

  619.82M

3.67B

BMO

Apogee (APOG)

1.02

1.05

348.56M

  359.73M

802.14M

BMO

Marks & Spencer Group Plc (MAKSY)

--

  --

--

  --

8.90B

 

Park Aerospace (PKE)

--

  --

--

  --

441.31M

 

Lifecore Biomedical (LFCR)

--

-0.16

--

  37.21M

296.36M

 

Richardson Electronics (RELL)

--

0.02

--

  49.9M

167.25M

 

Anixa Biosciences (ANIX)

--

-0.0833

--

0

106.32M

 

Hurco (HURC)

--

  --

--

  --

96.85M

 

Brookmount Explorations Inc (BMXI)

--

  --

--

  --

12.9M

 

Constellation Brands A (STZ)

--

2.65

--

  2.17B

25B

AMC

Jefferies Financial (JEF)

--

0.93

--

  2.02B

13.67B

AMC

Applied Digital (APLD)

--

-0.117

--

  86.67M

8.64B

AMC

PriceSmart (PSMT)

--

1.35

--

  1.35B

3.92B

AMC

AZZ (AZZ)

--

1.49

--

  419M

3.32B

AMC

Kura Sushi (KRUS)

--

-0.0936

--

  72.97M

712.52M

AMC

Saratoga Investment Corp (SAR)

--

0.5913

--

  31.3M

373.45M

AMC

Franklin Covey (FC)

--

0.04

--

  66.68M

215.58M

AMC

Resources Connection (RGP)

--

-0.02

--

  127.26M

174.3M

AMC

 

Market News:

Private payrolls rose 41,000 in December, slightly below expectations, ADP says : Companies added 41,000 hires for the month, a reversal from the loss of 29,000 in November, providing a positive sign to a labor market that otherwise struggled as 2025 came to a close.

 

Geopolitical risks around Taiwan are clouding the outlook for the global AI trade, according to Yardeni Research, as tensions between Washington and Beijing add a new layer of uncertainty for investors.

 

Warner Bros Discovery’s board has unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance’s most recent attempt to acquire the Hollywood stalwart, arguing that its revised $108.4 billion proposal was akin to a risky leveraged buyout. Shares of Warner Bros and Paramount were both slightly lower after the announcement, which had been widely anticipated in media reports.Shares of Netflix, who has put forward a rival bid favored by Warner Bros’ board, edged up.

 

Israeli self-driving technology firm Mobileye Global shares surged after the company said it would acquired humanoid robotics group Mentee Robotics in a deal would roughly $900 million.

 

Strategy Inc rose after MSCI said it would maintain digital asset treasury companies in its stock market indices.

 

Shares of Ventyx Biosciences popped after the Wall Street Journal reported that Eli Lilly is in advanced discussions to purchase the business for more than $1 billion as part of a bid to expand its immunology operations.

 

Monte Rosa Therapeutics climbed by more than 35% on positive interim Phase 1 trial data for a drug which demonstrated significant reductions in inflammation markers among subjects with elevated cardiovascular disease risk.

 

Johnson Controls rose by more than 1%, recovering from some losses in the prior session which stemmed from comments from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang earlier this week. In a speech at a tech industry event, Huang said Nvidia’s newest generation of chips could significantly reduce cooling requirements at data centers.

 

Cal-Maine Foods was slightly lower despite the egg producer posting higher than expected fiscal second-quarter per-share earnings.

 

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