News Bulletin

Thursday, January 08 2026
Morning Edition

 

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Thursday, January 8, 2026

 

5:30

Challenger Job Cuts (YoY)

-8.30%

 

23.50%

7:30

Challenger Job Cuts (Dec)

35.553K

 

71.321K

8:30

Continuing Jobless Claims

 

1,900K

1,866K

8:30

Exports (Oct)

 

 

289.30B

8:30

Imports (Oct)

 

 

342.10B

8:30

Initial Jobless Claims

 

213K

199K

8:30

Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg.

 

 

218.75K

8:30

Nonfarm Productivity (QoQ) (Q3) 

 

4.90%

3.30%

8:30

Trade Balance (Oct)

 

-58.10B

-52.80B

8:30

Unit Labor Costs (QoQ) (Q3) 

 

0.00%

1.00%

10:00

Wholesale Inventories (MoM) (Oct)

 

0.20%

0.50%

10:00

Wholesale Trade Sales (MoM) (Oct)

 

 

-0.20%

10:30

Natural Gas Storage

 

-109B

-38B

11:00

NY Fed 1-Year Consumer Inflation Expectations (Dec)

 

 

3.20%

11:30

4-Week Bill Auction

 

 

3.59%

11:30

8-Week Bill Auction

 

 

3.58%

12:00

Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q4) 

 

2.70%

2.70%

15:00

Consumer Credit (Nov)

 

10.10B

9.18B

16:30

Fed's Balance Sheet

 

 

6,641B

16:30

Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks

 

 

2.853T

Indices
 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

48,996.08

47,714.24

44,651.57

NASDAQ

23,584.27

23,284.85

20,944.28

S&P 500

6,920.93

6,815.78

6,311.48

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:

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stock rose 0.8%, with the Google parent in demand the day after its market capitalization rose above Apple’s for the first time since 2019.

 

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock rose 0.4% after Bloomberg reported that China is preparing to approve some purchases of its H200 artificial intelligence chips as early as this quarter, a move that would reopen access to a key market for the U.S. chipmaker.

 

RTX (NYSE:RTX) gained 4.9%, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) was up 7% and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) rose 7.6% as investors bought into these defense stocks on the suggestion of a hefty rise to the 2027 U.S. military budget, even after President Trump’s vow to block defence contractors from paying dividends or buying back shares until they speed up weapons production.

 

Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) stock gained 6.1% after the data center operator reported second-quarter revenue above expectations, while signing leases with two hyperscalers across two North Dakota campuses.

 

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) stock gained 2% after the drinks company reported third-quarter sales ‌and ​profit above expectations, driven by steady demand for its ​Modelo Especial and Corona beer brands.

 

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) stock fell 3.4% after JPMorgan downgraded its stance on the aluminum manufacturer to “underweight” from “neutral”, saying it prefers “copper over aluminum”.

 

Gap (NYSE:GAP) stock gained 3.9% after UBS upgraded the clothing retailer to “buy” from “neutral”, expecting the company’s sales and earnings growth will improve in the near future.

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