Klockner & Co SE

Worthington Steel, Inc.

Shares of Kloeckner &amp; Co, one of Europe’s largest metal traders, surged in German trading on Friday, January 16, jumping 27.3% to their highest level since May 2022. The rally followed the news that U.S.-based Worthington Steel <a href="https://ir.worthingtonsteel.com/news/news-details/2026/Worthington-Steel-to-Acquire-Kloeckner--Co/default.aspx">will acquire</a> the company at a premium to the market price. The transaction looks set to reshape the North American metalworking market and position Worthington Steel as the second-largest company in the region by revenue, Noble Capital Markets <a href="https://www.channelchek.com/news-channel/worthington-steel-to-acquire-kloeckner-co-in-transformative-2-4-billion-deal">argues</a>.

German metal processor Kloeckner to be acquired by U.S. peer Worthington; shares jump

Over the past two years, average monthly trading volumes on the prediction market, where Polymarket and Kalshi platforms are the leaders, have grown 80 times. Wall Street companies have begun hiring traders to work with prediction markets. Critics of the booming sector say it's an easy opportunity for holders of nonpublic information to make money from insider trading. Defenders insist that such platforms fulfill the main function of the market - to allow a fair assessment of a particular event.

"The New Beast": how Wall Street is adapting to the booming prediction market

Intel Corporation

Netflix, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

The shortened trading week - on January 19, stock exchanges in the U.S. will not open due to Martin Luther King Day - begins with the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, where <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/netflix-united-airlines-ge-aerospace-intel-cpe-cf2b31d3?mod=hp_latestnews#:~:text=where%20at%20least%2060%20heads%20of%20state%20are%20expected">dozens of</a> heads of state will gather. President Trump is expected to speak at the WEF on Wednesday, January 21, Yahoo Finance <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-in-davos-netflix-and-intel-results-on-deck-as-earnings-season-ramps-what-to-watch-this-week-123046447.html#:~:text=The%20first%20is%20President%20Trump%27s%20speech%20at%20the%20World%20Economic%20Forum%20in%20Davos%2C%20Switzerland%2C%20which%20is%20expected%20to%20take%20place%20on%20Wednesday%20morning%20ET.">reported</a>.

Davos, inflation, Netflix and Intel: what investors need to know this week

The dollar fell, silver and gold hit new all-time highs on Monday, January 19, after U.S. President Donald Trump <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/tramp-ob-avil-o-poslinah-v-otnosenii-vos-mi-stran-evropy-iz-za-grenlandii">threatened</a> eight European countries, including Germany, France and the United Kingdom, with 10 percent duties over the weekend because they opposed his attempts to gain control of Greenland. EU countries, in turn, have begun considering retaliatory measures against the US for up to €93 billion, the Financial Times <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/glavnoe-k-utru-milliardery-b-ut-rekordy-es-gotovit-mery-protiv-ssa-iz-za-grenlandii">reported</a>.

"The dollar suffers most": how markets reacted to the US-EU trade war

The US is threatening European countries with duties because of Greenland, the EU is preparing countermeasures worth tens of billions of euros and discussing the launch of an "anti-coercive mechanism", while the markets are reacting with a rise in gold and silver. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of January 19.

Highlights for the morning: billionaires break records, EU prepares measures against US over Greenland

Czechoslovak Group (CSG), a <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/32e73b4d-eff3-420b-9a82-7483dc2e14a5#:~:text=CSG%20has%20become-,a%20leading%20supplier%20to%20Ukraine%E2%80%99s%20armed%20forces,-and%20also%20acts">leading</a> supplier to Ukraine's armed forces, is preparing for potentially the largest IPO in the history of the defense sector in the "coming weeks." Chinese neuroimplant developer BrainCo, a competitor of Elon Musk's Neuralink, has decided to go public in Hong Kong. Crypto exchange Bitpanda, in which billionaire Peter Thiel has invested, may list in Frankfurt in the first quarter. The main events on the IPO market during the week are in our selection.

Ammunition supplier, Neuralink competitor and cryptocurrency exchange: highlights of the IPO by Jan. 18

US President Donald Trump has announced a 10 percent duty on European countries that have supported Denmark and opposed his attempts to gain control of Greenland.

Trump announces duties on eight European countries over Greenland

Marvell Technology, Inc.

Vertiv Holdings Co

Reddit, Inc.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

SoFi Technologies, Inc.

Ciena Corporation

Coherent Corp.

Analysts of investment bank Stephens named the main, in their opinion, candidates for inclusion in the broad market index S &amp; P 500, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/stocks-usually-rally-big-after-getting-added-to-the-sp-500-index-these-could-be-next.html">writes</a> CNBC. Rebalancing of the index by the U.S. Index Committee should be held on Friday, the channel points out.

Investment Bank has highlighted possible candidates for inclusion in the S&amp;P 500

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

ASML Holding N.V.

The dependence of the S&amp;P 500 index on the sentiment of investors invested in AI-related stocks is of concern to Scott Helfstein, a strategist at Global X Investment Company. In a note <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-the-fragile-ai-ecosystem-may-be-one-of-the-biggest-risks-to-markets-this-year-27c3a394">cited</a> by MarketWatch, the analyst highlighted key risks to the markets in 2026. The main one is a disruption in the AI supply chain, a factor Helfstein calls the most underestimated by investors.

The analyst named the main risks for the markets in 2026. Among them - undervalued

Planet Fitness, Inc.

Novo Nordisk A/S

Eli Lilly and Company

The hype around GLP-1-class weight loss drugs is opening up new growth opportunities for fitness club chain Planet Fitness, investment bank Stifel predicts. "We believe GLP-1 users could significantly increase fitness club subscriptions in the coming years," analyst Chris O'Call wrote in a note to clients <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/this-gym-stock-could-see-a-boost-from-increase-weight-loss-pill-use-says-stifel.html">quoted</a> by CNBC. He reiterated a buy recommendation on Planet Fitness shares and a $130 target, up 31% from the Jan. 15 close.

Stifel expects fitness chain's stock to rise 30%. How will a diet pill help them? 

Micron Technology, Inc.

A member of the board of directors of memory chip maker Micron Technology, Mark Liu, bought 23,200 shares of the company's stock this week, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723125/000205876926000002/xslF345X05/primarydocument.xml">according to </a>a disclosure on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website. The transactions were made on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the average price was about $337 per paper - on Monday, January 12, quotes Micron updated the record at $345, then slightly corrected. Total purchases amounted to $7.8 million, MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/microns-stock-gets-an-8-million-vote-of-confidence-from-this-industry-veteran-caf334bc">calculated</a>. With this, Liu gave a strong signal to the market, the publication notes. Now the insider directly owns 25,910 shares of Micron.

A Micron insider bought $8 million worth of the company's stock, what does that tell investors?

Porsche AG

Volkswagen AG

Volkswagen's premium brand - Porsche - <a href="https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2026/company/porsche-deliveries-2025-41516.html">reported a</a> 10% decline in car sales in 2025. This was the sharpest decline since 2009, that is, since the global financial crisis, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-16/porsche-sales-slump-most-in-16-years-on-weak-china-model-gaps?srnd=phx-industries">writes</a> Bloomberg. Shares of the luxury manufacturer fell in trading on January 16, continuing the collapse, which has already led to the loss of the status of "blue chip".