Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose on Monday, September 28, after unveiling the largest buyback increase ever, but the rest of big tech sank under rising yields, a chip-sector rout and a sharp fall in Meta (NASDAQ:META), dragging the Nasdaq lower.
● Nvidia (NVDA) closed at $228.86 on Monday, up from $225.07, while most other major chip stocks fell.
STAAR Surgical shares soared on Friday after the eye-lens maker's board authorised a $50 million share repurchase, giving investors a clear reason to bid up the stock on an otherwise quiet day for small caps.
● NatWest repurchased 2,823,507 ordinary shares between September 22 and 25, 2026 at about 685.04 pence per share.
● News Corporation is authorized to repurchase up to $1 billion of Class A and Class B common stock combined.
● HSBC repurchased 871,200 ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on September 25, 2026 alone.
● Baidu repurchased 576,400 Class A ordinary shares on September 24, 2026 for approximately HKD 49.99 million.
● Bilibili will hold an extraordinary general meeting October 28, 2026 to approve a $200 million off-market share buyback.
● VEON's board approved a 72,500,000-share buyback, with 39,542,170 shares from the open market and 32,957,830 shares bought directly from LPE Middle East Limited.
Riverview Bancorp has cleared its board to spend up to $4.0 million buying back its own common stock, a move the Vancouver, WA-based holding company says reflects confidence in its balance sheet. The program, tied to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan executed by Raymond …