IBM Stock Rockets 28%: AI Boom, Quantum Breakthroughs & Big Deals Spark Rally
Recent Stock Rally Driven by AI and Quantum News IBM’s stock has rallied sharply in fall 2025. It closed around $279 on Oct 13 ts2.tech, just shy of its late-September peak near $296 ts2.tech. Investors point to IBM’s pivot to AI, cloud and quantum computing as catalysts. In late September, the company announced a first-of-its-kind quantum computing trial with HSBC, which used IBM’s quantum processor to improve bond-trading forecasts by 34% reuters.com. HSBC’s Philip Intallura said the trial is “a tangible example of how today’s quantum computers could solve a real-world business problem at scale” reuters.com. The news (Sept. 25)