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NASDAQ:BENF News 22 October 2025 - 9 December 2025

Biggest Stock Gainers Today (December 9, 2025): AFJK, NCPL, XCUR, ALEX and DBI Lead the After‑Bell Rally

Biggest Stock Gainers Today (December 9, 2025): AFJK, NCPL, XCUR, ALEX and DBI Lead the After‑Bell Rally

U.S. stocks ended Tuesday’s session mostly flat ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final policy decision of 2025, but under the surface the tape was anything but quiet. While the S&P 500 slipped roughly 0.02%, the Dow fell about 0.32% and the Nasdaq 100 edged up around 0.18%, a pack of small‑ and mid‑cap names posted spectacular double‑ and triple‑digit gains. StockAnalysis+1 Much of the action clustered in thinly traded microcaps reacting to very specific catalysts: SPAC deadline extensions, biotech trial results, earnings surprises and take‑private deals. Here’s your final, after‑the‑bell roundup of the biggest stock gainers in the U.S. market
Beneficient (BENF) Stock Skyrockets 64% After CEO Converts $52M Preferred into Common

Beneficient (BENF) Stock Skyrockets 64% After CEO Converts $52M Preferred into Common

Benficient stock (NASDAQ: BENF) closed Oct 21 at ~$0.49 and jumped ~64% to ~$0.80 after hours when Chairman Thomas O. Hicks and Interim CEO James Silk converted $52.6 M of preferred units into Class A shares investing.com benzinga.com. The company is racing to meet Nasdaq’s listing rules (min. equity $35 M or $1 bid price). Q1 FY2026 results (ended 6/30/25) showed heavy losses (GAAP net loss $7.19/share) but CEO Silk emphasized cost cuts and new capital deals to rebuild cash globenewswire.com scr.zacks.com. Zacks maintains a $2.00 price target, implying ~300% upside scr.zacks.com, though ChartMill notes serious financial weakness (fundamental rating 1/10) chartmill.com.
22 October 2025

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Caterpillar stock jumps 7% as Dow tops 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

Caterpillar stock jumps 7% as Dow tops 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 14:14 EST — Market closed Caterpillar Inc. shares closed Friday up 7.1% at $726.20, extending a sharp run that has turned the heavy-equipment maker into one of the biggest single-stock drivers inside the Dow. The move mattered because it came with a broader rotation back into economically sensitive stocks, after a week of jitters around the AI trade and software names. “What’s driven it recently has been the broadening that we have seen in the market,” said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services. https://www.reuters.com/business/dow-jones-industrial-average-hits-record-50000-points-2026-02-06/ Caterpillar has an outsized footprint in the Dow
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