Nvidia stock rises in premarket ahead of Jensen Huang’s CES appearance as NVDA traders watch jobs data
New York, Jan 5, 2026, 05:52 EST — Premarket Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares rose 0.7% to $190.18 in premarket trading on Monday, ahead of a CES appearance by Chief Executive Jensen Huang. The stock last closed at $188.85. The early move matters because Nvidia remains a high-beta gauge of investor appetite for artificial intelligence, or AI, spending. The company’s chips and systems are central to data centers that train and run AI models, making any signal on demand ripple quickly across the sector. This week’s U.S. jobs report due on Jan. 9 is one of the main macro hurdles for rate-sensitive