IonQ Shares Pop In Quantum Move; U.S. Funds Go To Rival

IonQ Inc. stock jumped 12.24% to $58.89 at the close Thursday as quantum-computing names caught a bid after reports of new federal funding. That move topped the wider market, with the Dow up 0.55%, S&P 500 up 0.17%, and Nasdaq rising 0.09%.

22 May 2026

IBM shares get $1 billion quantum boost from Washington move

IBM shares jumped Thursday, gaining after the company and the U.S. Commerce Department said they plan a $1 billion award for a new quantum-chip foundry. The stock ended the day at $252.97, up from $225.00, with 25.5 million shares changing hands, according to IBM historical data.

22 May 2026

NYSE:IBM·Quantum Computing·Stock Market·Technology

D-Wave Shares Climb After $100 Million U.S. Quantum Deal Adds Washington as Shareholder

D-Wave Shares Draw Investor Interest After Washington Quantum Funding

D-Wave Quantum Inc. traded close to $28 early Friday before the bell, adding to Thursday’s surge. This comes after the company said it signed a letter of intent for $100 million in possible U.S. funding that would include an equity stake for the Commerce Department. Shares ended Thursday at $25.73, up 33.4%. Google Finance had the premarket price at $27.99.

22 May 2026

NYSE:IBM·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Rigetti Computing Stock Jumps Before RGTI Earnings as Quantum Revenue Test Hits Tonight

Rigetti Shares Rally Pre-Market After $100M U.S. Quantum Contract

Rigetti Computing was up again before the Nasdaq opened Friday as the quantum-computing firm secured a U.S. government funding deal that could total $100 million. The shares finished Thursday at $22.04, up 30.57%. Early Friday, the stock traded at $24.10 pre-market at 4:10 a.m. EDT, another 9.35% jump.

22 May 2026

NASDAQ:RGTI·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Xanadu Jumps on $300 Million Capital Plan

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited shares moved higher Thursday after the company, based in Toronto, launched a $300 million synthetic at-the-market equity facility. Xanadu also said it has developed a new algorithm intended to cut costs for certain quantum applications.

21 May 2026

NASDAQ:XNDQ·Quantum Computing

GlobalFoundries shares jump after U.S. quantum funding news

GlobalFoundries surged 12.7% to $79.75 early Thursday, with more than 3.4 million shares changing hands as investors bought in after new U.S. moves on quantum-chip manufacturing. The stock, listed on the Nasdaq, started at $77.99 and went as high as $82.44, market data showed.

21 May 2026

NASDAQ:GFS·Quantum Computing·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology Trends

Quantum computing stocks rally: IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, QUBT prices jump as traders look to the week ahead

QUBT Moves After $2 Billion U.S. Quantum Push

Quantum Computing Inc. stock moved higher Thursday morning as traders piled into quantum-computing names. The gains came after the U.S. government said it would take equity stakes in multiple companies in the group. QUBT was last at $10.73, up $1.17, or roughly 12.2%, with volume around 16.0 million shares.

21 May 2026

NASDAQ:QUBT·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Infleqtion shares react to $100 million quantum funding news in Washington

Infleqtion traded higher early Thursday after the company said the U.S. Department of Commerce gave it a preliminary letter for $100 million in funding tied to neutral-atom quantum computing. The letter includes a provision for the U.S. to receive equity in Infleqtion. INFQ was last at $11.18, up 5.1% ahead of the New York open.

21 May 2026

NASDAQ:INFQ·NYSE:IBM·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

D-Wave Shares Climb After $100 Million U.S. Quantum Deal Adds Washington as Shareholder

D-Wave Quantum Inc. shares were higher in premarket trading Thursday as the company said it got a letter of intent for up to $100 million in planned funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. The deal would make the federal government a shareholder.

21 May 2026

NYSE:DWQ·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

IBM Stock Tumbles After Earnings Beat as Software Slowdown Reignites AI Fears

IBM, Rigetti, D-Wave gain after $2B quantum investment from Washington

U.S. Commerce said Thursday it has signed letters of intent for $2.013 billion in funding for nine quantum computing companies, taking minority, non-controlling equity stakes in each. The equity stake means the government would take shares in these firms.

21 May 2026

Innovation·NYSE:IBM·Quantum Computing

Quantum Stocks Surge on $2 Billion Play; IonQ Faces Next Hurdle

IonQ shares jumped about 8% in premarket trading Thursday, picking up steam during a wild period for one of the top pure-play quantum-computing names. The stock was quoted at $52.47 ahead of the U.S. market open, up $4.02 from where it closed Wednesday.

21 May 2026

NASDAQ:IONQ·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Rigetti Shares Rally on U.S. Quantum Funding as Debate Over Value Returns

Rigetti Computing stock moved higher ahead of Thursday’s U.S. open after Reuters reported, via the Wall Street Journal, that the Trump administration will hand out $2 billion in grants to nine quantum-computing firms and plans to take equity in the companies. Rigetti is listed among recipients set to get about $100 million, according to the report.

21 May 2026

NASDAQ:RIGT·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

MicroAlgo Shares Surge 40% as Quantum Release Drives MLGO Spike

MicroAlgo Inc. stock surged 39.95% Wednesday after the Shenzhen-based algorithm developer announced a proposed quantum image edge-extraction algorithm for noisy images. The news fueled heavy trading in MLGO, a small-cap name known for big swings. Shares finished the day at $5.36 after hitting $6.87 earlier, then dipped to $5.22 in after-hours trading, which means trades after the closing bell.

20 May 2026

NASDAQ:MLGO·Quantum Computing·Stock Market·Technology

Rigetti Stock Struggles, Demand for Answers Grows

Rigetti Computing shares ended the week with losses. The quantum computing company dropped 7.37% to close at $17.85 on Friday, pulling back after its earlier earnings rally. U.S. markets were shut on Sunday. Investors are watching last week’s results ahead of an investor event set for Thursday.

18 May 2026

NASDAQ:RGTI·Quantum Computing·Technology

IonQ’s Volatile Week Leaves Bulls Focused on Monday Trade

NYSE is shut outside its 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern window on Sunday, so IonQ Inc. heads into Monday after a rocky week, not an active trading move. The quantum-computing stock finished Friday at $51.95, down 9.6% for the day. Shares are still above May 8’s $49.24 close, after a big rally Monday and a retreat late in the week.

18 May 2026

NYSE:IONQ·Quantum Computing·Stock Market·Technology

MicroAlgo Stock Jumps Before The Bell As Quantum Circuit Algorithm Puts MLGO Back In Play

MicroAlgo Inc. rolled out a new claim on Thursday, touting a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for automating quantum circuit design. The Shenzhen firm, which trades on the Nasdaq, says the tool targets the creation of the gate-level instructions essential for running software on quantum computers. Shares swung sharply ahead of Friday’s U.S. open after the announcement.

15 May 2026

NASDAQ:MLGO·Quantum Computing·Stock Market·Technology

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Stock Gets Its First Public Earnings Test—and Losses Still Rule

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited posted first-quarter revenue of $2.8 million, up sharply from $0.7 million a year ago, but losses also deepened. The company said net loss increased to $20.6 million, or 28 cents per share, compared with $12.2 million, or 22 cents, in the prior-year period. The results, released Thursday, offer an early glimpse at the mounting costs tied to bringing its photonic quantum-computing business to the public markets.

15 May 2026

NASDAQ:XNDU·Quantum Computing·Stock Market·TSX:XNDU

Infleqtion Stock Jumps as Quantum Computing Firm Posts Record Q1 Revenue and Raises 2026 Outlook

Infleqtion Inc. bumped up its 2026 revenue target to a minimum of $40 million after notching record first-quarter sales, offering investors a glimpse into appetite for its quantum tech offerings. For the quarter ended March 31, revenue climbed 14% to $9.5 million.

15 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:CCXI·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Quantum Computing Stock Pulls Back After Revenue Surge as Costs Cloud QUBT Rally

Quantum Computing Inc. shares slipped Wednesday, erasing some of the previous session’s gains after the company’s earnings rally. Investors had to balance a steep rise in revenue with higher operating expenses and lingering engineering work that remains incomplete.

13 May 2026

NASDAQ:QUBT·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

Infleqtion Rises With Quantum Peers, but This Week’s Earnings Will Decide the Next Move

Infleqtion, Inc. shares surged early Tuesday, despite no new filing from the company. Instead, the move came as a read-through: investors reacted to peer results, with traders diving into the quantum sector after earnings hinted at some genuine, if uneven, traction in orders and revenue appearing at last in this segment.

12 May 2026

NASDAQ:QUBT·Quantum Computing