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Stock Market News 17 October 2025

Big Pharma’s Billion-Dollar Bet: Inside Eli Lilly’s $5B Virginia Factory and America’s New Drug Manufacturing Boom

Eli Lilly (LLY) Surges on Obesity Drug Boom and Alzheimer’s Breakthroughs – Is $1,000 Next?

LLY Stock Skyrockets, Then Dips on Pricing Jitters Eli Lilly’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, powered by optimism around its new drug innovations. Shares surged dramatically at the start of October – leaping from about $726 at the end of September to as high as $832 by October 1ts2.tech. This double-digit jump in just days far outpaced the broader market and reflected euphoric sentiment toward Lilly’s growth prospectsts2.tech. Analysts attributed the rally to a perfect storm of positive news: strong recent earnings, insider buying, and fresh research fueling excitement about Lilly’s obesity and Alzheimer’s franchisests2.tech. For example,
17 October 2025
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OpenAI’s AMD Mega-Deal Sparks an AI “Mega-Blob” – 6GW of Chips, a 10% Stake, and a $100B Bet

AMD Stock Surges After AI Mega-Deals With OpenAI and Oracle – Could $300 Be Next?

Stock Hits Highs on AI Hype Advanced Micro Devices’ stock has been on fire in October 2025, reaching its highest levels in over a year. On Wednesday, Oct. 15, AMD surged over 8% and touched an intraday peak around $240.48, a new 52-week hights2.tech. It closed that day near $238.7, capping roughly an 80% year-to-date gain for the chipmaker’s sharests2.tech. By comparison, chief rival Nvidia’s stock is up about 40% in 2025, and Intel’s is flat-to-moderately higher after a rough 2024ts2.tech. AMD’s market capitalization now sits around $350 billion, putting it in the upper echelon of chipmakers by valuets2.tech. This short-term
17 October 2025
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Bank of America (BAC) Stock Soars on Earnings Beat – Can It Keep Climbing?

Bank of America (BAC) Stock Soars on Earnings Beat – Can It Keep Climbing?

Real-Time Price Check: BAC Slips After Initial Rally After a mid-week surge on earnings, Bank of America’s stock has seesawed amid broader market swings. As of midday Friday (Oct. 17), BAC traded around the $50 mark, down about 1–2% on the dayreuters.com. The stock opened at $50.38 and showed modest volatility through the morningmarketbeat.com. This minor pullback comes on the heels of a sharp drop on Thursday, when BAC plunged 3.5% to close at $50.44finviz.com. That decline essentially wiped out the gains from Wednesday, when shares jumped roughly 4–5% following the earnings announcementreuters.com. The choppy trading reflects a mix of
17 October 2025
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Palantir’s Shocking Reinvention: From Secretive Spy Tech to $400B Cult Lifestyle Brand

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Soars 300% on AI Mega-Deals – Boom or Bubble Ahead?

Red-Hot Rally Fueled by AI Mania Palantir Technologies has seen its stock go parabolic in 2025, transforming from a mid-cap data firm into a near half-trillion-dollar tech titan. Shares of PLTR currently trade around $178–$180 – about 3–4 times their price at the start of the yearts2.tech. This meteoric rise (+300% YTD) vastly outpaces the broader market and has vaulted Palantir into the ranks of the most valuable tech companies. In fact, Palantir’s market value (roughly $425 billion at last count) is now comparable to or larger than legacy defense giants like Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop combinedreuters.com. As tech news
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SoFi’s Roller-Coaster Rally: Fintech Stock Soars 230% in 2025 – What’s Next for SOFI?

SoFi’s Roller-Coaster Rally: Fintech Stock Soars 230% in 2025 – What’s Next for SOFI?

SOFI Stock Price: 2025 Surge and Recent Volatility After a spectacular rally through 2025, SoFi’s share price has been on a roller coaster in recent weeks. The stock more than tripled in the past year, climbing from the single digits to a high of about $30.30 by late September ts2.tech. That ~230% year-over-year gain far outpaced most fintech and bank stocks. However, the euphoria has cooled slightly in October: SoFi pulled back roughly 10% from its peak, trading in the mid-$20s as some investors took profits ts2.tech. The past week highlighted SoFi’s high volatility. Shares briefly rebounded above $28 mid-week,
17 October 2025
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INVO Fertility (IVF) Stock’s Wild 90% Surge Amid IVF Boom – What’s Behind the Frenzy?

INVO Fertility (IVF) Stock’s Wild 90% Surge Amid IVF Boom – What’s Behind the Frenzy?

Stock Price Surge and Aftermath INVO Fertility’s stock took Wall Street by surprise this week with a massive one-day surge. On October 16, shares of the micro-cap fertility clinic operator opened around $0.75 and skyrocketed nearly 90% by day’s end, closing at approximately $1.43 ts2.tech. Intra-day, the price briefly hit $2+ per share, a huge jump from the prior day’s close under $0.80 ts2.tech. To put this in perspective, such a single-day leap is virtually unheard of for most stocks – even in the volatile biotech space – and far outpaced broader market moves. Trading volume spiked astronomically during the
17 October 2025
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Amazon Stock Today: AI Ambitions, $2.5B Twist, and $3 Trillion Dreams

Amazon Stock Rebound Stalls: AI Ambitions, $2.5B Settlement & the $3 Trillion Question

Stock Price & Recent Performance Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has seen choppy trading in recent days. The stock fell sharply by about 5% on Oct. 13 amid a broader tech sell-off tied to renewed U.S.–China trade tensionsts2.tech. After closing around $227 last week, shares dipped to the mid-$210s before stabilizing. Over the past week, AMZN oscillated roughly between $216 and $228 – holding above a support level near ~$215 but unable to break through resistance in the mid-$220sts2.tech. Traders noted the stock recently “rebounded off” those support levels as Amazon’s expansion announcements buoyed sentiment, though it remains below key trend
17 October 2025
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Novo Nordisk’s $5.2 Billion Bet to Reverse Fatty Liver Disease – Game-Changer or Big Gamble?

Novo Nordisk’s Weight-Loss Crown at Risk? NVO Stock Slumps Amid Surprise Deals – What’s Next

NVO Stock Slides as Weight-Loss Hype Cools Novo Nordisk’s stock has been on a wild ride. After becoming Europe’s most valuable company in 2022–2023 on the back of its smash-hit obesity drug Wegovy, the Danish pharma giant has seen its fortunes reverse sharply in 2025. As of October 17, NVO shares trade in the mid-$50s – down nearly 50% from January levelsreuters.comreuters.com and miles below the late-2024 peak (when Novo’s market cap neared $650 B)reuters.comreuters.com. What happened? In short, the once-unbounded GLP-1 weight-loss boom has hit reality. Several factors have converged to deflate Novo’s valuation. Competition has intensified: U.S. rival Eli
17 October 2025
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Oracle’s ‘Truly Awesome’ AI Cloud Quarter Sends Stock Soaring 36%, Making Ellison World’s Richest

Oracle’s $300B AI Cloud Bet Sends Stock Soaring – Trillion-Dollar Dreams Awaken

Oracle Stock Update: Riding High on AI Frenzy Oracle headquarters building. Oracle’s stock has been a standout performer in 2025 amid a frenzy for AI-related cloud services. Oracle’s stock price is hovering near $304 per share as of October 17, 2025, after a year of extraordinary gains driven by optimism around the company’s foray into artificial intelligence cloud servicests2.tech. It closed at $303.98 on October 16ts2.tech, essentially flat on the day, capping off a volatile few weeks. Just last month, Oracle shares touched a record intraday high of about $345.69 (on Sept. 10) following announcements of unprecedented AI cloud dealsts2.tech.
17 October 2025
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Apple’s July 2025 Bombshells: Foldable iPhone, AI Secrets, Encryption Showdown & More

Apple Stock Surges on New Products and iPhone 17 “Supercycle” – Analysts Split on AAPL’s Next Move

AAPL Stock Update: Near Highs After Volatile Week Apple’s stock is trading near record levels as of October 17, 2025, after navigating a volatile stretch in global markets. Shares oscillated around the mid-$240s this week – just a few dollars below Apple’s all-time intraday high (~$260) set in late Septemberts2.tech. On Wednesday Oct. 15, AAPL briefly rallied (+0.6%) on news of Apple’s latest chip launch, before slipping ~0.9% on Thursday amid some profit-takingts2.techts2.tech. As of midday Friday, the stock was little changed, holding above both its 50- and 200-day moving averages – a sign of positive momentum in recent weeksts2.tech.
17 October 2025
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Nvidia’s $4 Trillion AI Stock Surge: Record Highs, Mega Deals & Bold Forecasts

Nvidia Stock Whipsaws as AI Boom Clashes with New Risks

NVDA Stock Rollercoaster: From Record Highs to Sharp Swings Nvidia’s stock has been on a wild ride in recent days. The share price reached an all-time high of about $195.62 in early Octoberts2.tech amid frenzied buying, but then rapidly reversed course. By Tuesday, Oct. 14, NVDA had tumbled over 4% in a single session to around $180ts2.tech as traders cashed in gains and broader tech stocks slipped. The Nasdaq’s tech sector was down that day, reflecting profit-taking and a rotation out of high-flying names. Even so, Nvidia’s stock remains near its peaks – still roughly 58% higher than a year
17 October 2025
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AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock Skyrockets on Verizon Deal – Is Satellite-to-Phone Broadband the Next Big Thing?

AST SpaceMobile Stock Shoots for the Stars on Verizon Deal – What’s Next for ASTS?

ASTS Stock Skyrockets on Space Breakthroughs Such meteoric gains have made AST SpaceMobile a market darling of 2025. The company – which went public via SPAC in 2021 – is now valued near $30 billionts2.tech, a staggering figure considering its nascent revenue. Investors have piled into ASTS on the promise that it could revolutionize mobile connectivityts2.techts2.tech. Social media forums show retail traders “extremely bullish” on ASTS, which became a trending ticker on Stocktwits as shares rocketed upwardts2.tech. However, the stock’s volatile swings also hint at speculative fervor: after peaking mid-week, ASTS briefly pulled back by ~6% on profit-takingts2.tech, demonstrating that even
17 October 2025
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The $350B Shake-Up: How AI Summaries Rewire Publisher Traffic

Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock Soars on AI Boom & Ad Rebound – $3 Trillion Valuation in Sight?

GOOGL Stock Nears Record High on Rally Momentum The Google logo at the company’s headquarters. Alphabet’s stock has been flirting with record highs amid surging optimism in its core ads and AI businesses.Alphabet Inc.’s Class A shares (NASDAQ: GOOGL) have been on a tear this year, recently touching their highest levels in over a year. The stock closed at $251.03 on Oct. 16 – around a new 52-week peak of ~$256ts2.tech – after jumping about 2% that day. As of Oct. 17, GOOGL traded just above $251, holding near that high-water mark. At these prices, Alphabet’s market value is roughly $2.97 trillion, putting Google’s
17 October 2025
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Zions Bancorp Stock Plunges 13% After Surprise $50M Fraud-Linked Loan Loss – Is More Trouble Ahead?

Fraud Scandals at U.S. Banks Wipe $100 Billion, Spur Global Selloff as ‘Cockroach’ Credit Fears Mount

Fraud Shocks at Regional Lenders Ignite a Selloff This week’s drama began when Zions Bancorporation, a Utah-based regional bank, revealed a major loan fraud that blindsided investors. In an SEC filing on Oct. 15, Zions said it discovered “misrepresentations and contractual defaults” in two large commercial loans (~$60 million total) made by its California Bank & Trust unitts2.tech. The borrowers – investment funds tied to financiers Andrew Stupin and Gerald Marcil – allegedly used the money to buy distressed mortgages, then shuffled the collateral to other entities, according to Zions’ lawsuit (the borrowers deny the allegations)straitstimes.comstraitstimes.com. Zions moved quickly: it accelerated
17 October 2025
Femasys (FEMY) Rockets on Fertility Breakthroughs and FDA Milestones – What’s Behind the Surge?

Femasys (FEMY) Rockets on Fertility Breakthroughs and FDA Milestones – What’s Behind the Surge?

FEMY Stock Soars on Fertility Buzz Femasys stock has been on a rollercoaster ride in recent sessions. As of October 17, 2025, FEMY traded around the mid-$0.70s per share – more than double its price just a few weeks prior, and well off its 52-week low near $0.31 ts2.tech. On October 16, the stock spiked dramatically: opening near $0.55, it rallied to an intraday high of $0.84 (+52%) before settling at $0.745 (+35%) by the close finance.yahoo.com. This explosive move came amid unusually heavy volume (tens of millions of shares traded, versus ~7 million on a typical day) stockinvest.us, indicating
17 October 2025
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Bitcoin Boom to Bust: Strategy Inc (MSTR) Stock’s Wild Ride Spurs Big Questions

Bitcoin Boom to Bust: Strategy Inc (MSTR) Stock’s Wild Ride Spurs Big Questions

MSTR Stock Rallies, Then Stumbles with Bitcoin’s Tide Shares of Strategy Inc have been on a rollercoaster in October, illustrating the tight link between MSTR and the crypto market. In the first week of “Uptober,” Bitcoin’s price burst through to record highs (~$125K–$126K) amid a wave of optimism in the crypto sector thecoinrepublic.com. MicroStrategy’s stock surged in kind – jumping about 6% on Oct. 1 alone after a favorable US tax ruling on crypto, and climbing from roughly $338 at September’s end to $355 by Oct. 3 ts2.tech ts2.tech. Trading volumes in MSTR spiked well above average during this rally
17 October 2025
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Zions Bancorp’s $50 Million Fraud Shock: Stock Plunges as Regional Bank Fears Resurface

Zions Bancorp’s $50 Million Fraud Shock: Stock Plunges as Regional Bank Fears Resurface

Fraud Bombshell Sends Zions Stock Reeling Zions Bancorp, a Salt Lake City-based regional bank, dropped a stunning disclosure this week: it found evidence of potential fraud in two large commercial loans worth about $60 million ts2.tech. The borrowers – reportedly affiliated with an independent investment fund – allegedly misrepresented collateral and other information, prompting Zions to accelerate the loans to default and sue the guarantors in California ts2.tech. The bank wrote off $50 million of the exposure and set aside reserves for the rest, effectively recognizing a full $60 million hit ts2.tech. This charge-off will flow through Zions’ upcoming earnings, immediately denting Q3
17 October 2025
Dow Tumbles 400 Points on ‘Cockroach’ Credit Fears as Global Markets Shaken

Dow Tumbles 400 Points on ‘Cockroach’ Credit Fears as Global Markets Shaken

Market Selloff Deepens on Credit Fears A wave of credit-related jitters hit Wall Street, igniting a broad selloff led by financial stocks. On Thursday, the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all shed nearly 1% of their value ts2.tech. The selloff was concentrated in regional banks, where bad loan news triggered outsized damage. Zions Bancorp disclosed a surprise $50 million loan charge-off, sinking its stock by double-digits, while Western Alliance revealed it is suing a borrower over alleged fraud – news that sent its shares tumbling as well ts2.tech. Even Jefferies, an investment firm, saw its stock slide on concerns about
17 October 2025
Broadcom’s $10B AI Chip Deal Ignites Stock Surge – What’s Powering This Tech Giant’s Boom

Broadcom (AVGO) Stock Soars After $10B OpenAI AI Chip Deal – Analysts Raise Targets

Stock Performance and Recent Movement Broadcom’s stock has surged dramatically in 2023–2025, fueled by the AI boom and strategic dealsts2.tech. After a 10-for-1 split in Feb 2024, retail interest surged along with its fundamentalsts2.tech. By Oct 2025, Broadcom’s market cap surpassed $1.5 trillionts2.tech. The share price peaked around $374 in early Sept 2025 (post-split), roughly double its level a year priorts2.tech. Even after an early-October dip (amid broader market volatility), AVGO remains up ~70% YTDts2.tech, far outperforming the S&P 500. Over the past week, the stock was volatile. On Oct 13 AVGO jumped +9.9%investing.com following the announcement of a new $10B
17 October 2025
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TSMC Stock Surges on AI Boom and U.S. Expansion: What to Know on Sep 23, 2025

TSMC Stock Rockets on AI Boom: Record Profit and $1T Valuation Stun Markets

Record Q3 Results Drive Rally TSMC’s latest earnings confirmed the AI-driven boom in semiconductors. July–September revenue jumped to NT$989.9 billion (≈$32.5 billion)reuters.com, about 30% above last year, and net income hit NT$452.3 billioneconomictimes.indiatimes.com – both well above analysts’ estimates. High-performance computing (HPC) chips – used in AI servers – dominated the quarter, with the HPC unit accounting for roughly 57% of saleseconomictimes.indiatimes.comeconomictimes.indiatimes.com. Counterpoint Research analyst William Li commented that the “strong traction at 3nm as well as high utilization at 4/5nm” from orders by AI GPU and data-center customers directly drove these robust earningseconomictimes.indiatimes.com. CEO C.C. Wei echoed this, saying recent AI developments
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Stock Market Today

Financial services stocks rally as XLF jumps, Dow hits 50,000 — what to watch next week

Financial services stocks rally as XLF jumps, Dow hits 50,000 — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
U.S. financial stocks rose Friday, with the XLF fund up 1.8% and the Dow closing above 50,000 for the first time, gaining 2.47%. Goldman Sachs jumped 4.3%, JPMorgan 3.9%, and Citigroup 6.0%. The Federal Reserve held rates steady, and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly signaled possible cuts this year. Investors await January jobs and inflation data next week.
Data Center Stocks Surge Into the Weekend: Digital Realty, Equinix and Vertiv Set Up a Big Week Ahead

Data Center Stocks Surge Into the Weekend: Digital Realty, Equinix and Vertiv Set Up a Big Week Ahead

7 February 2026
Digital Realty, Equinix, and Vertiv shares surged Friday, with Vertiv up 10% and Digital Realty rising 4.1%, as investors rotated back into AI-linked data center stocks. The move followed Amazon’s $200 billion and Alphabet’s $175–185 billion 2026 capex targets. Digital Realty set 2026 core FFO guidance at $7.90 to $8.00 per share. Wall Street ended the week broadly higher, led by chipmakers.
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