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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 17.10.2025

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17 October 2025
Rigetti’s 5,500% Quantum Leap: Stock Skyrockets Then Slides as Hype Meets Reality

Rigetti’s 5,500% Quantum Leap: Stock Skyrockets Then Slides as Hype Meets Reality

RGTI Stock’s Roller-Coaster Week Rigetti’s stock enjoyed a meteoric rise early in the week, then suffered a sharp reversal. Shares of RGTI surged to fresh highs around $58 – the upper end of its 52-week range marketbeat.com – before tumbling roughly 15% in a single day on Thursday, Oct. 16 finviz.com. The sell-off dropped the stock to the high-$40s, trimming its weekly gains. Rigetti wasn’t alone: other quantum computing darlings like IonQ and D-Wave Quantum also sank ~9% on Thursday amid a broad pullback swingtradebot.com. Traders appear to have cashed in profits after a torrid run, as concerns mounted that
17 October 2025
Micron (MU) Stock Skyrockets to Record High on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside

Micron (MU) Stock Skyrockets to Record High on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside

AI Boom Lifts Micron to Record Highs Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is on a tear as investors pile into AI-focused semiconductor stocks. Shares of Micron jumped about 5.5% on Thursday to $204+ intraday, notching a fresh 52-week high (recent peak $206.34) marketbeat.com investing.com. Even on a down day for the broader market, Micron was among the top gainers in the S&P 500, boosted by bullish analyst calls investopedia.com investopedia.com. The stock has now more than doubled year-to-date, vastly outperforming the tech sector, after starting the year near multi-year lows. (Micron’s 52-week low was just $61.54 marketbeat.com.) Its market capitalization has
Wall Street Whiplash: Trade War “Tariff Tantrum” and Liquidity Fears Jolt Markets

Wall Street Whiplash: Trade War “Tariff Tantrum” and Liquidity Fears Jolt Markets

Trump’s Trade War Tantrum Shakes Markets After months of climbing to record highs, markets were blindsided in mid-October by an abrupt escalation in the U.S.–China trade conflict. On October 10, former President Donald Trump unleashed a “shock tariff ultimatum” via social media, vowing to slap 100% tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports and scrapping an upcoming peace summit with China’s President Xi reuters.com reuters.com. Beijing had moved to tighten exports of critical rare-earth minerals days prior, and Trump’s furious response signaled “Trade War 2.0” was on. The aggressive rhetoric stunned investors and “rattled markets”, erasing optimism that had driven stocks
17 October 2025
GitLab Stock Soars 11% on Datadog Takeover Rumors Amid AI DevOps Boom

GitLab Stock Soars 11% on Datadog Takeover Rumors Amid AI DevOps Boom

GitLab Shares Surge on Takeover Speculation GitLab Inc. (NASDAQ: GTLB) rocketed higher on Thursday amid renewed buyout speculation. The stock surged 10.6% intraday – rising from the mid-$40s to close at $48.27 – after a report that cloud-monitoring firm Datadog (DDOG) may be preparing a takeover bidseekingalpha.com. The rumored offer price, over $60 per share, represents a substantial premium. Traders responded enthusiastically to the prospect: GitLab’s nearly 11% one-day jump far outpaced the broader market, and trading volume exploded to ~19 million shares, about seven times its recent daily averagestockanalysis.comstockanalysis.com. The Datadog-GitLab chatter first surfaced via a StreetInsider report and
Praxis Precision (PRAX) Stock Skyrockets on Game-Changing Phase 3 Results – What Experts Say

Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX) Stock Skyrockets 180% on Game‑Changing Trial – Analysts See ‘Blockbuster’ Upside

Record Stock Surge on Phase 3 Breakthrough Praxis Precision Medicines shares skyrocketed on October 16, 2025, after the biotech reported game-changing Phase 3 trial results for its essential tremor drug. The stock closed that Thursday at $162.71, up over 183% in a single daymedcitynews.com. Earlier that morning, Praxis announced that ulixacaltamide – its experimental therapy for essential tremor – had succeeded in two pivotal late-stage studies. The news sent PRAX stock soaring more than threefold before the opening bellreuters.comreuters.com, smashing its previous highs. By midday, Reuters estimated Praxis was on track to add about $2.67 billion to its market capitalization if gains
17 October 2025
Interactive Brokers Stock Soars After Q3 Earnings Beat, 40% Asset Surge

Interactive Brokers Stock Soars After Q3 Earnings Beat, 40% Asset Surge

Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ: IBKR) is making headlines after delivering standout third-quarter results on October 16, 2025, which sent its stock into focus. The online brokerage reported earnings and revenue that topped analyst expectations, fueling optimism among investors. IBKR’s shares closed at $68.52 after the earnings release – marking an impressive rise of about 83% over the past 12 monthsinvesting.com (and roughly 56% year-to-date, buoyed by a 4-for-1 stock split in June 2025ts2.tech). Below we break down the key facts and expert insights on what’s driving Interactive Brokers’ stock and what may be next. Key Facts Stock Price and Market
17 October 2025
BBVA Stock Jumps on Failed Takeover Bid – What’s Next for the Banking Giant?

BBVA Stock Jumps on Failed Takeover Bid – What’s Next for the Banking Giant?

BBVA Stock on the Rise – Recent Performance BBVA’s stock has been on a volatile upswing, with investors closely tracking every development. As of October 16, BBVA shares trade around €15.72 on the Spanish exchange, roughly 0.4% lower on the dayinvesting.com. This slight dip followed a 1.3% drop on Oct. 15investing.com, which erased gains from earlier in the week. Even so, the stock remains near multi-year highs after a strong rally in recent months. The bank’s U.S.-listed ADR (NYSE: BBVA) closed Oct. 16 at $19.48, leaping about 6.7% from the prior dayinvesting.com. That dramatic one-day jump in New York came
KKR Stock Plunges 6% Amid Volatility – Analysts See ~25% Upside Ahead

KKR Stock Plunges 6% Amid Volatility – Analysts See ~25% Upside Ahead

Stock Price Stumbles as Market Volatility Bites KKR’s stock has been on a bumpy ride in recent weeks. On October 16, the private equity giant’s shares plunged nearly 7% intraday, closing around $116reuters.com. That marks a sharp one-day drop amid broader market volatility, as investors have been rotating out of higher-valuation financial stocks in the face of rising interest rates. The latest slide extends a downward trend: KKR is now down about 14% year-to-datets2.tech and roughly 16% lower over the past monthsimplywall.st. By comparison, the S&P 500 is up modestly YTD, and even the financial sector index is up around
16 October 2025
Visa (V) Stock Poised for a Surge? Crypto Pilot and Travel Deals Fuel Optimism

Visa Stock Slides 3% Despite Fintech Bets – Analysts See Rebound Ahead

Stock Slump Amid Market Jitters Visa’s nearly 3% stock slide on Thursday caught investors’ attention. The drop, which sent shares to ~$335, was steeper than the broader market’s decline and came on the heels of already choppy trading in October. Market analysts attributed the slump partly to general risk-off sentiment – ongoing geopolitical tensions and concerns about banks had U.S. stocks dipping modestly on Oct. 16ts2.tech. However, Visa’s outsized fall suggests company-specific overhangs amplified the move. Traders noted that Visa and other payment stocks have been sensitive to news on regulation and rates, and Thursday’s decline erased roughly $10 from
16 October 2025
SoFi Stock Skyrockets 230% in 2025 – Will This Fintech Rally Last or Crash?

SoFi Stock Skyrockets Amid Fintech Frenzy – What’s Driving SOFI as Q3 2025 Looms?

2025’s Blistering Rally and Recent Price Moves SoFi’s stock price has been on a blistering tear in 2025, vastly outperforming the broader market. Shares have surged roughly 230% year-over-year, driven by exploding user growth and improving financial resultsts2.tech. The stock reached a 52-week high of about $30.30 on September 22, 2025, before momentum finally cooled. A subsequent pullback – including seven straight down sessions in early October – brought SOFI down to the mid-$20sts2.tech. By October 16, the stock was hovering around $27 per share, roughly 8–10% below its recent peakts2.tech. Despite this volatility, SOFI remains up over 70% in
16 October 2025
Uranium Boom Propels Denison Mines (DNN) to New Highs as Analysts Weigh Rally

Uranium Boom Propels Denison Mines (DNN) to New Highs as Analysts Weigh Rally

Toronto, Ontario – October 16, 2025: Denison Mines Corp. (NYSE American: DNN) is riding a wave of uranium market optimism, with its stock surging to multi-year highs this week. The Canadian uranium developer’s shares have spiked amid soaring uranium prices and a string of positive company milestones. Investors are abuzz over Denison’s progress on key projects and what it means for the future of nuclear energy. Below are the key takeaways from the latest developments: DNN Stock Rockets on Uranium Optimism Denison Mines’ U.S.-listed shares have been on a tear in October. The stock is up roughly 15% in the
16 October 2025
Quantum Rocket or Bubble? RGTI’s Stunning Surge Explained—And How It Stacks Up to IonQ, D‑Wave, and QUBT

Rigetti’s Quantum Leap: Stock Skyrockets 5,000% Amid Deals & Hype – Bubble or Breakthrough?

Stock Price Skyrockets to Record High Rigetti Computing’s stock has exploded in 2025, reaching new highs as investors bet big on quantum computing. Rigetti’s share price has soared exponentially this year, reflecting frenzy around pure-play quantum computing stocks. At the start of 2025, RGTI traded under $1; by mid-October it rocketed into the mid-$50s, marking a +259% year-to-date gain and roughly 50-fold increase from a year agomarkets.financialcontent.com. The stock closed at a record $56.34 on October 15, 2025macrotrends.net – its highest ever – before settling just below that level. In the span of a few trading days, Rigetti jumped from
Up 150% YTD: Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) Rides the GaN Power Wave into AI’s Future

Navitas (NVTS) Stock Hits All-Time High on NVIDIA AI Chip News – Will the Rally Continue?

Stock Soars to Record High on AI News Navitas shares have been on a tear in mid-October, riding a wave of AI enthusiasm. The stock closed at $15.63 on Oct. 16 (up +3.1% for the day)marketbeat.com, marking its fifth straight daily gain and a new all-time high. In the span of a week, NVTS nearly doubled in price, skyrocketing from the ~$8 level to the mid-$15s. This explosive move caps a year of extraordinary gains – over 330% year-to-date – amid intense investor interest in any company tied to the AI hardware boomfinviz.com. For context, Navitas has vastly outperformed the
16 October 2025
Femasys (FEMY) Stock Soars 46% on Fertility Tech and FDA Milestones

Femasys (FEMY) Stock Soars 46% on Fertility Tech and FDA Milestones

Femasys’ stock surge on Oct. 16 mirrors growing investor interest in its reproductive healthcare pipeline. The company’s FemaSeed™ technology is designed to boost pregnancy rates by delivering sperm directly into the fallopian tube, and published trials report more than double the pregnancy rate of traditional intrauterine inseminationglobenewswire.comstocktitan.net. Femasys is positioning FemaSeed as a first-line, lower-cost infertility option ahead of IVF. Meanwhile, FemBloc offers a first-of-its-kind permanent birth control that creates a natural scar in the fallopian tubes, avoiding surgeryir.femasys.comir.femasys.com. This week’s ASRM announcement – coinciding with broader fertility news – helped lift FEMY. Also on Oct. 16, national media reported an expected US policy to expand IVF
Beyond Meat Stock CRASH: 60% Plunge After Shocking Debt Swap Stuns Investors

Beyond Meat Shares Plunge as Debt Restructure Sparks Panic

Sources: Company filings and press releasesmarkets.businessinsider.com; financial news (Reuters, LA Times, AP, MorningAgClips)reuters.comlatimes.commorningagclips.com; TS2.tech analysists2.techts2.techts2.tech; market data (MarketBeat, Investing.com)ts2.techts2.tech; industry reports (Good Food Institute, FoodNavigator)latimes.comts2.tech.
16 October 2025
INVO Fertility (NASDAQ: IVF) Stock Skyrockets 90% as Fertility Boom Fuels Frenzy

INVO Fertility (NASDAQ: IVF) Stock Skyrockets 90% as Fertility Boom Fuels Frenzy

Stock Price Soars Nearly 90% in One Day INVO Fertility’s stock took investors on a wild ride on Oct. 16, skyrocketing almost 90% by the closing bellreuters.com. Shares opened at just $0.75 and, in an astonishing surge, hit $1.43 by day’s end (after touching $2+ at the peak)reuters.com. To put the move in perspective, INVO’s daily gain far outpaced the broader market, and such a jump is highly unusual – even in the volatile biotech sector. Trading volume exploded to over 108 million sharesreuters.com, dwarfing the typical daily volume (around ~33,000 shares) and exceeding the company’s entire share float many
16 October 2025
Jefferies Stock Rollercoaster: Earnings Beat, First Brands Fallout & Analyst Forecasts

Jefferies Stock Rollercoaster: Earnings Beat, First Brands Fallout & Analyst Forecasts

Jefferies Financial Group’s logo displayed on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The stock has seesawed amid strong earnings and fallout from a client’s bankruptcy.reuters.comtradingview.com Earnings Soar on Dealmaking Rebound Jefferies’ latest quarterly report showcased robust growth as investment banking activity roared back to life. For Q3 (Jun–Aug 2025), net revenue jumped 21% YoY to $2.05 billionedgen.techedgen.tech. Advisory fees hit a record $656 M (+11%), reflecting a surge in mergers & acquisitions – an encouraging sign for Wall Street dealmakersedgen.tech. Equity underwriting revenue leapt 21% to $181 M amid a recovering IPO market, and debt underwriting contributed $249 Medgen.tech. Total investment
16 October 2025
Aptera (SEV) Nasdaq Debut: Solar EV Startup’s Wild First Day, Key Takeaways and Outlook

Aptera (SEV) Nasdaq Debut: Solar EV Startup’s Wild First Day, Key Takeaways and Outlook

Aptera’s Wild Nasdaq Debut and First-Day Performance Aptera Motors made a splashy entrance onto the Nasdaq Capital Market on October 16, 2025 – and the stock’s first trading day was anything but ordinary. The company’s Class B common shares (ticker SEV) opened around $20.42 and initially jumped to $22.43, but that early enthusiasm quickly gave way to intense selling pressurekraken.comkraken.com. Within hours, SEV plummeted to an intraday low of $3.63, triggering shock among market watchers at the nearly 80% swing from peak to trough. By midday, the stock had rebounded and stabilized near $9 per share, where it hovered into
Capital One Savers Cheated Out of Billions – $425M Settlement Payout Deadline Fast Approaching

Capital One Stock Plunges 6% Amid Settlement Showdown, Big Merger & Earnings Countdown

COF Stock Price – Volatile October Swing Capital One’s stock has see-sawed in mid-October. It closed at $202.42 on Oct. 16, down 5.9% for the daystockanalysis.com, after a sharp afternoon sell-off. This reversal erased a short rally earlier in the week when COF climbed from ~$202 on Oct. 10 to $215.10 by Oct. 15stockanalysis.com. Traders attribute the sudden drop to a mix of legal headlines and broader bank jitters. Notably, U.S. regional bank stocks also fell ~4% on Oct. 16 amid a credit loss surprise at Zions Bankreuters.comreuters.com, which spooked financial investors sector-wide. Despite this pullback, COF remains up significantly

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Deutsche Telekom stock slips despite fresh buyback — what matters before earnings

Deutsche Telekom stock slips despite fresh buyback — what matters before earnings

8 February 2026
Deutsche Telekom shares fell 1.1% to 30.26 euros Friday, despite the company repurchasing 250,873 shares for about 7.63 million euros on Xetra. The drop came as European stocks rose and T-Mobile US shares slipped 2.2%. Deutsche Telekom’s 2025 results are due Feb. 26. The company has completed its 2025 buyback and launched a new 2 billion euro programme for 2026.
Airbus stock price ends higher near 191 euros as January deliveries slow, earnings loom

Airbus stock price ends higher near 191 euros as January deliveries slow, earnings loom

8 February 2026
Airbus shares rose 0.94% to 191.30 euros Friday as the company reported 19 aircraft deliveries in January, down from 25 a year earlier. Supply chain bottlenecks remain an issue, with executives at the Singapore Airshow calling delays “unacceptable.” Jefferies kept a Neutral rating and a 215-euro price target. Airbus will report full-year 2025 results on Feb. 19.
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