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Stock Market News 14 October 2025

Walmart’s AI Shopping Shockwave: Stock Spikes 2% as ChatGPT Checkout Debuts and Tariff Storm Looms

Walmart’s AI Shopping Shockwave: Stock Spikes 2% as ChatGPT Checkout Debuts and Tariff Storm Looms

In short, Walmart’s move to integrate ChatGPT is being viewed as a game-changer for retail. CEO McMillon envisions a future where customers “simply chat and buy” and Walmart handles the rest corporate.walmart.com. That vision has excited investors – WMT’s stock is performing well and analysts see upside tipranks.com marketbeat.com – even as rising trade tariffs threaten margins. How things play out will depend on adoption of the new AI shopping tools and whether Walmart can contain costs. For now, experts say the stock’s fundamentals look solid: Walmart recently raised guidance and posted healthy sales gains (Q2 sales +4.8% YoY, e-commerce
14 October 2025
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Strata Skin Sciences (SSKN) Stock Surges on Laser-Therapy Breakthrough – Buy, Hold or Sell?

Strata Skin Sciences (SSKN) Stock Surges on Laser-Therapy Breakthrough – Buy, Hold or Sell?

Strata’s XTRAC® excimer laser (pictured above) is a targeted UVB therapy device used to treat localized skin conditions like psoriasis, vitiligo, and eczema biospace.com globenewswire.com. By customizing UV dose to each patient’s lesion, XTRAC spares healthy skin and enables precision treatment (often via a fee-per-treatment partnership model rather than equipment sales) globenewswire.com biospace.com. Company Background STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. is a medical tech company specializing in dermatologic treatments. Its core product is the XTRAC® 308nm Excimer Laser – a handheld UVB laser used in doctors’ offices to zap diseased skin with high-intensity, targeted light. XTRAC is FDA-cleared for conditions like
14 October 2025
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Astria Therapeutics Stock Skyrockets 53% After $700M Buyout – What’s Next?

Astria Therapeutics Stock Skyrockets 53% After $700M Buyout – What’s Next?

Latest News & Developments On Oct. 14, 2025, Astria was swept into the headlines by a surprise $700+ million takeover. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire Astria for $8.55 in cash plus 0.59 shares of BioCryst stock per Astria share (≈$13.00 total) marketscreener.com reuters.com. This values Astria at roughly $920M equity and $700M enterprise stocktitan.net. The Boards of both companies approved the deal, which is expected to close in Q1 2026 (subject to approvals) stocktitan.net. Astria CEO Jill Milne will join BioCryst’s board post-merger stocktitan.net. Market reaction: News of the deal caused Astria’s stock to jump sharply.
14 October 2025
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Nova Minerals (ASX:NVA) Soars on $43M US Critical Minerals Boost – Gold-Antimony Play to Watch

Nova Minerals (ASX:NVA) Soars on $43M US Critical Minerals Boost – Gold-Antimony Play to Watch

Sources: Nova Minerals official releases and filings novaminerals.com.au globenewswire.com; market news (Investing.com, OilPrice, Stocktwits, SmallCaps, SimplyWallSt) ca.investing.com oilprice.com stocktwits.com smallcaps.com.au simplywall.st; ASX trading data intelligentinvestor.com.au; technical data (Investing.com) investing.com investing.com; analyst reports novaminerals.com.au novaminerals.com.au. Each cited source provides background and verification for the above analysis.
14 October 2025
JDZG Stock Rockets 6% – Is JIADE Ltd the Next EdTech Play?

JDZG Stock Rockets 6% – Is JIADE Ltd the Next EdTech Play?

Market Performance JDZG has been volatile and mostly sliding over 2025. After peaking in mid-2024, it traded around $6–7 early 2025, then plunged to under $2. In recent days it rebounded: closing $1.77 on Oct 10 and jumping to $1.88 on Oct 13 (Monday) markets.financialcontent.com. Over the past week the stock ranged roughly $1.76–1.88 markets.financialcontent.com. This small-cap stock trades on very light volume and has no dividend or analyst coverage. Price metrics are mixed: trailing P/E (ex-extra items) is extremely low (~4.3x) and P/Sales about 2.9x reuters.com, reflecting the depressed share price. Its market cap is only a few million
14 October 2025
Cyngn (CYN) Stock Soars 500% on Nvidia Tie-Up – Bull Run or Bubble? Latest News, Forecasts & Risks

Cyngn (CYN) Stock Soars 500% on Nvidia Tie-Up – Bull Run or Bubble? Latest News, Forecasts & Risks

Company Overview and Business Model Figure: Cyngn’s DriveMod kit retrofits industrial vehicles (tuggers/forklifts) for self-driving operation. Cyngn (NASDAQ:CYN) is a Mountain View, CA firm offering autonomous industrial vehicle solutions. Its core product, DriveMod, is an add-on kit that converts standard tuggers and forklifts into self-driving machines prnewswire.com. For example, DriveMod tuggers can haul up to 12,000 lb and run indoors/outdoors with a ~2-year payback prnewswire.com. The Enterprise Autonomy Suite bundles DriveMod hardware with software (Cyngn Insight fleet management, teleoperation, AI analytics) to help factories and warehouses boost efficiency investors.cyngn.com seekingalpha.com. Cyngn targets large industrial markets (Logistics, Manufacturing, Mining). Its IR materials
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Salesforce Unleashes AI Agents to Fix a $7B Problem – Will CRM Stocks Soar?

Salesforce Unleashes AI Agents to Fix a $7B Problem – Will CRM Stocks Soar?

Salesforce’s latest AI push – unveiled at its Oct 2025 Dreamforce conference – centers on Agentforce, a framework of “autonomous AI agents” embedded throughout Salesforce products venturebeat.com. With 12,000+ customers already using Agentforce in 2024 reuters.com tekedia.com, the company is betting these agents will break the cycle of stalled pilots. In a press briefing, co-founder CTO Parker Harris said “we are truly in the agentic AI era,” predicting that “40% of the work in the Fortune 1000 is probably going to be done by AI, and it’s going to be humans and AI actually working together” venturebeat.com. Salesforce frames Agentforce 360
14 October 2025
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Hanwha Ocean’s High-Stakes Turnaround: Shares Drop on China Sanctions – But New Submarine & Green Ship Deals Light the Way

Hanwha Ocean’s High-Stakes Turnaround: Shares Drop on China Sanctions – But New Submarine & Green Ship Deals Light the Way

Market Reaction & China Sanctions On Oct. 14, Chinese authorities banned Chinese entities from working with five Hanwha Ocean subsidiaries in the U.S. (including its Philadelphia shipyard and related firms)reuters.com. Beijing accused these affiliates of “assisting… U.S. investigative activities” that threatened China’s securityreuters.com. The move was widely seen as retaliation in the broader U.S.–China maritime trade dispute. Hanwha Ocean’s share price in Seoul instantly slid about 9% intraday, closing roughly 6% lower on Oct. 14apnews.com. (Peer HD Hyundai Heavy also fell over 4%reuters.com.) Hanwha Ocean reacted by saying it is “closely reviewing” the potential business impact of the Chinese measures.
14 October 2025
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Citigroup Earnings Soar, Shares Rally – But Mexico Unit and Data-Governance Woes Linger

Citigroup Earnings Soar, Shares Rally – But Mexico Unit and Data-Governance Woes Linger

Record Third-Quarter Results Citigroup delivered a blowout third-quarter 2025 report. The bank said net income climbed 16% from a year ago, to $3.8 billion (EPS $1.86)reuters.com. Citi specifically noted “record revenue” across all five business segmentsreuters.com. Banking division revenue jumped 31.3% to $2.1 billionreuters.com, and markets revenue rose 16.7% (to $5.6 billion) on strong fixed-income tradingreuters.com. These gains offset a $726 million charge for the Banamex salereuters.com. Notably, heavy dealmaking fueled the surge. Reuters reports that global M&A volumes hit ~$1.26 trillion in Q3 (up 40% yoy)reuters.com. In line with that, analysts had expected a strong quarter; one TS2.tech analysis observed that “analysts expect huge
14 October 2025
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Goldman Sachs Q3 Earnings Soar on Deal-Making Frenzy – Record Revenue Ignites Bank Stock Rally

Goldman Sachs Q3 Earnings Soar on Deal-Making Frenzy – Record Revenue Ignites Bank Stock Rally

Dealmakers Drive Historic Q3 Results Goldman’s third quarter was powered by a surge in advisory work and underwriting. Investment banking fees jumped 42% year-on-year to $2.66 billion reuters.com, well above forecasts. Advisory fees alone were up 60%, as Goldman guided or underwrote numerous high-profile deals. Global M&A volume has been booming – about $3.43 trillion of deals announced in the first nine months (with nearly half in the U.S.), the most since 2015 reuters.com. Goldman participated in marquee transactions, from design-software IPOs like Figma to major fintech listings like Sweden’s Klarna, underscoring the dealmaking revival reuters.com. This pipeline lifted Goldman’s revenues across
14 October 2025
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$5B Brookfield Deal Sends Bloom Energy Stock Soaring – Fuel-Cell Future of AI

$5B Brookfield Deal Sends Bloom Energy Stock Soaring – Fuel-Cell Future of AI

Brookfield’s AI Infrastructure Bet On Oct. 13 (market hours), Bloom and Brookfield jointly announced the partnership via BusinessWire and press reports investor.bloomenergy.com. Under the agreement, Brookfield (a $1+ trillion asset manager) commits up to $5 billion to fund Bloom’s fuel cells at AI data centers worldwide investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. Bloom becomes Brookfield’s preferred on-site power provider for its new “AI factories” – purpose-built data centers where power and compute are designed in concert investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. A spokesperson confirmed the first European AI factory site will be announced by year-end investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. Brookfield’s dedicated AI Infrastructure strategy already includes multi-billion dollar data-center and clean-power
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Wells Fargo Soars: Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates and Asset Cap Lift Fuels Rally

Wells Fargo Soars: Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates and Asset Cap Lift Fuels Rally

Record Q3 Earnings and Guidance Wells Fargo’s third-quarter results, released Oct. 14, topped forecasts and energized its outlook. The bank reported $5.59 billion net income (versus $5.11 billion a year ago) on revenue of about $21.4 billionreuters.com. Earnings per share of $1.66 handily beat analysts’ $1.53 forecastreuters.com. CEO Charlie Scharf highlighted that Wells saw the highest quarterly loan growth in over three years, saying “we grew our balance sheet… Credit performance was strong”reuters.com. With strong results, Wells raised its target for return on tangible common equity (ROTCE) to 17–18%, up from a previous ~15% goalreuters.comreuters.com. The bank’s profitability benefited from higher net interest
14 October 2025
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TSMC Stock Surges on AI Boom and U.S. Expansion: What to Know on Sep 23, 2025

TSMC’s AI-Fueled Rally: Stock Hits Record High, Earnings Soar Amid Global Chip Race

Breaking out: Taiwan’s TSMC has ridden a wave of AI demand to record results. The company’s stock and revenues are surging as it churns out advanced chips for customers like Nvidia and Applebloomberg.comreuters.com. Q3 sales (~$32.5B) beat estimates, and management expects ~30% growth for all of 2025ts2.tech. “We have fully booked production lines in the U.S. for the next three years,” CEO C.C. Wei told reporters, even as he vowed to keep investing heavily at home (“continue to build [fabs] in Taiwan because it is still not enough”reuters.com). Industry analysts note TSMC’s unique position: IDC’s Mario Morales says “TSMC will
14 October 2025
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Quantum Leap: D-Wave (QBTS) Stock Skyrockets 2000% Amid Fed Rate Cuts and AI-Fueled Quantum Breakthroughs

Quantum Gold Rush: D-Wave (QBTS) Stock Skyrockets on Breakthroughs, Partnerships & Hype

Stock Soars on Quantum Hype D-Wave’s stock has gone parabolic in 2025. After languishing near $1/share in late 2024, QBTS jumped to all-time highs above $39 (intraday) in early Octoberts2.tech. Heavy trading volume and momentum pushed it still higher: on Oct 13 alone the stock climbed almost 24% intraday to about $41ts2.tech. This rally reflects a broader quantum stock frenzy, as pure-play quantum firms like IonQ and Rigetti also soared by hundreds or thousands of percentts2.techts2.tech. Several catalysts combined to ignite the rally. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut in mid-October sparked a broad tech upturnbenzinga.com. That same week, JPMorgan’s
14 October 2025
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Stock Market on Edge: U.S. Futures Slide as US-China Trade War Heats Up

Stock Market on Edge: U.S. Futures Slide as US-China Trade War Heats Up

Market Update – Futures and Indices U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower on Tuesday, Oct. 14, after an overnight escalation in U.S.–China trade tensions. By early trading, CME Dow mini futures were down about 208 points (–0.45%), S&P 500 e-minis off 49.75 points (–0.74%), and Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.2%reuters.comeconomictimes.indiatimes.com. This slide erased much of Monday’s gains. On Oct. 13, Wall Street had rebounded from Friday’s selloff: the Dow jumped +1.29%, the S&P +1.56% (to ~6,654), and Nasdaq +2.21% (to ~22,695)reuters.comts2.tech, fueled by tech and easing trade fears. But fresh news—China’s announcement of retaliatory tariffs and port fees on American
14 October 2025
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EasyJet Stock Skyrockets on Takeover Rumours – MSC Denies Interest

EasyJet Stock Skyrockets on Takeover Rumours – MSC Denies Interest

What’s Happening? On Oct 14 an Italian newspaper (Corriere della Sera) reported that MSC, the world’s largest container-ship operator, is exploring a bid for EasyJet. The report said MSC might team up with an investment fund to buy a stake or even full control of the UK airlineproactiveinvestors.commarketscreener.com. In early London trading EasyJet stock soared (hitting 11.5% gains) on the newsreuters.com. By late morning the jump had eased to mid-single digits, especially after MSC publicly denied the rumours. MSC’s emailed statement – “MSC denies any involvement in this matter” – was picked up by Reuters and dampened some of the
14 October 2025
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Market Shock: Dow & Nasdaq Futures Plunge Amid Trade War Fears; Gold Hits Record, Crypto Slumps

Market Shock: Dow & Nasdaq Futures Plunge Amid Trade War Fears; Gold Hits Record, Crypto Slumps

Traders at the New York Stock Exchange monitor screens as futures opened lower on Tuesdayreuters.com. U.S. stock-index futures fell on trade-war jitters despite a tech-fueled rebound on Monday. U.S. Markets and Fed Watch Wall Street futures opened lower on Tuesday as investors fretted over renewed trade tensions with China. U.S. stock-index futures dipped – Dow futures were off about 0.5%, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures off ~0.7–1.0%reuters.com. This followed a strong Monday rebound: the Nasdaq gained ~2.2% and the S&P 500 ~1.6% as President Trump tweeted a conciliatory message on China (saying “it will all be fine” with Beijing)reuters.com. Analysts
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Dalal Street in Turmoil: Sensex Plunges 2,500 Points in a Week – Should You Buy the Dip or Brace for More?

Sensex Tumbles Amid Global Jitters: Top Gainers & Losers Revealed

What Is the Sensex Index? The Sensex (Sensitive Index) is a flagship stock-market index for India’s Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It tracks the performance of 30 large, well-capitalized companies listed on the BSEinvestopedia.comen.wikipedia.org. These companies are selected to broadly represent the Indian economy’s major sectors. Established on Jan. 1, 1986, with a base value of 100 (base year 1978–79)en.wikipedia.orginvestopedia.com, the Sensex is widely used by investors to gauge market trends. The term “Sensex” itself is a blend of “sensitive” and “index,” coined in 1989 by analyst Deepak Mohonien.wikipedia.org. The Sensex is float-adjusted, market-cap weightedinvestopedia.comen.wikipedia.org. In other words, each company’s stock
14 October 2025
Momentus (MNTS) Stock Skyrockets on NASA & Solstar Deals – Breakthrough or Bubble?

Momentus (MNTS) Stock Skyrockets on NASA & Solstar Deals – Breakthrough or Bubble?

Stock Performance & Recent Moves Momentus shares have been highly volatile. In early October 2025, MNTS popped to $1.93 on Oct 9 before crashing to $1.45 that day stockanalysis.com (a ~15% intraday drop). By Oct 13 it recovered to $1.43 stocktitan.net. The uptick on Oct 13 coincided with press releases about new NASA and Solstar contracts (see below). In pre-market trading Oct 14, MNTS was trading around $1.82, up roughly +27% on heavy volume stockanalysis.com (likely reflecting investor reaction to the news). Over the past 2 weeks (as of Oct 13), the stock rose ~6.7%, but year-to-date it is still
14 October 2025
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GWAV Explodes 100% Pre‑Market: Can Greenwave’s Tiny Float + 50% Metal Tariffs Turn a Micro‑Cap Recycler Into a Breakout Story—or a Bull Trap?

GWAV Explodes 100% Pre‑Market: Can Greenwave’s Tiny Float + 50% Metal Tariffs Turn a Micro‑Cap Recycler Into a Breakout Story—or a Bull Trap?

Two‑sentence takeaway: GWAV is a tiny‑float, high‑volatility micro‑cap recycler spiking on momentum and macro tailwinds (50% U.S. metal tariffs, Nucor ramp). But it carries material execution and financing risk (heavy 2024 losses, repeated splits, delinquent filings). 1) What Greenwave does—and where it makes money Greenwave runs a cluster of scrap yards that buy, process, and sell recycled metal to mills and industrial customers. In FY2024, the 10‑K reports $33.3M revenue (metal $23.3M; hauling $9.9M), $13.0M gross profit, and a $100.4M net loss, with $26.1M total liabilities at year‑end. Sites span VA/NC/OH (mix of owned and leased), and the company highlights
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Stock Market Today

IREN stock set for Monday test after wild swing as bitcoin rebounds above $70,000

IREN stock set for Monday test after wild swing as bitcoin rebounds above $70,000

8 February 2026
IREN shares rose about 5% Friday after bitcoin rebounded above $70,000, easing pressure from earlier losses. The company reported a quarterly net loss of $155.4 million on $184.7 million in revenue, with $17.3 million from AI cloud services. Trading was volatile, ranging from $33.64 to $44.18. Investors await U.S. jobs data Feb. 11 and CPI Feb. 13.
Ondas Inc stock jumps 14% as ONDS traders weigh defense deal news before Monday

Ondas Inc stock jumps 14% as ONDS traders weigh defense deal news before Monday

8 February 2026
Ondas shares surged 14.3% to $9.69 Friday, with 88 million shares changing hands after defense and drone contract announcements. The stock rebounded from double-digit drops earlier in the week, swinging between $8.45 and $9.76 during the session. After-hours trading was flat. Investors await Monday’s open for signs of continued momentum.
MARA stock braces for Monday after 22% jump as bitcoin rebounds above $70,000

MARA stock braces for Monday after 22% jump as bitcoin rebounds above $70,000

8 February 2026
MARA Holdings shares jumped 22.3% to $8.24 on Friday as bitcoin rebounded above $70,000 after a sharp drop. Blockchain data showed MARA-linked wallets moved about 1,317 bitcoin during the selloff. Peers Riot Platforms and CleanSpark also rallied. U.S. inflation data due Friday could further shift risk sentiment.
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