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Stock Market News 3 October 2025

Archer Aviation Skyrockets: eVTOL Test Milestones & Stock Surge Ignite Industry Buzz

Archer Aviation Skyrockets: eVTOL Test Milestones & Stock Surge Ignite Industry Buzz

Stock Performance & Market Reaction Over the past month, ACHR has rebounded from sub-$9 levels to the low-$11s on mixed news. After a late-September rally, Archer opened Oct 2025 at about $9.95 and spiked to $11.52 on Oct 3 stockanalysis.com, buoyed by test-flight achievements and funding news. Trading volume has surged (e.g. 93 million shares on Oct 3) as traders chase the stock stockanalysis.com. A financial commentary noted that Archer “has been capturing eyes on the market floor” with steady growth anchored around new technical milestones stockstotrade.com. Indeed, key ratios remain weak (negative profitability and returns), underscoring that Archer’s valuation
3 October 2025
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Mercurity Fintech (MFH) Stock Explodes Amid Crypto & AI Bets – 1,000% Rally or Bubble?

Mercurity Fintech (MFH) Stock Explodes Amid Crypto & AI Bets – 1,000% Rally or Bubble?

Key Facts: Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc (NASDAQ: MFH) is a small-cap “next-gen fintech” company (market cap ~$1.3 B) focused on blockchain/digital assets, AI infrastructure, and financial services tipranks.com. In 2025 the stock has soared – roughly +1,320% year-to-date – hitting about $28 by Oct 3 tradingview.com. Its 52-week range is ~$1.03–$24.99; October 2025 trading has seen wild swings (e.g. +15.8% Oct 2 and -27.6% Oct 1) tradingview.com marketbeat.com. Key recent developments include a $200 M Solana venture line, blockchain asset-tokenization deals, and index inclusions; insiders tout it as a bridge between crypto and traditional finance stocktitan.net thepaypers.com. Analyst consensus is bearish: a “Hold” rating with only a
3 October 2025
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USA Rare Earth (USAR) Stock Skyrockets on Major UK Acquisition and White House Talks

USA Rare Earth Stock Rockets on White House Rare-Earth Buzz – What You Need to Know

Stock Performance on Yahoo Finance USA Rare Earth trades on Nasdaq under ticker USAR. In the week leading up to Oct. 3, 2025, USAR’s stock price surged dramatically. For example, on Oct. 2 after-hours trading, shares jumped ~10% to about $24.93 seekingalpha.com, and by midday Oct. 3 they were around $26.00 (up ~15% on the day) stockanalysis.com. This was an all-time high for the stock, reflecting intense investor interest. (Year-to-date, USAR shares have roughly doubled energynews.oedigital.com.) The volume spiked as news broke of White House discussions and major company deals. Recent trading days (early Oct 2025) saw extreme volatility. News on Oct.
3 October 2025
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Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) Stock Skyrockets on $500M Fundraising and New Tech Debut – Can the Rally Last?

Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) Soars 24% on $500M Funding & New “Quantum Secure” Tech – Will It Hit $40?

Recent Performance and Financials Quantum Computing Inc (Nasdaq: QUBT) has a multi-billion-dollar market cap (share count ~185M after the placement), driven by the funding and product buzz. On Oct 2 it closed $19.98 (Nasdaq) stoculator.com. Year-to-date through early October 2025 it is up ~54% finviz.com (versus double-digit gains for peers like Rigetti, IonQ, D-Wave fastcompany.com). However, QCi’s fundamentals remain speculative. Q2 2025 results (Aug 14 release) showed only $61K in revenue (from early customer orders) and a net loss of $36.5M (about $0.26/share), largely due to mark-to-market warrant costs finviz.com. Operating expenses were $10.2M, more than double last year’s quarter finviz.com. Cash was
3 October 2025
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Lithium Americas (LAC) Soars as US Govt Takes 5% Stake – Analysts Weigh In on EV Lithium Boom

U.S. Govt Bets on “White Gold”: Lithium Americas Stock Explodes as DOE Takes Stake

Stock Performance & Market Data Lithium Americas (NYSE: LAC) has been extremely volatile. In early October 2025 the stock ran to all-time highs, trading around $7.59 on Oct 3 ca.investing.com (and ~$8.8–9.0 by market close, per consensus data marketbeat.com). On Sept 30 news broke that the DOE/GM deal was imminent; shares jumped ~23% to ~$7.03 that day reuters.com. By Oct 3 trading volume was roughly 4.8 million shares, about 462% above its normal daily volume marketbeat.com. Year-to-date (Sept 2024–Sept 2025), LAC is up ~154% ca.investing.com – making it one of the S&P/TSX and NYSE’s top performers in mining. This run far outpaced peers, driven by policy news. However, technical observers warn of overbought conditions: Investing.com notes LAC’s
3 October 2025
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Dow Soars to Record as Fed Cut Fever Grips Wall Street – Nasdaq Sags on Tech Slide – US Stock Market Today

Dow Soars to Record as Fed Cut Fever Grips Wall Street – Nasdaq Sags on Tech Slide – US Stock Market Today

Wall Street Rally Hits New Highs – With a Twist U.S. stocks extended their autumn rally on Friday as investors doubled down on hopes that the Federal Reserve’s rate-hiking cycle is finally reversing course. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped nearly three-quarters of a percent to finish above 46,800 – its first-ever close above the 46,000 mark – and the S&P 500 notched a modest gain to end at 6,727, also a record high close reuters.com. In fact, both the Dow and S&P set all-time intraday highs during the session investopedia.com, capping what has been a stellar week. This strength
3 October 2025
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iPhone 17 Unveiled: Apple’s New Flagship Stuns with Bigger Screen, Smarter Camera & All-Day Battery Life

iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 16: Is Apple’s New Flagship a Game-Changer or Just Hype?

Design Changes and Hardware Differences iPhone 17 – New Look (at least for Pros): Apple gave the iPhone 17 Pro a design refresh not seen in years. The Pro models are slightly bigger and thicker than their predecessors (6.3″ and 6.9″ displays, vs 6.1″/6.7″ on iPhone 16 Pro) macrumors.com. This extra size accommodates an aluminum unibody frame, a departure from the titanium alloy used in iPhone 15/16 Pro. The aluminum frame wraps around the device and even covers the back, except a circular Ceramic Shield inset for the MagSafe charging area macrumors.com macrumors.com. This yields a two-tone effect and improves
3 October 2025
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MicroStrategy (MSTR) on Oct. 2 2025: Why the Bitcoin Treasury King Keeps Making Headlines

MicroStrategy (MSTR) Stock Skyrockets on Crypto Tax Break – Is a 50% Rally Next?

Today’s Stock Performance (Oct 3, 2025) MicroStrategy stock has been volatile this week amid crypto news. On Oct 1 it leapt ~+6% intraday (to ~$343) when Strategy filed an SEC update explaining that Treasury/IRS rules exempt crypto gains from the new minimum corporate tax stocktwits.com. That rally carried into the close. Yesterday (Oct 2) MSTR opened around $348.57, traded as high as $353.22 and as low as $341.15, before closing at $352.33 on ~13.63 M shares statmuse.com. As of midday Oct 3, the stock is around $355.24, up roughly +0.8% on the day (adding a few dollars) marketbeat.com. By comparison, the S&P 500 is
3 October 2025
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QuantumScape (QS) Stock Skyrockets 14% on Solid-State EV Battery Breakthrough – Can the Rally Continue?

QuantumScape (QS) Stock Skyrockets 14% on Solid-State EV Battery Breakthrough – Can the Rally Continue?

Key Stock Facts (as of Oct 3, 2025): QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) is trading around $16.35 (up ~14.3% intraday) stockanalysis.com, giving it a market capitalization near $9.25 billion stockanalysis.com. That price is just below its 52-week high of $16.45 stockanalysis.com, and represents a ~+172% gain year-to-date tradingview.com. QS has about 566 million shares outstanding stockanalysis.com and a beta of ~4.4, reflecting very high volatility stockanalysis.com. Analysts are largely bearish: the consensus rating is “Sell” with an average 12‑month price target around $5.88 stockanalysis.com (implying ~–64% downside) and a one‑year forecast near $6.35 fintel.io. Trading volume is elevated (tens of millions per day), and the stock has built a base around the $14.50–$15 level – a key breakout
3 October 2025
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Rolls-Royce Soars to Record High: What’s Fueling the Unstoppable Rally?

Rolls-Royce Rockets 40%+ in 2 Years: Jet Engine Boom and £11B Submarine Deal Fuel Rally

Current Stock Performance (Oct 2025) Rolls-Royce shares are at multi‑year highs after a remarkable rally. On Oct 3, 2025 the stock was around 1,176.5p reuters.com, near its all-time peak (1,196p) reuters.com. This compares with only ~520p a year ago – a +124% gain nasdaq.com. The 2‑year surge is roughly +400%, reflecting a turnaround since mid‑2023 reuters.com. The stock trades at a market‑leading valuation (P/E ~17×) that still trails U.S. peers (e.g. GE’s ~21×), reflecting rapid earnings growth reuters.com nasdaq.com. YTD, RR.L has handily outperformed the FTSE 100 (the broader index hit record highs at quarter‑end reuters.com) and sector indexes. Trading volume
3 October 2025
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Vietnam’s Crypto Gold Rush: Binance, Bybit & Korean Custodian BDACS Supercharge Da Nang’s Digital Finance Hub

Bitcoin Surges Past $120K in “Uptober” Rally – Is a New ATH Looming?

Market Snapshot Bitcoin has opened October on a tear. On Oct. 2–3, BTC-USD climbed above $120,000 for the first time since mid-August coindcx.com coindesk.com. As of Oct 3 during U.S. trading hours, BTC trades near $119K–$120K m.economictimes.com m.economictimes.com, about 1% higher on the day. This follows a swift rebound from early Oct lows (~$114K) to an intraday high around $121K m.economictimes.com coindcx.com. Crypto market volume is elevated – total 24h volume ~$193B – and most large-cap coins are up. Bitcoin’s market cap (~$2.37 trillion m.economictimes.com) now exceeds Amazon’s, highlighting its scale. Ethereum is trading ~$4,467 m.economictimes.com (up ~1.5% on Oct 3) and appears to have broken key
3 October 2025
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Humana (HUM) Stock Skyrockets on Medicare News – What Investors Must Know Today

Humana (HUM) Stock Skyrockets on Medicare News – What Investors Must Know Today

Stock Performance (Oct 3, 2025) As of midday Oct 3, Humana shares were $272.05, up about +6.01% on the day reuters.com. Yesterday’s close (Oct 2) was $256.62 reuters.com, so HUM has recovered much of last week’s slide. In fact, Oct 1 saw a ~5% drop (on news of scaling back Medicare Advantage plans) finviz.com, but Oct 2’s star rating news spurred a ~3% gain reuters.com. By Friday morning, industry data show HUM stock as one of the S&P 500’s top gainers (+5.6%) reuters.com. Year‑to‑date Humana is roughly flat, trading ~19% below its 52-week high (~$312 in Sept 2025) finviz.com. Recent News Driving HUM Medicare Star Ratings Breakthrough
3 October 2025
Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX) Surges on Accelerated Flu Drug Trial – Key Updates for Investors

Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX) Stock Soars After $339M BARDA Flu-Drug Deal – Is CD388 the Next Big Flu-Fighter?

Cidara Trading on Oct 3, 2025 On Friday morning Oct 3, CDTX was trading around $104 per share, up roughly 5.7% from Thursday’s close finviz.com. Trading volumes are high as investors digest the Oct 2 BARDA award news. (Finviz shows a sharp jump on Oct 2: GlobeNewswire’s BARDA release coincides with a ~5.7% stock bump finviz.com.) Cidara’s one-year chart is steeply upward – from around $10 a year ago to over $100 now (a nearly 900% one-year increase finviz.com). Most of that gain occurred since June, after positive Phase 2b results for CD388 and the $402M financing. CEO Jeffrey Stein noted on the Phase 3 dosing press release
3 October 2025
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🚀 CleanSpark (CLSK) Stock Surges on $120K Bitcoin Rally and $200M Crypto Credit Boost

🚀 CleanSpark (CLSK) Stock Surges on $120K Bitcoin Rally and $200M Crypto Credit Boost

Stock Price & Technical Snapshot (Oct 3, 2025) After early trading on Oct 3, CLSK sits around $16.10 (up +6.3% from prior close) reuters.com, within its intraday range of $15.43–$16.12 reuters.com. Volume is ~13.7 million shares (vastly above its ~0.52 M 3-month average) reuters.com, indicating heavy buying interest. The 52‑week range is $6.45–$17.97, so CLSK is nearing its high. Key technicals from TipRanks show a 69 RSI (neutral) tipranks.com and all short/medium MAs well below current price: e.g. 50-day MA ~$10.99 and 200-day MA ~$9.99 (both flagged “Buy”) tipranks.com. This suggests strong upward momentum. Financially, CleanSpark’s forward P/E is ~10.1 reuters.com, implying a steep discount to the S&P 500.
3 October 2025
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Coal Comeback Sends Peabody Energy (BTU) Stock Soaring – Real-Time Update & Analyst Insights

Coal Comeback Sends Peabody Energy (BTU) Stock Soaring – Real-Time Update & Analyst Insights

Key Facts (as of Oct 3, 2025): U.S. markets are open (Fri Oct 3). Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) is trading around $31.0 per share (as of ~10:30 AM EDT), up roughly +5.9% on the day marketbeat.com. Trading volume is heavy (20-day avg ~5.4 M shares stockanalysis.com). Market Cap is ≈$3.9 billion stockanalysis.com. Key ratios: trailing P/E ≈28.8, forward P/E ~64 stockanalysis.com (reflecting squeezed near-term earnings); EPS (TTM) ≈$1.10 stockanalysis.com; Revenue ~$4.04 B (TTM) stockanalysis.com. Peabody pays a $0.30 annual dividend (~1.0% yield) stockanalysis.com (last declared $0.075 in Q3’25 investing.com). Financially, Peabody holds net cash (~$192M: $586M cash vs $394M debt stockanalysis.com) and book equity
3 October 2025
Eos Energy (EOSE) Stock Skyrockets on Big Moves – What’s Fueling the Surge?

Eos Energy (EOSE) Stock Skyrockets on Big Moves – What’s Fueling the Surge?

Stock Performance: Rally Amid Heavy Trading The US market is open (Friday Oct 3), and Eos Energy (NYSE:EOSE) is trading strongly. On Oct 1 the stock closed around $11.37, a new 52-week high marketbeat.com. By Oct 2 it “gapped up” in pre-market trading from $12.37 to $12.96 and traded up to about $12.66 marketbeat.com. Overall, EOSE is up roughly 22% so far this week nasdaq.com. Trading volume has been robust – for example, 14 million shares traded on Oct 1 when the stock hit $11.57 intraday marketbeat.com. Year‑to‑date the stock has surged (up ~200% over the past 12 months investing.com),
3 October 2025
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Oscar Health (OSCR) Stock Surges on Expansion Plans – What Analysts Are Saying

Oscar Health (OSCR) Stock Surges on Expansion Plans – What Analysts Are Saying

Stock Performance (Oct 3, 2025) As of this afternoon’s trading on Oct 3, Oscar Health shares are up ~2.8% around $19.81. The stock opened near $19.82 and is trading in a tight range (today’s low ~$19.80, high ~$19.95). Yesterday (Oct 2) it closed at $19.28 (+2.0%), continuing a rebound from late-September lows (it had hit ~$17 in mid-September). Volume so far is modest (~0.2M vs a 3‑month average of ~0.5M). Year-to-date Oscar’s stock is up roughly 30–40% from 2024 lows (last fall it traded under $15), and it has outpaced many traditional insurers on a percentage basis this year nasdaq.com.
3 October 2025
Bitcoin Miner to AI Cloud Sensation: Why Iris Energy (IREN) Stock Is Soaring in 2025

Iris Energy Rockets to Record High Amid AI Mining Frenzy – Is the Rally Sustainable?

1. Stock Price and Recent Trend As of Oct 3, 2025 trading, Iris Energy (IREN) is near $49.00 per share, up about 4.2% intraday indmoney.com. The stock closed Sept 30 around $46.93 investing.com and hit an all-time peak of $49.44 on Oct 3 za.investing.com. Over the past month, IREN has surged +66.7%, and +179.6% over 3 months, dwarfing its peers (Marathon, Riot) and the S&P 500. The 1-year gain is roughly +460–500% za.investing.com indmoney.com – turning every $10K into ~$56K. Trading volume remains high (~16.2M on Oct 3) indmoney.com. The chart is an eye-popping uptrend from its ~$5 low a
3 October 2025
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White Mountains Stock Skyrockets on $1.75B Bamboo Deal and Major CEO Shake-Up

White Mountains Stock Skyrockets on $1.75B Bamboo Deal and Major CEO Shake-Up

Stock Performance & Market Data Price: As of Oct 3, 2025 (morning), WTM is trading around $1,820 per share markets.financialcontent.com. It opened near $1,785 and hit intraday highs ~$1,863 markets.financialcontent.com. This is significantly above the prior close of $1,664.56 on Oct 2 markets.financialcontent.com. The stock’s 52-week range is roughly $1,648–$2,023 investing.com. Daily Move: The Oct 3 rally (up ≈9.3%) was driven by the Bamboo sale announcement. YTD: For 2025, WTM is down about 5.7% markets.financialcontent.com. Over the past week, the stock had been near its 52-week low (~$1,650) before rebounding on Oct 3. Volume: The price jump was on moderate
3 October 2025
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Energy stocks set for a geopolitical week after Iran warning and oil rebound

Energy stocks set for a geopolitical week after Iran warning and oil rebound

7 February 2026
U.S. energy stocks rose Friday, with the S&P 500 energy sector up 1.88% and Exxon Mobil gaining 2.03%. Brent crude settled at $68.05 a barrel after Iran threatened U.S. bases if attacked. Saudi Aramco cut March Arab Light crude prices to a five-year low for Asia. Kazakhstan’s CPC Blend exports may drop 35% this month due to Tengiz oilfield disruptions.
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.
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