Dow climbs as top AI stocks pause
Dow ticks up on healthcare and banks, but the Nasdaq is weaker with AI chip stocks sliding in late-morning trade Thursday. U.S. stock indexes were mixed.
CXApp Stock Rockets After Tiny AI Firm Buys EngineRoom—The 75% Move Explained
CXApp Inc. shares surged in heavy Nasdaq trading on Thursday after the workplace-software company said it had bought EngineRoom, an Australia-based AI-enabled growth-intelligence platform, in a cash-and-earnout deal worth about $4.6 million.
Micron Drops as AI Memory Stocks Take a Hit
Micron Technology dropped 8.3% to $989.46 at the open on Nasdaq Thursday, part of a larger chip-stock slide that sent the iShares Semiconductor ETF down 5.0% and the QQQ off 1.3%. Despite the selloff, Micron still held a market cap close to $1.13 trillion, a sign of just how far the AI memory rally went before buyers stepped back.
Quantinuum starts $1.68B Nasdaq debut, quantum stocks watch
Quantinuum raised $1.68 billion in its upsized U.S. IPO, pricing 28 million shares at $60 apiece, above the expected range. The Honeywell-backed quantum computing firm is set to start trading on Nasdaq on Thursday under the ticker QNT, giving investors direct access to the well-known name.
Solidion Shares Surge Following Space Battery Announcement
Solidion Technology Inc. shot up 361% to $23.21 early Thursday after announcing a patented battery built for satellites, low-Earth-orbit AI data centers, and lunar uses. Shares ran as high as $26.87. More than 53 million shares changed hands.
UnitedHealth Shares Climb as Wall Street Sees Less Cost Pressure
UnitedHealth Group shares climbed over 5% Thursday morning after Bank of America upgraded the stock to Buy and Morgan Stanley raised its price target. Wall Street is showing new support for the health insurer’s recovery bet.
Ciena shares fall after strong results, AI trade takes a hit
Ciena Corp shares fell in premarket trading Thursday. The networking equipment maker posted strong quarterly results and raised its sales outlook, but that wasn’t enough for investors who had bet on a bigger AI-fueled surge.
Splash Beverage Stock Climbs — NYSE Details for Traders
Splash Beverage Group shares jumped again in premarket trade Thursday after the company said it filed a compliance plan with NYSE American and is still working on deals in cannabinoid wellness. SBEV gained 71.0% Wednesday to finish at $0.2420. The stock was quoted at $0.3650 premarket as of 7:42 a.m. EDT.
Intel Shares Dip Premarket Despite Foxconn AI Deal
Intel stock slipped in early premarket hours Thursday, down 3.71% at $108.53, off $4.18, according to premarket data. The company announced a new AI infrastructure deal with Foxconn but the news did little to boost shares as chip stocks slid after Broadcom’s results.
Archer Aviation Drops Pre-Market With Cash Burn In Focus
Archer Aviation Inc. shares traded lower before the bell Thursday, with the air-taxi maker sliding ahead of the New York open. The stock was last indicated at $6.53, off $0.22, or around 3.3%. Archer’s market cap stood near $5.0 billion.
Nvidia Faces New AI Test After Broadcom Drop Hits Chip Stocks
Nvidia stock was down in U.S. premarket Thursday, as a chip selloff led by Broadcom weighed on one of the market’s biggest AI trades. The last quote for Nvidia was $214.75, putting its value near $5.24 trillion.
Splash Beverage Stock Moves Higher — NYSE Fine Print For Traders
Splash Beverage Group shares jumped in premarket trade Thursday, building on big gains after the company announced it filed a plan to cure its NYSE American listing deficiency and said it is still looking at deals in cannabinoid wellness. SBEV finished at $0.2420 Wednesday, up 71.0%, and changed hands at $0.3650 before the bell at 7:42 a.m. EDT.
AT&T shares slip as SpaceX Starlink threat rattles analysts
AT&T Inc. traded at $23.55 ahead of Thursday’s NYSE open, steady with where it finished Wednesday after sliding 4.4%. That drop followed new worry about SpaceX’s Starlink satellite-broadband plans. The NYSE opens for regular hours at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Ford Faces Setback After Battery-Driven Stock Surge
Ford Motor shares tried to stabilize in early trade Thursday after sliding in the previous session. The move came as investors looked past a steep drop in May U.S. sales and recent recalls, focusing on Ford’s energy-storage business. Shares finished Wednesday at $15.71, down 2.7%. Pre-market quotes had the stock at $15.81, up 0.6%, according to MarketScreener.
Alphabet Stock Eyes AI Raise as Google Parent Increases Target to $84.75 Billion
Alphabet Inc. shares fell in premarket trading Thursday as the Google parent’s larger $84.75 billion equity raise met investor concern over the company’s spending pace on artificial intelligence. Before the bell, Alphabet Class A was at $358.99, off 0.7%. Class C was at $355.68.
IREN Stock Moves Early as Market Reacts to Australia AI Data-Center Push
IREN Ltd. shares pointed lower in premarket U.S. trading on Thursday, after the AI cloud and bitcoin mining company said it’s building an 800-megawatt campus in South Australia, its first data center in Australia. The stock finished Wednesday at $65.48, down 1.7%. In early morning trading at 6:48 a.m. Eastern, MarketBeat showed shares at $61.66, down 5.8% more.
SanDisk’s Rally Pauses as AI Chip Names Hit Resistance
SanDisk shares slipped in premarket trading Thursday after hitting a record close, as selling in AI chip stocks hit one of Wall Street's busiest trades.
Plug Power Stock Drops Pre-Market After New Financing
Plug Power slipped 2.7% to $3.59 in premarket action Thursday. The hydrogen fuel-cell maker had dropped 9.8% Wednesday to finish at $3.69. Premarket is the trading session before exchanges open, and price swings can be more volatile with lighter volume.
Dollar General Sees Sales As Gas Prices Hit Shoppers
Dollar General bumped its annual profit outlook higher after posting better-than-expected first-quarter results. The retailer said more shoppers are coming in for deals as its main customers watch their spending with gas prices high and food aid cut. The new forecast calls for fiscal 2026 earnings per share of $7.20 to $7.45, up from its earlier range of $7.10 to $7.35.
Nuburu Shares Back in Play as BURU Traders Look at New Defense-Tech Angle
Nuburu Inc. picked up early trading interest Wednesday, with the stock up around 8%. The laser-technology firm, which is repositioning as a defense and security player, flagged new business momentum at its Orbit software arm.
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