NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 07:55 ET — Premarket
- D-Wave Quantum shares were up about 3% in premarket trading as U.S. markets reopened after the New Year’s Day holiday.
- Traders are focused on the company’s scheduled CES 2026 appearance next week and its late-January user conference.
- Investors are also watching early-January U.S. economic data that could shift rate expectations.
D-Wave Quantum Inc shares were up 3.3% at $27.01 in premarket trading on Friday, after closing at $26.15 on Dec. 31, according to .
The move keeps attention on a volatile corner of the market as investors return from the holiday break. Quantum computing stocks have swung sharply in recent weeks as traders hunt for near-term catalysts and liquidity improves after year-end.
D-Wave’s next catalyst is already on the calendar. The company said it will participate in CES 2026 as a sponsor of the CES Foundry event on Jan. 7-8 in Las Vegas, where it plans to showcase its systems and customer use cases. .
“Showcasing quantum computing at CES … signals that the technology is quickly moving into the mainstream,” Murray Thom, D-Wave’s vice president of quantum technology evangelism, said in the release.
D-Wave also has a second investor touchpoint later this month. It plans to hold its Qubits 2026 user conference on Jan. 27-28 in Boca Raton, Florida, where it has said it will share product updates and roadmap progress. .
D-Wave sells access to quantum computers that use “quantum annealing” — a technique designed to search for good solutions to complex optimization problems such as scheduling and routing — and “hybrid” solvers that pair quantum processing with conventional computers.
For investors, the key questions are commercial. Traders will be looking for signs that conference demos translate into customer commitments, including updates on enterprise demand, deployments and any large multi-year capacity deals.
The stock has been trading in a tight band around the mid-$20s heading into the open. On Dec. 31, it traded between $26.03 and $27.43 before finishing at $26.15, according to .
That puts a spotlight on the late-December highs near $27.4-$27.5 as a near-term technical level. A move back below $26 would shift attention to the lower end of the recent range.
Rival quantum names were mixed in early trading, with peers such as IonQ and Rigetti edging lower in premarket dealings.
The broader market backdrop was firmer, with investors also tracking early-January data that could reset expectations for Federal Reserve policy. Reuters flagged the Jan. 9 U.S. jobs report as a key near-term event after the holiday lull. .
Premarket trading in QBTS remained relatively light, with about 97,000 shares traded before the open as of 6:33 a.m. ET, MarketWatch data showed. .
