Nuclear energy shares continued to fly higher in overnight trading. Shares of Lightbridge surged more than 11% after a 57% rally last Friday. Chief Executive Seth Grae in the interview Friday said demand for nuclear power is strong, bolstered by recent nuclear investment announcements from technology companies including Microsoft, Amazon.com and Alphabet-unit Google.
Crypto shares rallied in overnight trading. CleanSpark rose nearly 8%; Riot Platforms rose over 4%; Coinbase, Marathon Digital rose over 3%.
Bitcoin pushed higher on Monday as a spurt of inflows into exchange-traded funds for the largest digital asset as well as optimism about the outlook for US regulations lifted sentiment.
The cryptocurrency rose about 1% to close in on $70,000, a level last seen in June. Smaller tokens such as second-ranked Ether and top-10 coin Solana also advanced.
Election polls show rising odds of former President Donald Trump winning the Nov. 5 election and are boosting the dollar, since his proposed tariff and tax policies are seen as likely to keep U.S. interest rates high and undermine currencies of trading partners.
Bitcoin got a lift from Trump's improving prospects since his administration is seen as taking a softer line on cryptocurrency regulation. It was last up 0.8% at $69,400, and has risen 18% since Oct. 10.
Boeing rises nearly 4% in overnight trading. Striking machinists at Boeing BA.N will vote Wednesday on a new contract proposal that includes a 35% pay hike over four years that could end a costly five-week-old strike, the company and union said Saturday.
Around 33,000 of Boeing's unionized West Coast workers, most in Washington state, have been on strike since Sept. 13. The work stoppage has halted production of the planemaker's best-selling 737 MAX and its 767 and 777 widebodies, putting added pressure on the company's already fragile finances.
Shares of Spirit Airlines are up 26.53% in overnight trading as the company states in an 8-K filing: “As previously disclosed, on May 21, 2009, Spirit Airlines, Inc. entered into a Signatory Agreement with U.S. Bank National Association, pursuant to which U.S. Bank National Association processes certain payments made to the Company using credit cards bearing the service mark of Visa International, Visa U.S.A. Inc. or MasterCard International Incorporated.
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