01 Stock Market
The U.S. major indexes closed as follows: the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.47% at 48,362.68; the S&P 500 up 0.64% at 6,878.49; and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.52% at 23,428.83. The session saw broad-based gains into the close, with mega-caps and semiconductors adding support.
Unusual-move stocks stood out across tech, space, and AI, alongside select momentum names. TSLA up 1.56% at $488.73; NVDA up 1.49% at $183.69; RKLB up 9.97% at $77.55; MU up 4.01% at $276.59; FJET up 370.85% at $31.50; QBTS up 20.02% at $32.19; DJT down 10.44% at $14.41; AAPL down 0.99% at $270.97; INTC down 1.22% at $36.37; GOOG up 0.88% at $311.33; META up 0.41% at $661.50; AMD up 0.71% at $214.95; SNDK up 1.45% at $241.05.
Further notable moves included broad ETFs and momentum trades. VOO up 0.63% at $629.73; SPY up 0.62% at $684.83; QQQ up 0.48% at $619.21; SOXL up 3.69% at $43.26; TQQQ up 1.36% at $54.25; TSLL up 3.26% at $22.83; ORCL up 3.34% at $198.38; AMZN up 0.48% at $228.43; NFLX down 1.23% at $93.23; IREN up 5.31% at $42.04; BABA up 0.78% at $150.96; AVGO up 0.51% at $341.45; PLTR up 0.31% at $193.98.
02 Other Markets
U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose by 0.00%, latest at 4.17.
USD/CNH rose 0.0000%, at 7.04; USD/HKD fell 0.0090%, at 7.78.
U.S. Dollar Index fell 0.0417%, at 98.24.
WTI crude futures fell 0.29%, at 57.84 USD/bbl; COMEX gold futures rose 0.47%, at 4,490.30 USD/oz.
03 Top News
U.S. FDA approved Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide pill for chronic weight management, expanding treatment options. The approval broadens coverage to adults with obesity or overweight and at least one related condition. Novo said the pill will be sold under the Wegovy brand, using the same active ingredient as its injectables. Shares climbed in extended trading, signaling investor confidence in the launch.
Zim Integrated Shipping Services announced it received multiple acquisition proposals, prompting a strategic review update. The board said competitive proposals came from multiple strategic partners as part of its ongoing exploration of strategic alternatives. The company is evaluating bids with the objective of maximizing shareholder value. Shares rose in after-hours trade, reflecting anticipation of a potential deal.
Tesla climbed 1.6%. The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday overruled the Delaware Chancery Court's 2024 decision to void CEO Elon Musk's 2018 pay package, which included some 300 million stock options. The ruling officially restores to Musk the stock options, currently worth $138 billion.
Warner Bros. Discovery gained 3.5% to $28.75 after Paramount Skydance amended its $30-a-share, all-cash offer for the entertainment company. Paramount shareholder and Oracle founder Larry Ellison now is guaranteeing $40.4 billion of the equity financing for the bid, and any damages claims against Paramount.
Warner's board told shareholders last week to reject Paramount's bid, citing concerns that the Ellisons weren't fully backstopping the financing. The board instead recommended that shareholders back Netflix's offer of $27.75 in stock and cash for Warner's streaming and studios assets. Paramount shares gained 4.3%, while Netflix fell 1.2%.
Clearwater Analytics jumped 8.1% to $24.06. The software fintech company said Sunday that it had agreed to an $8.4 billion take-private deal. Shareholders will receive $24.55 a share in cash, representing a premium of about 47% over Clearwater's stock price on Nov. 10, the last trading day before media reports of a potential transaction.
Strategy dipped 0.3%. The crypto investor disclosed Monday it didn't purchase any Bitcoin last week. The world's largest cryptocurrency pared gains from earlier in the day, rising 0.1% over the past 24 hours to $88,300. Shares in the crypto exchange Coinbase Global rose 1.1% on Monday, while online trading platform Robinhood Markets was up 0.8%.
Trump Media & Technology Group tumbled 10% after surging more than 50% last week following a merger agreement with nuclear fusion company TAE Technologies.
Rocket Lab gained 10%. Shares of the the space launch and technology company jumped 18% on Friday and closed at a record high of $70.52 after the U.S. Space Development Agency on Friday awarded the company an agreement worth up to $805 million to provide 18 missile warning, tracking and defense satellites. Rocket Lab said the agreement was its largest single contract to date. Other space stocks also rallied with AST SpaceMobile jumping 14%.
Dominion Energy declined 3.7% after the Trump administration paused the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the U.S. Dominion's wind farm off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., was one of five leases paused by the Department of the Interior. The department cited the need to assess how to mitigate national security risks, such as the potential for radar interference. In a statement, Dominion argued arguing that stopping the project would trigger energy inflation, imperil jobs, and threaten grid reliability for military installations in coastal Virginia.
UniFirst jumped 16% to $197.64 after Cintas submitted another offer to acquire the smaller uniform supplier for $275 a share or roughly $5.2 billion. Cintas, up 2.4% on Monday, has been trying to buy UniFirst since at least February 2022.
Newmont rose 1.6%. The gold miner has gained 181% this year, following shares of the precious metal, which set another record high Monday of about $4,477 an ounce.
Micron Technology advanced 4%. Shares jumped 12% last week following a blowout earnings report for the memory-chip maker.
Sources: Reuters, Dow Jones, Tiger Newspress, public market data
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