Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers:
- European oil stocks fall with crude prices after President Donald Trump said Venezuela would relinquish as much as 50 million barrels of oil to the US, worth about $2.8 billion at market prices. BP fell as much as 2.4% at the open.
- Bernstein moves to outperform on Atlas Copco on expectations that earnings have bottomed and that it can upside-surprise in a recovery. Atlas Copco gains as much as 3.1%, to highest since March 2025
- Shares in InPost retreat as much as 8.3%, ceding some of the previous day’s 28% gain triggered by the parcel locker operator’s announcement of a takeover proposal. Private equity firm Advent was named by Sky News as the potential bidder, though the two companies declined to comment.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- European oil stocks fall with crude prices after President Donald Trump said Venezuela would relinquish as much as 50 million barrels of oil to the US, worth about $2.8 billion at market prices. BP fell as much as 2.4% at the open.
- Morgan Stanley double-upgrades Lufthansa and names the German airline among its top five transport stocks to own for 2026, while Easyjet, Maersk and Zurich Airport are its key underweights. Today, Lufthansa rose 3.4% to 9.18 euros; up 9.2% this year
- Munters shares fall 8.4% after Nvidia CEO’S CES talk

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- Eli Lilly (LLY) is in advanced talks to acquire Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX) for more than $1 billion to expand its work in immunology, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.Ventyx shares rose 60% at 4:38 p.m. in US postmarket trading to $16.13. At that price, the San Diego-based biotech that specializes in drugs for inflammatory diseases like Crohn’s and rheumatoid arthritis is set to add $433.9 million to its market capitalization.

- Self-driving car systems company Mobileye Global (MBLY) is acquiring Israeli startup Mentee Robotics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $900 million, as it looks to develop humanoid robots. The deal comprises $612 million in cash and as many as 26,229,714 shares of Mobileye Class A common stock, according to the company. It is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.

- In a statement Tuesday, MSCI said it would maintain current index treatment for so-called digital asset treasury companies, including those where crypto holdings exceed 50% of total assets. That means Strategy — which holds over $60 billion in Bitcoin — will remain in the firm’s global benchmarks for now. Instead, MSCI will launch a “broader consultation” on how non-operating companies should be treated. Shares of Strategy rose around 5% in after-market trading. The stock had slumped almost 60% in the past year.

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- Shares of data storage companies, Sandisk (SNDK), Western Digital (WDC), Micron Technologies (MU) and Seagate (STX) soared on Tuesday after Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang highlighted the need for memory and storage in comments at the tech conference CES. Shares of Sandisk soared 24% to $339.40 as investors continued to pour money into the flash memory company. Western Digital rose 16%, putting the stock on track for a record closing high and its best day since 2020. Stock in Seagate Technology Holdings also jumped 13%.

- Onestream (OS) is in advanced talks to be taken private by Hg Capital, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Talks are ongoing and a deal for the financial software could be announced as early as this week but could also not come to fruition, the report said, citing unnamed sources. OneStream shares were up over 3% in recent premarket activity Tuesday.

- Shares of America’s largest credit-reporting companies are getting pummeled after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte called out the firms for raising prices.Equifax (EFX) slid as much as 6% Tuesday, TransUnion (TRU) fell 6.8% and Experian (EXPN) fell 2.7% in New York trading. Shares of Fair Isaac Corp. also dropped by as much as 4.9%.

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- Shares of Sandisk (SNDK) soared 24% to $339.40 on Tuesday as investors continued to pour money into the flash memory company. Sandisk began trading at $36 a share last February after spinning off from Western Digital. The stock has since joined the S&P 500 and surged more than 800% from the spinoff, with artificial intelligence boosting demand and prices for solid state drives, or SSDs.
- Makers of cooling systems saw their stocks plunge on Tuesday after comments by Nvidia Corp.’s chief executive raised fears about demand for their products from data centers.Johnson Controls International, which makes water-cooled chillers and similar systems, tumbled as much as 11% in the worst intraday drop since 2022. Modine Manufacturing fell as much as 21% before paring declines, and Trane Technologies and Carrier Global Corp. also slid Tuesday.
- Lockheed Martin shares gain 3% after the company entered a pact with the Pentagon to more than triple the annual production of interceptor missiles. Under the seven year framework agreement, Lockheed would increase yearly production of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor to 2,000, from about 600

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- Nvidia (NVDA) shares rise ahead of the Consumer Electronics show is Las Vegas. At CES,tech companies including Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Lenovo Group Ltd. will make the case for artificial intelligence to investors, corporate clients and ordinary shoppers.
- Vistra (VST) shares gain after the company agreed to pay roughly $4 billion for 10 natural gas-fired power plants in the US Northeast and Texas. The acquisition includes assets with a total capacity of 5.5 gigawatts on three major US grids — New England, Texas and the system that spans New Jersey to Chicago.
- Microchip (MCHP) shares are up after the analog chipmaker’s net sales forecast for the third quarter beat the average analyst estimate. Analysts note that the strong sales numbers highlight broad-based recovery.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) edged higher in premarket trading after CEO Jensen Huang said Nvidia’s much-anticipated Rubin data center processors are in production and customers will soon be able to try out the technology.
- Shares of Tesla (TSLA) edged higher ahead of the market open after the EV maker's China factory shipments dropped in 2025, despite a last-minute bump in December, as the company struggles with a slowdown in global sales. The company shipped 851,732 vehicles from its Shanghai plant last year, down about 7% from a year earlier, according to preliminary data from China’s Passenger Car Association. That includes 97,171 in December, just the fourth month in 2025 that saw an increase.
- Shares of OneStream (OS) soared in early trading as buyout firm Hg is in advanced talks to acquire the financial software maker, according to people familiar with the matter. OneStream and shareholders such as KKR & Co. raised $563.5 million including overallotment shares in an initial public offering in 2024. Reuters reported in November that the company, which says its customers include 18% of the Fortune 500, was exploring options including a possible sale and that Hg was among the potential bidders. 

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Vistra (VST) agreed to pay roughly $4 billion for 10 natural gas-fired power plants in the US Northeast and Texas to expand the electricity supplier’s generation capacity in fast-growing energy markets.
- Aeva (AEVA) shares soar after the company announced that its 4D LiDAR technology has been selected for the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion autonomous vehicle reference platform
- Microchip (MCHP) shares are up after the analog chipmaker’s net sales forecast for the third quarter beat the average analyst estimate. Analysts note that the strong sales numbers highlight broad-based recovery.

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On This episode of Stock Movers:
- Next raised its profit forecast for a fifth time this financial year after sales at the British retailer soared in the key Christmas period.
- Ocado shares rose as much as 8.6%, hitting the highest level since September, after the stock was placed on positive catalyst watch at JPMorgan. Sentiment was also helped by a monthly report from an industry researcher showing that Ocado was again the UK’s fastest-growing grocer in December.
- Infineon and STMicro shares rose on Tuesday after US peer Microchip said sales for the quarter ended December will be higher than its previous forecast range, a sign of potential recovery in demand for industrial and automotive chips.

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On This episode of Stock Movers:
- InPost said it has received an indicative proposal regarding a potential acquisition of all the shares in the Polish logistics firm.
- Next raised its profit forecast for a fifth time this financial year after sales at the British retailer soared in the key Christmas period.
- Adidas shares fell as much as 6.5% after the firm received a double downgrade from Bank of America, which sees a return to single-digit growth for the German sportswear company and says investor interest in the sector is waning.

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