Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers:- Nickel touched a fresh 19-month high in choppy trading as traders weighed rising inventories against mounting production risks that have fueled a breakneck rally in prices. Copper will rally to $14,000 a ton within the coming three months amid bullish momentum, but could peak this month unless fresh catalysts emerge, according to Citigroup. Rare earth-related shares gained across the Asia-Pacific region after China imposed a ban on exports of military-use items to Japan. Meantime, precious metals miners and royalty companies are down in US premarket trading as gold and silver pull back with broader markets as traders look to upcoming US economic data later this week.- Shares of Ventyx Biosciences Inc. (VTYX) were up as much as 67% in early US trading after the Wall Street Journal reported that Eli Lilly & Co. is in advanced talks to acquire the company for more than $1 billion to expand its work in immunology.- Shares of Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) climbed ahead of the US market open after MSCI decided for now to keep digital asset treasury companies in its stock market indexes. Back in October, MSCI proposed excluding those companies from its indexes, but now says companies already included in indexes will remain eligible if they meet existing index requirements.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 talkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:- 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Stock Movers:Listen for comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the US market close as heard on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.- 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%.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.