On this episode of Stock Movers: - Novo Nordisk (NVO) cut the price of its obesity drug Wegovy in China as the Danish drugmaker gears up for a potential flood of copycats. The reduction will “help alleviate the treatment burden for patients and improve their quality of life,” a spokesperson said by email. The list prices for the two highest dosages of Wegovy were cut by half in some Chinese provinces, local media Yicai reported on Monday, citing drug-procurement documents for southwestern Chines...
Dec 29, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of private equity firm DigitalBridge Group (DBRG) soared in premarket trading as Japan's SoftBank Group is said to near a deal to acquire DigitalBridge. The Japanese conglomerate could announce an agreement as soon as Monday for New York-listed DigitalBridge, according to sources who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Terms of the transaction, part of SoftBank’s campaign to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infras...
Dec 29, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of private equity firm DigitalBridge Group (DBRG) soared in premarket trading as Japan's SoftBank Group is said to near a deal to acquire DigitalBridge. The Japanese conglomerate could announce an agreement as soon as Monday for New York-listed DigitalBridge, according to sources who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Terms of the transaction, part of SoftBank’s campaign to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infras...
Dec 29, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares in miner Fresnillo Mining jump as much as 4.2% due to the continued metal rally - BioGaia gains as much as 4.1% as DNB Carnegie lifts its price target on the Swedish probiotics firm and says the stock may break out on the upside from its five-year trading range in 2026 as margins improve. - Rheinmetall and other defense stocks are down after Trump said a lot of progress was made on Ukraine peace talks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 29, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares in miner Fresnillo Mining jump as much as 4.2% due to the continued metal rally - International Personal Finance (IPF) rises as much as 6.8% in London trading after Basepoint agreed to buy the consumer finance company in a deal valuing IPF at about £543 million. - Rheinmetall and other defense stocks are down after Trump said a lot of progress was made on Ukraine peace talks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 29, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers, we look at some the week's biggest gainers and decliners: - Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) saw a modest weekly gain as Paramount continues to try to counter Netflix's bid to buy it. Larry Ellison is throwing his personal fortune behind Paramount Skydance’s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., aiming to give his son’s company an advantage in a fiercely contested takeover battle with Netflix. Both suitors moved on Monday to strengthen the financial backing for their ...
Dec 26, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares slid after a report from the New York Post that Paramount Skydance could walk away from its $30-per-share cash bid and instead litigate against the company’s board for how it handled the process. - Sable Offshore (SOC) shares fell as much as 17% after the Environmental Defense Center and Center for Biological Diversity filed an emergency motion to halt the restart of a contested California oil pipeline. - Target (TGT) shares ...
Dec 26, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Nvidia (NVDA) agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom and gaining the right to add a new type of technology to its products. The world’s largest publicly traded company has paid for the right to use Groq’s technology and will integrate its chip design into future products. The deal was reported on after the end of the trading day on Christmas Eve. Shares of Nvidia ral...
Dec 26, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) edge higher in the premarket session as the company agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom and gaining the right to add a new type of technology to its products. - Shares of Indian technology services provider Coforge Ltd. (COFORGE IN) declined ahead of the US market open after the company agreed to buy Encora at an enterprise value of $2.35 b...
Dec 26, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) edge higher in the premarket session as the company takes agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom and gaining the right to add a new type of technology to its products. - Shares of Sidus Space (SIDU) rallied as much as 30 percent ahead of the US market open after the Cape Canaveral, Florida-based space and defense tech company announced plans t...
Dec 26, 2025•4 min
- Nike (NKE) shares got a boost on Wednesday after a filing showed that Apple CEO Tim Cook purchased $2.95 million worth of shares on Dec. 22. Cook is Nike’s lead independent director and served as a director since 2005, according to the company’s website. The filing shows Cook purchased 50,000 Class B common stock at a weighted average price of $58.97. - Costco (COST) rose after receiving an upgrade for Christmas, as Northcoast Research analyst Charles Cerankosky raised the recommendation on wh...
Dec 24, 2025•4 min
- Intel (INTC) shares fell Wednesday after a report said that Nvidia Corp. halted a test to use Intel’s production process to make advanced chips. Nvidia recently tested the so-called 18A process but stopped moving forward, Reuters reported, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter. Spokespeople for Nvidia and Intel didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. An Intel spokesperson told Reuters that the company’s 18A manufacturing technologies are “progressing well.” - Dyna...
Dec 24, 2025•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of Intel (INTC) fell in the early session after Reuters reported that Nvidia halted a test that uses the chip manufacturer’s 18A technology to produce its chips. Nvidia recently tested whether it could manufacture its chips using Intel’s 18A production process but stopped moving forward, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. Nvidia did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment, while an Intel spokesperson told Reuters the compan...
Dec 24, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of Dynavax Technologies (DVAX) soared in premarket trading after Sanofi agreed to buy Dynavax for about $2.2 billion, as it seeks to expand a vaccines business currently anchored by its flu shot franchise. The French drugmaker will pay $15.50 a share in cash for Dynavax, 39% above the Emeryville, California-based firm’s closing price Tuesday. The statement on Wednesday came minutes after Sanofi said the US Food and Drug Administration had surprisingly re...
Dec 24, 2025•4 min
On This episode of Stock Movers: - BP agreed to sell a majority stake in its Castrol lubricants division to US investment firm Stonepeak Partners to raise about $6 billion. - French biotech company Abivax started the year with a market value of less than $500 million. After a meteoric rally, it’s now worth more than $8 billion — and some analysts see the potential for even more gains - B&M's stock has fallen 56% in 2025, extending the previous year’s 34% drop, as the firm struggles to conten...
Dec 24, 2025•5 min
On This episode of Stock Movers: - BP Plc agreed to sell a majority stake in its Castrol lubricants division to US investment firm Stonepeak Partners to raise about $6 billion. - Sanofi agreed to buy Dynavax Technologies Corp. for about $2.2 billion, as the French drugmaker tries to expand a vaccines business currently anchored by its flu shot franchise. - Fresnillo and other european mining stocks may be active on Wednesday as gold rises above $4,500 an ounce for the first time on escalating te...
Dec 24, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Novo Nordisk (NVO) shares rallied in trading today following the drugmaker getting US approval to sell a pill version of its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy. Novo will start selling the pill in the US in early January, the company said in a statement Monday. It is approved to help people lose weight or maintain previous weight loss over the long term. The pill is crucial for Novo’s strategy to take on Eli Lilly, which has said its own oral obesity drug could be...
Dec 23, 2025•6 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Novo Nordisk (NVO) won approval to sell a pill version of its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy in the US, a crucial step in its effort to defend its market share from rival Eli Lilly. The shares soared by as much as 11% in Copenhagen, the biggest intraday gain since August. Novo has fallen by almost half this year amid concern about the Danish drugmaker’s ability to compete in the obesity market it pioneered. Shares continued to rally in New York trading on Tues...
Dec 23, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Novo Nordisk (NOVOB) won approval to sell a pill version of its obesity shot Wegovy in the US, to help people lose weight or maintain previous weight loss over the long term. The company will start selling the pill in the US in early January, and it is approved based on the results of the Oasis 4 trial, which found people taking the pill lost about 13.6% of their body weight over 64 weeks. - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) was ordered to pay about $1.56 billion to ...
Dec 23, 2025•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Novo Nordisk (NOVOB) won approval to sell a pill version of its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy in the US, a crucial step in its effort to defend its market share from rival Eli Lilly (LLY). The shares soared by as much as 11% in Copenhagen, the biggest intraday gain since August. Novo has fallen by almost half this year amid concern about the Danish drugmaker’s ability to compete in the obesity market it pioneered. - Copper hit a fresh all-time high above $12,...
Dec 23, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of Novo Nordisk (NVO) soared in premarket trading after the company won approval to sell a pill version of its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy in the US, a crucial step in its effort to defend its market share from rival Eli Lilly & Co. Novo will start selling the pill in the US in early January, the company said in a statement Monday. It is approved to help people lose weight or maintain previous weight loss over the long term. - Shares of naval shi...
Dec 23, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of Novo Nordisk (NVO) soared in premarket trading after the company won approval to sell a pill version of its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy in the US, a crucial step in its effort to defend its market share from rival Eli Lilly & Co. Novo will start selling the pill in the US in early January, the company said in a statement Monday. It is approved to help people lose weight or maintain previous weight loss over the long term. - Shares of naval shi...
Dec 23, 2025•4 min
On This episode of Stock Movers: - Novo Nordisk won approval to sell a pill version of its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy in the US, a crucial step in its effort to defend its market share from rival Eli Lilly. - Ryanair was fined more than €255 million ($300 million) by Italy’s antitrust watchdog for allegedly using an “abusive strategy” to thwart third-party travel agencies. - Cevian Capital raises its total holding in Akzo Nobel NV to 10.15% from ~5%, according to a filing with the Dutch fin...
Dec 23, 2025•5 min
On This episode of Stock Movers: - Novo Nordisk won approval to sell a pill version of its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy in the US, a crucial step in its effort to defend its market share from rival Eli Lilly. - Orsted said it’s considering “all options” including legal action as it weighs how to respond to a US decision to suspend leases for five offshore wind farms, according to a statement late Monday. - Pets at Home Group named James Bailey, the former managing director of upmarket grocer ...
Dec 23, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares rallied in trading today after word that Larry Ellison is throwing his personal fortune behind Paramount Skydance Corp.’s bid for it, aiming to give his son’s company an advantage in a fiercely contested takeover battle with Netflix. Paramount has been aggressively pursuing Warner Bros. for months and Ellison was taken by surprise when the board agreed to a deal with Netflix for $82.7 billion for the streaming and studio asse...
Dec 22, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares rose on news that Larry Ellison is throwing his personal fortune behind Paramount Skydance’s bid for it, aiming to give his son’s company an advantage in a fiercely contested takeover battle with Netflix. Both suitors moved on Monday to strengthen the financial backing for their offers, though they stopped short of increasing their bids. Netflix refinanced a portion of its planned $59 billion of debt as a way to ensure a last...
Dec 22, 2025•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) shares are up 3.9% in premarket trading after Larry Ellison agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4 billion of the equity financing for the offer and any damages claims against Paramount. Paramount Skydance rises 3.1%, while Netflix ticks 0.4% higher. - Marvell Technology (MRVL) shares are up 2.1% in premarket trading, after Citi opened a positive catalyst watch on the chipmaker ahead of next month’s CES conferen...
Dec 22, 2025•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Warner Bros Discovery shares are up 3.9% in premarket trading after Larry Ellison agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4 billion of the equity financing for the offer and any damages claims against Paramount. Paramount Skydance rises 3.1%, while Netflix ticks 0.4% higher. - Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst agreed to buy asset manager Janus Henderson Group (JHG) for about $7.4 billion. Shareholders will receive $49 ...
Dec 22, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) moved higher ahead of the US market open as Paramount Skydance Corp. sweetened its bid for WBD, including offering a personal financial guarantee by Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison, as it seeks to beat out a rival bid from Netflix Inc. Ellison has agreed to personally guarantee $40.4 billion in equity financing for Paramount’s proposed $108.4 billion offer for Warner Bros., according to a statement Monday. Ellison, who...
Dec 22, 2025•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Netflix (NFLX) has refinanced part of a $59 billion bridge loan to support its potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. The streaming giant secured a $5 billion revolving credit facility and two $10 billion delayed-draw term loans to refinance part of the bridge facility it took out for its Warner Bros. bid, according to a filing on Monday. That leaves $34 billion for syndication. - Shares of Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) rallied in premarket trading ...
Dec 22, 2025•4 min
