A 10.7% intraday run tacks roughly $1.4 billion onto this $13.7 billion quantum name in one session. Moves this size rarely settle quietly here, so keep an eye on the stock into the close.
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The optical names took the worst of it at the close, with Ciena down 10.49% and Lumentum and Applied Optoelectronics close behind. Shopify's gain led a much tamer move on the other side of the 382-stock board.
A $1.3 billion all-stock deal means IonQ shareholders fund an enterprise network security business rather than a quantum one, and dilution is the price of that pivot.
$IONQ agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3B, including up to $150M in performance-based payments. Elisity’s platform helps prevent hackers and ransomware from spreading across company networks. https://t.co/nSB5kEOz56
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Moderna is the session's widest move at the open, off 7.34% to $188.54, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise leads the upside at +6.27%. The gainer list skews toward AI infrastructure names; the losers span biotech, power and defense.
Arm's 8.5% slide was the deepest move in a 111-stock priority list at Wednesday's close, with Bruker leading the upside at 7.5%.
Travel took the worst of Wednesday's close, with Expedia down 7.72% and Airbnb close behind at 7.56%. Software ran the other way: Palo Alto Networks led all gainers at 4.87%, with Palantir back near $192.
Tempus AI closed 14.46% higher, the biggest move in a 111-name priority list where four other gainers ran 9% or better. The downside was far tamer: DraftKings led decliners at 7.38%, and nothing else lost more than 6.4%.
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