Check out the companies that made headlines in midday trading: Tesla — The electric car maker fell 8% after reporting its first-ever decline in annual vehicle deliveries. Tesla delivered 1.79 million vehicles in 2024, down from 1.81 million in 2023. Constellation Energy — Shares rose 8% after the company secured a record $1 billion in total contracts to supply nuclear energy to the U.S. federal government. Unity Software — after online personality Keith Gill, also known by his online nickname “Roaring Kitty,” posted on social media site X a gif of a sketch from “Chappelle’s Show” in which comedian Dave Chappelle plays the late musician Rick James. , the video game stock soared 9%. . One of James’s songs is titled “Unity.” Gill famously drove the GameStop investment short squeeze in 2021. Spotify Technology — The music streaming platform rose 2% after announcing the Spotify Partner Program, which will give creators in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia new ways to monetize their content. SoFi Technologies — The fintech stock fell 8% following a downgrade to Underperform from KBW. The investment firm cited inflated valuations as the reason for the change. Synaptics — The semiconductor company soared 8% after announcing a partnership with Google on Edge AI. The deal will see Google’s machine learning core integrated into Synaptics’ Astra hardware. Shares of Google’s parent company Alphabet rose 0.5%. Nvidia — The chipmaker’s stock and poster child for artificial intelligence trading soared 3% after Loop Capital said Nvidia is in a “nirvana” moment and could sustain continued gains. Cryptocurrency Stocks — Cryptocurrency stocks rose as Bitcoin surpassed the $96,000 level on Thursday. Coinbase and MicroStrategy both rose nearly 4%, while miners Mara Holdings, Riot Platforms, and Bitdeer rose 3%, 2%, and 6%, respectively. Uber, Norwegian Cruise Line — Shares of both companies rose after Goldman Sachs added their names to its January “conviction list.” Uber shares rose about 5%, while Norwegian shares rose less than 1%. Topgolf Callaway Brands — Shares soared nearly 15% after Jefferies changed the stock from hold to buy. The company believes the golf company, which is preparing to spin off its Topgolf business, offers strong value. Jefferies also raised its price target to $13 from $11, suggesting 65% upside potential. Cloudflare — The cloud cybersecurity stock rose 5% on the back of two upgrades by Goldman Sachs from sell to buy. The company also almost doubled its price target and cited “several positive catalysts” for the stock price in 2025, including Cloudflare’s sales and marketing productivity improvements and edge computing solutions. —CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Michelle Fox, Alex Harring and Pia Singh contributed reporting.
Stocks with the biggest moves at midday: TSLA, U, CEG
