Check out the companies making headlines with pre-market deals: Joby Aviation – Shares of the electric air taxi maker plunged 11% after announcing the pricing of a previously announced stock offering. Joby will sell 30,500,000 shares at $16.85 each, translating to total proceeds of approximately $513.9 million. AST SPACEMOBILE – Shares surged 11% after the company announced a deal with Verizon to provide customers with cell service from Space starting in 2026. Verizon stock added 0.7%. Trilogy Metals – Canadian mineral explorer’s US-listed shares jumped more than 200% on news that the White House would take a 10% stake in the company, jumping to 8%. Rocket Lab – Shares rose nearly 6% after the aerospace manufacturer secured contracts for three additional rocket launches. Shares of USA Rare Earth – Critical Minerals Miner rose more than 4% as investors speculated the company could strike a deal with the Trump administration. USA Rare Earth CEO Barbara Humpton told CNBC last week that the company is in close contact with the White House. The Trump administration acquired a 10% stake in Minor Trilogy Metals on Monday. Metal Company – Shares of the offshore mining company fell 3% after spiking on speculation on Tuesday. Ionis Pharmaceuticals – Pharma Stock popped 2.5% to overweight from Neutral shortly after JPMorgan’s upgrade. JPMorgan said the company had an “active” September, with “encouraging” updates at its innovation event. Figma – Shares rose 2% after Openai announced it would integrate the design software vendor’s technology into ChatGpt. SOFI Technologies – FinTech stock is on track to rise over 1% and add to a 6.8% rally from the previous day. SoFi received a boost after it reported, citing sources, that the Trump administration is considering selling $1.6 trillion in federal student loans to the private sector. Equifax – The credit bureau rose more than 2% after announcing changes to its credit score offering. In it, it said that the VantagesCore 4.0 mortgage credit score costs $4.50 for two years, less than half of FICO. This comes after Fair Isaac announced a new pricing model that allows credit bureaus to be bypassed. NVIDIA – Shares rose nearly 1% following reports that the chipmaker was tapped with a $20 billion pay raise for Xai. – CNBC’s Fred Imbert, Spencer Kimball, Lisa Han and Alex Harling reported.
Stock localities making the biggest moves: ASTS, JOBY, TMQ
