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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: IBM, Walmart, Rocket Lab, Nvidia & more

Cnbc · · 492 words · By Michelle Fox
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“the government plans to award $2 billion in grants to nine firms [in the quantum computing sector]”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, OilPrice.com, and reports citing the Wall Street Journal) confirm the Trump administration's plan to award $2 billion in grants to nine quantum computing firms.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US government just wrote a $2 billion check to the quantum computing industry.The Trump administration announced it is awarding $2 billion in grants while simultaneously taking equity stakes in ni…
https://cryptobriefing.com/us-government-2b-quantum-computin…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration is awarding $2 billion in CHIPS Act grants to nine quantum computing companies, with IBM getting $1 billion and the government taking equity stakes across the group.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/US-Awards-2-Billi…
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web search NEUTRAL — BREAKING: The Trump Administration is investing $2 billion in quantum computing companies and will receive equity stakes in return, per WSJ. Details include: 1. $1 billion of the package will be award…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“The deal also included government equity stakes”
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Multiple sources confirm that the grant deal includes the U.S. government taking equity stakes in the companies.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration is expanding the government’s burgeoning investment portfolio, announcing Thursday that it will award grants to nine quantum computing companies, including a new IBM (IBM) ven…
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/article/us-move-int…
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web search NEUTRAL — Quantum computers are based on the confounding properties of quantum mechanics, which allow for a vast acceleration in computing power.The new investments mean the government now has equity stakes in …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/trump-quantum-co…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration is awarding $2 billion in grants to nine quantum-computing companies in deals that include the U.S. government taking equity stakes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursd…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/i…
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“Rigetti Computing jumped 15%”
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While search results mention Rigetti Computing's stock and price targets, none of the provided evidence confirms a specific 15% jump in premarket trading related to this event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cloud-based quantum computing refers to the remote access of quantum computing resources—such as quantum emulators, simulators, or processors—via the internet. Cloud access enables users to develop, t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud-based_quantum_computing
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rigetti Computing, Inc. is an American developer of superconducting quantum integrated circuits used for quantum computers. Rigetti, which is based in Berkeley, California, also develops a cloud platf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigetti_Computing
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Susan Joy Fowler Rigetti (née Fowler; born April 17, 1991) is an American writer and ex-software engineer known for her role in influencing institutional changes in how Uber and Silicon Valley compani…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Rigetti
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“D-Wave Quantum surged 17%”
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One source mentions D-Wave shares were up about 2% in premarket trading, while another mentions a 17.6% rise linked to different events (seminars in Italy and a contract), creating a contradiction regarding the specific 17% surge in the context of the current news.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — D-Wave Quantum Inc. is a quantum computing company with locations in Palo Alto, California and Burnaby, British Columbia. D-Wave claims to be the world's first company to sell computers that exploit q…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Systems
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In physics, quantum tunnelling, barrier penetration, or simply tunnelling is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an object such as an electron or atom passes through a potential energy barrier th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In quantum physics, a wave function (or wavefunction) is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system. The most common symbols for a wave function are the Greek letter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function
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“Quantum Computing rallied nearly 14%”
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Evidence is contradictory: one source says Quantum Computing Inc. shares jumped 14% due to revenue surge, another says IonQ rose 14% due to funding, and a third says Quantum Computing Inc. and others dropped more than 14%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A quantum computer is a real or theoretical computer that exploits quantum phenomena like superposition and entanglement in an essential way. It is widely believed that a quantum computer could perfor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Superconducting quantum computing is a branch of quantum computing and solid-state physics that implements superconducting electronic circuits as qubits in a quantum processor. These devices are typic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_quantum_comput…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a timeline of quantum computing and communication.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_quantum_computing_…
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“IonQ gained 8%”
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Search results provide general information about IonQ but do not confirm a specific 8% gain in premarket trading.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · IONQ | Complete IonQ Inc. stock news by MarketWatch. View real-time stock prices and stock quotes for a full financial overview.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ionq
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest IonQ, Inc. (IONQ) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/IONQ/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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web search NEUTRAL — IonQ, Inc. is an American quantum computing hardware and software company headquartered in College Park, Maryland. The company develops general-purpose trapped ion quantum computers and accompanying s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IonQ
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“IBM rose 6.5%”
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Search results provide general information about IBM but do not confirm a specific 6.5% rise in premarket trading.
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web search NEUTRAL — IBM as a military contractor produced 6% of the M1 Carbine rifles used in World War II, about 346,500 of them, between August 1943 and May 1944. IBM built the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
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web search NEUTRAL — For more than a century, IBM has been a global technology innovator, leading advances in AI, automation and hybrid cloud solutions that help businesses grow.
https://www.ibm.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/IBM/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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“GlobalFoundries added 13%”
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Search results provide general information about GlobalFoundries but do not confirm a specific 13% increase in premarket trading.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (Taiwan Semiconductor or TSMC) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The foundry model is a microelectronics engineering and manufacturing business model consisting of a semiconductor fabrication plant, or foundry, and an integrated circuit design operation, each belon…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — GlobalFoundries Inc. is a multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company domiciled in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Malta, New York. Created by the divestiture of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalFoundries
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“Walmart — The mega retailer slipped 2%”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Walmart's premarket stock movement.
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“Walmart expects adjusted earnings per share to be between $2.75 and $2.85”
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“expectations of $2.91, according to LSEG [for Walmart EPS]”
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“Its first quarter adjusted EPS was in line with expectations, while tis revenue topped estimates.”
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“Rocket Lab — The space company tumbled 6%”
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“Space X filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to trade publicly on the Nasdaq”
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“CNBC reported last week the company plans to kick off a roadshow to market the deal on June 8”
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“Nvidia — The chip titan said revenue surged 85% year over year to $81.62 billion in the first quarter”
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“exceeding the prediction of $78.86 billion from analysts polled by LSEG [for Nvidia]”
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“Intuit — Shares sank 14%”
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“the financial software company announced a 17% workforce cut”
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“Intuit also missed analyst expectations for revenue in the third fiscal quarter, posting $8.56 billion against an LSEG consensus forecast of $8.61 billion”
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“E.l.f. Beauty — The beauty retailer jumped 7%”
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“beating Wall Street's expectations on the top and bottom lines for the fourth fiscal quarter [for E.l.f. Beauty]”
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“E.l.f. said it planned to undo some of its tariff-related price increases”
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“Star Bulk Carriers — Shares of the shipping firm added 3%”
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“posting 56 cents in earnings per share, excluding items, on $281.2 million in revenue for the first quarter [for Star Bulk Carriers]”
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“Analysts surveyed by FactSet penciled in 47 cents a share and $225.9 million, respectively [for Star Bulk Carriers]”
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“Kroger — The grocer shed 4%”
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“Bloomberg report that it plans to significantly cut prices across its stores to take on Walmart and Costco”
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“Applied Digital — The data center company jumped 10%”
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“it entered a long-term lease agreement with a U.S.-based high investment-grade hyperscaler [Applied Digital]”
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“U.S.-listed shares of the Chinese electric-vehicle maker [Nio] climbed nearly 5%”
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“Nio's first-quarter earnings and revenue topped expectations, as did its second-quarter guidance”
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“The company plans to deliver between 110,000 and 115,000 deliveries in the second quarter”
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“a nearly 60% increased from the year prior [for Nio deliveries]”
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“Deere — The agriculture equipment maker reported better-than-expected second quarter results, with its earnings of $6.55 per share, topping the FactSet consensus estimate of $5.70 per share”
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“It had net sales of $11.78 billion, versus also $11.54 billion expected from analysts [for Deere]”
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“Deere reaffirmed its full-year net income guidance”
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“Shares [of Deere] fell nearly 4%”
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