{"id":589,"date":"2025-01-19T00:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T00:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-nvo-qrvo-jbht\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T00:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T00:42:33","slug":"stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-nvo-qrvo-jbht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-nvo-qrvo-jbht\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks making the biggest moves midday: NVO, QRVO, JBHT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<div data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\">\n<p><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ArticleBody-extraData\"><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ArticleBody-extraData\"><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"xyz-data\">Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Crypto stocks \u2013 Stocks tied to crypto prices jumped amid reports that President-elect Donald Trump could release an executive order making crypto a national priority as soon as the first day of his new term. Shares of crypto exchange operators Coinbase and Robinhood advanced 4.9% and 4.5%, respectively. Trading activity in small cap cryptocurrencies benefits trading platforms. Bitcoin proxies MicroStrategy and Mara Holdings gained 8% and 8.8%, respectively. Novo Nordisk \u2014 Shares slipped 5.3% after the company&#8217;s semaglutide, which is the active ingredient in the its diabetes drugs Ozempic and Rybelsus and its obesity treatment Wegovy, landed on a list of drugs that will be included in Medicare&#8217;s next round of price negotiations . Qorvo \u2013 Shares gained 14.4% after activist investor Starboard Value disclosed a 7.7% stake in Qorvo and is seeking changes to improve the company&#8217;s share price. Vistra \u2014 The energy company&#8217;s stock shed 1.8% after a major fire erupted at its battery-storage\u00a0facility in Northern California and led to the evacuation of nearby residents. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics &#8212; The biopharma stock added 5.6% following an upgrade to buy from neutral at Goldman Sachs. Analyst Richard Law said that the company&#8217;s experimental treatment for a chronic skin condition, SLK, could &#8220;potentially deliver best-in-class results.&#8221; Lam Research , Applied Materials \u2014 The semiconductor equipment stocks rose 1.4% and 3%, respectively, after KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded both companies to overweight from sector weight. Lam Research and Applied Materials have exposure to artificial intelligence-related devices that should lead their stocks higher, the firm said. J.B. Hunt \u2014 The transport stock fell 7.4% after a fourth-quarter earnings miss. J.B. Hunt generated $1.53 in earnings per share, while analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for $1.61. The company reported that revenue declined year over year in each of its major business segments. Fastenal \u2014 Shares of the fastener distributor added 1.8% even though the company missed fourth-quarter expectations due to ongoing manufacturing-related challenges. Fastenal earned 46 cents per share on revenue of $1.82 billion, while analysts polled by FactSet were expecting 48 cents per share on $1.84 billion in revenue. The company did see higher unit sales during the quarter amid growth at locations opened in the past two years. Life360 \u2014 The location-sharing app&#8217;s stock rallied 6.9% after UBS upgraded it to buy from neutral , citing more confidence in the company&#8217;s midterm ad revenue opportunity. Intel \u2014 Shares of the chipmaker popped by roughly 9.3% as the beaten-up chipmaker continues to be a part of takeover speculation following the departure of its CEO in December. The stock, which was booted from the Dow in November, is still down more than 50% in the last 12 months. \u2014 CNBC&#8217;s Alex Harring, Sean Conlon, Jesse Pound, Tanaya Macheel, Samantha Subin, Lisa Han and Michelle Fox contributed reporting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Crypto stocks \u2013 Stocks tied to crypto prices jumped amid reports that President-elect Donald Trump could release an executive order making crypto a national priority as soon as the first day of his new term. 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