Check out some of the stocks making the biggest move in half-day trading: Solar Stocks – Renewable energy-related companies rose in trades throughout the middle month as President Donald Trump’s megaville approached passing before the White House’s July 4 deadline. The measure doesn’t have a new carbate of clean energy, but earlier this week the Senate version of the bill removed taxes on the solar and wind projects. Panel maker First Solar jumped 8%, while solar micro inverter’s emphaze energy manufacturer added 5%. The Investco Solar ETF (TAN) has made more than 3% advance. Cloud Strike – Cybersecurity company saw a surge in stocks by around 4%. Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities Analyst has raised the stock’s price target from $575 to $575, citing “an increase in momentum in the sector surrounding a cyberplatform approach.” Chinopsys, Cadence Design Systems – Silicon Valley-based chip designers’ shares each have grown by more than 4%. According to an announcement from companies in the industry, the US government has lifted restrictions on exporting chip design software to China. DATADOG – After S&P Global was added to the S&P 500 index, cloud monitoring providers surged over 12% since July 9th, after being added to the S&P 500 index before trading. This move forces passive index funds to purchase DataDog shares to reflect the composition of the underlying benchmark index. TripAdvisor – The online travel review company rose 16%, following a Wall Street Journal report that activist investor Starboard acquired a 9% stake. Robinhood – Online brokerages fell 4%, returning a portion of the 6% rally from Wednesday. Robinhood is considered a major candidate to replace the S&P 500 Juniper Network, and Openai is opposed to the recent announcement of tokenized stocks in artificial intelligence startups. Crypto Stocks – Ether (ETH) Equity Treasury ambitions expanded day two amid a surge in stable and renewed interest in stock tokenization. Bit Digital Rose 6%, Betting Platform Sharplink Gaming jumped 2%. Bitmine Immersion Technologies has skyrocketed 35%, with over 1,000% since it announced its own ETH financial plan on Monday. Kratos Defense and Security Solutions – Drone Maker added 2% after RBC Capital Markets repeated its excellent investment opinions. The company raises its 12-month price target with Kratos and believes that small-cap defense stocks will continue to outperform until it reaches 2026 defence spending growth and “valuation mismatch” growth. Kratos stocks hit a new 52-week high earlier this week. -CNBC’s Tanaya Macheel, Pia Singh, Jesse Pound, Dylan Butts, Michelle Fox and Nick Wells provided the report.
