Check out the companies that are making headlines for pre-market trading. Joby Aviation — The electric air taxi maker’s share price fell 11% after the company announced the price of its previously announced stock offering. Joby will sell 30.5 million common stock at $16.85 per share, which will be approximately $513.9 million in total revenue. AST SpaceMobile — Shares rose 11% after the company announced its agreement with Verizon to provide mobile phone services from space to its customers from 2026. Verizon shares rose 0.7%. Trilogy Metals — The US listed stock of the Canadian mineral exploration company rose 8% the day after a surge of more than 200% on news that the White House would acquire 10% of its shares. Rocket Lab — Shares rose nearly 6% after aerospace manufacturers won contracts for three additional rocket launches. U.S. Rare Earths – The share price of the key mineral mining company rose more than 4% as investors speculate that the company could enter into a deal with the Trump administration. Barbara Hampton, CEO of U.S. Rare Earths, told CNBC last week that the company is working closely with the White House. The Trump administration acquired 10% stake in mining company Trilogy Metals on Monday, the latest deal. Metals Company – The undersea mining company’s stock price fell 3% after surged Tuesday following speculation that the company might reach an agreement with the Trump administration. IONIS Pharmaceuticals — Pharmaceutical stocks have skyrocketed 2.5% after JPMorgan upgraded from neutral to overweight. JP Morgan said the company’s September was a “active” September and provided “encouraging” updates at the innovation event. Figma — Shares rose 2% after OpenAI announced it would integrate its design software vendor technology into ChatGPT. SoFi Technologies — FinTech stocks rose more than 1%, adding even more momentum to a 6.8% gain from the previous day. SoFi turned up after Politico reported that sources said the Trump administration was considering selling its $1.6 trillion federal student loans to the private sector. Equifax — Credit bureau rose more than 2% after it announced changes to its credit score offerings. In it, he said the company’s mortgage credit score, “VantageScore 4.0,” will cost $4.50 over two years, less than half of FICO. This comes after Fair Isaac unveiled a new pricing model that would allow mortgage lenders to avoid credit bureaus. Nvidia — Shares rose nearly 1% after reports that the chipmaker has been appointed to raise $20 billion for xAI. — CNBC’s Fred Invert, Spencer Kimball, Lisa Han and Alex Harling contributed to the press.
