Check out the companies making the biggest moves in pre-market trading: Intel — The semiconductor company soared nearly 9% after President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Intel had struck a deal with Apple to design and manufacture chips in the United States. Apple stock rose less than 1%. Chip stocks — Chip makers rose after Intel’s announcement. Marvell Technology rose nearly 7%, and Lam Research and Applied Materials both rose about 5%. Memory stocks — Stock prices of memory companies also rose. Western Digital rose 5.6%, while Micron Technology and SanDisk each rose about 4%. Pfizer — The pharmaceutical giant fell 1% after announcing that CFO Dave Denton would step down on Aug. 15. The company has appointed Cecil Guegan, senior vice president of finance, as interim financial director. SpaceX — The space company fell 1.2% after falling 5% on Wednesday. The move follows a more than 40% jump last week after a historic debut. Accenture — Accenture fell 13% after the global professional services firm announced an agreement with asset intelligence firm runZero to acquire a majority stake in device and software supply chain security firm Netrise and cybersecurity firm Dragos. The transaction value between the two companies is approximately $4.175 billion. Cruise Lines — Lower oil prices pushed cruise line stock prices higher. Carnival was up 3%, while Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line were up about 2%. Airlines — Rising oil prices also boosted airliner stocks, with United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines all up about 2%. Smith & Wesson — Soared 14% after the company reported higher profits and revenue and said sales of handguns to sporting goods retailers rose 23% year over year. 80% of the units Smith & Wesson shipped in the quarter were handguns. Correction: SpaceX was misspelled in the previous heading.
