Check out the companies that are trending in pre-market trading. Boeing – Shares fell 3% after South Korea ordered inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft following last weekend’s Jeju Air crash. The accident killed all but two of the 181 passengers and crew, making it the deadliest aviation accident in the country’s history. V2X – The defense company rose 4.2% after announcing a $170 million deal with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Through this agreement, V2X will continue to provide support to DEA’s fleet of aircraft. Rigetti Computing — The quantum computing stock fell 5.1%, reversing Friday’s more than 10% rise. Righetti is one of the top quantum stocks of 2024, soaring more than 1,600% since the beginning of the year. KULR Technology Group — Shares of the space technology stock pared back some gains to fall 3% after soaring 58% last week. KULR announced last week that it had purchased 217.18 Bitcoin worth approximately $21 million, marking its first purchase since announcing its Bitcoin Treasury initiative earlier this month. Red Cat Holdings — Drone stock soared 2.7%, rebounding some from Friday’s more than 8% decline. Despite recent volatility, the stock rose more than 380% in the fourth quarter as drone sightings in the U.S. reignited Wall Street’s interest in the sector. Palantir Technologies — The software stock fell 2%, slightly reversing its massive year-to-date gain of nearly 361%. Palantir has been the S&P 500’s best-performing stock in 2024, rising nearly 18% this month alone after extending military contracts worth up to $619 million in early December. VeriSign — Shares rose more than 2% premarket. Last week, Berkshire Hathaway announced it had purchased more than 140,000 shares of the domain registry services company. MicroStrategy — Shares fell more than 2% after MicroStrategy announced it sold more than 592,000 shares of stock for approximately $209 million in proceeds. The company also revealed that the cash it received from the sale funded the purchase of more than 2,100 Bitcoins. — CNBC’s Lisa Kai-Lai Hung, Sean Conlon and Pia Xin contributed reporting
