Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. MicroStrategy – Shares of the Bitcoin developer rose more than 5% as the cryptocurrency’s price continued to rise, extending the roughly 10% rise seen in the previous session. The stock has seen significant gains this year, soaring more than 515%. Chip Equipment Stocks – Chip equipment stocks rose on reports that the Biden administration is considering tightening restrictions on sales of semiconductor equipment and AI memory chips to China. This may be less severe than expected. Shares of U.S.-based companies Applied Materials, Lam Research and KLA Corporation rose 1.3% to 2.2%, while Dutch equipment maker ASML rose 1.3% to 2.2% following a Bloomberg report citing anonymous people familiar with the matter. rose 1.5%. Retail Stocks – Major retailers rose slightly as Black Friday shopping began. Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, rose more than 0.2%, while Target and Costco shares rose 0.6% and 0.3%, respectively. Robinhood – The brokerage rose 3% pre-market and continued its post-election rally after the SEC approved the creation of a 24-hour stock exchange by startup 24 Exchange, paving the way for 24-hour trading. Shares in cryptocurrency trading provider Robinhood, seen as a big beneficiary of the incoming Trump administration’s deregulation plans, soared 58% in November to an all-time high. Zeta Global Holdings – The marketing software company rose 5% after the company’s CEO said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” on Wednesday that recent short seller reports were “false.” As of Wednesday’s close, the company’s stock price was down 27% in November. —CNBC’s Jesse Pound and Yun Li contributed reporting.