Check out the companies making the biggest move at noon: Peabody Energy – Coal companies jumped 9%. Peabody has launched arbitration proceedings with Anglo American for cancelled purchases of steelmaking coat assets belonging to Anglo. Sandisk – Solid State Drives manufacturer jumped 10%, increasing its profits significantly. Inventory has grown by 170% over the past six months. Transunion, Equifax – The credit bureau rose 4.8% and 1.4% respectively, recovering some of the sudden losses that had direct access to all mortgage lenders in the previous session behind Fair Isaac. Trans Union plunged 10.6% on Thursday. Equifax is driven to 8.5%. Las Vegas Sands – casino operators from Wynn Resorts have each flushed over 5% as Macau orthotics due to a storm that could disrupt the area’s Golden Week. Palantir Technologies – Data analytics providers slid 4% after Reuters reported an internal US Army memo that discovered “deep flaws” in battlefield communication systems, including some created by Palantir Technologies and Anduril. USA Rare Earth – Rare Earth Miner jumped 18% after CEO Barbara Humpton told CNBC he was in “close communication” with the White House. GameStop – MEME stock fell 2% after the company said in its filing that it sold a combination of assets ranging from common stock to liabilities at a private amount. Applied Documents – Stocks slipped 2.1% after recognised that new US export restrictions would undermine revenues. Applied Materials said the restrictions reduced its fourth quarter revenue by about $110 million, with revenues of about $600 million in 2026. Uranium Energy – Uranium Minor fell 2.3% after planning a secondary offering of 15.5 million shares. Goldman Sachs is the only underwriter. Entergy – The utility rose 3% after saying it would provide Arkansas with a planned $4 billion technology investment by Google. Zillow – Gordon Haskett upgraded Zillow to buy from Hold and sent over 4% of its real estate platform. Wall Street researchers said recent sales have gone too far and created attractive purchase opportunities. Zillow has been declining in recent weeks concerns about competitive breaches and legal anguish. Red Cat Holdings – Drone Stock added 14% after Needham began research compensation at the time of purchase. The company said the unmanned aviation systems industry has entered the supercycle, and the Red Cat is well suited to grasp the rise in demand. Freeport-McMoran – Copper and gold miners won over 3.2% after UBS upgraded Freeport and purchased from Neutral. Force Majeure is a legal declaration that allows businesses to temporarily suspend contractual supply obligations. “We believe risk and reward are attractive because we believe the market is priced with the overly pessimistic outcome of Grasberg Recover,” writes UBS analyst Daniel Major. – Reported by Yun Li, Scott Schnipper, Alex Harring and Sarah Min of CNBC
