Check out the companies that are trending in intraday trading. Hershey, Mondelez International — Hershey’s stock rose about 13% after Bloomberg News reported that Cadbury and Oreo maker Mondelez are once again looking to acquire the chocolate company. News of the attempted takeover sent Hershey’s stock price to its highest pace since June 2016, when Hershey previously announced a proposed $23 billion acquisition from Mondelez. Mondelez fell 2%. Chinese stocks – U.S.-listed stocks PDD Holdings, Jingtocom and Trip.com each soared more than 10% after China’s Politburo pledged to ease its monetary policy stance to boost domestic growth in 2025. Alibaba and Tencent stocks rose by nine shares. % and 5%, respectively, on the news, while automaker Nio rose more than 14%. Macy’s — Shares rose 1% after activist investor Barrington Capital called on the department store chain to cut spending and reevaluate alternatives for its Bloomingdale’s and Blue Mercury businesses. Workday, Apollo Global Management — Shares of software company Workday rose 5% after S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that the company’s stock will be added to the S&P 500 later this month. Apollo Global Management also announced a new addition to the S&P 500, hitting a 52-week high on Monday, but its stock fell about 2%. Warner Bros. Discovery , Comcast — Shares of Warner Bros. rose 2% after the media company signed a broad multi-year cable distribution deal with Comcast. This allowed the Max streaming service to be launched in Europe and resolved the legal dispute. Rights to the Harry Potter television series. Comcast stock fell 9%. Stellantis — Shares of automaker Stellantis rose nearly 2% after CNBC reported that prominent executive Tim Kuniskis will immediately return to the automaker to lead the company’s Ram Truck brand again. The decision comes just about a week after Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares abruptly resigned amid problems in the company’s North American market. Nvidia — Stock price fell about 2%. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation has launched an investigation into the company, specifically regarding possible violations of the country’s antitrust laws related to Nvidia’s acquisition of Mellanox. Advanced Micro Devices — The company fell about 4% after Bank of America downgraded the stock from buy to neutral. The company believes that competition risks in artificial intelligence are increasing given Nvidia’s market dominance, and that other chipmakers’ growing preference for custom chips could limit AMD’s potential to gain market share. He pointed out that there is. The Dow — The chemicals maker rose 3% after it said it would sell a 40% stake in some infrastructure assets on the U.S. Gulf Coast to a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2025. Interpublic Group of Companies, Omnicom Group — Interpublic rose 7%, while Omnicom fell more than 8%. The companies announced that Omnicom will acquire Interpublic in a stock-for-stock transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025. SUPER MICRO COMPUTER — Shares of the embattled server maker rose about 5% after Super Micro was granted a reprieve by Nasdaq to allow it to publish its delayed annual report. The company must now remain listed on the exchange until February. SoFi Technologies — The stock has more than doubled in the past three months but is overvalued after Bank of America Global Research downgraded the fintech and financial provider from neutral to underperform. The stock price fell by about 2%. The stock has risen following Donald Trump’s election victory, as investors believed the company would benefit from stricter student loan forgiveness policies expected under the Trump administration. SolarEdge Technologies – Shares rose 16% after the solar energy company announced it had begun shipping its “USA Edition” home batteries. This product is designed to qualify for the Domestic Content Bonus Tax Credit. This is a provision that is part of the Inflation Control Act, which incentivizes the development of green technologies built using a specified percentage of domestically produced steel, iron, and manufactured goods. Disclosure: Comcast’s NBCUniversal is the parent company of CNBC. —CNBC’s Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Sarah Min and Michelle Fox Theobald contributed reporting.
