Check out the companies that made the biggest moves in pre-market trading: Alphabet – The tech giant moved 2% higher after unveiling its most advanced artificial intelligence model, Gemini 4 Argon. The new model offers improvements in cybersecurity, coding and complex professional work, Alphabet said. Accenture – The global professional services company rose 17% after its fiscal fourth quarter results. Accenture’s revenue of $18.68 billion exceeded the company’s guidance of $17.75 billion to $18.4 billion, as well as the FactSet consensus estimate of $18.3 billion. Earnings of $3.29 per share also beat expectations. Rocket Lab – Shares rose 4.5% after the space company signed a multiyear launch agreement for 20 new Electron missions with Toyoko-based company Synspective. Rocket Lab says it is the largest commercial launch contract for Electron to date. McCormick – The spice company’s third-quarter results beat expectations, sending shares nearly 5% higher. McCormick’s adjusted earnings came in at 86 cents per share, above the 76 cents expected from analysts polled by FactSet. Revenue was $2.02 billion, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.98 billion. Dollar Tree – Shares rose 1.3% after Loop Capital upgraded it to buy from hold. “We believe the current U.S. macroeconomic backdrop is more favorable for Dollar Tree as the holiday selling season approaches,” the analyst said. Nu Holdings – The Brazilian digital bank rose almost 6% after it issued a statement denying that it was working on a deal with British digital bank Monzo. Nu said that in response to recent media speculation that he was acquiring Monzo. Micron – The memory chip maker reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal fourth quarter. The company earned $33.42 per share on revenue of $54.23 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG expected a profit of $31.61 per share on revenue of $51.07 billion. The stock fell slightly despite the results, although other semiconductor names edged higher. The Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) gained more than 1%, while the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) advanced 1%. Constellation Energy – Shares rose 3.5% after the energy company announced a 20-year deal with Amazon that supports capacity expansion at Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center nuclear power plant. Synopsys – The software company rose nearly 4% after the investor day, reflecting its growth strategy and long-term goals. Synopsys expects 2027 revenue growth of 15% annually to between $11.10 billion and $11.20 billion, compared to $10.82 billion expected from analysts, according to FactSet. The company also announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI. Vicor – Shares jumped about 12% after the company raised its third-quarter revenue growth guidance to more than 30% from its previous guidance of at least 20%. Victor made the change due to increased royalties from the first non-exclusive license previously announced for Vertical Power Delivery. Corteva – Corteva announced on Thursday that it is now a pure global crop protection company, after spinning off its seeds and genetics business, which will now be known as Vylor. The move comes after an appeals court denied the State of California’s temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to suspend the separation. —Fred Imbert CNBC contributed reporting.
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