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These Stocks Moved the Most Today: Oracle, Nike, Micron, DJT, Carnival, BioMarin, CoreWeave, Lamb Weston, and More

Dec 19, 2025 05:33:00 -0500 by George Glover | #Markets

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Stocks posted solid gains Friday, with investors now more confident the Federal Reserve has scope to cut interest rates in 2026 following a sharp pullback in U.S. inflation in November.

These stocks moved on Friday:

Oracle gained 6.6%. The software developer and two other investors signed agreements with TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance to form a new joint venture named TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. Oracle, private-equity firm Silver Lake, and Emirati state-owned artificial-intelligence investor MGX each will have a 15% stake in the new entity, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told employees in a memo viewed by Barron’s.

Nike slumped 11% after the athletic apparel retailer posted earnings for its fiscal second quarter. The results paint a muddled picture: Although Nike topped earnings and revenue expectations, investors were disappointed about declining profit and lackluster sales in China.

FedEx rose 0.6%. The logistics company reported stronger-than-expected earnings and sales for its fiscal second quarter. Shares may have been priced for perfection, though: Entering Thursday, FedEx stock had traded flat for the year, but was up 25% since the company reported fiscal first-quarter earnings in September.

Carnival surged 9.8% after the cruise company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings beat analysts’ estimates and it issued strong guidance for the current fiscal year. Carnival’s first-quarter per-share earnings guidance was slightly below Wall Street expectations but its fiscal-year outlook for $2.48 a share was higher than consensus of $2.44. Royal Caribbean followed Carnival higher, rising 2.4%. Norwegian Cruise Line gained 6.5%.

Micron Technology rose 7%. The memory-chip maker was the S&P 500’s best performer on Thursday, surging more than 10% following earnings that one analyst described as the best in semiconductor history, excluding Nvidia.

CoreWeave jumped 23% to $83. Citi analysts renewed coverage of CoreWeave with a Buy rating and lowered their price target to $135 from $192. The firm added a High Risk designation to the rating, flagging the company’s “limited trading history and high customer concentration, which may expose shares to greater volatility.” The stock began trading in March after its initial public offering was priced at $40 a share.

Additionally, the company announced Thursday that it had joined Genesis Mission, a Department of Energy initiative to accelerate scientific discoveries, strengthen national security, and advance energy innovation.

KB Home declined 8.5% after the home builder’s quarterly earnings missed analysts’ estimates and it delivered fewer homes in its fiscal fourth quarter.

Trump Media & Technology rose 8.3% after soaring 42% the previous session following the Truth Social parent’s agreement to merge with nuclear fusion company TAE Technology in an all-stock deal valued at more than $6 billion.

Amicus Therapeutics jumped 30% to $14.18 after BioMarin Pharmaceutical reached an agreement to acquire the biotech peer for roughly $4.8 billion in cash. BioMarin will pay $14.50 a share for Amicus, a premium of 33% premium to Amicus’ closing price Thursday of $10.89. BioMarin rose 18%.

French-fry maker Lamb Weston swung to a profit in its fiscal second quarter and adjusted earnings topped estimates, while revenue rose 1.1% to $1.62 billion. Lamb Weston reaffirmed its fiscal-year outlook for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $1 billion to $1.2 billion on net sales of $6.35 billion to $6.55 billion. The stock, however, sank 26%.

Motorhome manufacturer Winnebago Industries rose 8.4% after swinging to a profit in its fiscal first quarter on a revenue jump of 12% to a better-than-anticipated $702.7 million.

Write to George Glover at george.glover@dowjones.com