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These Stocks Moved the Most Today: Intel, Nvidia, Micron, Novo Nordisk, 89bio, CrowdStrike, Bullish, Nucor, and More

Sep 18, 2025 05:47:00 -0400 by Joe Woelfel | #Technology

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Stocks rose to fresh records Thursday after the Federal Reserve, as expected, trimmed interest rates by a quarter-point and signaled it could make two additional cuts this year.

These stocks made notable moves Thursday:

Intel soared 23% to $30.57 after Nvidia said it would invest $5 billion in Intel at a purchase price of $23.28 a share as part of an agreement that will see the technology companies co-develop “multiple generations of custom data center and PC products.”

Rival chip makers Advanced Micro Devices and Arm Holdings were down 0.8% and 4.5%, respectively, while U.S.-listed shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were up 2.2%. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, on a call with reporters Thursday, indicated the company would continue using TSMC as its primary chip foundry, rather than Intel.

Nvidia, meanwhile, rose 3.5% to end a three-session losing streak. The leading maker of artificial-intelligence chips fell 2.6% on Wednesday after a report from the Financial Times said China’s internet regulator had banned the country’s biggest tech companies from buying Nvidia’s AI chips.

While Nvidia has been pressured as of late, shares of memory chip maker Micron Technology set a record closing high Wednesday at $159.99. The stock rose another 5.6% on Thursday to $168.90 to close higher for a 12th consecutive session.

Nucor tumbled 6% after the steel company cut guidance for the current third quarter, saying it expects profit of between $2.05 and $2.15 a share. Nucor previously guided for “nominally lower” earnings than the second-quarter’s $2.60 a share. The company said earnings were expected to decrease across all three of its operating segments from the second quarter of 2025.

89bio soared 85% to $14.96 after Roche announced it was buying the small-cap biopharmaceutical company for $3.5 billion. As part of the deal, 89bio shareholders will receive up to $20.50 a share in cash, which includes $14.50 a share at closing and a non-tradeable contingent value right of up to $6 a share.

Shares of Bullish, the institutional crypto exchange that also operates the news site CoinDesk, rose 21% after the company swung from a year-earlier loss to post second-quarter earnings of 93 cents a share. It was the first earnings report from Bullish since becoming a publicly traded company in August.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store declined 7.6% after the restaurant chain reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ estimates and forecast fiscal 2026 revenue of $3.35 billion to $3.45 billion that was below Wall Street consensus. The company said it expects a decline of between 4% and 7% in comparable-store traffic during the current fiscal year. Cracker Barrel caused an uproar in August by changing its logo, only to revert to its old design following pressure from President Donald Trump, other conservatives, and the chain’s customers.

U.S.-listed shares of Novo Nordisk were up 6.3% after a study in people with Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease found that semaglutide, sold under the brand name Ozempic, was shown to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death by 23% compared with dulaglutide, an injectable from Eli Lilly that’s branded as Trulicity. Lilly was up 0.4%.

CrowdStrike climbed 13%. The cybersecurity company reiterated that net new annual recurring revenue growth will reaccelerate to 40% or more in the second half of fiscal 2026. The company also predicted 20% growth or better in fiscal 2027.

StubHub Holdings fell 6.8%. The popular marketplace for ticket resales made its trading debut Wednesday at $25.35, but finished down 6.4% at $22, below the initial public offering price of $23.50.

Tesla was down 2.1%. Shares of the electric-vehicle maker have closed higher for seven straight sessions, gaining about 23% over the span. The stock made a late move Wednesday, finishing up 1% at $425.86, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates.

Darden Restaurants fell 7.7% after the operator of Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse narrowly missed fiscal first-quarter earnings expectations.

Earnings reports were expected after the closing bell Thursday from FedEx and Lennar.

Logistics giant FedEx traded up 0.3% ahead of fiscal first-quarter earnings. The report is scheduled for after the closing bell Thursday. Wall Street expects earnings of $3.63 a share on sales of $21.7 billion.

Write to Joe Woelfel at joseph.woelfel@barrons.com and Mackenzie Tatananni at mackenzie.tatananni@barrons.com