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These Stocks Moved the Most Today: Tesla, Pfizer, Humana, Circle, CoreWeave, Broadcom, IonQ, Ford, Navan, and More

Dec 16, 2025 05:50:00 -0500 by George Glover | #Markets

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Key Points

Stocks were mixed Tuesday as U.S. hiring in November was stronger than expected and the unemployment rate jumped to 4.6%.

These stocks made notable moves:

Ford was up 0.2%. The auto maker announced a pivot toward hybrids and away from electric cars. There’ll be some pain attached: Ford is taking $19.5 billion in one-time charges, including $8.5 billion in electric-vehicle asset write-downs.

Tesla gained 3.1% to $489.88 to top its prior closing high of $479.86 from December 2024. The pivot away from EVs by Ford shouldn’t be too much of a worry for investors, whose focus has shifted to Tesla’s robo-taxi push.

Analysts at Mizuho, meanwhile, raised their price target on Tesla to $530 from $475 and maintained their Buy rating.

Pfizer fell 3.4% after the drugmaker said it expects adjusted earnings in 2026 of $2.80 to $3 a share, below analysts’ estimates. The company said it backs 2025 expectations for adjusted profit of $3 to $3.15 a share.

Humana tumbled 6.1% after the managed-care company reaffirmed its fiscal 2025 forecast for adjusted earnings of $17 a share, below consensus of $17.05, and announced the retirement of its current insurance president.

Circle Internet Group gained 9.8% after Visa announced it would allow U.S. banks to settle transactions with the USDC stablecoin. Circle is the issuer of USDC, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar. Visa stock dropped 0.4%.

IonQ jumped 7.8% to $49.65. Analysts at Jefferies initiated coverage on shares of the quantum-computing company with a Buy rating and price target of $100.

CoreWeave fell 3.9%. The artificial-intelligence cloud provider has tumbled more than 60% from its June high, weighed down by concerns over financing costs and whether the benefits of AI will justify them. The stock is still up more than 70% from its March initial public offering.

ServiceNow gained 2.1%. The software developer plummeted 12% on Monday for its worst day in 11 months, felled by the double whammy of reports the software company was eyeing a major acquisition and a downgrade from analysts at KeyBanc.

Broadcom rose 0.4% to end a recent losing streak. Shares just locked in their worst three-day run since 2020, with Broadcom’s fourth-quarter earnings failing to ease investor worries about the pace of growth in its AI chip business and its effect on margins.

Navan, the corporate travel and expense-management company that went public in October, declined 12% after reporting a wider third-quarter loss and revealing that Chief Financial Officer Amy Butte would be stepping down Jan. 9.

Home builder Lennar was set to report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after Tuesday’s closing bell. Shares fell 1.8%.

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