NVIDIA Corporation

Micron Technology, Inc.

BP p.l.c.

BP will change its CEO, putting a woman - Meg O'Neill - at the helm of a major oil and gas company for the first time in history. Nvidia board member Harvey Jones sold shares in the company, which he had owned for almost 30 years. The report of memory chip maker Micron supported the market after the collapse of the technology sector. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of December 18.

Highlights for the morning: BP changed CEO, insider sold Nvidia shares, Micron supported the market

Microsoft Corporation

Broadcom Inc.

CoreWeave, Inc.

A rise in the valuation of developer ChatGPT could push up quotes for a number of tech stocks

OpenAI is preparing to raise investment with a $750 billion valuation. Who will benefit?

The company's revenue grew by 57% in the reporting quarter

Micron improved its outlook due to rising demand for AI memory. The stock jumped 8%

Alphabet Inc.

Google has announced Gemini 3 Flash, a more efficient version of its leading artificial intelligence model. It will form the basis for AI output in search and will be available to "millions" of people, the company claims. Google first released Gemini 3 in November: analysts were positive about the Pro model and said it <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/osnovatel-google-vosel-v-top-3-bogatejsih-milliarderov-mira-kogo-on-vytesnil">would be a driver</a> for shares in the search engine's holding company, Alphabet.

Google has released an improved version of its Gemini 3 AI. Analysts called it a stock driver

Oracle Corporation

The Nasdaq Composite Technology Index plunged nearly 2% on December 17 as Oracle's stock plunged, pulling other AI-related securities with it. The FT reported that Oracle lost an investor in one of its data center projects: this triggered a new wave of fears on Wall Street about the AI bubble. Investors decided to bet on more reliable "value stocks" and take a more defensive stance at the end of the year, analysts said.

Nasdaq collapses 1.8%: Oracle has forced tech sector investors to seek protection

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Raiffeisen Bank to change CEO after unsuccessful attempts to leave Russia

Novartis AG

Roche Holding AG

Other drug manufacturers may also join the list of companies for the price deal

U.S. to reach drug pricing agreements with Novartis and Roche - Bloomberg

Analog Devices, Inc.


The bank recognizes that concerns about the AI bubble will persist, but believes the sector will outperform 

JPMorgan named the favorites for 2026 among chipmakers. Who made it to the top?

The company denies any problems and says negotiations for construction of the massive project in Michigan are on schedule

Oracle shares fall on reports of a threat to derail a $10 billion data center project

Micron Solutions, Inc.

Ahead of the company's report publication, analyst Needham raised his target price for Micron securities

Micron stock is up 170% this year. Why does the analyst expect growth of another 30%?

Lennar Corporation

The developer also lowered guidance for the first quarter of next year

A Buffett portfolio company missed earnings expectations. Its shares fell

Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Prediction trading has become one of the company's fastest growing products

Robinhood has expanded its list of event betting. The market may grow 5 times by 2030

Tilray Brands, Inc.

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.

Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

Shares of cannabis companies jumped on Tuesday, December 16, after U.S. President Donald Trump <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/15/politics/marijuana-white-house-reschedule">said</a>&nbsp;the White House was “very strongly” considering changing the classification of marijuana to a less dangerous drug, which he claimed would “lead to tremendous amounts of research.”

Cannabis stocks rally as Trump 'very strongly' considering reclassifying marijuana

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Netflix, Inc.

Paramount Skydance Corporation

The Warner Bros. board on Dec. 17 urged shareholders to reject a $108.4 billion <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/paramount-perebila-predlozenie-netflix-v-bor-be-za-warner-bros-cto-dumaet-uoll-strit">offer</a> from Paramount Skydance to buy the studio, saying it did not contain sufficient financing guarantees, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/warner-bros-discovery-board-rejects-rival-bid-paramount-2025-12-17/">writes.</a>

Incomplete bid: Warner Bros. urged shareholders to reject Paramount's bid

Nikolai Storonsky, founder and CEO of the fintech bank Revolut, told in a large interview about plans for an IPO, increasing his stake in the company, and called reports about moving to Dubai a fake. He also touched upon the topic of account blocking, which was massively faced by citizens of Russia and Belarus, and explained why the bank applied sanctions to the accounts of family members of businessman Oleg Tinkov when he was blacklisted in the UK.

IPO plans, blocked accounts and Dubai: highlights from Revolut founder's interview

Lemonade, Inc.

Morgan Stanley has <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/lemonade-upgraded-to-equal-weight-from-underweight-at-morgan-stanley/ar-AA1SsuNC">upgraded</a>&nbsp;from "underweight" to "equalweight" mid-cap insurer Lemonade while setting the <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/lmnd/analystestimates?mod=mw_quote_tab">most optimistic target price</a> on Wall Street. The company is showing sustained growth in its auto insurance business and is steadily moving toward EBITDA profitability, the investment bank argued. Against this backdrop, Lemonade shares jumped more than 8% on Tuesday, December 16.

Morgan Stanley upgrades insurer Lemonade to 'equalweight', sets $85 per share TP

Andersen Group

The IPO valued the company at $1.75 billion

Andersen Group IPO: Shares of resurrected tax firm debut

ABIVAX Societe Anonyme

The YTD gain for the French biotech is still almost 1,300% 

STOXX 600 YTD leader Abivax tumbles 10% in a day on 9m25 earnings

Nektar Therapeutics

Pfizer Inc.

Eli Lilly and Company

AbbVie Inc.

Freedom Broker has issued a short-term investment idea to buy shares of Nektar Therapeutics, a small-cap biotech developing a drug for alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes hair loss. On Tuesday, December 16, the company is set to <a href="https://ir.nektar.com/news-releases/news-release-details/nektar-hold-conference-call-discuss-topline-results-36-week">release</a>&nbsp;new clinical trial data on its lead therapy. If the results are positive, Nektar shares could gain about 22% over the next two months, Freedom Broker analysts said.

Freedom Broker: Nektar may jump 22% in two months on potential upbeat trial results

Luminar Technologies, Inc.

AB Volvo (publ)

Luminar Technologies, a small-cap manufacturer of lidar sensors used by vehicles to detect objects in their surroundings, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LAZR/">plunged</a>&nbsp;more than 60% to an all-time low on Monday, December 15. The company, whose IPO <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/luminar-rises-in-market-debut-making-25-year-old-founder-a-billionaire-11607027565?mod=article_inline">turned</a>&nbsp;founder Austin Russell into a billionaire at age 25, announced&nbsp;it had <a href="https://investors.luminartech.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/110/luminar-technologies-inc-initiates-voluntary-chapter-11">filed</a>&nbsp;for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans&nbsp;to sell its lidar business, while separately <a href="https://investors.luminartech.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/111/luminar-announces-sale-of-photonics-business-to-quantum">agreeing</a> to sell its semiconductor unit to Quantum Computing. The filing <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/luminar-technologies-files-for-bankruptcy-8144ddf8?siteid=yhoof2">came</a>&nbsp;roughly one month after the company's largest customer, Volvo, reportedly&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758057/000175805725000020/lazr-20251114.htm">terminated</a>&nbsp;a purchase agreement.

Lidar-maker Luminar files for bankruptcy one month after losing Volvo supply contract

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