By Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Tesla — The electric vehicle maker slipped 8% after reporting its first ever annual vehicle deliveries decline . Tesla delivered 1.79 million vehicles in 2024, a drop from 1.81 million in 2023. Constellation Energy — Shares jumped 8% after the company secured a record-setting $1 billion in combined contracts to supply nuclear energy to the U.S. federal government. Unity Software — The video game stock surged 9% after online personality Keith Gill, also known by his online moniker Roaring Kitty, posted a gif on social media site X of a “Chappelle’s Show” sketch in which comedian Dave Chappelle plays late musician Rick James. One of James’ songs is titled “Unity.” Gill famously drove the GameStop investing short squeeze in 2021. Spotify Technology — The music streaming platform added 2% after announcing the Spotify Partner Program , which offers creators from the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia new ways to monetize their content. SoFi Technologies — The fintech stock tumbled 8% following a downgrade from KBW to underperform. The investment firm cited an overstretched valuation as a reason for the change. Synaptics — The semiconductor company jumped 8% after announcing a partnership with Google on Edge AI. Through the agreement, Google’s machine learning core will be integrated into Synaptics’ Astra hardware. Shares of Google parent Alphabet rose 0.5%. Nvidia — The chipmaker stock and artificial intelligence trade poster child popped 3% after Loop Capital said Nvidia is in a “nirvana” moment and can sustain its ongoing rally. Crypto stocks — Crypto stocks rose as bitcoin climbed back above the $96,000 mark on Thursday. Coinbase and MicroStrategy both gained nearly 4%, while miners Mara Holdings , Riot Platforms and Bitdeer respectively added 3%, 2% and 6%. Uber , Norwegian Cruise Line — Shares of both companies moved higher after Goldman Sachs added the names to its “Conviction List” for January. Uber shares gained around 5%, while Norwegian rose less than 1%. Topgolf Callaway Brands — Shares popped nearly 15% following an upgrade to buy from hold at Jefferies. The firm thinks the golf company offers strong value as it prepares to spin off its Topgolf business. Jefferies also raised its price target to $13 from $11, suggesting 65% upside ahead. Cloudflare — Shares of the cloud cybersecurity stock moved 5% higher on the back of a double upgrade from Goldman Sachs to buy from sell. The firm also nearly doubled its price target and cited “several positive catalysts” for the stock in 2025, including in Cloudflare’s sales and marketing productivity improvements and edge compute solutions. — CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Michelle Fox, Alex Harring and Pia Singh contributed reporting.
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