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0830 - Initial jobless claims: Expected 220k; Prior 21k

NVIDIA Corp (NVDA)

+0.11%

Reuters reported that the company is asking TSMC to ramp production of its H200 chips after Chinese companies placed orders exceeding 2 million units for 2026, far above Nvidia’s current inventory of about 700,000. Nvidia has reportedly requested expanded output starting in Q2 2026, with China pricing around $27,000 per chip pending import approvals.

Nike Inc (NKE)

+2.17%

Trading higher premarket after CEO Elliott Hill purchased $1 million in company shares, according to a filing with the SEC. Hill purchased 16,388 shares at $61.10 each, meaning that he now holds 241,587 Class B shares in total. This filing comes just one week after Tim Cook, CEO of Apple and an independent director on Nike’s board, disclosed a purchase of 50,000 Nike shares.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV)

-5.70%

Continuing to trade with heightened volatility around all-time highs. The precious metal dropped more than 7% on Monday, only to gap up and post gains of nearly 5% on Tuesday. Wednesday’s gap down comes ahead of the implementation of new silver export controls in China, which are set to go into effect on Thursday, January 1, 2026.

Crypto Stocks

+0.66%

Trading marginally higher as a group in tandem with gains in Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency, which has been trading in a tight range for the past two weeks, is poised to post losses in 2025 despite making a new all-time high above $126,000 in October of this year. Bitcoin opened the year around $93,400 and is trading just below $89,000 as of Wednesday, December 31 at 7:10 AM ET.

COIN, MSTR, MARA, RIOT, IBIT, ETHE, HUT, CLSK, IREN, CAN, HIVE, CRCL

Tesla Inc (TSLA)

+0.22%

On watch after Michael Burry called the stock “ridiculously overvalued” in an X post on Tuesday evening. Burry, who is best known for betting against the housing market in 2008, later clarified in a reply to a commenter that he is not short Tesla.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN)

-0.12%

The company’s shares spiked higher around 4:18 PM on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump shared an article about the company on Truth Social. The article, which was published by Fox Business on November 24, detailed Amazon’s planned investment of up to $50 billion in AI infrastructure for government agencies in the US. There do not appear to be any updates related to the investment at this time.

Intel Inc (INTC)

+1.32%

On Tuesday afternoon, an account affiliated with the company (“Intel Policy”) shared an X post touting Intel’s US-based development and manufacturing work. The post, which included a nearly two-minute video, noted that the company is “proud to build on that legacy to deliver the next generation of innovation at Fab 52”. Earlier this week, Nvidia finalized its previously-announced investment in the company as part of a deal between the chipmakers.

Alphabet Inc (GOOGL)

-0.23%

On Tuesday afternoon, Google-backed Waymo announced that it has started its AV testing in Las Vegas after receiving authorization from the state of Nevada. These tests feature a driver behind the wheel.

Aimei Health Technology Co Ltd (AFJK)

+52.57%

Gapping up premarket on light volume. The stock closed more than 89% higher on Tuesday. In November of this year, Aimei Health reportedly agreed to extend its business combination deadline to December 2026; the company previously announced plans for a business combination with United Hydrogen Group in June 2024. The stock has a float of 4.06 million shares.

Anghami Inc (ANGH)

+72.84%

Gapping up after reporting earnings for H1 2025. The company reported losses of $5.50 per share, smaller than the $5.70-per-share loss posted in H1 2024; sales of $48.441 million similarly improved on a year-over-year basis. Anghami has a market capitalization of $15.51 million and a float of 6.69 million shares.