© Reuters. By Peter Nurse
Investing.com -- Stocks in focus in premarket trade on Monday, February 8th. Please refresh for updates.
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Tesla (NASDAQ:) stock rose 2.3% after the electric car maker announced in a SEC filing it bought $1.5 billion in bitcoin in January. Earlier Chinese state-owned publication The Global Times said China’s market regulator and four other government departments summoned the electric car maker to a meeting to discuss quality issues.
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Apple (NASDAQ:) stock fell 0.4% after South Korea's Hyundai said Monday it is not now in talks with the iPhone maker on autonomous electric cars, just a month after it confirmed early-stage talks with the tech giant. Hyundai’s stock dropped over 6% in local trade.
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AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:) ADR rose 1% as the drugmaker said it will work on adapting its Covid-19 vaccine, after South Africa halted its planned rollout of the drug. Data showed Astra's vaccine - which is central to the national vaccination plans of many poorer countries, gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant, which was originally found in South Africa.
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Palantir (NYSE:) stock rose 11% after the software company announced it was partnering with IBM (NYSE:), up 0.8%, that will augment IBM’s artificial intelligence offerings and make them easier to use.
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Global Payments (NYSE:) stock rose 2.7% after the payments technology company announced a partnership with Google (NASDAQ:) to develop a variety of cloud-based solutions for merchants. Its quarterly earnings also beat expectations.
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Hasbro (NASDAQ:) stock rose 1.2% after the toymaker beat estimates for quarterly revenue on higher demand for its board games and "Magic: The Gathering" collectible cards.
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Energizer (NYSE:) stock rose 5.5% after the battery maker beat quarterly earnings and revenue expectations, as well as increasing its full-year forecast, benefiting from increased demand and lower costs.
- GameStop (NYSE:)stock rose 7.3%, continuing to see volatile trading even as recent social media-hyped trading hysteria in other stocks appeared to be fizzling out.
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