Check out the businesses making headlines in noon buying and selling: Rigetti Computing — The quantum computing inventory soared 10%, including to the sector’s sturdy end-of-year rally . Shares of Rigetti are actually up 1,674% on the 12 months. KULR Technology Group — Shares pulled again round 9%, reversing the positive factors seen within the earlier session. On Thursday, the inventory superior greater than 40% after the area know-how firm mentioned it purchased 217.18 bitcoin value about $21 million. This was the corporate’s first buy because it introduced a brand new bitcoin treasury initiative on Dec. 4, when bitcoin handed the $100,000 stage for the primary time. Honda — The automaker added 1%, extending positive factors after saying earlier this week that it formally started merger talks with fellow Japanese carmaker Nissan. That lifted Honda’s week-to-date achieve to twenty.7%, placing the inventory on monitor to notch its greatest week since 1988. Amedisys , UnitedHealth — Shares of Amedisys rose about 5%, whereas UnitedHealth inventory was fractionally decrease after the businesses entered into a brand new waiver settlement, a submitting revealed. This new settlement extends the deadline to shut their $3.3 billion merger. MicroStrategy — The cryptocurrency-linked inventory slipped practically 4%. It had beforehand traded greater early Friday morning as the value of bitcoin rose above $96,000. Red Cat Holdings — The drone inventory plunged practically 10%. It was beforehand buying and selling greater on Friday morning, including on to its large year-to-date rally of 1,275%. Shares of Red Cat rose in December after drone sightings within the Northeast reignited Wall Street curiosity within the sector. South Korea shares — U.S.-listed shares of South Korean shares retreated on Friday after lawmakers impeached performing President Han Duck-soo , ousting the nation’s second head of state since a short-lived martial decree earlier this month. The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) slid 1%. U.S.-listed shares of Korea Electric Power and Coupang shed 2%, whereas Posco Holdings and KT Corporation declined 1%. — CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Alex Harring contributed reporting.
