According to CNBC, IonQ shares fell 8% after the quantum computing company announced a $2 billion equity offering, and the stock had earlier risen this week after IonQ agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm Elisity in an all-stock deal valued at up to $1.3 billion. Bending Spoons' U.S.-traded shares jumped 40% after Berkshire Hathaway made a new $330 million investment; Berkshire previously invested $600 million in the Italian tech company when it debuted in July and now holds a 4% stake. CoreWeave dropped 15% after Bloomberg News reported that its bonds sold off sharply, with unsecured debt due in 2032 trading below 80 cents on the dollar and yields rising. Bank of America fell 7% after reporting a sharp drop in third-quarter profit tied to a $1.2 billion U.S. Treasury Department penalty over money-laundering violations, with profit down 17% to 91 cents per share, or $1.08 per share excluding the penalty. BlackRock rose about 1% after earnings and revenue beat analysts' expectations, with adjusted earnings of $15.93 per share versus the $14.13 estimate from analysts polled by LSEG and assets under management rising to $15.49 trillion from $13.46 trillion a year earlier. ASML's U.S.-listed shares slipped less than 1% after third-quarter net sales of 11.66 billion euros missed the 11.72 billion-euro estimate from analysts polled by LSEG, though net profit topped expectations. GameStop gained more than 2% after CEO and Chairman Ryan Cohen disclosed in a regulatory filing that he bought 844,000 shares. Albemarle added 1% after Mizuho upgraded the chemical maker to outperform from neutral, saying lithium demand is running ahead of expectations and that Albemarle can benefit from its improved balance sheet. Dell Technologies fell more than 8% and Hewlett Packard Enterprise lost nearly 5% after Barclays cut both stocks to equal weight from overweight, while Morgan Stanley fell 3% after third-quarter investment banking revenue missed Wall Street estimates.
