Oracle’s stock zoomed 7% in early trade on Friday, as the software giant is part of the group of American investors to whom China’s ByteDance is selling its TikTok US unit.
The surge in Oracle’s stock, along with an uptick in the shares of AI hot-bet Nvidia, pushed Nasdaq Composite higher in the first hour of trade.
By 10:15 am (EST), Nasdaq was up 1.01% at 23,229.726. The broader index, S&P 500 was up 0.75% at 6,825.34, whereas the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.68% to 48,277.74.
After hitting a high of $194.75, Oracle pared some of the gains to trade 5.9% up at $190.65 apiece at 10:18 am (EST). Nvidia was trading 2.7% higher at $178.85.
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