Shipping giant Maersk’s shares jump 9% on profit beat despite trade uncertainty

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Shipping giant Maersk’s shares jump 9% on profit beat despite trade uncertainty. 📈 Maersk stock jumped 9% after the shipping giant posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Thursday, putting shares on course for their best daily performance since 2020. CNBC reports.

📈 StockLift: Global shares rose on Thursday in a modest relief rally as fears of an escalating trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners ebbed. Reuters reports.

💊 LillyLift: Eli Lilly posts mixed quarter even as demand for weight loss, diabetes drugs soars. CNBC reports.

🚀 QualBoom: Qualcomm tops estimates for earnings and revenue on strong smartphone demand. CNBC reports.

📊 SiemensSurge: German medical technology company Siemens Healthineers on Thursday reported first-quarter revenue slightly above consensus, rising 5.5% at market open. Yahoo Finance reports.

❌ DealDoubt: Nissan set to step back from merger with Honda. Reuters reports.

🤖 BargainBot: Alphabet's Google on Wednesday announced updates to its Gemini family of large language models, including a new product line with competitive pricing to low-cost artificial intelligence models like that of Chinese rival DeepSeek. Reuters reports.

🚫 DeepBlock: Lawmakers push to ban DeepSeek from US government devices. Reuters reports.

(All pricing and percent gains are based on Early Pre-Market from 4:00 AM to 7:00 AM Eastern Time)
Benzinga reports.

1. $LIPO: Lipella Pharmaceuticals
Total gain: +108.52%

2. $CVR: Chicago Rivet & Machine
Total gain: +37.14%

3. $BBGI: Beasley Broadcast Group
Total gain: +31.81%

4. $APPS: Digital Turbine
Total gain: +25.19%

5. $IVVD: Invivyd
Total gain: +22.74%

Here comes the big, strong agentic AI wave

The AI world is never in want of news. Whether it’s about DeepSeek’s disruption of the global AI space or the U.S. announcing Stargate — a $500 billion private sector deal to expand U.S. AI infrastructure — there’s something always in the works. While generative AI and artificial general intelligence have dominated headlines over the last two years, the new phrase on the lips of many players in the AI space is agentic AI — intelligent systems or so-called “agents” that don’t just generate content but autonomously reason, adapt, and take action.

One report by Deloitte predicts that “25% of companies that use generative AI will launch agentic AI pilots or proofs of concept in 2025, growing up to 50% by 2027.” The report further notes that some agentic AI applications, in some industries, and for some use cases, could see actual adoption into existing workflows in 2025, especially by the back half of the year.

The closing price of the top three market percent gainers trading near or above $3 on February 5.

*All pricing and percent gains are based on regular market trading hours from 9:30am to 4:00pm Eastern Time

1. $BBAI: BigBear.ai Holdings
Total gain: +45.42%
The U.S. Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has granted the company a major contract to advance Virtual Anticipation Network prototype. Benzinga reports.

2. $RNAZ:TransCode Therapeutics
Total gain: +42.94%
The stock appeared to be moving on no notable news.

3. $RPID: Rapid Micro Biosystems
Total gain: +37.55%
The stock appeared to be moving on no notable news.

Time (ET) / Report / Period

8:30 am - Initial jobless claims - February 1
8:30 am - U.S. productivity - Q4
2:30 pm - Fed Governor Christopher Waller speaks

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“Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, by Edwin Lefèvre, published in 1923.