Top Movers, Top Shorts, Top AI Picks — Your Complete Midweek Market Map 🧭📈

The S&P 500 was flat on Wednesday as investors weighed mixed economic signals, with the Nasdaq slipping 0.2% on weakness in Microsoft after reports of cuts to AI-linked sales quotas.

AI-related names, including Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron also declined. Losses were tempered by a surprise 32,000 drop in private payrolls, which strengthened expectations for a Fed rate cut on Dec. 10—now priced at nearly 89%.

While services data showed pockets of stability, markets found support from standout movers: Bitcoin surged above $92,000, Marvell Technology jumped more than 6% on a strong data-center outlook, and American Eagle rallied over 15% after raising its full-year forecast. Investors are watching for a potential year-end rally following a weak November.

Top Movers: Under $10 

Virax Biolabs Group Ltd (VRAX) is up 70.02% today to trade at the current level of $0.67. This comes after the company highlighted key milestones, achievements, and clinical progress, and outlined its strategic priorities for 2026, in a letter to shareholders and investors.

Nixxy Inc (NIXX) zoomed 15.70% in today’s trade to $1.07 after announcing that its monthly revenue run-rate rose from just over $1M in February 2025 to more than $15M in November—over a 1,000% jump, implying about $180M a year.

In current trading, Fusion Fuel Green Ltd (HTOO) stock is at $4.03 after announcing two engineering contracts totaling approximately $1.37 million for residential developments in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Micropolis Holding Co (MCRP) rose 6.09% in the early hours of today's trading to move at $0.83. The company signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Saudi-based QSS Robotics to work together on distributing, localizing, and deploying Micropolis technologies in Saudi Arabia.

In the current trading session, Creative Media & Community Trust (CMCT) jumped 9.75% to $3.83 over a previous close of $3.49 after announcing the completion of 1915 Park, 36-Unit Apartment Building in Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Ex-Dividend Stocks

NVIDIA Corp (NVDA) is about to trade ex-dividend tomorrow, meaning that investors who buy the stock after tomorrow will not be eligible for the next dividend payment. The company's next dividend payment will be $0.01 per share. It has fixed December 04 as the record date for the same and will pay the actual dividend on December 26. Last year, the company distributed a total of $0.04 to its shareholders. Based on the last year's worth of payments, NVDA has a trailing yield of 0.02% on the current stock price of $180.5.

Another stock that is shelling out dividends tomorrow is Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM), having a market capitalization of $184.44B. It will pay a dividend of $0.89 per share, the payment date of which is December 18. Currently, the stock is trading at a trailing dividend yield of 2.02%.

Shares of SLM Corp (SLM) will be the talk of the stock market on Thursday as the stock will turn ex-dividend. The company's next dividend payment will be $0.13 per share, and in the last 12 months, it paid a total of $0.52 per share. Last year's total dividend payments show that SLM has a trailing yield of 1.73% on the current share price of $30.13.

Western Digital Corp (WDC) is also set to go ex-dividend tomorrow. The next dividend payment from WDC will amount to $0.12 per share. December 04 has been designated as the record date for this dividend, with the actual payout scheduled for December 18. In the previous year, WDC distributed a total of $0.20 to its valued shareholders. Considering the cumulative dividend payments from last year, the trailing yield for WDC stands at 0.13% based on the current stock price of $153.34.

Orange County Bancorp Inc (OBT) will be paying out a dividend of $0.18 per share to shareholders holding their shares as of the close of the business hours on the record date of December 04. Over the past 12 months, OBT has paid out a total of $0.52 per share in dividends. Based on the total dividends paid out last year, OBT boasts an impressive trailing yield of 1.86% on the current share price of $27.68.

Crypto Market Highlights

• Strategy urges MSCI to keep MSTR in its indexes even after the firm boosted its Bitcoin holdings to 650,000 BTC while lowering its 2025 targets.

• Binance launches a supervised “Junior” app for minors, drawing praise for early crypto education and criticism over targeting children.

• Georgia considers using Hedera for its public registry and exploring real-estate tokenization through blockchain-enabled government infrastructure.

• Further and 3iQ debut a $100M market-neutral crypto hedge fund for institutions, featuring a Bitcoin share class that automatically reinvests BTC gains.

• Ethena’s USDe stablecoin faces one of its steepest monthly contractions, while fiat-backed stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD see multibillion-dollar inflows.

Most Shorted Stocks

Capricor Therapeutics Inc (CAPR) was one of the most shorted stocks as of the latest short interest figures, with 34.59% short interest. The days to cover ratio, a measure of how long it would take for all the short positions to be covered based on average trading volume, is 7.9. This represents a change of 899578 shares, which corresponds to a 6.79% increase in short interest. The total value of the shares held short is estimated to be around $366.44 million. The average daily volume stands at 1.61M shares, and the market capitalization of the company is $1.18B.

The Solaris Energy Infrastructure Inc with the symbol SEI currently has a short interest of 27.00%. The short interest has changed by 2052015 shares. The days to cover ratio stands at 2.8. The estimated value of the shares held short is approximately $746.07 million. On an average day, 3.73M shares are traded, with the company's market capitalization totaling $3.51B.

For the stock Hims & Hers Health Inc (HIMS), the current short interest is at 36.06%. This represents a significant short interest change of -2605752 shares, corresponding to a short interest percentage decrease of -3.71%. The days needed to cover the short positions amount to 2.0. The approximate worth of the shares held short is $2.45 billion.

With the symbol SNBR, the stock currently has a short interest of 31.99%. The short interest change is -914556 shares, compared with a short interest percentage change of -11.95%. It would take approximately 6.0 days to cover all the short positions. The shares short value is estimated to be around $445.17 million. The company boasts an average daily volume of 666.56K shares, contributing to a market capitalization of $150.11M.

The stock SNDX has a current short interest of 31.02%. The short interest percentage has experienced an increase of 1.10% while there was a change of 277823 shares in short interest. The ratio indicating the time required to cover short positions is 7.6. The calculated worth of the shorted shares amounts to around $130.43 million. Trading activity averages at 2.71M shares per day, while the company's market capitalization stands at $1.68B.

AI Stocks to Watch

According to our ST Score evaluation, Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TSEM) emerges as a high-quality stock in the AI industry, attaining an impressive score of 65. The stock's profitability, performance, financial strength, and Piotroski Score are strong. However, its growth is weak. Additionally, it is neutral in terms of stock sentiment and forecast.

Our ST Score also classifies Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (BABA) as a high-quality AI stock today, presenting a Score of 62. The stock has strong fundamentals in terms of profitability, performance, and Piotroski Score. The growth, financial strength, stock sentiment, and forecast are neutral.

Another stock in the category, EPAM Systems Inc (EPAM) has the ST Score of 62, which means that the stock carries the potential for higher returns. The stock is strong in profitability, performance, financial strength, and Piotroski Score, but weak in growth. Stock sentiment, and forecasts suggest a neutral outlook.

Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR) stock has the ST Score of 61, which implies that the AI company has a high probability of beating the market. The stock's strengths lie in its profitability, performance, financial strength, and Piotroski Score. However, it shows neutral outlook in growth, stock sentiment, and forecast.

Zoom Communications Inc (ZM) currently has the ST Score of 60, which signifies a huge upward potential. The AI stock's strong points are its profitability, performance, financial strength, and Piotroski Score. The stock's growth, stock sentiment, and forecast indicate a neutral outlook.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading. Good luck out there!

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Stocks Telegraph Team

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