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PayPal, Veradermics, Alibaba And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Wednesday

U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 100 points on Wednesday. Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL ) rose sharply following a report that Stripe and Advent International have proposed a joint acquisition of the digital payments firm in a deal valued at over $53 billion. The proposal for $60.50 per share, backed by close to $50 billion in committed financing from banks, was submitted earlier this month, That implies a 28% premium to PayPal’s closing share price on Tuesday, PayPal shares jumped 13.5% to $53.74 on Wednesday. Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session. Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR ) shares jumped 45.5% to $104.75 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results and issued FY27 sales guidance above estimates. Electrovaya Inc (NASDAQ: ELVA ) gained 33.1% to $10.50...

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U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 100 points on Wednesday.

Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL ) rose sharply following a report that Stripe and Advent International have proposed a joint acquisition of the digital payments firm in a deal valued at over $53 billion.

The proposal for $60.50 per share, backed by close to $50 billion in committed financing from banks, was submitted earlier this month, That implies a 28% premium to PayPal’s closing share price on Tuesday, PayPal shares jumped 13.5% to $53.74 on Wednesday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR ) shares jumped 45.5% to $104.75 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results and issued FY27 sales guidance above estimates.

Electrovaya Inc (NASDAQ: ELVA ) gained 33.1% to $10.50.

Electrovaya announced commercial relationship with Amazon.

Robo.ai Inc (NASDAQ: AIIO ) gained 19.7% to $4.78.

Falcon’s Beyond Global Inc (NASDAQ: FBYD ) surged 19% to $12.76.

Veradermics Inc (NYSE: MANE ) rose 14.3% to $125.79 as the company’s VDPHL01 Phase 2 trial met key endpoints in female pattern hair loss, showing rapid onset of hair growth.

Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ: LCID ) surged 11.3% to $5.14.

Kopin Corp (NASDAQ: KOPN ) gained 9.3% to $4.11.

MINISO Group Holding Ltd – ADR (NYSE: MNSO ) jumped 9.2% to $12.59.

Mesoblast Ltd (NASDAQ: MESO ) gained 7.8% to $18.05.

Nexstar Media Group Inc (NASDAQ: NXST ) rose 7.1% to $188.00.

Lionsgate Studios Corp (NYSE: LION ) gained 7.1% to $14.23 following reports suggesting that the company attracted takeover interest from Bellore and Banijay.

Karman Holdings Inc (NYSE: KRMN ) surged 6.7% to $48.92.

Karman Holdings will replace BrightSpring Health Services in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Friday, July 17.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd – ADR (NYSE: BABA ) gained 6.4% to $119.49 after China approved Apple Intelligence for use on domestic iPhones, marking a key regulatory milestone for Apple’s AI rollout in the country.

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