Gold Gains Over 1%; Quantum Computing Shares Plunge

Company Acquisitions - Pfizer Inc. has agreed to acquire Metsera, Inc. to enhance its portfolio in medicines targeting obesity and cardiometabolic diseases, introducing a range of oral and injectable therapy candidates [2] Stock Market Performance - U.S. stocks showed a mostly positive trend, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 50 points, while the Dow increased by 0.01% to 46,321.12, and the S&P 500 rose by 0.15% to 6,674.60 [1] - Information technology shares increased by 0.4%, while consumer staples stocks fell by 0.5% [1] Commodity Market - Oil prices decreased by 0.7% to $62.23, while gold prices increased by 1.3% to $3,752.30. Silver rose by 2.1% to $43.835, and copper fell by 0.4% to $4.6085 [5] Stock Movements - AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. saw a significant increase of 157% to $6.20 following its announcement to rename and raise approximately $550 million [9] - Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. surged by 141% to $6.86 after a $41 million investment from Faraday Future [9] - MBX Biosciences, Inc. rose by 134% to $23.43 after positive Phase 2 trial results for Canvuparatide [9] - Chijet Motor Company, Inc. shares dropped by 38% to $0.1813 after naming a new COO [9] - Cosan S.A. shares fell by 23% to $4.3850 following a downgrade from HSBC [9] - Quantum Computing Inc. decreased by 14% to $19.97 after announcing a $500 million oversubscribed private placement [9]