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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. JPMorgan , Bank of America , Wells Fargo — The three U.S. banks that dominate transactions on the Zelle payments network all rose around 2% despite a Friday lawsuit from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over Zelle payment fraud. Crypto-linked stocks — Shares of MicroStrategy , Coinbase and Robinhood were respectively trading 6%, 1% and 3% higher. The stocks had declined in early Friday trading in tandem with bitcoin prices falling from their highs . Novo Nordisk — The stock slid 17% on the heels of the Danish pharmaceutical giant’s experimental CagriSema weight loss drug posting weaker-than-expected late-stage trial results . Shares of rival obesity drug maker Eli Lilly jumped more than 4% following the disappointing results, while Dexcom , maker of diabetes management devices, added about 7%. Mission Produce — The avocado producer surged 20% after its fiscal fourth quarter results topped Wall Street’s estimates. U.S. Steel — The steel producer lost 3% after issuing fourth-quarter guidance that was weaker than expected. U.S. Steel expects a loss of between 25 cents to 29 cents per share for its current quarter, while analysts had estimated a per-share profit of 22 cents, according to FactSet. Occidental Petroleum , Sirius XM — Shares of the Houston-based energy producer jumped nearly 5%, while radio station operator Sirius XM popped 10%. A regulatory filing showed Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway added to its stakes in these companies after purchases during the past three sessions. Berkshire also hiked its bet on internet stock VeriSign , prompting the tech name to jump more than 3%. Trump Media & Technology Group — The stock slipped 2% after President-elect Donald Trump transferred his entire stake of shares to a revocable trust this week, regulatory filings showed. The stock was also weighed down by a failure on Thursday night of a House Republican spending deal endorsed by Trump to avert a government shutdown. FedEx — Shares advanced more than 1% after the shipping company said it would spin off its freight business . Separately, fiscal second quarter adjusted earnings of $4.05 per share topped LSEG consensus estimates of $3.90 a share. However, revenue fell short of expectations. Carnival — The cruise line operator jumped more than 5%. Carnival says it sees strong demand in 2025 and 2026. Fiscal fourth quarter results also topped the Street’s estimates, as Carnival reported adjusted earnings of 14 cents a share on $5.94 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG sought eight cents per share in earnings and revenue of $5.93 billion. — CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Michelle Fox, Alex Harring and Yun Li contributed reporting.
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