US stocks climbed on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 0.53%, the S&P 500 rising 0.98%, and the Nasdaq Composite advancing 1.29% as of 11:10 a.m. ET. 

Investors welcomed Anthropic’s highly anticipated public IPO filing with the SEC while preparing for a busy corporate earnings week. Oil prices eased, with Brent crude falling below $110 per barrel amid ongoing Middle East tensions. 

Markets are also focused on the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy decision, with rates expected to remain unchanged.

Following hotter-than-expected inflation, investors anticipate a potentially hawkish stance from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.

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Top Movers: Under $10 

RedCloud Holdings PLC (RCT) is up 73.46% today to trade at the current level of $0.13. This comes after the company announced that it has fully repaid the outstanding amounts under the senior convertible notes issued in February 2026 using proceeds from a non-dilutive shareholder loan.

Xtend AI Robotics Inc (XTND) zoomed 28.81% in today’s trade to $2.28 after reporting preliminary third quarter 2026 results.

In current trading, Braiin Ltd (BRAI) stock is at $4.35 after announcing a major expansion of RADIUS, its AI-powered contact center as a service (CCaaS) platform.

WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp (SAIQ) rose 5.95% in the early hours of today's trading to move at $6.48 after signing a binding letter of intent with sister company SEALSQ Corp (LAES) for SEALSQ to acquire satellite capacity from 12 WISeSat.Space satellites, along with related ground operations and support services.

In the current trading session, Akebia Therapeutics Inc (AKBA) jumped 12.42% to $0.63 over a previous close of $0.57 after announcing that U.S. Renal Care presented data from the VOICE trial at ASN Kidney Week 2026.

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Silver and gold are surging toward new all-time highs as capital rotates aggressively back into precious metals. As that shift accelerates, the market is once again hunting for early-stage discovery stories with real scale. One under-the-radar North American silver-gold company – trading below US$1 per share – has just crossed a key inflection point with drilling underway across a newly unified, district-scale system. Early holes are delivering high-grade silver-gold mineralization.

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Ex-Dividend Stocks

Thor Industries Inc (THO) 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 $0.54 per share. It has set October 27 as the record date for the same and will pay the actual dividend on November 10. Last year, the company distributed a total of $2.08 to its shareholders. Based on last year's worth of payments, THO has a trailing yield of 2.94% on the current stock price of $70.72.

Another stock that is shelling out dividends tomorrow is Nokia Corp ADR (NOK), having a market capitalization of $46.86B. It will pay a dividend of $0.02 per share, the payment date of which is November 10. Currently, the stock is trading at a trailing dividend yield of 1.98%.

Shares of Alcoa Corp (AA) will be the talk of the stock market on Tuesday as the stock will turn ex-dividend. The company's next dividend payment will be $0.1 per share, and in the last 12 months, it paid a total of $0.40 per share. Last year's total dividend payments show that AA has a trailing yield of 1.04% on the current share price of $38.55.

Celanese Corp (CE) is also set to go ex-dividend tomorrow. The next dividend payment from CE will amount to $0.03 per share. October 27 has been designated as the record date for this dividend, with the actual payout scheduled for November 10. In the previous year, CE distributed a total of $0.12 to its valued shareholders. Considering the cumulative dividend payments from last year, the trailing yield for CE stands at 0.25% based on the current stock price of $47.71.

GE Vernova Inc (GEV) will be paying out a dividend of $0.5 per share to shareholders holding their shares as of the close of the business hours on the record date of October 27. Over the past 12 months, GEV has paid out a total of $1.75 per share in dividends. Based on the total dividends paid out last year, GEV boasts an impressive trailing yield of 0.21% on the current share price of $819.87.

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Crypto Market Highlights

• Hong Kong names Solana Company (HSDT) a strategic enterprise to support economic growth.

• Keystone reports a website breach exposing customer data, raising scam and security concerns.

• Six more companies oppose tokenized stock listings on the proposed OKX–ICE platform.

• Senator Blumenthal seeks answers from Tether over a reported $6.3 million marketing deal linked to Bo Hines.

• Bybit secures a full Dubai license for spot trading.

Most Shorted Stocks

Xencor Inc (XNCR) was one of the most shorted stocks as of latest short interest figures, with 23.19% 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 10.1. This represents a change of 617431 shares, which corresponds to a 3.92% increase in short interest. The total value of the shares held short is estimated to be around $509.4 million. The average daily volume stands at 1.34M shares, and the market capitalization of the company is $2.31B.

The Absci Corp with the symbol ABSI currently has a short interest of 24.38%. The short interest has changed by 187060 shares. The days to cover ratio stands at 7.5. The estimated value of the shares held short is approximately $342.97 million. On an average day, 3.42M shares are traded, with the company's market capitalization totaling $1.57B.

For the stock QuidelOrtho Corp (QDEL), the current short interest is at 22.05%. This represents a significant short interest change of 762917 shares, corresponding to a short interest percentage increase of 5.38%. The days needed to cover the short positions amount to 11.0. The approximate worth of the shares held short is $205.31 million.

With the symbol ASTS, the stock currently has a short interest of 21.06%. The short interest change is -432944 shares, compared with a short interest percentage change of -0.66%. It would take approximately 6.1 days to cover all the short positions. The shares short value is estimated to be around $589.46 million. The company boasts an average daily volume of 12.77M shares, contributing to a market capitalization of $11.82B.

The stock SRPT has a current short interest of 23.17%. The short interest percentage has experienced a decrease of 10.42%, while there was a change of -2650494 shares in short interest. The ratio indicating the time required to cover short positions is 8.6. The calculated worth of the shorted shares amounts to around $1.15 billion. Trading activity averages 3.03M shares per day, while the company's market capitalization stands at $1.87B.

Upcoming IPO

SPACCircle Acquisition Corp. (SCQC) is set to debut on the NASDAQ exchange on October 27. The company plans to offer 15,000,000 shares at a fixed price of $10.00 per share, with the offering expected to raise approximately $150.00M through its IPO.

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

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