Markets opened the week with strong gains as trade tensions between the United States and China appeared to ease after a tense period of escalating rhetoric.

Oracle (ORCL) surprised investors by rapidly raising its 2030 financial outlook for revenue and earn

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A major Wall Street bank now believes Credo is a great stock to ride the artificial-intelligence wave. On Friday, J.P. Morgan analyst Joseph Cardoso initiated coverage on Credo Technology Group Holding with an Overweight rating and established a $165 stock target for the shares. Credo is a leader in high-speed data connections used in AI data centers.

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The stock market is starting to perk up. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% after opening lower. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.2%. The Dow rose 150 points, or 0.3%. Roughly 320 stocks in the S&P 500 were rising, but its worst performers were among some of the year's big winners: Oracle was down 6.

Investing.com -- UBS raised its price target on Oracle to $380 from $360 and reiterated a Buy rating, saying the company’s new long-term revenue and earnings outlook makes its current valuation too cheap.Stock’s price target was raised to $380 from $360.

AMD also landed a major order from Oracle Corp. this week, further juicing its shares. Meanwhile, Broadcom unveiled its own agreement with OpenAI on Monday, sending its shares up 10% in a single session, their best performance since April. “OpenAI clearly can’t rely just on Nvidia,” said Eric Clark, portfolio manager of the Rational Dynamic Brands Fund, which has less than $70 million in assets under management, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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Morning Brief host Allie Canal tracks several of the day's top trending stock tickers, including shares of Eli Lilly (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) falling after President Trump said he expects to help ease GLP-1 drug prices lower, American Express (AXP) reporting record revenue in its third quarter earnings results, and EssilorLuxottica (EL.PA, ESLOY) stock rising to a record high boosted by the sale of Meta Platforms' (META) AI-powered Ray-Bans glasses. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief.

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ORCL's expanding AI and cloud contracts, including major deals with Meta and OpenAI, signal a powerful new growth phase ahead.

Tesla (TSLA) continued its slide in the pre-market on another bearish analyst report, and mounting questions around Elon Musk company's ability to deliver on robotics and AI promises. Nvidia (NVDA) shares swing down then recover some ground ahead of the open. Meta (META) is close to a $30 billion financing deal for a data center in Louisiana, and shares of its AI glasses partner EssilorLuxottica (EL.PA) hit a new record. Micron (MU) abandons some of its chip supplying activities in China. Other top gainers and losers include Praxis (PRAX) and Rigetti (RGTI). For more live coverage of markets watch the full episode of Market Sunrise and head to Yahoo Finance.