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Microcap stock Paranovus whipsaws after announcing plans for $195 million equity raise

After soaring more than 2,000%, the stock crashed back down to earth on Wednesday.

6/10/26 10:24AM

Paranovus Entertainment, a little-known Chinese microcap company that sells “TikTok-related e-commerce solutions,” went on a wild ride on Tuesday, then cratered when the market opened Wednesday.

The stock soared more than 2,000% during intraday trading yesterday, before closing just 8.45% above its previous closing price. Paranovus said on Tuesday that it plans to sell up to $195 million worth of new shares over time. That is a lot, considering the filing also noted that prior to the offering the company only had roughly 1.6 million shares outstanding.

It probably goes without saying, but shareholders don't usually like dilution, so the news that the company has plans to sell up to $195 million worth of shares — or about 189 million shares based on the last price traded on June 4 — does little to explain the wild price action seen yesterday.

Still, the ticker got plenty of attention, with more than $1.3 billion worth of shares trading hands on Tuesday, compared to just $76,229 a week earlier, according to data from Bloomberg.

While intraday sellers may have made a profit, the party appeared to have ended this morning: The stock opened about 28% lower on Wednesday shortly after market open.

All told, about 228 million shares changed hands yesterday... and another 28 million have already traded on Wednesday.

As for Paranovus, the company said it plans to use the money its raising for potential acquisitions and expand its current businesses. It has a history of choosing some pretty interesting ventures.

Paranovus currently has two main businesses: one that specializes in e-commerce via platforms like TikTok Shop and an AI company that has unsuccessfully attempted to launch several products, including one that creates “digital versions of people, including deceased loved ones.” Its previous businesses have ranged from “nutraceutical and dietary supplements” to an “automobile sale business.”

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Astera Labs, CoreWeave, Nebius, Rocket Lab, Teradyne rise on Nasdaq-100 index inclusion announcement

Tech stocks Astera Labs, CoreWeave, Nebius, Rocket Lab, and Teradyne have risen as much as 8.9% in premarket trading on Friday, thanks in part to Nasdaq’s announcement that the five companies will join its flagship Nasdaq-100 index starting June 22.

As part of the index operator’s quarterly rebalance, which affects some $1.4 trillion in assets within the Nasdaq 100 ecosystem, the companies will replace Charter, Zscaler, Cognizant, Insmed, and Verisk — relatively slow-growth legacy businesses that have lingered around the bottom of the index in market cap terms of late. Most of those stocks slipped slightly on the news.

With CoreWeave and Nebius as two of the major players in the neocloud space, and Astera Labs and Teradyne specializing in making AI hardware and semiconductors, the latest additions reflect how the index is upping its exposure to the AI infrastructure stack. Back in December, Nasdaq also added AI data storage names Seagate Technology Holdings and Western Digital, as well as AI server manager Monolithic Power Systems as part of its quarterly rebalance.

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Adobe beats on Q2 earnings, revenue; CFO to step down

Adobe reported fiscal Q2 results Thursday, beating analysts’ estimates for revenue and earnings, as its stock plumbed its lowest levels since 2019.

For Q2 2026, the creative software company posted:

Revenues of $6.62 billion (estimate: $6.45 billion).
Adjusted earnings per share of $5.96 (estimate: $5.82).
Annual recurring revenue of $27.1 billion (estimate: $26.6 billion).
Subscription revenue of $6.42 billion (estimate: $6.27 billion).
Remaining performance obligations of $22.27 billion (estimate: $21.86 billion).

The company also said its CFO, Dan Durn, would step down next week “to pursue a new professional opportunity.” And it boosted its full-year guidance for earnings and revenue.

Shares fell 5.5% in after-hours trading.

Adobe is feeling the pressure from AI, as the April release of Anthropic’s Claude Design threatens the company’s core design software business. Shares have tanked lately, with the stock down by nearly half over the past 12 months, putting it at levels not seen in years.

Last quarter, Adobe announced that CEO Shantanu Narayen, who had been at the company for 18 years, would be leaving after his successor was appointed. Today, Adobe announced that CFO Dan Durn would also be leaving the company — this month.

Adobe announced a $25 billion stock buyback in April, which gave the stock a boost. The company said it repurchased about 8.5 million shares during the quarter.

In a press release, Narayen said:

“Adobe delivered record revenue of $6.62 billion in Q2 reflecting strong AI-driven demand across our customer groups and we are raising our full-year fiscal 2026 revenue and non-GAAP EPS targets on the strength of that performance.”

Tasha Matsumoto

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Stocks climb, oil drops as Trump calls off strikes on Iran

President Trump posted on Truth Social that he was calling off impending air strikes against Iran and told reporters in the Oval Office that the US and Iran will sign a peace deal soon. Oil plunged on the news.

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Trump says he’s called off impending strikes on Iran, sending stocks higher and oil plunging

President Trump on Thursday afternoon said he is calling off upcoming planned strikes on Iran. In a Truth Social post, Trump said “discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved.”

Stocks broadly popped, with the S&P 500 moving from roughly flat to up 1.4% on the day, and oil plunged on the news.

“Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The Naval Blockade will remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized — Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly,” the president added.

West Texas Intermediate crude futures are down 3% on Thursday afternoon, dropping sharply following the post.

Oil-sensitive stocks reacted accordingly, with airlines including Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, Alaska Air, and Frontier all climbing significantly. Carnival, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean similarly jumped.

Freight companies including UPS, FedEx, XPO, and Old Dominion Freight were also up on oil’s movement.

Oil-adjacent companies including Exxon, ConocoPhillips, and Occidental Petroleum dipped.

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US gas prices drop for the third week in a row to an average of $4.12

As we approach mid-June, the national average of US gas prices has been dropping for three weeks in a row, giving some relief to drivers traveling during a busy summer season. Since May 21, prices have fallen from $4.56 a gallon and are currently at $4.12 due to crude oil prices staying below $100 per barrel, according to the American Automobile Association.

US gas prices have a tendency to peak during this time of the year, and the uncertainty associated with the Strait of Hormuz has made them more volatile and unpredictable. While gas prices have remained around four-year highs, they’re still far from when they reached their highest, at $5 per gallon in June 2022.

GasBuddy’s Patrick De Haan posted on Wednesday that motorists today will be spending approximately $137 million less on gas than they did a month ago, but $385 million more than a year ago.

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Prediction markets show traders currently pricing in an 81% chance that US gas prices will drop below $3.80 this year.

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