Premarket movers: crypto, AI stocks rise, Greenland plays soar

investing.com - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, as investors tracked a fresh batch of artificial intelligence-related developments and movements in oil prices ahead of the start of a new trading week.

By 05:56 a.m. ET (09:56 GMT), the Dow futures contract had risen 354 points, or 0.7%, S&P 500 futures had climbed 51 points, or 0.7%, and Nasdaq 100 futures had gained 326 points, or 1.1%.

The gains followed a mixed session on Wall Street Friday, when the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both advanced while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged lower.

Here are some of the biggest premarket U.S. stock movers today:

• Crypto-linked stocks climbed in premarket trading, tracking a sharp rebound in Bitcoin, which reached its highest level in more than seven months.

Bitcoin was up 5.1% at $84,435.90, taking its weekly gain to roughly 5%. The cryptocurrency had briefly fallen below $76,000 following the Federal Reserve’s rate decision before recovering over the weekend.

The rebound came after a U.S. regulatory decision expanded the scope for on-chain trading of tokenized stocks, while lower oil prices helped ease broader inflation concerns. Investors also appeared to look beyond the hawkish tone that followed last week’s Fed rate increase, which lifted the benchmark rate to 4.00%.

MicroStrategy jumped about 7% premarket, while Coinbase and Robinhood rose 4.8% and 3.7%, respectively.

Bitcoin miners also advanced, with MARA Holdings and Riot Platforms each gaining nearly 5%, Hut 8 rising 4.8% and CleanSpark adding 4.3%.

• AI-related stocks also moved higher after a sharp selloff a week earlier triggered by warnings from executives at major artificial intelligence companies about the risks surrounding the technology.

Investors appeared to refocus on evidence that spending on AI development and infrastructure remains strong.

Intel rose 5.4% in premarket trading, while Marvell Technology gained 2.6%, Meta Platforms added 2.4% and Dell Technologies climbed 2.7%.

The moves suggest that investor attention has shifted back toward the potential growth from continued AI investment after concerns over the pace and sustainability of spending weighed on the sector last week.

• Warner Bros. Discovery jumped 7.9% in premarket trading, while Paramount Skydance gained 6.8% after a report said Paramount and California’s attorney general were in advanced settlement talks that could remove one of the final hurdles to the companies’ proposed $110 billion merger.

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the two sides had discussed several potential concessions, including a $1.5 billion investment in production in California and commitments not to sell either studio lot.

Paramount could also face penalties if it fails to meet a pledge to produce 30 movies a year following the merger, according to the report.

Other measures under discussion reportedly include the sale of some cable channels and the creation of a board intended to help ensure CNN retains editorial independence.

• Shares of companies exposed to Greenland jumped following a reported diplomatic breakthrough between the United States and Denmark over the status of the Arctic island.

Critical Metals soared 30%, Greenland Mines surged 70% and Greenland Energy more than doubled in premarket trading.

The move followed comments from President Donald Trump that the United States had reached a deal with Denmark that would give the U.S. "permanent control over security" of Greenland and address U.S. concerns over the territory.

• Accenture rose about 6% after Anthropic said the IT services company would lead independent safety evaluations of its artificial intelligence models.

The two companies plan to invest at least $1 billion each over five years to expand capacity for independent AI evaluation. The work will be led by Faculty, Accenture’s specialist AI business, and will cover model evaluation and red-teaming, alignment assessments and testing of safeguards.

Anthropic will directly fund Accenture’s work, while the companies said assessors will be able to access AI models and development processes to evaluate safety practices, verify commitments and identify potential gaps.

• Cue Biopharma surged 41.6% in premarket trading after reporting encouraging topline results from a Phase 2 study of CUE-221, its anti-IgE monoclonal antibody, in patients with moderate to severe chronic spontaneous urticaria.

The China-based trial, conducted by Genesis Life Sciences, enrolled 145 patients whose symptoms remained inadequately controlled despite standard antihistamine treatment.

The company said the study met both its primary endpoint and a key secondary endpoint with high statistical significance, while maintaining a favorable safety profile.

Cue Biopharma also said the results showed an efficacy profile distinct from omalizumab, marketed as Xolair, which is an established treatment for the condition.

• SVRN surged 22.8% in premarket trading to $24.95 as momentum around its repositioning as a NEAR Protocol digital-asset treasury company continued.

There was no single fresh company announcement identified as the immediate catalyst for Monday’s move, suggesting the advance was an extension of the recent momentum in the microcap stock.

• Alamar Biosciences rose 10.3% premarket to $38.44, extending a recent rally after the company reported strong second-quarter 2026 results.

Revenue climbed about 82% year over year to $29.4 million, while gross margin reached a record 60%. Management also raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to between $116 million and $120 million, implying growth of roughly 59%.

The updated outlook came in above the previous Wall Street consensus and strengthened expectations around the company’s commercial growth trajectory.

• HP fell 1.5% in premarket trading after the technology company offered a cautious outlook for the personal computer market in 2027.

HP said its preliminary planning assumption calls for industry-wide PC unit volumes to decline by roughly mid-single digits in percentage terms next year. The company said the assumption was consistent with current third-party industry forecasts.

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