Shares of athletic apparel brand Nike (NYSE:NKE) jumped 5.4% in the morning session after Jefferies analysts upgraded the stock's rating from Hold to Buy and raised the price target from $75 to $115. The analysts added "CEO Hill is tackling product and distribution issues head-on, positioning the brand to again outgrow the market and take back lost share. Survey work illustrates NKE's brand remains very strong, proving that issues were self inflicted and competitive threats less severe."

Rivian shares slumped on Monday after Bank of America analysts downgraded the electric vehicle maker's stock.

Shares of pet food company Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) jumped 7.9% in the afternoon session after Jefferies upgraded the stock's rating from Hold to Buy and assigned a price target of $150, which implied a potential 40% upside, citing its attractive valuation. The firm added, "...Valuation is at a five-year low; we think FRPT shares are worth 50% above where it is trading."

Shares of cloud computing provider DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) fell 6.1% in the morning session as markets continued to struggle following the broad selloff triggered by weak economic data in the previous week. On Friday, February 21, 2025, the S&P 500 dropped 1.7%, and the Nasdaq fell 2.2% after PMI numbers showed the U.S. services sector contracted, and the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index came in below expectations.

Michael Saylor met with the SEC Crypto Task Force to discuss digital asset regulation, including token classification, compliance frameworks, and the future of Bitcoin.

The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation likely decelerated in January, providing some reassurance that cost-of-living increases are slowing down to pre-pandemic levels.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said last week hackers had stolen digital tokens worth around $1.5 billion, in what researchers called the biggest crypto heist of all time. Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said the crypto was taken from a "cold wallet" - a digital wallet usually stored offline and so supposedly more secure - that was used for ether tokens. The crypto industry has suffered a series of thefts, prompting questions about the security of customer funds, with hacking hauls totalling more than $2 billion in 2024 - the fourth straight year where proceeds have topped more than $1 billion.

Keep an eye on the market's leadership stocks. They could be flashing a warning sign.

Readers shared their views with Yahoo Finance on why Nvidia's stock may look "cheap" on a price-to-earnings ratio basis.

A Dubai-based engineering group has re-entered talks to buy John Wood Group, sparking a 40pc surge in the North Sea oil giant’s share price.