Intel Rises, Meta Gains, Staar Surgical Jumps as Prelim 1Q Net Sales Beats Estimates

On this episode of Stock Movers: Intel (INTC) shares rise after the company said Alphabet Inc.'s Google has committed to using future generations of its Xeon processors and other chips. As part of the agreement, Google will customize Intel's IPUs, which handle functions such as networking, security and storage. Meta (META) shares gain after news CoreWeave struck a $21 billion deal to supply computing power to Meta Platforms Inc. through 2032. CoreWeave will provide AI cloud capacity to Meta from multiple data centers powered in part by the Rubin systems of chips company Nvidia Corp., through December 2032. Staar Surgical (STAA) shares jump after the health care supplies firm said it expects net sales for 1Q 2026 to exceed $90 million, compared to net sales of $42.6 million for the first quarter of 2025. The estimate surpassed Wall Street’s expectations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.