Closing Bell: Broadcom Rallies, Sable Offshore Higher, Roche Slumps

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- Broadcom (AVGO)'s CEO Hock Tan said the company expects its AI chip sales to top $100 billion next year, marking major inroads into territory dominated by Nvidia. “We have line of sight” to reach this milestone in 2027, he said during a conference call with analysts Wednesday. “We have also secured the supply chain required to achieve this.” Broadcom shares rose as much as 4.2% on Thursday after trading got underway in New York.

- Sable Offshore (SOC) saw its shares trade higher on word the US is considering using the emergency powers of a Cold War-era law to ease permitting for it’s contested plans to drill oil off the coast of California. The 1950s Defense Production Act, which gives the president broad powers over domestic industry, is “absolutely” under deliberation to help Sable, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Thursday in an interview. Shares rose 12% on the news and are up more than 60% this week as investors positioned ahead of a possible move by the Trump administration. 

- Roche (RHHBY) and Zealand Pharma (ZEAL)'s experimental obesity shot helped patients lose as much as 10.7% in a study, failing to clear a high bar set by some Wall Street analysts. The experimental shot, petrelintide, delivered weight loss with side effects comparable to placebo, with fewer than 5% of patients dropping out of the trial, Roche and Zealand said. The results came after 42 weeks of treatment. Roche’s American depositary receipts fell as much as 7% after the results were posted Thursday.

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