Stock Movers Closing Bell: Carnival Gains, WhiteFiber Surges, KB Home Drops
Dec 19, 2025
Carnival stocks soared over 9% after strong profit forecasts and the return of quarterly dividends. WhiteFiber made waves with a 17% jump, securing a lucrative 10-year deal with N-Scale for AI data centers. In contrast, KB Home struggled, facing an 8.5% drop due to disappointing quarterly earnings. The market is also buzzing with Oracle's strategic play to gain control over TikTok's U.S. operations. Meanwhile, Nike shares slid 10.5%, rattled by weak sales in China, highlighting the challenges for major brands.
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Cruise Operator Outlook Boosts Shares
- Carnival's stock jumped nearly 10% after projecting adjusted net income to rise about 12% next year, beating analyst expectations.
- The company also reinstated a 15-cent quarterly dividend and cited stronger booking trends and higher prices.
Oracle-TikTok Deal Lifts Oracle Stock
- Oracle climbed about 6.9% on a Bloomberg exclusive that Oracle will own 15% of a U.S. TikTok joint venture led by ByteDance and partners.
- The deal creates an independent U.S. entity with a majority American board to control data protection and algorithm security.
Small Cap WhiteFiber’s AI Infrastructure Deal
- WhiteFiber, spun out from BitDigital, provides infrastructure to make existing facilities ready for AI compute and power.
- It announced a 10-year, 40-megawatt colocation deal with N-Scale that helped lift the small-cap stock intraday.