24H｜Rare Earth Stocks Gain, Critical Metals up 7%, NioCorp up 3%, MP Materials up 2%; HPE Drops 9%; Salesforce, United Airlines down 3%

Rare earth stocks rose in overnight trading.

Critical Metals rose 7%; United States Antimony, NioCorp rose 3%; MP Materials, The Metals Company rose 2%; USA Rare Earth rose 1%.

Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise were down about 9% in overnight trading after the company forecast annual profit and revenue below Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, as it shifts its server business toward artificial intelligence and networking following its Juniper Networks acquisition.

Shares of Salesforce.com rose about 3% in overnight trading.

Salesforce expects revenue of more than $60 billion in 2030, above Wall Street estimates, as the company rapidly rolls out AI features across its cloud services.

Investors are pressuring cloud firms to show returns on the billions poured into AI, while an uncertain macro environment and volatile customer spending weigh on growth prospects.

Shares of United Airlines fell about 3% in overnight trading.

United Airlines on Wednesday forecast higher-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter after a rocky start to 2025.

The carrier expects to earn between $3 and $3.50 a share for the last three months of the year, compared with analysts’ estimate of $2.86 a share.

United has been expanding its flying capacity, while its rivals have scaled back some of their growth plans after a glut of flights weighed on fares this year. The airline increased capacity 7% in the third quarter over last year. Unit passenger revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 fell 3.3% for domestic travel and 7.1% for international. Sales from its lucrative loyalty program rose 9%.