U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling around 100 points on Thursday.

Shares of Toyota Motor Corporation TM rose sharply during Thursday's session following a recent report suggesting the company is seeking a 20% return-on-equity target. The stock may also be reacting to the Nissan-Honda merger agreement.

Toyota Motor shares jumped 7.7% to $195.36 on Wednesday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today's session.

• Exodus Movement, Inc. EXOD shares jumped 43.3% to $61.98.
• SEALSQ Corp LAES shares surged 38% to $7.53. On Thursday, SEALSQ announced the launch of SEALQUANTUM.com Lab, a research hub designed to help businesses transition to quantum-safe encryption.
• KULR Technology Group, Inc. KULR gained 24.6% to $4.2700. On Thursday, KULR Technology Group announced that it has completed the purchase of 217.18 Bitcoin BTC/USD for approximately $21 million, at an average price of $96,556.53 per BTC.
• Gevo, Inc. GEVO rose 23.1% to $1.86.
• Rumble Inc. RUM gained 23.1% to $15.61.
• POET Technologies Inc. POET jumped 19.8% to $6.90. POET Technologies recently announced a manufacturing agreement with Globetronics and provided an update on its joint venture with Super Photonics Xiamen.
• Red Cat Holdings, Inc. RCAT gained 17.7% to $14.00.
• Rigetti Computing, Inc. RGTI jumped 14.5% to $13.06.
• D-Wave Quantum Inc. QBTS rose 9.2% to $8.68.
• Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited KC gained 8.4% to $9.66.
• Peloton Interactive, Inc. PTON rose 5.7% to $9.90.

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