1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio News. The Stock Movers report, 2 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: your roundup of companies making moves in the stock market, 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: harnessing the power of Bloomberg Data. 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 2: Let's get a look at some of the stocks on 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 2: the move today. We're joined by Bloomberg's touch Ona dar Channa. 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 2: What are you looking at? 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 3: Well, we'll kick it off with oil refiners like Valero Energy, 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 3: jumping a five percent after reports the US will ease 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 3: sanctions on Venezuela, which will allow the company to sell 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 3: oil indefinitely. And that is boosting the oil refiners because 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 3: Venezuela is known for its heavy crude oil, which requires 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 3: a specialized refiner units to remove the impurities and break 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 3: it down into high value products like gasoline and diesel. 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: And less than half of US refineries have a coker, 15 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 3: according to Bloomberg Intelligence, which is the specialized unit you 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 3: need to do that. And among the publicly traded names 17 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 3: those highly complex refiners include Valero, Exxon, Marathon Petroleum, Phillips 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 3: sixty six, and PBF Energy all getting a boost today. 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll continue to watch this because it's certainly a 20 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: story here that the US refiners are perfectly positioned in 21 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: a way that others aren't. Let's talk about another commodity name, 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: Newmont Mining. 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, staying in the commodity is complex and Newmont shares 24 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: down three percent, and other piers like Barrick and Royalty 25 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 3: company names like Pan American Silver all down in silver 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 3: and gold pullback after another search at the start of 27 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 3: the year. And this comes after silver was already tracking 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 3: for its best January since twenty seventeen. I mean this, 29 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: you know, record breaking rally and the names is also 30 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 3: causing volatility in the minor space and watch them because 31 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 3: it may stay volatile as the rebalancing of the Bloomberg 32 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 3: commodities indexes coming up starting tomorrow that may bring more 33 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: volatility to this space. New Mont shares up nine percent 34 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: through yesterday after searching one hundred and sixty eight percent 35 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 3: linelast year and hovering near a record. 36 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: What else you hat? One more? 37 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: And the last one is Mobile Eye Global app six percent, 38 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 3: pairing gains as high as eighteen percent earlier. The self 39 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 3: driving car system company is set to acquire the Israeli 40 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 3: startup Mentee Robotics, and a deal valid at nine hundred 41 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 3: million dollars. It seeks to extend its robotics capabilities into 42 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 3: humanoid robots, joining other carmakers like Tesla and Hyundai Motor, 43 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 3: which acquired Boston Dynamics. The catches that investors will have 44 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: to wait longer or a long time for the payoff 45 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 3: because BI says that existing robots operate at about half 46 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 3: of the capacity of humans at the current at complex 47 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 3: tax tasks, and companies can expect a return on investment 48 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: in about a decade. So that may have played a 49 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 3: role in why shares are pairing. 50 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: That saw some crazy video coming out of Las Vegas 51 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: with the CES conference about these robots doing somersaults and 52 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: doing all kinds of crazy stuff. 53 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: Is that helpful though doing some results? 54 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: I don't know, but. 55 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 3: They do things. 56 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: If they continue doing somersaults, I think we're okay in 57 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: the job front. 58 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: Yes, exactly, so we'll see there. But that's pretty cool. 59 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: Stuck the Stock Movers Report from Bloomberg Radio. 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