Ten stocks capped off the first trading week of December on a high note, boasting double-digit gains amid a combination of positive macroeconomic factors and company-specific developments that boosted investor appetite.
The stocks rallied alongside Wall Street, with all main indices finishing in the green week-on-week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the charge by 0.91 percent, followed by the Dow Jones, up 0.5 percent, and the S&P 500, up 0.3 percent.
Indices aside, this article focuses on the 10 top performers alongside the reasons behind their gains. The stocks were based on the percentage change in their closing prices on November 28 and December 5, 2025.
To come up with the list, we focused exclusively on stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and 5 million shares in trading volume.
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10. D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE:QBTS)
D-Wave Quantum grew its share prices by 19.1 percent week-on-week, with investor optimism fueled primarily by plans to lure government contracts with the formation of a new business unit solely focused on such.
The stock rallied for three straight days following announcements that it officially formed a new subsidiary that would focus on securing quantum computing contracts with the government. However, profit-taking persisted on Friday to drag its share prices down by 6.02 percent.
Still, D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE:QBTS) registered an intra-week high of 27.4 percent.
According to the company, the new subsidiary would be led by Jack Sears Jr., a seasoned government and public sector business executive.
In addition to his new leadership role, he would also join D-Wave Quantum Inc.’s (NYSE:QBTS) executive team and serve as its vice president for US government solutions.
“The call to use quantum technologies to address our nation’s interests is increasing, as the U.S. government faces complex challenges that require more powerful and agile problem-solving resources to protect our nation,” D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE:QBTS) CEO Alan Baratz said.
“By formalizing a US government-focused business unit under Jack’s leadership, we aim to facilitate the rapid development of quantum applications that address national security, defense, and infrastructure challenges,” he noted.
9. CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)
CoreWeave saw its share prices jump by 20.8 percent week-on-week, as investors took heart from its subsidiary’s investment in an AI-powered software developer as part of its expansion plans into the rapidly growing industry.
In a statement, CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) said its business unit, CoreWeave Ventures, participated in Jane Street’s seed investment round in the developer, Numerata, which aims to support developer productivity and reduce expensive errors using custom model training techniques and a low-latency autocomplete backend.
“CoreWeave Ventures backs founders who are redefining what’s possible in AI by connecting innovative capital with access to the CoreWeave AI Cloud,” said CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) Chief Development Officer Brannin McBee.
“Numerata manifests the ambitious, technical vision we look for. They’re already turning powerful ideas into real breakthroughs,” he added.
Numerata’s product, NinetyFive, addresses a critical priority in software development by enabling developers to access and leverage AI-driven innovations while ensuring privacy and maintaining full control over proprietary codebases.
Compared with other cloud-based services, Numerata’s AI and machine learning deployments offer secure custom model training capabilities, allowing enterprises to train models on their private codebases and then deploy their trained, custom models for their developers to use.
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