These 10 Stocks Soared by Double Digits Today!

3. IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ)

IonQ saw its share prices jump by 36.52 percent on Thursday to end at $45.79 apiece as investor sentiment was buoyed by its chief executive’s comments bold claim that the company will become the next Nvidia Corp. of the quantum computing sector.

In an interview with Barron’s, IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) Chief Executive Officer Niccolo de Masi was quoted as saying that he believes the company “will be the Nvidia player”  of the quantum computing sector.

“We’re in the business of quantum just like Nvidia and Broadcom are in the business of classical GPUs,” de Masi told the news outlet. “I believe IonQ will be the Nvidia player. There will be other people that copy us and follow us; they have always copied and followed us,” he said.

De Masi’s comments also spilled over into shares of other quantum computing stocks such as RGTI, QBTS, and QUBT.