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Plug Power soars on bullish options activity as it delivers first electrolyzer for green hydrogen project

Hydrogen fuel cell company Plug Power is enjoying massive gains and a lot of love in the options market Wednesday after the company announced that it delivered the first electrolyzer to a refinery in Portugal.

“This project, Plug’s largest worldwide, will produce up to 15,000 tons of renewable hydrogen per year, replacing 20% of the grey hydrogen currently used at the Sines Refinery,” per the company’s press release. “This switch will reduce the Refinery’s greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 110,000 tons per year (Scope 1 and 2, CO2e).”

As of 11:03 a.m. ET, over 146,000 call options in Plug have changed hands, already running hotter than the 20-day average of 132,328 for the full session. Activity is more than tilted to the bull side — it’s completely lopsided. Over 11 call options have traded for every one put.

Plug call options that expire in mid-January with a strike price of $2 and contracts with strike prices of $3 and $2.5 that expire this Friday are seeing especially elevated trading activity.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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