Tesla, UniFirst, Clearwater jump premarket; Honeywell slips

Investing.com -- U.S. equity-index futures rose ahead of the open as investors showed renewed appetite for technology stocks. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index were up 0.4% at 6:20 in New York, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.5%.

Here are some of the biggest U.S. movers before the bell:

• Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) rose 1.3% after a Delaware Supreme Court ruling restored Elon Musk’s 2018 chief executive compensation plan, ending a years-long legal battle over the record-setting award.

• Unifirst (NYSE: UNF) surged over 30% on Wednesday after the workplace uniform provider received a fresh takeover bid from Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS), the Wall Street Journal reported.

• Gold and silver miners including Newmont Goldcorp (NYSE: NEM) and Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) advanced after prices of both precious metals hit record highs, lifting sentiment across the mining sector.

• Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) climbed 8.6% after a group of private equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus agreed to acquire the investment and accounting software maker in a deal valuing it at $8.4 billion including debt.

• Honeywell International (NASDAQ: HON) slipped about 1% after the company adjusted its full-year and fourth-quarter 2025 guidance to reflect the reclassification of its Advanced Materials business as discontinued operations following its spin-off on Oct. 30.

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