Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Alphabet — The YouTube and Google owner rose more than 4% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed it took a more than $4 billion stake in Alphabet in the third quarter. Zymeworks and Jazz Pharmaceuticals — Drugmakers Zymeworks and Jazz Pharmaceuticals reported Phase 3 trial results of their cancer drug Ziihera. Zymeworks shares surged about 35%, while Jazz rose nearly 21%. Lithium stocks — Citing a local Chinese news source, Bloomberg reported Ganfeng Lithium Group Company chairman Li Liangbin forecast Sunday that lithium demand will grow 30% in 2026. Albemarle, the largest U.S. producer, climbed 4%; Sigma Lithium popped 26%; and Lithium Argentina and Lithium Americas rose about 8% and 3%, respectively. Quantum Computing — Shares jumped 21% after the quantum computing provider issued a strategic roadmap toward scalable quantum and photonic manufacturing. Clearwater Analytics Holdings — Speculation that Clearwater is weighing a deal to go private drove the stock 10% higher. Bloomberg reported late Friday Friday that Warbug Pincus and Permira are in talks to buy the investment and accounting software maker. Alibaba — E-commerce giant Alibaba unveiled Qwen App, its revamped Chat GPT-like artificial intelligence application, in China, pushing up its shares 2.5%. Gap — The apparel retailer added nearly 3% on the back of an upgrade at Barclays to overweigh …
