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Quantum computing stocks soar, then fall, in holiday week trading. What’s up with D-Wave, Rigetti, and IonQ?

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23.12.2025

Santa keeps delivering for quantum computing investors this year.

On Monday, shares of well-known quantum computing firms shot up by double digits, with D-Wave Quantum stock up almost 15% and Quantum Computing Inc. up 11%. Shares of IonQ Inc. and Rigetti Computing were likewise up roughly 10%.

The exact catalyst spurring those increases is unclear.

It may have initially been sparked in part by D-Wave’s Monday announcement that it would be attending the CES 2026 trade show next month.

The Palo Alto-based company plans to

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