02:09 PM EDT, 09/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- BIO-key International ( BKYI ) said Tuesday that it received more than $500,000 in new orders for its biometric user authentication service without disclosing the name of the country whose defense ministry awarded the contract.

Shares were up 94% as intraday trading volume catapulted to more than 137.2 million versus a daily average of about 11,000.

Oracle (ORCL) shares jumped after multiple price target hikes from analysts, following the company's fiscal Q1 results.

The database management group reported, late Monday, higher fiscal Q1 non-GAAP earnings and revenue that exceeded the average analyst estimates from Capital IQ.

Shares of the technology giant climbed 11%, with intraday trading volume at over 28.6 million compared with a daily average of about 8.26 million.

Centessa Pharmaceuticals ( CNTA ) shares rose 2% after the company said ORX750 was found to restore wakefulness in acutely sleep-deprived healthy volunteers.

More than 3.31 million shares of the company traded intraday compared with a daily average of about 337,000.

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