{
  "id": 9420625,
  "title": "Stock Market Today, Sept. 23: IonQ Surges on Quantum Breakthrough and Nvidia Partnership",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/stock-market-today-sept-23-ionq-surges-on-quantum-breakthrough-and",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-23T21:07:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/coverage/stock-market-today/2026/09/23/stock-market-today-sept-23-ionq-surges-on-quantum-breakthrough-and-nvidia-partnership/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 23, IonQ's stock soared as the quantum computing company announced a significant breakthrough in error-correction technology and secured a partnership with Nvidia. Closing at $42.54, IonQ shares increased by 4.42%, outpacing its three-month average trading volume of 21.0 million shares by 233%. The company's IPO occurred in 2021, and since its public debut, it has grown by 294%.\n\nDespite a tech downturn, IonQ defied the broader market trends. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both experienced slight declines, with the S&P 500 falling by 0.75% to 7,706 and the Nasdaq Composite dropping 1.13% to 26,936.\n\nAmong competitors in the quantum computing hardware, software, and cloud-access services sectors, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum also saw declines. Rigetti Computing closed at $16.00, down 3.12%, while D-Wave Quantum closed at $16.81, falling 4.27%. Investors appear optimistic about IonQ's advancements, betting on the company's potential leadership in the quantum computing space.",
  "summary": "Today, Sept. 23, 2026, the trapped-ion quantum computing provider's decoder test and research-center collaboration kept commercialization progress in focus.",
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        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Stock Market Today, Sept. 23: IonQ Surges on Quantum Breakthrough and Nvidia Partnership",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/stock-market-today-sept-23-ionq-surges-on-quantum-breakthrough-and-9421640",
        "published": "2026-09-23T21:27:49.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}