S&P 500 Nuclear Stocks Receive Price Target Hikes Following 20-Year Meta Deal
Several S&P 500 nuclear energy stocks received price target hikes following Tuesday's announcement that Constellation Energy signed a 20-year energy deal to fuel Facebook-parent Meta Platform's "AI ambitions." Bank of America analysts early Wednesday raised their price target on S&P 500 nuclear utilities play Vistra to 193, up from its previous 167.
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