Uber, Abbott Laboratories, Vertex Pharmaceuticals And More On CNBC's 'Final Trades'

On CNBC’s "Halftime Report Final Trades," Joshua Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management said Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) shares hit an all-time high on Thursday above the Feb. 2021 high. He remains long on the stock and still loves it.

Goldman Sachs analyst Eric Sheridan maintained Uber Technologies with a Buy and raised the price target from $59 to $78.

Bryn Talkington of Requisite Capital Management picked Sprott Uranium Miners ETF (NYSE: URNM), saying that uranium had a strong year in 2023 and it’s going to be another strong year.

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Brenda Vingiello of Sand Hill Global Advisors named Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) as her final trade.

On Thursday, RBC Capital analyst Shagun Singh maintained Abbott Laboratories with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $119 to $128.

Jim Lebenthal of Cerity Partners said Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) reached an all-time high on Thursday. This is a "very good" pharmaceutical biotech play, he added.

Vertex recently announced the approval of first CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy, CASGEVY, for the treatment of sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Price Action

• Uber shares gained 1.7% to close at $63.47
• Sprott Uranium Miners ETF fell 3% on Thursday
• Abbott Laboratories fell 0.3% to $113.50
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals gained by 1.5% to $430.08 during Thursday’s session.

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