11 Firms Under Tech, Energy, Aviation Lead Friday Rally

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8. MARA Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA)

Shares of MARA Holdings (MARA) rose for a second day on Friday, rallying by 14.12 percent or 2.43 points to close at $19.64 each.

Similar to TeraWulf and CleanSpark, shares in MARA Holdings—a Bitcoin mining company—were buoyed by higher Bitcoin prices.

On Friday, prices of Bitcoin cracked past the $97,000 territory as the cryptocurrency tried to retest its $100,000 resistance level.

Investor sentiment was also buoyed by news that the company surpassed its annual hash rate target by an impressive 168 percent after reporting a solid month of Bitcoin production. In December alone, MARA achieved a record-breaking 53.2 exahashes per second (EH/s), surpassing its 50 EH/s target.

According to the company, the achievement represented a 15 percent improvement from the previous month, boosted by increased investment in mining equipment.

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