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Jan 4, 2026 4:00 PM

How Trump Moved Stocks in 2025: Nuclear, Space, Quantum Sectors

President Donald Trump helped to transform the nuclear, space and quantum sectors from speculative niches into cornerstones of a national industrial strategy through a series of executive orders in 2025. 

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By streamlining regulatory hurdles and signaling unprecedented state support, Trump's directives effectively “de-risked” the sectors and triggered rallies that reshuffled billions in market capitalization. 

Nuclear Power

On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed four executive orders aimed at triggering a nuclear renaissance to power the massive energy demands of AI data centers and domestic manufacturing. 

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The orders mandated the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to shorten reactor licensing timelines and directed the Department of Energy to have at least three advanced pilot reactors operational by July 4, 2026. 

The market response was explosive: uranium miners like Uranium Energy Corp. (AMEX:UEC) and Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE:LEU) surged over 20% on the news, while small modular reactor names like Oklo, Inc.