{"id":18145,"date":"2026-05-21T23:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/stock-market-today-may-21-t1-energy-rises-on-surging-volume-after-short-seller-and-roth-capital-clash-the-motley-fool\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:05:39","slug":"stock-market-today-may-21-t1-energy-rises-on-surging-volume-after-short-seller-and-roth-capital-clash-the-motley-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/stock-market-today-may-21-t1-energy-rises-on-surging-volume-after-short-seller-and-roth-capital-clash-the-motley-fool\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Market Today, May 21: T1 Energy Rises on Surging Volume After Short Seller and Roth Capital Clash &#8211; The Motley Fool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>T1 Energy<\/strong> <span class=\"ticker-mention inline-flex items-center font-bold\" data-id=\"345765\">(<a href=\"\/quote\/nyse\/te\/\" class=\"font-bold hover:underline\">TE<\/a> <span class=\"ml-1 text-green-900\">+0.23%<\/span>)<\/span>, a solar module and cell supplier, closed Thursday at $8.72, up 0.23%. The stock moved as traders continued reacting to sharp swings tied to a short-seller report and bullish pushback from Roth Capital, and investors are watching how volatility evolves around these opposing views.<br \/>The company\u2019s trading volume reached 79.1 million shares, which is about 282% above compared with its three-month average of 20.2 million shares. T1 Energy went public in 2020 and has fallen 11% since its IPO. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/stock-market\/indexes\/sp-500\/\" class=\"text-cyan-900 hover:text-cyan-800\"><strong>S&amp;P 500<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"ticker-mention inline-flex items-center font-bold\" data-id=\"220472\">(<a href=\"\/quote\/snpindex\/^gspc\/\" class=\"font-bold hover:underline\">^GSPC<\/a> <span class=\"ml-1 text-green-900\">+0.17%<\/span>)<\/span> added 0.18% to finish Thursday at 7,445.72, while the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/stock-market\/indexes\/nasdaq\/\" class=\"text-cyan-900 hover:text-cyan-800\">Nasdaq<\/a> Composite<\/strong> <span class=\"ticker-mention inline-flex items-center font-bold\" data-id=\"220473\">(<a href=\"\/quote\/nasdaqindex\/^ixic\/\" class=\"font-bold hover:underline\">^IXIC<\/a> <span class=\"ml-1 text-green-900\">+0.09%<\/span>)<\/span> inched up 0.09% to close at 26,293. Within electrical equipment &amp; parts, industry peers <strong>First Solar<\/strong> <span class=\"ticker-mention inline-flex items-center font-bold\" data-id=\"209670\">(<a href=\"\/quote\/nasdaq\/fslr\/\" class=\"font-bold hover:underline\">FSLR<\/a> <span class=\"ml-1 text-green-900\">+4.63%<\/span>)<\/span> closed at $248.88 (up 4.63%) and <strong>SunPower<\/strong> <span class=\"ticker-mention inline-flex items-center font-bold\" data-id=\"525137\">(<a href=\"\/quote\/nasdaq\/spwr\/\" class=\"font-bold hover:underline\">SPWR<\/a> <span class=\"ml-1 text-green-900\">+1.91%<\/span>)<\/span> ended at $1.07 (up 1.90%) as investors tracked solar demand trends.<br \/>T1 Energy shares finished nearly flat despite heavy trading volume, following a sharp Wednesday rally of more than 25% that extended the stock\u2019s one-month gain to more than 70%. Markets continued to weigh short-seller allegations against Roth Capital\u2019s supportive view, while the company\u2019s operating anchor remains its G1_Dallas module facility, where T1 maintained 2026 production guidance of 3.1 GW to 4.2 GW and cited progress in qualifying international cell vendors.<br \/>Growing electricity needs from AI data centers are helping T1\u2019s U.S. solar manufacturing strategy align with a broader infrastructure trend. The company is also building supply partnerships with Hemlock Semiconductor and Corning. Upcoming news about financing for the G2_Austin cell project and production at the Dallas facility will reveal if T1 can turn this momentum into real manufacturing growth.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/author\/20670\/\" class=\"text-cyan-900 hover:text-cyan-800\">Eric Trie<\/a> has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends First Solar. 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All rights reserved.<br \/>Market data powered by<!-- --> <a class=\"hover:text-gray-1100 text-gray-800 underline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xignite.com\/\">Xignite<\/a> and <a class=\"hover:text-gray-1100 text-gray-800 underline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/polygon.io\/\">Polygon.io<\/a>.<br \/>About The Motley Fool<br \/>Our Services<br \/>Around the Globe<br \/>Free Tools<br \/>Affiliates &amp; Friends<br \/>After heavy trading tied to the short report and Roth\u2019s response, T1\u2019s next operating markers are output from its G1_Dallas module facility and financing for the G2_Austin cell project as it works to scale domestic solar capacity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxOV1M4ZWZ5WWtxTVhpajR3S0F6TktRdGF5S3AwNWVMc3VoQ1Frc0czLWZBY2pQTlpxOS1MMWpBdEJJR2NBVE9GN1huNjZ5bDZjLVlFZC1tMWdfbTM1ZlotTk1uSnJ5T2xDMjhZZEtKRWJ2cnN2dFYwTmhneWtXSVBhOHh3MWFBbU1xZlVIX3ZRLUZra2lKbDFVbGduQXNmTWZ3T1U4RGUxN0U2VGlreks3YXptdzVZMVFNZExFOXYxeHVSa1EzS2Y5MldhdlQ4aUVhRWcxcUZRTVVjdGMwZWJibHBZa3Q2ZEZXUjM1eVMzVjdyUkdv?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T1 Energy (TE +0.23%), a solar module and cell supplier, closed Thursday at $8.72, up 0.23%. The stock moved as traders continued reacting to sharp swings tied to a short-seller report and bullish pushback from Roth Capital, and investors are watching how volatility evolves around these opposing views.The company\u2019s trading volume reached 79.1 million shares, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}