** Shares of Alphabet GOOGL.O up 4.3% at $316.12

** The Google owner announced on Thursday it has begun rolling out a new version of Gemini, its artificial intelligence agent

** GOOGL on track for biggest daily percentage gain since November 24

** "Last week, we released a major update to Gemini 3 Deep Think to solve modern challenges across science, research and engineering. Today, we’re releasing the upgraded core intelligence that makes those breakthroughs possible: Gemini 3.1 Pro" - Alphabet

** 61 analysts rate the stock "buy" on average; median PT is $375 - data compiled by LSEG

** GOOGL up 1% YTD vs. NASDAQ Composite Index's .IXIC 1.3% fall

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