Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage, Elastic, Matthews International, Gap And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday

U.S. stocks were mixed, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 150 points on Friday.

Shares of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. NGVC rose sharply during Friday's session following quarterly results.

Natural Grocers reported quarterly earnings of 39 cents per share, representing a 50% increase over earnings of 26 cents per share from the same period last year. The company reported $322.66 million in sales this quarter.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares jumped 15.3% to $41.78 on Friday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today's session.

• Replimune Group, Inc. REPL shares jumped 41.5% to $15.64 after the company on Thursday announced it received breakthrough therapy designation status for RP1 and will submit an RP1 biologics license application to the FDA under an accelerated approval pathway.
• Omeros Corporation OMER shares surged 26.4% to $9.75.
• D-Wave Quantum Inc. QBTS jumped 20.6% to $2.3750 after the company issued expectations for quarter-over-quarter fourth-quarter revenue growth.
• Navitas Semiconductor Corporation NVTS gained 18.8% to $2.4000.
• Elastic N.V. ESTC gained 16.6% to $109.82 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and issued FY25 guidance above estimates.
• Matthews International Corporation MATW surged 16.6% to $29.74 following upbeat earnings.
• Wolfspeed, Inc. WOLF rose 16.2% to $7.48.
• Viasat, Inc. VSAT gained 14.3% to $9.52.
• Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. PTGX jumped 12.3% to $46.81.
• Super Micro Computer, Inc. SMCI gained 10.7% to $32.90.
• SoundHound AI, Inc. SOUN shares rose 10.66% to $7.72.
• Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC PSNY shares jumped 9.1% to $1.2000
• Atkore Inc. ATKR gained 8.6% to $92.44. 
• The Gap, Inc. GAP jumped 6% to $23.35 following upbeat earnings.
• Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS gained 5.3% to $190.29 JP Morgan analyst Bennett Moore initiated coverage on Carpenter Tech with an Overweight rating and announced a price target of $220.

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