U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 300 points on Friday.

Shares of Amedisys, Inc. AMED rose sharply during Friday's session.

Amedisys-UnitedHealth announced in filing earlier, they extended merger deadline until Dec. 31, 2025.

Amedisys shares gained 4.2% to $89.51 on Friday.

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

  • Quantum-Si incorporated QSI shares surged 47% to $3.1596.
  • SES AI Corporation SES gained 43.7% to $2.0397.
  • Quantum Corporation QMCO shares surged 19.5% to $79.99.
  • Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited KC gained 19.4% to $12.18.
  • Rigetti Computing, Inc. RGTI shares rose 16.6% to $17.99. Shares of quantum computing companies traded higher. The sector has recently seen increased interest.
  • Solid Power, Inc. SLDP shares gained 15.9% to $2.2607.
  • Intchains Group Limited ICG shares rose 14.7% to $7.00.
  • Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. GDYN shares gained 14.4% to $24.11.
  • Atomera Incorporated ATOM rose 11.3% to $14.01.
  • Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation AENT gained 7.8% to $8.41.
  • IperionX Limited IPX surged 7.6% to $34.01.
  • Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. LW rose 3% to $67.23.
  • Lotus Technology Inc. LOT rose 4% to $4.2450.

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