UniFirst, Getty Images, Shutterstock And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Tuesday

U.S. stocks were lower, with the Nasdaq Composite falling around 150 points on Tuesday.

Shares of UniFirst Corporation UNF rose sharply during Tuesday's session after Cintas CTAS submitted a proposal to acquire the company for $275 per share.

UniFirst shares jumped 31.8% to $223.18 on Tuesday.

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

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. GETY surged 33.7% to $3.44. Getty Images and Shutterstock, Inc. SSTK entered a deal to create a visual content company in a merger of equals. The combined company will have an enterprise value of approximately $3.7 billion.
Aurora Innovation, Inc. AUR rose 29.5% to $8.42 after the company announced a partnership with NVIDIA, with NVIDIA’s DRIVE Thor and DriveOS to be integrated into the Aurora Driver.
Shutterstock, Inc. SSTK shares gained 22% to $36.69. Getty Images and Shutterstock entered a deal to create a visual content company in a merger of equals.
Inari Medical, Inc. NARI rose 22% to $79.28 after Stryker agreed to acquire the company for $80 per share or equity value of approximately $4.9 billion.
Enovix Corporation ENVX gained 19.6% to $14.90 after the company secured a major pre-paid order for advanced silicon batteries from leading AI and MR tech company.
Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. NMG shares jumped 17.1% to $2.46.
Nuvation Bio Inc. NUVB gained 14.2% to $3.2450.
Moderna, Inc. MRNA shares rose 10.4% to $47.00.
Frontline plc FRO shares gained 10% to $15.69.
Penumbra, Inc. PEN rose 7.2% to $254.43.
GDS Holdings Limited GDS shares rose 7% to $27.14.
Carvana Co. CVNA gained 6.3% to $200.83. RBC Capital analyst Brad Erickson upgraded Carvana from Sector Perform to Outperform and raised the price target from $270 to $280.
XPeng Inc. XPEV shares rose 6.2% to $12.48. XPeng announced a joint initiative with Volkswagen to build super-fast EV charging networks in China. Also, the company selected RTI Connext Drive to streamline communication for its next-generation vehicle architecture.