U.S. stocks traded higher, with the Nasdaq Composite rising around 50 points on Wednesday. Here are some big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

  • Yext, Inc. YEXT shares gained 32.8% to $12.74 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results and issued strong FY24 forecast.
  • Stitch Fix, Inc. SFIX shares jumped 31.5% to $4.84 as the company reported better-than-expected results for its third quarter.
  • Chijet Motor Company, Inc. CJET climbed 25.7% to $5.28 after dropping around 29% on Tuesday.
  • Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. PLAY gained 23.6% to $41.73 following upbeat quarterly earnings. The company inked a 15-store deal with the Malpani Group in India and a 5-store agreement with the NightOwl Entertainment Group in Australia.
  • Aurora Innovation, Inc. AUR jumped 20% to $1.8250. Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on Aurora Innovation with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $5.
  • Affirm Holdings, Inc. AFRM rose 19.4% to $18.90 after Amazon added Affirm's Adaptive Checkout as a payment option at checkout.
  • Diversified Healthcare Trust DHC gained 17.2% to $2.32. Diversified Healthcare Trust Director Adam D Portnoy acquired a total 5,566,644 shares an average price of $1.77.
  • Novonix Limited NVX gained 15.8% to $3.07. AVL Test Systems, Inc. announced it has finalized a Sales and Service Agreement with NOVONIX Battery Technology Solutions, a subsidiary of NOVONIX Limited.
  • Chindata Group Holdings Limited CD climbed 15% to $7.22. Chindata Group announced receipt of preliminary non-binding "going private" proposal for $8 per ADS in cash.
  • Getty Images Holdings, Inc. GETY gained 13.1% to $6.31.
  • Symbotic Inc. SYM climbed 12.7% to $40.29. Several analysts raised their price targets on the stock.
  • Super Micro Computer, Inc. SMCI gained 11.9% to $260.99. Rosenblatt initiated coverage on Super Micro Computer with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $300.
  • Fisker Inc. FSR gained 11.8% to $6.53. Fisker said that it has agreed to sell emission credits to a “major” automaker.
  • Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR surged 10.1% to $17.02 after the company announced a multi-year partnership with Panasonic Energy to operationalize data and introduce automated efficiencies.
  • Roku, Inc. ROKU rose 10.1% to $69.33. Rosenblatt reiterated Roku with a Neutral and announced a $61 price target.
  • Purple Innovation, Inc. PRPL jumped 9.5% to $3.24.
  • Carvana Co. CVNA gained 8.9% to $16.09.
  • Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. CWCO gained 8.8% to $21.92. Consolidated Water and subsidiary, PERC Water, won a $204 million contract to design, build, operate and maintain a seawater desalination plant in Hawaii.
  • Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. NRGV gained 8.6% to $2.9968.
  • Empire State Realty OP, L.P. ESBA rose 7.9% to $6.67.
  • Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. FFIE climbed 7.8% to $0.3859.
  • Hyliion Holdings Corp. HYLN rose 7% to $1.8399.
  • Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. SPR gained 6.6% to $29.72 following an unconfirmed rumor suggesting Elliot Management may be eyeing a stake in the company.

 

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