U.S. stocks traded higher, with the Dow Jones gaining around 180 points on Thursday. Here are some big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

  • Nikola Corporation NKLA jumped 19.9% to $1.2950 after jumping 18% on Wednesday.
  • MicroVision, Inc. MVIS shares surged 14.9% to $5.28 after the company withdrew its proposed public offering of common stock.
  • Symbotic Inc. SYM surged 11.7% to $53.83.
  • Opera Limited OPRA rose 11.6% to $20.83. Opera initiated semi-annual dividend of $0.40 per share.
  • EHang Holdings Limited EH gained 10.5% to $15.50.
  • Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. ALDX gained 10.1% to $11.51. Aldeyra Therapeutics said Phase 3 INVIGORATE-2 Trial of reproxalap ophthalmic solution for allergic conjunctivitis achieved statistical significance for the primary endpoint and all secondary endpoints.
  • Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. PTEN rose 9.8% to $12.23 after the company and NexTier Oilfield Solutions entered a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction.
  • JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. JKS gained 9.5% to $45.47 after the company announced it has launched its G2 battery in the European market.
  • Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ZNTL shares surged 9.2% to $26.89. Zentalis Pharmaceuticals reported pricing of offering of 11.03 million shares at $22.66 per share for total gross proceeds of $250 million.
  • Aspen Aerogels, Inc. ASPN gained 8.9% to $8.29. Aspen Aerogels terminated previously announced "At-The-Market" equity offering program.
  • Donegal Group Inc. DGICB rose 8.8% to $14.70.
  • Verve Therapeutics, Inc. VERV climbed 8.8% to $18.62 after the company announced an exclusive research collaboration with Eli Lilly focused on advancing Verve's preclinical stage in vivo gene editing program targeting lipoprotein.
  • C3.ai, Inc. AI surged 8.3% to $46.40 amid continued momentum in AI stocks.
  • Velocity Financial, Inc. VEL rose 8.3% to $11.44.
  • SkyWest, Inc. SKYW gained 8% to $39.85. Deutsche Bank upgraded SkyWest from Hold to Buy and announced a $46 price target.
  • Beneficient BENF climbed 7.6% to $5.94.
  • The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company GT rose 7.5% to $14.18. Traders circulated rumor that an imminent takeover may happen.
  • BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. BBAI gained 7.2% to $2.4550.
  • Domino's Pizza, Inc. DPZ gained 6.2% to $324.76 after Stifel upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy.

 

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