U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones gaining more than 90 points on Monday.

Shares of GameStop Corp. GME rose sharply during Monday's session amid possible retail investor interest following a social media post by Roaring Kitty.

"Roaring Kitty," a.k.a Keith Gill, a social media persona whose online posts reportedly sparked a trading frenzy in the so-called ‘meme stock' in early 2021, returned on X.com (formerly Twitter) after three years. GameStop stock also gained on Friday on heavy volume as traders circulated a screenshot of The Roaring Kitty's X account showing the account liked a post from February, referencing the film, "Run, Lola, Run.

GameStop shares surged 81.6% to $31.70 on Monday.

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

  • NWTN Inc. NWTN rose 28.9% to $4.77.
  • AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. AMC climbed 21% to $3.48.
  • Beyond, Inc. BYON rose 20% to $20.23. Beyond Director Joseph J Tabacco Jr acquired a total of 12,400 shares  an average price of $16.01.
  • Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RXRX climbed 16.4% to $10.01. Recursion announced completion of NVIDIA-Powered BioHive-2 AI Pharma Supercomputer.
  • iRobot Corporation IRBT gained 16.4% to $13.06. iRobot, last week, reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results.
  • SunPower Corporation SPWR rose 15.7% to $2.66.
  • AMC Networks Inc. AMCX jumped 14% to $15.17. AMC Networks, last week, reported a fiscal first-quarter 2024 revenue decline of 16.9% year over year to $596.46 million, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $602.60 million.
  • Lucid Group, Inc. LCID climbed 13.7% to $3.0250.
  • Nauticus Robotics, Inc. KITT rose 13.6% to $0.1659
  • Squarespace, Inc. SQSP rose 13.1% to $43.21. Squarespace announced today that it has agreed to go private in a deal with global private equity firm Permira, in a transaction valued at over $6.6 billion on an equity value basis and approximately $6.9 billion on an enterprise value basis.
  • ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding Limited ZK gained 12.7% to $31.84 amid post-IPO volatility.
  • Spirit Airlines, Inc. SAVE gained 12.2% to $4.2650.
  • Novavax Inc NVAX climbed 12.1% to $9.95. Novavax shares jumpd 99% on Friday after the company and Sanofi announced a co-exclusive licensing agreement to commercialize a COVID-19 vaccine and develop COVID-influenza combination vaccines.
  • Medical Properties Trust, Inc. MPW rose 11.9% to $5.35. The company reported weak quarterly sales last week.
  • QuantumScape Corporation QS gained 11.2% to $6.00.
  • Reddit, Inc. RDDT rose 10.9% to $59.37.
  • VinFast Auto Ltd. VFS gained 10.8% to $3.35.
  • NIO Inc. NIO rose 10.8% to $5.62. Nio's CEO William Li has reportedly purchased a vehicle from its rival EV maker XPeng.
  • Rivian Automotive, Inc. RIVN gained 10.3% to $11.02.
  • Kohl’s Corporation KSS climbed 10.3% to $26.41.
  • Incyte Corporation INCY gained 9.1% to $57.91 after the company approved a $2 billion share buyback authorization.
  • Upstart Holdings, Inc. UPST rose 8.7% to $27.59.
  • Bloom Energy Corporation BE gained 8% to $12.05. Bloom Energy, last week, reported quarterly losses of 17 cents per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of losses of 11 cents by 54.55%.
  • Wayfair Inc. W gained 6.9% to $75.60.
  • Robinhood Markets, Inc. HOOD climbed 6.6% to $17.30.
  • JD.com, Inc. JD rose 6.4% to $34.27.
  • Groupon, Inc. GRPN shares gained 5% to $13.60. Groupon shares jumped around 24% on Friday after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results.

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