U.S. stocks were higher, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 100 points on Monday.

Shares of IQVIA Holdings Inc. IQV rose sharply during Monday's session after the company released better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and raised its 2024 guidance.

IQVIA reported a second adjusted EPS of $2.64, up from $2.43, beating the consensus of $2.57. Provider of advanced analytics reported sales of $3.81 billion, beating the consensus of $3.79 billion, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

IQVIA Holdings shares jumped 7.4% to $241.07 on Monday.

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

  • Tellurian Inc. TELL shares surged 64.5% to $0.9401 after the company announced it will be acquired by Woodside Energy for approximately $900 million.
  • Serve Robotics Inc. SERV shares gained 46.6% to $11.08 after Nvidia last week disclosed a stake in the company.
  • Cassava Sciences, Inc. SAVA gained 27.2% to $12.82 after the company announced its first Phase 3 trial is expected to conclude by December and its second Phase 3 trial is expected to conclude by June 2025.
  • Embecta Corp. EMBC climbed 16.4% to $15.34. Embecta is scheduled to host a conference call to discuss its fiscal third quarter 2024 financial results on Friday, Aug. 9.
  • Terex Corporation TEX gained 11.2% to $62.76 after the company inked a deal to acquire Environmental Solutions Group (ESG) from Dover Corporation DOV in a $2.0 billion all-cash transaction.
  • Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. AVAH gained 10.5% to $3.80. Aveanna Healthcare will release its second quarter results before the market open on Thursday, Aug. 8.
  • Karooooo Ltd. KARO climbed 10.4% to $37.78.
  • Eliem Therapeutics, Inc. ELYM gained 9.7% to $8.01.
  • Clearwater Paper Corporation CLW rose 9.6% to $53.65 after the company announced a deal to sell its tissue business for $1.06 billion.
  • SentinelOne, Inc. S shares climbed 9.5% to $23.80 after a failed software update from CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD caused global outages.
  • Summit Therapeutics Inc. SMMT gained 9% to $9.57.
  • Sasol Limited SSL rose 8.8% to $7.96.
  • Rentokil Initial plc RTO surged 8% to $31.91 following a report suggesting former BT CEO Philip Jansen is in talks to acquire the company.
  • Noah Holdings Limited NOAH rose 7.7% to $7.78.
  • TAL Education Group TAL gained 7.4% to $10.84. TAL Education will release its unaudited financial results for the first quarter, before the opening bell on Thursday, Aug. 1.
  • Reddit, Inc. RDDT gained 5.6% to $68.32 after the company announced deals with major sports leagues to get content to its site and draw advertisers.
  • MINISO Group Holding Limited MNSO gained 5.6% to $18.10.

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