U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 350 points on Thursday.

Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO rose sharply during Thursday's session following better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

Cisco reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $13.64 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $13.537 billion. The company reported adjusted earnings of 87 cents per share, beating analyst estimates of 85 cents per share.

Cisco shares jumped 8.4% to $49.26 on Thursday.

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

  • AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ASTS shares jumped 25.5% to $26.11 after the company said its first five commercial satellites are on target for orbital launch in the first half of September.
  • Gambling.com Group Limited GAMB gained 23.6% to $10.91 following better-than-expected second-quarter financial results.
  • Perpetua Resources Corp. PPTA rose 17.7% to $7.79.
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc. LITE gained 14.8% to $52.34 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issued revenue guidance above estimates. Also, Rosenblatt and Needham raised their respective price targets on the stock.
  • TeraWulf Inc. WULF rose 13.4% to $3.7990.
  • Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. EVLV gained 12.8% to $3.44.
  • Sigma Lithium Corporation SGML climbed 12.6% to $9.98.
  • Astera Labs, Inc. ALAB gained 10.7% to $43.03.
  • Ulta Beauty, Inc. ULTA climbed 10.6% to $364.14 after Berkshire Hathaway added a stake in the company.
  • Wolfspeed, Inc. WOLF rose 10.6% to $12.78. Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore maintained Wolfspeed with an Equal-Weight and lowered the price target from $23 to $15.
  • 10x Genomics, Inc. TXG gained 10.1% to $21.75.
  • The Honest Company, Inc. HNST gained 10% to $4.2901.
  • Five Below, Inc. FIVE surged 8.8% to $74.43.
  • Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI gained 8.6% to $3.1627 after Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in the company.
  • StoneCo Ltd. STNE rose 8.5% to $14.48 following upbeat earnings.
  • Highest Performances Holdings Inc. HPH rose 7.7% to $1.83.
  • DLocal Limited DLO gained 7.6% to $8.35 following second-quarter results.
  • Paycor HCM, Inc. PYCR rose 7% to $13.52 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.
  • Marvell Technology, Inc. MRVL gained 7% to $68.24.
  • Tesla, Inc. TSLA rose 6.8% to $215.21. The stock is trading higher after stronger-than-expected retail sales, potentially signaling increased consumer demand and confidence, which may boost expectations for higher vehicle sales.
  • Ciena Corporation CIEN gained 6.5% to $53.29.
  • Walmart Inc. WMT rose 6.5% to $73.13 following better-than-expected second-quarter financial results.
  • Robinhood Markets, Inc. HOOD rose 6.3% to $19.83 after Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy and raised its price target from $21 to $24.
  • Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE DELL) gained 6.2% to $109.33 after JP Morgan maintained an Overweight rating on the stock and raised its price target from $155 to $160.
  • Lululemon Athletica Inc. LULU gained 5.9% to $254.69. lululemon athletica will release its financial results for the second quarter on Thursday, Aug. 29.

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