U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 1,300 points on Wednesday.

Shares of Mercury Systems, Inc. MRCY rose sharply during Wednesday's session after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.

Mercury Systems reported quarterly earnings of 4 cents per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of a loss of 8 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $204.431 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $181.772 million.

Mercury Systems shares jumped 16.7% to $39.90 on Tuesday.

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

  • The GEO Group, Inc. GEO shares jumped 36.2% to $20.60.
  • CoreCivic, Inc. CXW shares gained 28.2% to $17.47.
  • Cytek Biosciences, Inc. CTKB jumped 28% to $6.96 following upbeat quarterly results.
  • Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. TMCI shares gained 26.3% to $7.22 following strong quarterly results.
  • United Fire Group, Inc. UFCS surged 23.3% to $24.58 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
  • Revolve Group, Inc. RVLV gained 19.8% to $31.18 following third-quarter results.
  • Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM rose 19.8% to $9.75 after posting third-quarter results.
  • Coinbase Global, Inc. COIN gained 18.3% to $229.39.
  • ArcBest Corporation ARCB rose 16.6% to $121.35 following quarterly results.
  • Kennametal Inc. KMT gained 16.3% to $30.91 following better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
  • Synchrony Financial SYF gained 16.2% to $66.03.
  • Evercore Inc. EVR rose 15.4% to $313.80.
  • Nucor Corporation NUE surged 15.2% to $166.57.
  • Piper Sandler Companies PIPR rose 15.1% to $334.57.
  • Robinhood Markets, Inc. HOOD surged 14.9% to $28.68.
  • Qualys, Inc. QLYS gained 13.6% to $145.65 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results and raised its FY24 guidance.
  • Capital One Financial Corporation COF gained 12.8% to $187.38.
  • Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD surged 12.8% to $153.07.
  • Tesla, Inc. TSLA rose 12.6% to $282.93 following Trump win.
  • The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GS gained 12.4% to $592.23.
  • CVS Health Corporation CVS surged 10.7% to $61.26 following strong quarterly revenue.

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