Moderna, Amazon, Tesla, And Other Big Gainers From Friday

U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones gaining around 750 points. Here is the list of some big stocks recording gains in the previous session.

• Huadi International Group Co., Ltd. HUDI shares climbed 89.3% to close at $58.92 on Friday.
• Veris Residential, Inc. VRE gained 23.3% to close at $15.31 after Kushner Companies made an offer to acquire the company for $16 per share.
• The Boston Beer Company, Inc. SAM surged 19.7% to close at $402.28 after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 adjusted EPS and sales results.
• Biohaven Ltd. BHVN rose 17.7% to close at $14.08. Biohaven reported pricing of public offering of 25 million common shares at a price of $10.50 per share.
• Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. PACB rose 16.3% to close at $7.77.
• Microvast Holdings, Inc. MVST surged 13.1% to close at $2.50.
• Novavax, Inc. NVAX gained 12.6% to close at $19.34 in sympathy with Pfizer, which is reportedly thinking about increasing the price for COVID-19 boosters.
• Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. ATRA jumped 12.5% to close at $4.23
• Piedmont Lithium Inc. PLL rose 12.1% to close at $60.02.
• 1st Source Corporation SRCE gained 12.1% to close at $55.89.
• BioNTech SE BNTX climbed 11.2% to close at $131.64 following reports suggesting vaccine makers could possibly raise the prices of COVID-19 shots.
• BancFirst Corporation BANF rose 10.4% to close at $100.71 after the company reported Q3 EPS results were higher year over year.
• Schlumberger Limited SLB gained 10.3% to close at $50.41 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
• Huntington Bancshares Incorporated HBAN gained 9.5% to close at $14.45 after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 EPS results.
• Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. HA shares gained 8.9% to close at $15.33. Hawaiian Airlines announced an agreement with Amazon to operate freighter aircraft.
• Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD rose 8.5% to close at $92.92 on continued strength after the company, on Thursday, reported better-than-expected Q3 EPS and sales results.
• Moderna, Inc. MRNA surged 8.4% to close at $128.32 after SVB Leerink upgraded the stock from Underperform to Market Perform and raised the price target from $74 to $101.
• Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN gained 3.5% to settle at $119.32. Shares of several companies in the retail & apparel space traded higher amid overall market strength following a WSJ report suggesting the Federal Reserve may be debating the size of future rate hikes. Fed policy tightening has weighed on consumer spending throughout the year.
• Tesla, Inc. TSLA rose 3.5% to close at $214.44.