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. (NASDAQ:HUDI) shares climbed 89.3% to close at $58.92 on Friday.
- Veris Residential, Inc. (NYSE: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. (NYSE:SAM) surged 19.7% to close at $402.28 after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 adjusted EPS and sales results.
- Biohaven Ltd. (NYSE: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. (NASDAQ:PACB) rose 16.3% to close at $7.77.
- Microvast Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MVST) surged 13.1% to close at $2.50.
- Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: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. (NASDAQ:ATRA) jumped 12.5% to close at $4.23
- Piedmont Lithium Inc. (NASDAQ:PLL) rose 12.1% to close at $60.02.
- 1st Source Corporation (NASDAQ:SRCE) gained 12.1% to close at $55.89.
- BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: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 (NASDAQ:BANF) rose 10.4% to close at $100.71 after the company reported Q3 EPS results were higher year over year.
- Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) gained 10.3% to close at $50.41 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) gained 9.5% to close at $14.45 after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 EPS results.
- Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:HA) shares gained 8.9% to close at $15.33. Hawaiian Airlines announced an agreement with Amazon to operate freighter aircraft.
- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: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. (NASDAQ: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. (NASDAQ: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. (NASDAQ:TSLA) rose 3.5% to close at $214.44.
