Against the current: Markets slid, yet Globant S.A., EPAM Systems, Inc., Adobe went up and made this list of Friday's top technology stocks gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US declined as Dow Jones shed 0.33% and closed at 33,427. After dropping 0.24%, Nasdaq closed at 12,658.
Despite markets falling Friday, some technology stocks managed to post gains. Have a look at these Top Gainers.
+3%: risk-on sentiment allowed Adobe to post 3% gain Friday
An influx of buyers helped the digital media and marketing software company to end the session higher around $371.25, while establishing a $361.36 to $372.04 session range Friday. Adobe is currently trading with a market cap of $170.29 billion with an average daily volume of 3.13 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 7.37%.
+3.94%: EPAM Systems ended Friday at $247.5, a 3.94% increase
After ending Thursday at $238.12, EPAM Systems went up to $248.75 only to drop back, yet still traded well overall and closed at $247.5 Friday. The digital platform engineer's market cap currently stands at $14.33 billion with an average daily trading volume of 641,245 shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 43.96%.
Globant S.A. | Closed +10.38% at $167.4
After closing Friday at $167.4, the software product developer peaked at $171.51 before giving up early gains and closing at $167.4.
VPG | Closed +2.79% at $35.41
Approximately 2 months ago, the measurement systems developer reached a significant high of $45.38 but has struggled to hold onto its gains and declined 24.09% since then. Vishay Precision Group's market cap currently stands at $481.57 million with an average daily trading volume of 60,364 shares. VPG has a forecast of $90.75 million with an EPS of 53.6 cents.