Discover which stocks outperformed today's bearish market

Against the current: Markets slid, yet Bright Health Group Inc., Novavax, Inc., Signature Bank went up and made this list of today's top stocks gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US declined as after dropping 0.63%, Nasdaq closed at 12,180. S&P 500 was down 0.46% before closing the session at 4,119.17.

While price action maintains a negative bias, United States API Weekly Crude Oil Stock released today at 20:30 UTC with a figure of 3.62 million, while the previous figure was -3.94 million.

Despite markets falling today, some stocks managed to post gains. Have a look at these Top Gainers.

+23.39%: Palantir Technologies gains 23.39% within $8.65 to $9.69 daily range

The big data analytics company topped out at $9.69 having ended today at $9.55. However, despite early momentum, the stock gave up its gains to now trade at $9.55. Currently, the big data analytics company has a market capitalization of $20.31 billion with an average daily trading volume of 30.27 million shares. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 5.87%.

+25.52%: Signature Bank is up to $2.5 (+1,983.33%) in after hours trading after closing today's session at 12 cents

After finishing yesterday at 9.56 cents, the full-service commercial bank went up by 25.52% today and remained at the 12 cents level. Signature Bank's market cap is currently $7.56 million with an average daily volume of 4.81 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 115.18%.

+27.79%: Novavax opened at $8.97 today before posting solid session gaining 27.79%

After closing today at $9.52, the US vaccine developer peaked at $11.36 before giving up early gains and closing at $9.52. Novavax's market cap currently stands at $820.37 million with an average daily trading volume of 4.79 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 39.16%.

+52.94%: Bright Health levels up 52.94% in today's session; traders eye opening bell in 15 hours time

The US health insurance company closed yesterday at 17 cents. today, it gained 52.94% and remained around 26 cents. The US health insurance company's market cap currently stands at $163.89 million with an average daily trading volume of 3.60 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 85.15%.