Against the current: Markets slid, yet James Hardie Industries plc, Lufax Holding Ltd, Universal Display Corporation went up and made this list of today's top stocks gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US declined as Dow Jones was down 1% before closing the session at 33,000. S&P 500 lost 0.64% and ended the session at 4,110.
This downslide might be related to financial indicators data published earlier as United States Retail Sales fell short of the 0.8% projections, with new data of 0.4%.
Despite markets falling today, some stocks managed to post gains. Have a look at these Top Gainers.
Lufax | Closed +6.71% at $1.75
10 months ago the personal financial services platform reached a significant high of $6.82 but has consequently lost 75.95% since then. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 37.15%. The company has a market cap of $4.40 billion with an average daily volume of 7.97 million shares.
Lufax is scheduled to announce earnings results Tuesday. The consensus EPS estimate is 0.04 and the consensus revenue estimate is $1.82 billion.
+7%: today James Hardie Industries increased by 7%, ended the session at $24.46
The global building materials company rose as high as $24.79 before giving up its gains and dropping back to $24.46 before the close on today. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $10.87 billion with an average daily trading volume of 33,530 shares. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 11.35%.
+6.54%: Universal Display ended today at $148.63, a 6.54% increase
Universal Display ended yesterday at $139.51. today it went up to $149.89 only to drop back, yet still managed to close at $148.63. Universal Display's market cap currently stands at $7 billion with an average daily volume of 456,799 shares. So far this year, it has been beating the Nasdaq by 14.75%.
+6%: NanoVibronix closes at $3.89 after gaining 6%
NanoVibronix rose 22 cents to close at $3.89 today which makes for a move of 6%. NanoVibronix is currently trading with a market cap of $6.47 million with an average daily trading volume of 12,986 shares.