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May 16, 2023Against 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 slipped 1% and closed at 33,000. After dropping 0.64%, S&P 500 closed at 4,110.
This down-slide takes place while United States macroeconomics indicators data published earlier are pointing downward as well — highly important Retail Sales data from United States beat analyst expectations of 0.8% with a reading of 0.4%.
Even though markets fell today, some stocks were bullish. Have a look at these Top Gainers from today's session:
Lufax | Closed +6.71% at $1.75
The personal financial services platform has fallen back around 75.95% over the past 10 months, from a notable high of $6.82. 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 trading volume of 8.30 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.
James Hardie Industries | Up 7% to $24.46 today
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.
Universal Display | Up 6.54% to $148.63 today
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.
+6%: NanoVibronix opened at $3.71 today before posting solid session gaining 6%
NanoVibronix rose 22 cents to close at $3.89 today which makes for a move of 6%. Currently, the medical device company has a market capitalization of $6.47 million with an average daily trading volume of 12,098 shares.
