Discover which stocks outperformed yesterday's bearish market

Against the current: Markets slid, yet Bright Mountain Media, Inc., Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., First Solar, Inc. went up and made this list of yesterday's top stocks gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US declined as Nasdaq lost 0.66% and ended the session at 11,379. After dropping 0.47%, S&P 500 closed at 3,951.39.

On the other hand, positive data was released earlier when data for United States Crude Oil Inventories released yesterday at 15:30 UTC is better than expected with 1.17 million, but worse than previous figure of 7.65 million.

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

First Solar | Closed +15.69% at $195.68

Over the past a day, the US solar panel manufacturer has retreated 13.56% from a noteworthy peak of $195.68. So far this year, it has been outperforming the Nasdaq by 33%. The company has a market cap of $20.86 billion with an average daily volume of 2.30 million shares.

First Solar reported earnings results Tuesday, with EPS at -0.07 and revenues at $1 billion; these results are mixed when compared to a consensus of -0.18 Earnings Per Share and $1 billion revenue. Since the release of its earnings report, First Solar gained 17.8%.

Clarivate | Closed +12.73% at $11.42

This year has been a bright one for the insights and analytics company after trading as low as $8 and going on to appreciate by 39.72% year to date. Clarivate is currently trading with a market cap of $7.70 billion with an average daily trading volume of 5 million shares.

Sarepta | Up 19.24% to $145.63 yesterday

A day ago the US biotech developer reached a significant high of $145.63 but has consequently lost 16.14% since then. Sarepta has a market cap of $12.78 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.23 million shares.

Bright Mountain Media | Up 50% to 15 cents yesterday

Bright Mountain Media jumps 50% to close at 15 cents yesterday.