Discover which stocks shrugged off bearish market sentiment to outperform

Against the current: Markets are down, yet Icahn Enterprises L.P., Plug Power Inc., Stanley Black & Decker Inc go up and make this list of top gainers.

The leading indices are currently lower — Nasdaq slipping 0.68% and closing at 13,200. S&P 500 trades at 4,273 after losing 0.26%.

This down-slide takes place while United States macroeconomics indicators data published earlier are pointing downward as well — Crude Oil Inventories in United States fell short of market expectations (1 million) with a reading of -451,000, continuing the decline from the previous figure of 4.49 million.

Though markets had an unsatisfactory day yesterday, some industrials stocks manage to recover as Top Gainers. Take a look:

+6.26%: Stanley Black & Decker up 6.26%, trading around $87.07

The household hardware company trades at $87.07 today, after closing yesterday at $81.94 and gaining $5.13 (6.26%). The company has a market cap of $13.33 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.56 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the S&P by 3.18%.

Plug Power | +7.41% in mid-session

After ending yesterday at $9.04, Plug Power is currently trading at $9.71.

+10.11%: upward momentum peaks at $26.69 for Icahn Enterprises

The Florida-based conglomerate trades at $26.46 today, after closing yesterday at $24.03 and gaining $2.43 (10.11%). Icahn Enterprises is currently trading with a market cap of $9.77 billion with an average daily volume of 4.26 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 75.23%.