Against the current: Markets slid, yet Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., ADT Inc., BWX Technologies, Inc. went up and made this list of Friday's top industrials stocks gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US declined as Nasdaq shed 0.68% and closed at 13,700. S&P 500 lost 0.37% and ended the session at 4,409.59.
Despite markets falling Friday, some industrials stocks managed to post gains. Have a look at these Top Gainers.
+16.5%: Virgin Galactic opened at $5.72 Friday before posting solid session gaining 16.5%
Pronounced bullish sentiment in the market helped the spaceflight pioneer to make a notable 16.5% gain Friday, rising 67 cents and ultimately closing at $4.73. Virgin Galactic's market cap currently stands at $1.39 billion with an average daily volume of 20.75 million shares. So far this year, it has been beating the Nasdaq by 20%.
+4.05%: ADT levels up 4.05% in Friday's session; traders eye opening bell in a day time
Pronounced bullish sentiment in the market helped the US security company to make a notable 4.05% gain Friday, rising 25 cents and ultimately closing at $6.42. ADT's market cap is currently $5.92 billion with an average daily trading volume of 3.73 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 53.04%.
+2.95%: risk-on sentiment allowed BWX Technologies to post 2.95% gain Friday
The nuclear component supplier closed Thursday at $67.73. Friday, it gained 2.95% and remained around $69.73. Currently, the engineering services company has a market capitalization of $6.38 billion with an average daily volume of 1.35 million shares.