Darling Ingredients Inc., Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, Village Farms International, Inc. made Friday's list of top gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US rose as S&P 500 closed the day at 4,450.38, having gained 1.23%. Nasdaq gained 1.45% and closed at 13,800.
Have a look at Friday's biggest gainers:
+2.58%: solid session for Ambev generates 2.58% gain Friday
After closing Friday at $3.18, the Brazilian brewing company peaked at $3.19 before giving up early gains and closing at $3.18. Ambev has a market cap of $50 billion with an average daily trading volume of 14.80 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 1.51%.
+2.89%: risk-on sentiment allowed Darling Ingredients to post 2.89% gain Friday
Pronounced bullish sentiment in the market helped the animal food manufacturing company to make a notable 2.89% gain Friday, rising $1.79 and ultimately closing at $63.79. Darling Ingredients is currently trading with a market cap of $10.18 billion with an average daily volume of 1.44 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 20.33%.
Pilgrim's Pride | Closed +2.77% at $21.49
Pilgrim's Pride hit a significant low of $20.38 around 5 days ago, but has since recovered 2.6%. Pilgrim's Pride's market cap is currently $5 billion with an average daily volume of 968,433 shares. Pilgrim's Pride is forecasted to generate revenues of $4.31 billion and EPS of 5.334 cents.
+2.71%: solid session for Village Farms generates 2.71% gain Friday
Village Farms ended Thursday at 58.3 cents. Friday it went up to 60.98 cents only to drop back, yet still managed to close at 59.88 cents. The company's market cap currently stands at $66 million with an average daily trading volume of 541,920 shares.