Skillz Inc., AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., BeiGene, Ltd. made Thursday's list of top gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US rose as Nasdaq gained 0.76% and closed at 12,100. S&P 500 closed the day at 4,105, having gained 0.36%.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as highly important Unemployment Rate data from United States beat analyst expectations of 3.6 with a reading of 3.5.
Have a look at Thursday's biggest gainers:
BeiGene | Up 12.48% to $238.45 Thursday
The global oncology developer traded at $238.45 Thursday, after making its biggest single-day jump of $26.45 (12.48%) since October 2022. Having set a significant high of $274.5 2 months ago, the global biotech company is trading 22.77% lower. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 8.28%. The company's market cap currently stands at $24.89 billion with an average daily volume of 227,395 shares. BeiGene is forecasted to generate revenues of $387.61 million and EPS of $-4.22.
+21%: AMC Entertainment ended Thursday at $4.9, a 21% increase
AMC Entertainment ended Wednesday at $4.05. Thursday it went up to $5.16 only to drop back, yet still managed to close at $4.9. The company has a market cap of $2.52 billion with an average daily volume of 35 million shares. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 17.31%.
Novavax | Up 11.46% to $8.46 Thursday
Having set a significant high of $76.12 8 months ago, the US biotechnology company is trading 90.03% lower. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 29.09%. Novavax's market cap currently stands at $729 million with an average daily volume of 5.69 million shares. Novavax last reported revenue of $357.40 million with an EPS of $-2.28.
Skillz | Closed +23.74% at 68.02 cents
Skillz ended Wednesday's session at 54.97 cents. Thursday started with an increase to 69.8 cents, but dropped back and closed at 68.02 cents.