Meet the top gaining stocks amid yesterday's bullish sentiment

GFL Environmental Inc., TFI International Inc., American Airlines Group Inc made yesterday's list of top gainers.

Markets were up yesterday; Dow Jones ended the session at 34,100 after a 0.8% gain. S&P 500 closed the day at 4,169.48, having gained 0.83%.

More data out yesterday as United States Core PCE Price Index (MoM) (Mar) released yesterday at 12:30 UTC with a figure of 0.3, while the previous figure was 0.3.

Have a look at yesterday's biggest gainers:

American Airlines | Closed +5.9% at $13.64

The leading US airline closed at $13.64 after it made its largest daily jump of 76 cents (5.9%) since Feb 1. The leading US airline has shed 17.8% over the past three months. So far this year, it has performed better than the S&P 500 by 0.03%. American Airlines is currently trading with a market cap of $8.90 billion with an average daily trading volume of 28.88 million shares.

GFL Environmental | Closed +7.75% at $36.3

After ending Thursday at $33.69, GFL Environmental rallied to $36.52 yesterday, hitting its highest point in 1 year. It later lost 22 cents and closed at $36.3. Approximately a day ago, the waste management giant reached a significant high of $36.3 but has struggled to hold onto its gains and declined 7.19% since then. The Nasdaq has been doing worse in 2022, it has been passing it by 10.79%. Currently, the waste management company has a market capitalization of $13.40 billion with an average daily volume of 1.15 million shares.

TFI International | Closed +6.15% at $107.8

Having set a significant high of $127.85 2 months ago, the Canadian transport and logistics company is trading 20.57% lower. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 7%. TFI International has a market cap of $9.35 billion with an average daily volume of 234,795 shares.

The company reported earnings of 1.27 per share Wednesday, falling short of expectations of 1.5. Revenue was also lower than expected at $1.85 billion versus $1.92 billion. TFI International lost 6.29% since the release of its earnings report.