Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc., Newell Brands Inc, Oatly Group AB made yesterday's list of top gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US rose as Dow Jones gained 2.12% and closed at 33,763. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,282.37 after a 1.45% gain.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as United States Non Farm Payrolls improved upon its previous reading of 294,000 with a new data release of 339,000.
Yesterday was an exciting day for markets with several consumer_defensive stocks capitalising on the risk-on mood. Have a look at these Top Gainers:
+7.07%: Newell Brands closes at $8.78 after gaining 7.07%
Newell Brands ended Thursday's session at $8.2. yesterday started with an increase to $8.85, but dropped back and closed at $8.78. The company has a market cap of $3.64 billion with an average daily trading volume of 9.18 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the S&P by 45.05%.
+6.83%: Oatly appreciates 6.83% with $1.74 as the high of the day
The Swedish food company closed Thursday at $1.61. yesterday, it gained 6.83% and remained around $1.72. Currently, the dairy alternative producer has a market capitalization of $1 billion with an average daily volume of 3.22 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 37.04%.
Chegg | Up 6.54% to $9.61 yesterday
6 months ago the US "edutech" pioneer reached a significant high of $29.84 but has consequently lost 69.77% since then. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 85.44%. The US education technology company's market cap currently stands at $1.15 billion with an average daily trading volume of 4.12 million shares. Chegg is forecasted to generate revenues of $185.18 million and EPS of 25.52 cents.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet | Up 8.13% to $57.69 yesterday
The discount closeout retailer chain has managed to gain 25.74% so far this year despite trading at lows around $45.53 previously. Ollie's Bargain Outlet's market cap currently stands at $3.57 billion with an average daily volume of 1 million shares.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet is trading in a $53.74 – $57.86 range prior to its earnings announcement.