Meet the top gaining stocks lifted by Friday's bullish sentiment

3M, Caterpillar, Flowserve Corporation made Friday's list of top gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US rose as Dow Jones closed the day at 33,763, having gained 2.12%. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,282.37 after a 1.45% gain.

Have a look at Friday's biggest gainers:

3M | Closed +8.75% at $102.53

The industry, worker safety, health care, and consumer goods conglomerate closed at $102.53 after it made its largest daily jump of $8.25 (8.75%) since July 2022. 3M hit a significant low of $93.31 around 4 days ago, but has since recovered 1.04%. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Dow by 19.35%. Currently, the industry and consumer goods conglomerate has a market capitalization of $56.56 billion with an average daily trading volume of 3.71 million shares. 3M is forecasted to generate revenues of $7.49 billion and EPS of $1.58.

+8.4%: Caterpillar closes at $226.63 after gaining 8.4%

The construction equipment, diesel and natural gas engines manufacturer topped out at $227.78 having ended Friday at $226.63. However, despite early momentum, the stock gave up its gains to now trade at $226.63. Currently, the construction equipment, diesel and natural gas engines manufacturer has a market capitalization of $117 billion with an average daily volume of 3.20 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Dow by 7.42%.

Flowserve | Up 7.74% to $35.64 Friday

Flowserve hit a significant low of $24.3 around 8 months ago, but has since recovered 36.13%. Currently, the industrial and environmental machinery manufacturer has a market capitalization of $4.67 billion with an average daily trading volume of 837,693 shares. Flowserve last reported revenue of $980.30 million with an EPS of 40 cents.