Bright Mountain Media, Inc., Certara, Inc., Outbrain Inc. Common Stock made yesterday's list of top gainers.

Markets closed higher yesterday; Dow Jones gained 1.05% and closed at 33,000. S&P 500 closed the day at 3,981.35, having gained 0.76%.

Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as United States Initial Jobless Claims beat the 195,000 projections, with 190,000.

Yesterday was an exciting day for markets with several stocks capitalising on the risk-on mood. Have a look at these Top Gainers:

Okta | Closed +13.26% at $80.91

Okta gained $9.47 and closed above the $80 level for the first time in 4 weeks. Having soared to a high of $182.7 approximately 1 year, 1 day ago, the user authentication management company is now trading 60.9% lower. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 9.45%. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $12.96 billion with an average daily trading volume of 2.89 million shares.

Okta released its quarterly earnings report Wednesday, beating analysts estimates. The company reported earnings of -0.7 per share on revenue of $510 million, topping estimates of -0.81 per share on revenue of $465.42 million. Since the release of its earnings report, Okta gained 13.49%.

Outbrain | +2% in pre-market trade with 5 hours until open

The web recommendation platform ended Wednesday's session at $4.3, spiked up to $5 and closed at $five — gaining 16.28% yesterday.

+17.3%: Certara gains 17.3%; sets session high of $21.67

Certara ended Wednesday's session at $18.44. yesterday started with an increase to $21.67, but dropped back and closed at $21.63. The clinical pharmacology biotech firm's market cap currently stands at $3.45 billion with an average daily volume of 570,264 shares.

Certara released its quarterly earnings report Wednesday, beating analysts estimates. The company reported earnings of 0.13 per share on revenue of $86.63 million, topping estimates of 0.1 per share on revenue of $81.48 million. Since the release of its earnings report, Certara gained 19.37%.

+66.67%: Bright Mountain Media ended yesterday at 25 cents, a 66.67% increase

The digital advertising specialist gained 66.67% and stayed at 25 cents levels. The company has a market cap of $37.29 million with an average daily volume of 13,564 shares.