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

Skillz Inc., AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., BeiGene, Ltd. made yesterday'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 United States Unemployment Rate improved upon its previous reading of 3.6 with a new data release of 3.5.

Yesterday saw a steady up day for markets with several stocks continuing their streaks today. Take a look at the market's Top Gainers:

+12.48%: BeiGene ended yesterday at $238.45, a 12.48% increase

The global biotech company rallied 12.48% and maintained $238.45. BeiGene is currently trading with a market cap of $24.89 billion with an average daily volume of 227,395 shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 8.28%.

AMC Entertainment | Up 21% to $4.9 yesterday

After ending Wednesday at $4.05, AMC Entertainment went up to $5.16 only to drop back, yet still traded well overall and closed at $4.9 yesterday.

+11.46%: Novavax levels up 11.46% in yesterday's session; traders eye opening bell in 2 days time

The US vaccine developer gained 11.46% and stayed at $8.46 levels. The US biotechnology company's market cap currently stands at $729 million with an average daily trading volume of 5.69 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 29.09%.

Skillz | Up 23.74% to 68.02 cents yesterday

The online mobile multiplayer platform topped out at 69.8 cents having ended yesterday at 68.02 cents. However, despite early momentum, the stock gave up its gains to now trade at 68.02 cents.