Skillz is Thursday's top mover after gaining 23.74%
Markets closed higher Thursday, as Nasdaq gained 0.76% and closed at 12,100. S&P 500 closed the day at 4,105, having gained 0.36%.
Today's price action is taking place amid mixed market indicators – United States Unemployment Rate beat analyst expectations of 3.6 and the previous reading of 3.6 with new data of 3.5.
“Top Movers” are assets that recorded the highest percentage change compared to their nearest peers. Thursday's most active stocks are listed below.
Bullish mood lifts Skillz to session high of 69.8 cents
After closing Thursday at 68.02 cents, the online mobile multiplayer platform peaked at 69.8 cents before giving up early gains and closing at 68.02 cents. Currently, the online mobile multiplayer platform has a market capitalization of $306.14 million with an average daily trading volume of 8.68 million shares.
AMC Entertainment | Up 21% to $4.9 Thursday
Having soared to a high of $25.46 approximately 7 months ago, the theatre company is now trading 84.09% lower. So far this year, it has been outperforming the Nasdaq by 17.31%. The theatrical exhibition business's market cap currently stands at $2.52 billion with an average daily volume of 35 million shares. $990.9 million was AMC Entertainment's last reported revenue with -14 cents being the current EPS.
BeiGene | Closed +12.48% at $238.45
The global oncology developer reached a significant high of $274.5 around 2 months ago but has lost 22.77% since then. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 8.28%. The global biotech company's market cap currently stands at $24.89 billion with an average daily trading volume of 227,395 shares. BeiGene is forecasted to generate revenues of $387.61 million and EPS of $-4.22.
Levi Strauss & Co | -16.03% at $15.14
Levi Strauss & Co hit a significant low of $14.07 around 5 months ago, but has since recovered 28.14%. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 16.46%. Currently, the US clothing company has a market capitalization of $6 billion with an average daily volume of 3.16 million shares.
Levi Strauss & Co was down, even though its quarterly earnings released on Thursday beat the analysts’ estimates. The reported earnings of 0.34 per share on revenue of $1.69 billion, topping estimates of 0.32 per share on revenue of $1.62 billion.