Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. – Eletrobrás, Korea Electric Power Corporation, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. made Friday's list of top gainers.
Markets were up Friday; S&P 500 ended the session at 4,450.38 after a 1.23% gain. Nasdaq gained 1.45% and closed at 13,800.
Have a look at Friday's biggest gainers:
+2.76%: Brookfield Infrastructure is up to $37 (+1.37%) in pre-market trading after closing Friday's session at $36.5
Brookfield Infrastructure ended Thursday's session at $35.52. Friday started with an increase to $36.66, but dropped back and closed at $36.5. The company has a market cap of $16.74 billion with an average daily trading volume of 321,325 shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 7.95%.
+3.33%: Korea Electric Power posts solid session with 3.33% gain; upside capped at $7.78
Bullish sentiment helped South Korea's largest electric utility company to hammer out a noteworthy $7.71 to $7.78 range Friday, and finally closing at $7.75 to end the session. The company's market cap currently stands at $9.95 billion with an average daily volume of 215,401 shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 25.15%.
Centrais Electricas Brasileiras gains 3.89%, closes at $8.27 ahead of the quarterly earnings report set for tomorrow
Having closed Thursday at $7.96, bullish sentiment helped Centrais Electricas Brasileiras to reach highs around $8.32 before paring gains and ending Friday at $8.27. The hydroelectric power generation company's market cap currently stands at $19 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.35 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 10.65%.
The company trades at $8.27 ahead of quarterly performance report which is scheduled to be released tomorrow.