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April 19, 2023
Against the current: Markets are down, yet Western Alliance Bancorporation, Intuitive Surgical, BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. go up and make this list of top gainers.
The leading indices are falling — Dow Jones trades at 33,900 after losing 0.26%. Nasdaq slipping 0.36% and closing at 12,100.
This downslide might be related to financial indicators data published earlier as Crude Oil Inventories in United States fell short of market expectations (-1 million) with a reading of -4.58 million, continuing the decline from the previous figure of 597,000.
Though markets had an unsatisfactory day yesterday, some stocks manage to recover as Top Gainers. Take a look:
Intuitive Surgical | +12.66% in mid-session
After closing yesterday at $269.28, the robotic surgery systems manufacturer went up to $304.83 only to drop back some of the way, and is now trading at $303.36.
Western Alliance Bancorporation | +16.3% in mid-session
After ending the previous day at $32.51, today the retail and commercial bank made its largest single-day jump of $5.3 (16.3%) since Mar 21, and is now trading around $37.81. The retail and commercial bank has shed 48.51% over the past three months. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 59%. Currently, the retail and commercial bank has a market capitalization of $4.14 billion with an average daily volume of 7.87 million shares.
+9.37%: BridgeBio Pharma surges 9.37% after trading as low as $15.6
Following yesterday's session which closed at $15.15, BridgeBio Pharma went up to $16.61 today only to drop back and trade at $16.57. The company has a market cap of $2.65 billion with an average daily trading volume of 3 million shares. The Nasdaq has been doing worse in 2022, it has been passing it by 96.77%.
