Zai Lab Limited, National Instruments Corporation, QuantumScape Corporation made Friday's list of top gainers.
Markets closed higher Friday, as Nasdaq gained 0.71% and closed at 11,079. S&P 500 closed the day at 3,999, having gained 0.4%.
Have a look at Friday's biggest gainers…
+17.61%: Zai Lab bulls in charge as markets close for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Bullish sentiment helped the commercial stage bio-pharma company to hammer out a noteworthy $41 to $47.75 range Friday, and finally closing at $47.62 to end the session. Zai Lab's market cap currently stands at $4.66 billion with an average daily trading volume of 980,731 shares. So far in 2022 it has been beating the Nasdaq by 64.48%.
QuantumScape ended the session at $8.3 Friday, after seven straight days of gains
The energy storage pioneer ended Thursday's session at $7.61, spiked up to $8.35 and closed at $8.3 — gaining 9.07% Friday. QuantumScape's market cap is currently $3.62 billion with an average daily volume of 7.32 million shares. The Nasdaq has been doing worse in 2022, it has been passing it by 55.28%.
NI | +16.93% at $46.97
The automated test equipment company is now trading 14.48% below the significant high of $46.97 it set around 3 days ago. The automated test equipment company's market cap currently stands at $6.13 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1 million shares. NI last reported revenue of $427.93 million with an EPS of 53 cents.