Skillz Inc., AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., BeiGene, Ltd. made Thursday's list of top gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US rose as Nasdaq ended the session at 12,100 after a 0.76% gain. S&P 500 closed the day at 4,105, having gained 0.36%.
Check out the Top Gainers in stocks from Thursday's session…
BeiGene | Closed +12.48% at $238.45
BeiGene rallied 12.48% and ended the session at $238.45.
+21%: pre-market trading leads AMC Entertainment to drop to $4.76 (a 2.86% change) after ending Thursday at $4.9
AMC Entertainment ended Wednesday at $4.05. Thursday it went up to $5.16 only to drop back, yet still managed to close at $4.9. The theatre company's market cap currently stands at $2.52 billion with an average daily trading volume of 35 million shares. So far this year, it has been outperforming the Nasdaq by 17.31%.
Novavax | Up 11.46% to $8.46 Thursday
The US biotechnology company has fallen back around 90.03% over the past 9 months, from a notable high of $76.12. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 29.09%. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $729 million with an average daily trading volume of 5.69 million shares. Novavax last reported revenue of $357.40 million with an EPS of $-2.28.
Skillz | +2.37% in pre-market trade with 19 minutes until open
Having closed Wednesday at 54.97 cents, bullish sentiment helped Skillz to reach highs around 69.8 cents before paring gains and ending Thursday at 68.02 cents.