Skillz is Thursday's top mover after gaining 23.74%
Markets were up Thursday; Nasdaq gained 0.76% and closed at 12,100. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,105 after a 0.36% gain.
“Top Movers” are assets that recorded the highest percentage change compared to their nearest peers. Thursday's most active stocks are listed below.
Skillz gains 23.74% within 57.31 cents to 69.8 cents daily range
After closing Wednesday at 54.97 cents, Skillz Inc. closed at 68.02 cents Thursday after climbing to 69.8 cents and dropping back down. Skillz's market cap currently stands at $306.14 million with an average daily trading volume of 8.68 million shares.
Thursday AMC Entertainment increased by 21%, ended the session at $4.9
AMC Entertainment stayed on track Thursday: after ending Wednesday at $4.05, AMC Entertainment went up to $5.16 only to drop back, yet still traded well overall and closed at $4.9 Thursday. The theatrical exhibition business's market cap currently stands at $2.52 billion with an average daily volume of 35 million shares. So far this year, it has been beating the Nasdaq by 17.31%.
BeiGene appreciates 12.48% with $242.38 as the high of the day
The global biotech company rallied 12.48% and maintained $238.45. BeiGene is currently trading with a market cap of $24.89 billion with an average daily volume of 227,395 shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 8.28%.
Risk-off mood drags Levi Strauss & Co 16.03% lower
More of the same from Thursday's session: after ending Wednesday at $18.03, Levi Strauss & Co dropped to $15.04 early in Thursday's session and closed at $15.14. In total, it lost 16.03%. Currently, the US clothing company has a market capitalization of $6 billion so far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 16.46%.
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.