Against the current: Markets are down, yet Natera, Inc., Restaurant Brands International Inc., PetroChina Company Limited go up and make this list of top gainers.
The leading indices are dropping — Nasdaq slipping 1.29% and closing at 11,200. S&P 500 drawing back 0.73% to 3,962.67.
This downslide might be related to financial indicators data published earlier as highly important Crude Oil Inventories data from United States beat analyst expectations of -440,000 with a reading of -5.4 million.
Though markets had an unsatisfactory day yesterday, some mid cap and over stocks manage to recover and make it to the list of top gainers. Take a look.
Alcon | +5.18% in mid-session
Alcon has recovered 12.14% since descending to a significant low of $56.51 around 13 days ago. So far in 2022 it has been beating the Nasdaq by 12.12%. The company's market cap is $33 billion with an average daily volume of 1 million shares.
Natera | +10.8% in mid-session
After ending yesterday at $34.17, Natera is currently trading at $37.86.
PetroChina | Currently down 0.51% at $46.85
PetroChina is down to $46.85, after ending yesterday at $47.09. Overall, a 0.51% loss or 24 cents today.
Restaurant Brands International | +6.44% in mid-session
Despite closing yesterday at $59.74 and then climbing as high as $64.53 today, Restaurant Brands International has given up a sizeable portion of its gains to now trade at $63.59. As things stand, trading volume is at 2.78 million, above the 21-day average of 1.58 million.