U.S. stocks were mixed, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points on Thursday.
Shares of Acuity Inc (NYSE:AYI) rose sharply after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results.
Acuity reported quarterly earnings of $5.31 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $5.19 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.198 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.177 billion.
Acuity shares jumped 17.1% to $357.90 on Thursday.
Here are some other big stocks recording gins in today’s session.
- Kymera Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KYMR) shares surged 28.9% to $128.74 after the company announced it has completed enrollment in the global BROADEN2 Phase 2b trial of KT-621 nearly six months ahead of anticipated timelines.
- Methode Electronics Inc (NYSE:MEI) shares jumped 24.9% to $16.63 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales results and issued FY27 sales guidance above estimates.
- BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE:BB) gained 19.6% to $10.30 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and raised its FY27 guidance.
- BIO-TECHNE Corp (NASDAQ:TECH) jumped 19.3% to $70.25. Merck KGaA (OTC:MKKGY) (OTC:MKGAF) on Thursday agreed to acquire Bio-Techne in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $11.3 billion.
- MillerKnoll Inc (NASDAQ:MLKN) gained 18.6% to $20.45 following fourth-quarter results.
- SanDisk Corp (NASDAQ:SNDK) gained 18.3% to $2,264.41 after Micron’s stronger-than-expected quarterly results and bullish outlook strengthened confidence in the AI memory market.
- Barnes & Noble Education Inc (NYSE:BNED) surged 18% to $13.06 after the company announced preliminary full-year fiscal 2026 unaudited financial results.
- Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) gained 15.9% to $1,215.28 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results and issued fourth-quarter guidance above estimates.
- Winnebago Industries Inc (NYSE:WGO) gained 11.7% to $30.53 following quarterly results.
- Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN) rose 10.7% to $8.70.
- Corning Inc (NYSE:GLW) gained 9% to $224.07.
- Definium Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:DFTX) gained 6.6% to $44.90. The company recently announced the pricing of a $700 million public offering of 20,588,236 shares at $34.00 per share.
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:STX) rose 6.3% to $1,055.88. Shares of memory and storage-related stocks traded higher after Micron Technology reported third-quarter financial results.
- Powell Industries Inc (NASDAQ:POWL) gained 6.3% to $312.96.
- Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) rose 4.3% to $205.94 after the company raised its FY29 non-handset revenue target. The company will expand its strategic relationship with Hugging Face.
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