Argan Reports Upbeat Earnings, Joins Coupang And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday
U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling over 250 points on Friday.
Shares of Argan, Inc. (NYSE:AGX) rose sharply during Friday’s session as the company reported better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter.
Argan posted quarterly earnings of 89 cents per share, beating market estimates of 75 cents per share. The company’s quarterly sales came in at $164.55 million, topping expectations of $161.60 million, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
Argan, shares jumped 21.5% to $59.97 on Friday.
Here are some other big stocks recording losses in today’s session.
- Globe Life Inc. (NYSE:GL) shares rose 17% to $57.28 amid volatility following a short report on the stock from Fuzzy Panda Research. Globe Life afterwards issued a statement refuting the allegations raised in the report.
- Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:LYEL) climbed 16.4% to $3.0989.
- AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE:HKD) shares gained 14.8% to $3.64.
- Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ:GTI) shares surged 14.6% to $9.93.
- Coeur Mining, Inc. (NYSE:CDE) surged 11.3% to $5.33.
- Gatos Silver, Inc. (NYSE:GATO) gained 10.4% to $10.73.
- Coupang, Inc. (NYSE:CPNG) climbed 10.3% to $21.01 after it was reported the company will raise membership fees.
- Mobile-health Network Solutions (NASDAQ:MNDR) rose 8.1% to $11.03 on post-IPO volatility.
- SolarMax Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMXT) surged 8.3% to $14.78.
- Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE:EXK) shares rose 7.5% to $3.0650.
- Skeena Resources Limited (NYSE:SKE) gained 6.1% to $5.03.
- Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE) rose 5.2% to $2.5050. Clean Energy Fuels is expected to release financial results for the first quarter of 2024 on May 9, 2024 after the closing bell.
- Sibanye Stillwater Limited (NYSE:SBSW) climbed 5% to $5.82.
- Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) gained 4.7% to $40.92 amid strength in the price of gold and silver.
- Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ:NKLA) shares gained 4.7% to $0.7503. M&M Residual withdrew its nomination of directors.
- Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) rose 3.7% to $3.9099.
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