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Mission Produce, Nvidia, Humacyte, BlackBerry And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday

Benzinga·12/20/2024 15:50:16
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U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 300 points on Friday.

Shares of Mission Produce, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVO) rose sharply during today's session after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales results.

Mission Produce reported quarterly earnings of 28 cents per share and quarterly revenue of $354.4 million, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $220.4 million.

Mission Produce shares jumped 22.3% to $15.07 on Friday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today's session.

  • Humacyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUMA) shares jumped 55.2% to $5.37 after the company announced FDA approval for SYMVESS for treating extremity vascular injuries. HC Wainwright & Co. raised its price target on the stock from $12 to $15.
  • Personalis, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSNL) gained 32% to $6.94 after the company and Moderna recently announced a multi-year extension to continue utilizing the Personalis ImmunoID NeXT platform and technology for V940/mRNA-4157. The company also announced an investment from Merck.
  • Enovix Corporation (NASDAQ:ENVX) gained 22% to $9.80 as the company shipped first EX-2M samples to mobile phone customers.
  • Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) surged 21.2% to $29.96.
  • Rigetti Computing, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTI) gained 20.2% to $8.99.
  • Quantum Computing Inc. (NASDAQ:QUBT) gained 20% to $18.17. In an exchange filing dated December 20, Quantum Computing has registered up to 8.96 million shares for resale by selling stockholders.
  • BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB) surged 20% to $3.58 as the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings.
  • IonQ, Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) gained 15.5% to $ 43.63. Craig-Hallum analyst Richard Shannon maintained IonQ with a Buy and raised the price target from $22 to $45.
  • Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) rose 10% to $22.59. Warren Buffett acquired 4.96 million Sirius XM shares at an average price of $21.60.
  • Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG) gained 9.7% to $2.5248.
  • Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:LCID) rose 9% to $2.8650.
  • Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN) gained 6.6% to $13.93.
  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) gained 4.7% to $47.47 after Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in the company.
  • NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose 2.1% to $133.38. The European Commission on Thursday announced it approved the proposed acquisition of Run:ai Labs by NVIDIA.

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