Hibbett, American Software, Ardelyx And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday

U.S. stocks traded higher, with the Dow Jones gaining over 100 points on Friday. Here are some big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

• Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFRM) shares jumped 24.7% to $17.23 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issued guidance.
• VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ:VFS) gained 24% to $61.00.
• Hibbett, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIBB) climbed 21.8% to $44.88 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
• Precigen, Inc. (NASDAQ:PGEN) gained 15.7% to $1.77.
• Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ:NKLA) gained 12.2% to $1.3750. Nikola recently announced a registered direct offering of senior convertible notes worth up to $325 million.
• American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA) rose 10% to $11.81 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
• Ardelyx, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARDX) climbed 9% to $3.8250. Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded Ardelyx from Neutral to Overweight and raised the price target from $5 to $10.
• Nanobiotix S.A. (NASDAQ:NBTX) surged 8.2% to $10.62.
• REX American Resources Corporation (NYSE:REX) gained 8% to $39.03.
• ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:ASX) rose 7.4% to $8.07.
• Ubiquiti Inc. (NYSE:UI) rose 7.2% to $164.99 following fourth-quarter results.
• Brooge Energy Limited (NASDAQ:BROG) gained 5.4% to $4.8578.
• Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) jumped 4.6% to $68.99. Stifel maintained Hasbro with a Buy and raised the price target from $79 to $94.

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