Market Movers | Winners: RYTM, PLUG, VRNA | Losers: RXST, NUTX, KRUS


On Wednesday, July 9, all major indices rose in unison — the S&P 500 rising 0.61%, the Dow 30 rising 0.49%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.72%. The strength was widespread, though a few names underperformed.

List of Market Winners

The following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the highest returns on the last trading day:

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 RYTM Rhythm Pharmaceuticals 36.6% 59.0%
2 PLUG Plug Power 25.4% -16.4%
3 VRNA Verona Pharma 20.6% 125.6%
4 AES AES 19.8% 6.5%
5 BE Bloom Energy 18.1% 29.3%
6 PTC PTC 17.6% 14.5%
7 NUVB Nuvation Bio 15.6% -10.9%
8 XNCR Xencor 12.8% -59.4%
9 IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics 12.4% -73.1%
10 VIR Vir Biotechnology 11.9% -19.2%

List of Market Losers

On the other hand, the following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the lowest returns:

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 RXST RxSight -37.8% -76.9%
2 NUTX Nutex Health -16.1% 265.1%
3 KRUS Kura Sushi USA -11.9% -15.6%
4 ERO Ero Copper -9.4% 5.9%
5 MBLY Mobileye Global -7.1% -13.1%
6 FICO Fair Isaac -6.5% -20.1%
7 DAVE Dave -6.5% 181.9%
8 ASTS AST SpaceMobile -6.5% 101.4%
9 UEC Uranium Energy -6.3% -11.5%
10 NESR National Energy Services Reunited -6.1% -29.8%

Movers – Last One Week

Analysing over the last one week (5 trading days), a market-wide surge lifted the S&P 500 rising 0.94%, the Dow 30 rising 0.82%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.82%. Gains were broad-based, though not every stock joined the rally.

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List of 1-Week Market Winners

The following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the highest returns over the last week:

# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 SANA Sana Biotechnology 48.4% 148.5%
2 MSC Studio City International 45.1% -18.4%
3 COGT Cogent Biosciences 44.8% 33.3%
4 RYTM Rhythm Pharmaceuticals 40.8% 59.0%
5 SHLS Shoals Technologies 35.2% 3.9%
6 TRIP Tripadvisor 32.8% 17.3%
7 SEDG SolarEdge Technologies 32.8% 99.2%
8 ENVX Enovix 32.7% 26.2%
9 CIFR Cipher Mining 31.0% 34.9%
10 ARRY Array Technologies 30.5% 27.5%

List of 1-Week Market Losers

Similarly, the following table shows the 10 stocks that were at the bottom in terms of returns:

# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 CNC Centene -39.0% -45.4%
2 RXST RxSight -38.8% -76.9%
3 APG APi -32.4% 43.8%
4 OSCR Oscar Health -25.0% 19.6%
5 CORZ Core Scientific -21.3% -4.4%
6 MOH Molina Healthcare -20.4% -18.5%
7 SSII SS Innovations International -19.7% -40.1%
8 PRGS Progress Software -19.3% -20.9%
9 AVAH Aveanna Healthcare -18.4% -6.6%
10 AEVA Aeva Technologies -18.2% 550.9%

Movers – Last One Month

On a slightly wider timeline over the last one month, markets rallied broadly, with the S&P 500 rising 5.45%, the Dow 30 rising 5.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 6.11%. While many stocks participated in the rally, some lagged behind.

List of 1-Month Market Winners

The following table shows the 10 stocks that generated the maximum returns over the last one month:

# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 QS QuantumScape 110.1% 61.1%
2 PLUG Plug Power 104.2% -16.4%
3 BBAI BigBear.ai 95.5% 65.6%
4 IREN IREN 89.5% 72.7%
5 FLNC Fluence Energy 89.2% -45.0%
6 ABCL AbCellera Biologics 78.1% 44.0%
7 CIFR Cipher Mining 77.3% 34.9%
8 COGT Cogent Biosciences 73.6% 33.3%
9 AAOI Applied Optoelectronics 71.7% -24.3%
10 ENVX Enovix 70.9% 26.2%

List of 1-Month Market Losers

In the same period, these 10 stocks were at the bottom in terms of returns:

# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics -50.6% -84.1%
2 RXST RxSight -46.7% -76.9%
3 CURV Torrid -45.2% -47.8%
4 CNC Centene -39.7% -45.4%
5 SLP Simulations Plus -36.9% -37.1%
6 DYN Dyne Therapeutics -36.5% -62.3%
7 LVWR LiveWire -32.3% -20.2%
8 LULU Lululemon Athletica -28.7% -38.3%
9 FTV Fortive -26.2% -29.2%
10 APLD Applied Digital -25.5% 24.5%

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