Market Movers | Winners: LVWR, IOVA, AVXL | Losers: SSII, GHRS, KSS


On Wednesday, July 23, all major indices rose in unison — the S&P 500 rising 0.78%, the Dow 30 rising 1.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.43%. 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 LVWR LiveWire 26.9% 5.0%
2 IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics 26.8% -46.4%
3 AVXL Anavex Life Sciences 20.1% 24.9%
4 REPL Replimune 18.9% -72.5%
5 LUNR Intuitive Machines 18.5% -26.4%
6 LBRT Liberty Energy 17.8% -32.6%
7 PRG PROG 16.6% -20.3%
8 VICR Vicor 16.5% 9.0%
9 LW Lamb Weston 16.3% -13.3%
10 HIMS Hims & Hers Health 16.0% 140.0%

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 SSII SS Innovations International -18.9% -13.2%
2 GHRS GH Research -14.7% 103.4%
3 KSS Kohl’s -14.2% -9.9%
4 ENPH Enphase Energy -14.2% -46.9%
5 FI Fiserv -13.8% -30.4%
6 TXN Texas Instruments -13.3% 0.9%
7 OTIS Otis Worldwide -12.4% -3.7%
8 MARA MARA -11.6% 4.8%
9 SEDG SolarEdge Technologies -8.8% 113.8%
10 MEDP Medpace -8.4% 31.7%

Movers – Last One Week

Analysing over the last one week (5 trading days), stocks moved decisively higher, as seen in the S&P 500 rising 1.52%, the Dow 30 rising 1.71%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 1.11%. Most stocks saw buying, though some stocks missed out.

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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 IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics 78.0% -46.4%
2 LVWR LiveWire 61.3% 5.0%
3 WOOF Petco Health and Wellness 56.8% 14.4%
4 NVTS Navitas Semiconductor 43.4% 147.1%
5 PGY Pagaya Technologies 43.0% 262.1%
6 MEDP Medpace 38.9% 31.7%
7 XRX Xerox 35.2% -18.8%
8 LCID Lucid 34.5% 2.0%
9 CABO Cable One 32.7% -55.8%
10 KSS Kohl’s 31.0% -9.9%

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 REPL Replimune -73.6% -72.5%
2 CDNA CareDx -31.7% -38.7%
3 SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics -27.5% -89.0%
4 BMI Badger Meter -20.3% -9.2%
5 GHRS GH Research -17.6% 103.4%
6 TXN Texas Instruments -14.0% 0.9%
7 ELV Elevance Health -13.9% -18.9%
8 FI Fiserv -13.7% -30.4%
9 ARWR Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals -13.0% -15.3%
10 EQT EQT -12.2% 13.4%

Movers – Last One Month

On a slightly wider timeline over the last one month, broader market witnessed strong advances in the S&P 500 rising 5.54%, the Dow 30 rising 5.70%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 5.98%. Participation was broad, although not entirely uniform.

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 202.6% 147.2%
2 IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics 114.6% -46.4%
3 JOBY Joby Aviation 106.7% 116.4%
4 SANA Sana Biotechnology 97.7% 215.3%
5 BBAI BigBear.ai 89.7% 78.2%
6 CIFR Cipher Mining 89.2% 44.0%
7 NFE New Fortress Energy 87.3% -74.7%
8 SEDG SolarEdge Technologies 81.0% 113.8%
9 ENVX Enovix 79.5% 33.9%
10 PGY Pagaya Technologies 79.5% 262.1%

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 REPL Replimune -63.9% -72.5%
2 CNC Centene -44.9% -51.4%
3 CURV Torrid -44.7% -46.3%
4 RXST RxSight -41.7% -77.0%
5 MOH Molina Healthcare -34.7% -34.6%
6 CRK Comstock Resources -30.8% 12.8%
7 CDNA CareDx -30.8% -38.7%
8 SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics -29.4% -89.0%
9 FTV Fortive -27.3% -31.7%
10 RARE Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical -23.9% -33.4%

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