U.S. stocks were mixed, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 150 points on Thursday.

Shares of Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) rose sharply after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and affirmed its FY26 sales guidance with its midpoint above estimates.

Albemarle reported quarterly earnings of $2.95 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.06 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.428 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.318 billion.

Albemarle shares jumped 9.8% to $211.57 on Thursday.

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

• Agilon Health Inc (NYSE:AGL) shares jumped 99% to $55.73 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and issued second-quarter sales guidance above estimates. Also, the company raised its FY26 sales guidance above estimates.
• Rackspace Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RXT) gained 93% to $4.38 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly sales results.
• Aaon Inc (NASDAQ:AAON) jumped 50% to $147.47 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.
• Himax Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:HIMX) gained 39.5% to $17.21 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and issued second-quarter guidance above estimates.
• Ethos Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:LIFE) surged 38.3% to $31.99 following strong quarterly results.
• Fluence Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FLNC) rose 35.5% to $18.38 following second-quarter results.
• Xometry Inc (NASDAQ:XMTR) gained 34.7% to $76.00 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and issued second-quarter sales guidance above estimates.
• Datadog Inc (NASDAQ:DDOG) gained 30.7% to $187.96 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and raised its FY26 guidance above estimates.
• Cross Country Healthcare Inc (NASDAQ:CCRN) rose 29.1% to $13.05 after the company announced it will be acquired by Knox Lane.
• Aspen Aerogels Inc (NASDAQ:ASPN) rose 28.6% to $5.30 following quarterly results.
• Warby Parker Inc (NASDAQ:WRBY) gained 27.4% to $28.05 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly sales results.
• SiTime Corp (NASDAQ:SITM) rose 25.5% to $782.66 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and issued second-quarter guidance above estimates.
• Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) gained 23.8% to $111.40 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and raised its FY26 guidance above estimates.
• H & R Block Inc (NYSE:HRB) rose 22.7% to $36.00 following upbeat quarterly results.
• Endeavour Silver Corp (NYSE:EXK) gained 22.6% to $11.42 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly adjusted EPS results.
• Blue Bird Corp (NASDAQ:BLBD) rose 20.5% to $78.42 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and raised its FY26 ales guidance above estimates.
• Mongodb Inc (NASDAQ:MDB) gained 14.4% to $303.48.
• Cognex Corp (NASDAQ:CGNX) gained 13.5% to $70.68 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and issued second-quarter guidance above estimates.
• Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ:AXON) gained 12.7% to $435.42 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results and raised its FY26 sales guidance above estimates.
• Zscaler Inc (NASDAQ:ZS) gained 9.2% to $151.63.
• Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) rose 8.6% to $151.70.

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