U.S. stocks were lower, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 100 points on Thursday.
Shares of Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE: AMRC) rose sharply during Thursday's session after Jefferies upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy and raised its price target from $19 to $39.
Ameresco shares jumped 10.5% to $34.94 on Thursday.
Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.
- Lithium Americas Corp. (NYSE: LAC) shares jumped 16.8% to $7.02 on continued strength. The stock initially climbed on Tuesday after reports suggested Trump officials are seeking an equity stake in the company as part of a renegotiation of a $2.26 billion loan for the Thacker Pass lithium project.
- Kodiak Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: KOD) gained 16% to $17.97. Barclays analyst Gena Wang upgraded Kodiak Sciences from Underweight to Equal-Weight and raised the price target from $7 to $17.
- POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: POET) surged 11.8% to $6.76.
- NioCorp Developments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NB) surged 10.5% to $7.15.
- Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI) shares rose 10% to $6.09.
- USBC, Inc. (NYSE: USBC) shares gained 9.6% to $1.2607.
- Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE: LEU) surged 9.4% to $302.01. Centrus announced plans to add at least 300 new jobs in Southern Ohio with multi-billion-dollar investment.
- Robo.ai Inc. (NASDAQ: AIIO) rose 9.4% to $2.22.
- MP Materials Corp. (NYSE: MP) shares gained 8% to $76.96.
- Tiptree Inc. (NASDAQ: TIPT) rose 7.7% to $25.62.
- XPeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV) shares gained 7.3% to $22.83.
- International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) gained 4.2% to $278.87.
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