U.S. stocks were higher, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 200 points on Thursday.

Shares of Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) rose sharply after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 financial results and raised its FY26 adjusted EPS guidance above estimates.

Agilent reported quarterly earnings of $1.49 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.41. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.835 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.799 billion.

Agilent shares jumped 17% to $135.92 on Thursday.

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

  • Unusual Machines Inc (NYSE:UMAC) gained 64% to $30.96 following reports suggesting that the Trump administration is in talks to fund companies in the industry to increase domestic production and lower drone costs.
  • Braiin Ltd (NASDAQ:BRAI) rose 39% to $14.99 after the company announced its launch into the New Zealand market with rollout of its AI-native end-to-end Living Infrastructure platform.
  • Chronoscale Corp (NASDAQ:CHRN) gained 37.8% to $20.45.
  • Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) gained 37% to $241.61 following upbeat quarterly results.
  • Red Cat Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RCAT) gained 36% to $14.53. Shares of drone stocks traded higher following reports suggesting that the Trump administration is in talks to fund companies in the industry to increase domestic production and lower drone costs.
  • Ondas Inc (NASDAQ:ONDS) gained 24% to $13.40.
  • AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) gained 18.4% to $214.54.
  • Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) rose 18% to $76.35 after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results.
  • Arm Holdings PLC – ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) rose 14% to $344.94. Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh maintained ARM with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $290 to $360.
  • Mongodb Inc (NASDAQ:MDB) gained 10.3% to $324.83.
  • Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) gained 10.1% to $42.06.
  • Cloudflare Inc (NYSE:NET) gained 7.7% to $225.34.

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