U.S. stocks were mostly higher, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 1% on Thursday.

Shares of Synopsys Inc (NASDAQ:SNPS) rose sharply as the company reported strong third-quarter results and raised outlook.

Synopsys reported quarterly earnings of $3.91 per share, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.67 by 6.54%, according to Benzinga Pro data. Quarterly revenue of $2.48 billion beat the Street estimate of $2.44 billion and was up from $1.74 billion in the same period last year.

Synopsys shares jumped 8.5% to $445.06 on Thursday.

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

  • Okta Inc (NASDAQ:OKTA) shares jumped 22.5% to $164.64 as the company posted upbeat second-quarter results.
  • Veeva Systems Inc (NYSE:VEEV) gained 20.5% to $295.00 as the company posted better-than-expected second-quarter results.
  • Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) gained 18.8% to $244.79 as the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and raised its FY27 guidance.
  • Ooma Inc (NYSE:OOMA) gained 18.6% to $24.36 following strong quarterly results.
  • Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) shares jumped 17.2% to $221.64 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and issued third-quarter sales guidance above estimates.
  • Sailpoint Inc (NASDAQ:SAIL) gained 15.5% to $21.04.
  • Hyperliquid Strategies Inc (NASDAQ:PURR) jumped 13.3% to $13.10.
  • Tenable Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:TENB) gained 11.2% to $37.44. Tenable Holdings will replace Leggett & Platt Inc. (NYSE:LEG) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Monday, Aug. 31.
  • Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW) gained 11.2% to $377.36 as strong peer earnings fueled a broader cybersecurity rally.
  • Zscaler Inc (NASDAQ:ZS) rose 10.9% to $188.89.
  • Netskope Inc (NASDAQ:NTSK) gained 10.5% to $15.38.
  • Figma Inc (NYSE:FIG) rose 10.3% to $29.82.
  • ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) shares jumped 10% to $138.41 following a blockbuster second-quarter earnings report from enterprise software giant Salesforce Inc.
  • Datadog Inc (NASDAQ:DDOG) gained 9.2% to $248.65.
  • JFrog Ltd (NASDAQ:FROG) gained 8.7% to $100.87.
  • Nutanix Inc (NASDAQ:NTNX) gained 7.9% to $70.56 as the company reported better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.
  • NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose 7.5% to $225.41 following strong quarterly results.

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