10 Big Names Already Crushing This February

Ten stocks kicked off the first trading day of the month boasting strong gains, as investors priced in strong corporate earnings and an upbeat outlook.

On Wall Street, all major indices finished in the green, led by the Dow Jones up by 1.05 percent, followed by the Nasdaq, jumping 0.56 percent, and the S&P 500 rallying 0.54 percent.

In this article, we spotlight the 10 top-performing stocks on Monday and break down the reasons behind their gains.

To come up with the list, we focused exclusively on stocks with more than $2 billion in market capitalization.

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10. Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW)

Corning rallied for a second day on Monday, jumping 6.87 percent to close at $110.35 apiece, as investors bet on President Donald Trump’s $12 billion rare earths stockpile project as a huge catalyst for the company’s sustained expansion.

Called the Project Vault, the US would create a stockpile of rare earth minerals critical to the production of various industries such as semiconductors, automotive, gadgets, batteries, electric cars, and military applications, among others.

Under the project, companies that have pledged to buy materials at a specific inventory will pay upfront fees and provide Project Vault a list of their preferred materials, and they will also agree to repurchase the same amount at the same price in the future.

According to a report by Bloomberg, Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) alongside companies such as General Motors, Stellantis, Boeing, GE Vernova, and Google, has already signed up for the project.

The news followed Corning Inc.’s (NYSE:GLW) $6 billion deal with Meta Platforms Inc. last week, under which it would supply the latter with fiber optic cables for its data centers.

Also last week,Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) reported a 215 percent jump in its attributable net income at $1.596 billion, versus $506 million in the same period last year. Net sales jumped by 19 percent to $15.6 billion from $13.1 billion year-on-year.

In the first quarter of 2026, the company is looking to register a 15 percent jump in core sales at $4.2 billion to $4.3 billion.

9. Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT)

Wipro snapped a three-day losing streak on Monday, jumping 6.75 percent to close at $2.69 apiece as investors repositioned portfolios following the launch of a new AI-powered operating model to support operations of its enterprise customers.

Called Wipro Intelligence, Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) said that the new product would combine advisory, AI, and enterprise transformation services and would bring end-to-end accountability across core functional areas namely people and change, supply chain and operations, finance transformation, as well as sales, marketing, and customer experience.

“Enterprises today are struggling to modernize operations amid outdated models and stalled transformation efforts, with AI hype that isn’t translating into results and consulting-to-execution journeys that remain fragmented and slow,” said Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) Managing Partner and Consulting Head Amit Kumar.

“By bringing our functional consulting expertise together with business process services, we are providing clients with a persona-based, end-to-end enterprise transformation strategy anchored in a functional context. This holistic strategy-to-execution journey allows clients to realize measurable value faster and generate real impact from AI initiatives,” he added.

Based in Bengaluru, Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is one of the largest technology service providers in India, which also supports businesses across 65 countries.