10 Stocks Post Jaw-Dropping Gains

Ten companies kicked off the trading week boasting a strong performance on Monday, mirroring a broader market optimism on expectations that geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran may remain contained.

In this article, we highlight the 10 best-performing stocks, recording gains between 9 and 50 percent in just today’s trading.

Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq increased by 1.52 percent, the S&P 500 rose by 0.94 percent, and the Dow Jones was up by 0.75 percent.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with at least $2 billion in market capitalization and over 5 million in trading volume.

10. StoneCo. Ltd. (NASDAQ:STNE)

StoneCo ended two straight days of losses on Monday, adding 9.67 percent to close at $15.09 apiece, mimicking the broader market optimism, bolstered by global trade negotiations and expectations that Israel and Iran’s war will remain contained.

StoneCo. Ltd. (NASDAQ:STNE) is a Brazilian financial technology company that provides platform for businesses to manage payments, software, and banking solutions.

In the first quarter of the year, the company netted R$554.4 million, higher by 23 percent than the R$450.4 million registered in the same period last year.

Total revenues increased by 19 percent to R$3.67 billion from R$3.08 billion year-on-year.

For full-year 2025, StoneCo. Ltd. (NASDAQ:STNE) expects to book adjusted gross profit of R$7.05 billion, or a 14-percent growth year-on-year.

9. Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ:NWL)

Newell Brands snapped a three-day losing streak on Monday, jumping 10.31 percent to close at $5.78 apiece as investors cheered its partnership with Adobe for the integration of artificial intelligence into its operations.

In a statement late last week, Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ:NWL) said that it adopted Adobe’s generative AI—Adobe Firefly Services, Firefly Custom Models, and Adobe Express—to scale its e-commerce and digital marketing operations.

Initial findings showed that content production for Paper Mate packaging accelerated by 75 percent while time to create social assets for its Oster products reduced by 33 percent with Adobe Express, according to Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ:NWL).

In other news, Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ:NWL) earned a more bullish rating from JPMorgan, assigning the company with an “overweight” rating, an upgrade from “neutral” previously, citing business improvement.

For its part, UBS maintained a “neutral” stance with a price target of $5, citing uncertainties on category growth which could limit the pace and magnitude of a potential top line recovery.