Ten companies kicked off the trading week with skyrocketing gains, mirroring a broader market rally, buoyed by Nvidia Corp.’s billion-dollar investment in OpenAI, fueling investor optimism about AI future.
Of the 10 firms, four were notable for soaring to new all-time highs, boosted by record high prices of precious metals and acquisition agreements, among others.
Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq led the gains among Wall Street’s main indices, up 0.70 percent, followed by the S&P 500 with a 0.44 percent gain, the the Dow Jones, inching up by 01.14 percent.
In this article, we focus on the 10 top-performing stocks in Monday’s trading and break down the reasons behind their gains.
To come up with the list, we focused exclusively on stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and 5 million shares in trading volume.
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10. Teradyne Inc. (NASDAQ:TER)
Teradyne extended its winning streak for a fourth consecutive day on Monday, jumping 12.79 percent to close at $135.18 apiece as investors took heart from an analyst’s upgraded price target and bullish rating for its stock.
In a market note, investment firm Susquehanna raised its price target for Teradyne Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 50.37 percent to $200 from $133 previously on optimism for strong growth beginning next year.
“Recent checks in Taiwan with key players in the AI compute supply chain indicate [Teradyne Inc. (NASDAQ:TER)] is gaining meaningful traction at TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.), particularly for GPU wafer sort testing,” Susquehanna said.
“TSMC is expecting to begin acquiring TER’s [system-on-a-chip] testers for this purpose, with additional units to be purchased and consigned to OSA partners in 2026. While we don’t anticipate a material incremental revenue contribution from this win until 2026, TER’s growing presence across multiple test insertion points—wafer sort and potential adoption at System Level Test (SLT)—is a positive and incremental development that we believe is not entirely reflected in the current share price,” it noted.
9. YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) snapped a three-day losing streak on Monday, climbing 12.78 percent to finish at $26.92 apiece, as investors cheered the US Treasury’s financial lifeline to Argentina.
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF), an energy company based in Argentina, has been trading lower alongside the overall Argentine markets over the past few weeks as the country faces economic turmoil.
Investors took heart from news that the US Treasury was in the works for a “large and forceful” intervention to support Argentina amid the country’s severe market volatility, part of which would see Washington’s purchase of Argentina’s currency or sovereign debt by a fund controlled by the US Treasury.
“We’re sending a message that if you do the right thing, if you follow good policies, that if you’re aligned with the values of the United States…we are willing to provide assistance when things move out of equilibrium,” Washington was quoted as saying in comments to reporters.
A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Argentina’s leader, Javier Milei, is expected to occur on Tuesday to discuss options.
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