10 Stocks With Crazy Gains

Ten companies kicked off the trading week with significant gains on Monday, mirroring a positive market finish despite trading lower during the session.

On Wall Street, the Nasdaq led the rally by 0.28 percent. The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 both jumped by 0.16 percent.

Indices aside, we spotlight the 10 top performers on Monday and detail the reasons behind their gains.

To come up with the list, we focused exclusively on stocks with more than $2 billion in market capitalization and 5 million shares in trading volume.

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10. New Gold Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:NGD)

New Gold Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:NGD) rallied for a third straight session on Monday to hit a new 13-year high, as investors took heart from gold prices’ jump to a new all-time high as investors resorted to safer assets amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

At intra-day trading, the stock climbed by 7.9 percent to as high as $10.79, a level it last touched in December 2012, before trimming gains to end the day just up by 5.40 percent at $10.54. The stock mimicked the rally in spot prices of gold which soared to an all-time high of $4,600 after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell revealed that he was being threatened by President Donald Trump of criminal indictment due to the central bank’s interest rates path, sparking investor concern over the agency’s independence.

It can be recalled that Trump has been criticizing Powell over the past few years due to disagreements over interest rates, arguing that the central bank should lower interest rates to boost economic growth.

Rates aside, investors also sought safety in gold as they digested the ongoing geopolitical tensions in Iran, which signaled readiness for war albeit remaining open to negotiations with the US.

Overall, spot gold’s rally spilled over to mining firms, including New Gold Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:NGD), on expectations that the precious metal’s jump to all-time high would bolster profit margins moving forward.

9. XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV)

XPeng saw its share prices jump by as much as 8.99 percent at intra-day trading on Monday at $21.62 apiece as investors took heart from news that its flying car subsidiary is planning to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) to raise funds for its takeoff plans.

At market close, the stock pared gains to end the day just up by 8.39 percent at $21.70 apiece.

According to a report by South China Morning Post, citing people privy to the matter, Guangzhou-based Aridge, owned and controlled by XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) CEO He Xiaopeng and is currently valued at $2 billion, confidentially filed an IPO with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) and hired JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley as its underwriters for the sale. The IPO is said to be targeted this year.

XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) and Aridge have yet to issue a comment to confirm the reports.

Earlier, Aridge announced plans to deliver its flying cars in the second half of 2026, while it is underway with the development of a 120,000-square meter factory in Guangzhou, where XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) is also headquartered.

In recent news, XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) said that its total deliveries in 2025 surged by 126 percent to 429,445 units, reflecting strong demand for its vehicles. Of the total, 45,008 were delivered overseas, while 37,508 units were delivered in December alone, marking a 2 percent increase year-on-year.