Equity trading on Thursday was marked by wide price swings across market-cap tiers. Below is a company-by-company accounting of some of the most substantial percentage moves reported during the session, grouped by market-cap category.
Mega-Cap Movers (Market Cap $200 billion USD or higher)
- Lam Research (LRCX): -6.0%
- Applied Materials (AMAT); Erste Group initiates Applied Materials stock with hold rating: -5.41%
- General Electric (GE): -4.71%
- Caterpillar (CAT): -4.76%
- Philip Morris International (PM); Philip Morris declares $1.47 quarterly dividend: -4.93%
- Micron Technology (MU): -4.03%
- GE Vernova (GEV); Erste Group initiates GE Vernova stock coverage with buy rating: -4.28%
- Wal-Mart Stores (WMT); Erste Group downgrades Walmart stock rating to hold on valuation: -4.37%
- Merck & Co (MRK): -3.71%
- Amgen (AMGN); Amgen declares $2.52 quarterly dividend for Q2 2026: -4.16%
Large-Cap Stock Movers (Market Cap $10-$200 billion USD)
- Ciena (CIEN): -15.75%
- New Providence Acquisition Corp N (ASTS): -11.7%
- Iris Energy (IREN); IREN orders 50,000 Nvidia B300 GPUs, expanding fleet to 150,000: -10.37%
- Coherent (COHR); Coherent launches 224Gbps amplifier for 800G, 1.6T transceivers: -9.01%
- Moderna (MRNA): -8.82%
- Trade Desk (TTD): +17.6%
- Venture Global (VG): +10.62%
- Expedia (EXPE): +12.0%
- Okta (OKTA): +9.42%
- Credo Technology Holding (CRDO): +8.68%
Mid-Cap Stock Movers (Market Cap $2-$10 billion USD)
- Victoria’s Secret (VSCO): -17.11%
- Integrated Electrical Services (IESC): -14.51%
- Mudrick Capital Acquisition (HYMC): -14.61%
- American Eagle Outfitters (AEO); American Eagle shares jump 4% on earnings and revenue beat: -14.65%
- Vicor (VICR): -11.5%
- Ivanhoe Electric (IE): -11.88%
- Uranium Energy Corp (UEC): -10.77%
- nLIGHT (LASR): -9.91%
- Unifirst (UNF); Cintas Corp. (CTAS) said to be near deal for UniFirst Corp (UNF) - Bloomberg: +16.59%
- StubHub (STUB); Wedbush downgrades StubHub stock rating on direct issuance concerns: -12.34%
Small-Cap Stock Movers (Market Cap $300 million - $2 billion USD)
- Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition (SES): -35.66%
- Cybin (HELP): -32.18%
- Lawson Products (DSGR); Distribution Solutions Group misses on revenue and earnings: -26.48%
- Grocery Outlet (GO); Grocery Outlet tumbles 23% on Q4 earnings miss, weak guidance amid consumer pressure: -26.87%
- Sabre Corp (SABR): -21.86%
- Wowo (CD): -21.33%
- Flame Acquisition (SOC): +31.07%
- Rotor Acquisition (PDYN): +28.4%
- Bctg Acquisition Corp (TNGX): +25.7%
- Halcon (BATL): +45.93%
These moves reflect a mix of analyst actions, corporate announcements and earnings-related headlines cited alongside transaction and issuance concerns. Some names moved on coverage changes and ratings actions while others reacted to dividend declarations, product launches, capital expenditures, or earnings results as noted above.
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