Overview
Friday’s market action featured pronounced volatility across market-cap categories, with individual issuers showing double-digit moves in either direction. Gains for a subset of large technology names contrasted with deep pullbacks for other big-cap semiconductors, software firms and a number of miners. Small-cap names produced some of the session’s largest percentage swings.
Mega-Cap Movers (Market Cap: $200 billion USD or higher)
- KLA-Tencor Corp (KLAC); -13.58%
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); AMD quickly falls 5.1%; -5.13%
- Applied Materials Inc (AMAT); -3.84%
- Lam Research Corp (LRCX); -4.05%
- Tesla Motors (TSLA); Elon Musk’s SpaceX is said to consider merger with Tesla or xAI - Bloomberg; +4.6%
- Intel Corp (INTC); -2.88%
- American Express (AXP); American Express nearing deal for the last office tower at NYC’s WTC; -3.07%
- Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR); -2.75%
- Metropcs Communications (TMUS); +4.05%
- Facebook Inc (META); -2.81%
Large-Cap Stock Movers (Market Cap: $10-$200 billion USD)
- Unity Software Inc (U); -22.41%
- Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp (CDE); -14.41%
- Deckers Outdoor Corp (DECK); +16.83%
- Rocket Companies Inc (RKT); -13.22%
- Hecla Mining Comp (HL); -11.51%
- Applovin (APP); -12.49%
- AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (AU); -10.76%
- Roblox Corp (RBLX); -13.03%
- Newmont Mining (NEM); -9.52%
- Western Digital (WDC); -11.44%
Mid-Cap Stock Movers (Market Cap: $2-$10 billion USD)
- Pennymac Fnl Ser (PFSI); -31.1%
- Robert Half Intl (RHI); Robert Half shares surge after beating Q4 expectations; +28.42%
- Integrated Electr (IESC); IES Holdings shares fall 3% as Q1 earnings miss overshadows revenue beat; -21.01%
- Cavco Industries (CVCO); Cavco Industries shares slip 4% as Q3 earnings, revenue fall short of estimates; -17.18%
- Mudrick Capital A (HYMC); -15.37%
- Ivanhoe Electric Inc (IE); -12.46%
- Applied Opt (AAOI); +14.99%
- Aura Minerals NAQ (AUGO); -10.94%
- MSCI Global Gold Miners Fund (RING); -11.18%
- Buenaventura Mining (BVN); -10.32%
Small-Cap Stock Movers (Market Cap: $300 million - $2 billion USD)
- TechCreate (TCGL); +145.04%
- Red Rock Acquisition (NAMM); -28.85%
- Junee (SUPX); SuperX begins production at Japan supply center, secures orders; -22.24%
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX); Lexicon Pharmaceuticals launches public offering of common stock; -21.18%
- SLVR (SLVR); -15.63%
- WeShop Holdings Ltd (WSHP); -18.71%
- Vista Gold Corp (VGZ); -16.71%
- Solowin Holdings (AXG); -18.86%
- AXT Inc (AXTI); +17.7%
Session Notes
The session’s results were mixed across market-cap tiers: some mega-cap technology stocks posted losses, while a few large and mid-cap names recorded strong gains tied to earnings beats or corporate developments. Mining and resource-related issuers featured prominently among the decliners, and several small-cap issues produced outsized percentage moves both up and down.
Summary Takeaway
Investors saw a broad spectrum of moves with meaningful dispersion between winners and losers across sectors and market-cap ranges. Day-to-day volatility was driven by company-specific news such as potential corporate actions, quarterly results and other announcements.
Key points
- Technology names dominated both gainers and decliners, affecting mega-cap and large-cap indices.
- Mining and resource stocks registered several of the session’s steeper losses.
- Small-cap names produced some of the most extreme percentage moves, both positive and negative.
Risks and uncertainties
- Earnings results and related company announcements produced sharp reactions for mid-cap names such as IESC and CVCO, demonstrating potential for headline-driven volatility in the sector.
- Heavy losses among mining and exploration stocks suggest continued sensitivity in resource-linked equities to changing investor sentiment.