U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling around 400 points on Monday.

Shares of Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ:ASND) rose sharply on Monday.

On Sunday, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN) reached a binding settlement with Ascendis Pharma to resolve all global patent disputes regarding the medication Yuviwel.

Ascendis Pharma shares jumped 5.7% to $262.12 on Monday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

  • Titan Machinery Inc (NASDAQ:TITN) shares jumped 13.7% to $20.31. Titan Machinery recently reported mixed second-quarter financial results.
  • Air Global PLC (NASDAQ:AIIR) gained 13.1% to $8.45.
  • GeoPark Ltd (NYSE:GPRK) rose 10.5% to $10.86.
  • Standard Lithium Ltd (NYSE:SLI) gained 8.6% to $2.77. Standard Lithium and Equinor’s Smackover Lithium announced a binding 10-year take-or-pay offtake agreement with LG Energy Solution for 8,000 metric tonnes per year of battery-quality lithium carbonate from South West Arkansas Project.
  • Chagee Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:CHA) rose 8.4% to $11.71.
  • Blue Moon Metals Inc (NASDAQ:BMM) gained 7.7% to $6.05.
  • FinVolution Group (NYSE:FINV) rose 7.7% to $3.66.
  • Novavax Inc (NASDAQ:NVAX) gained 7% to $9.90.
  • X-Energy Inc (NASDAQ:XE) rose 6.8% to $18.40.
  • Roblox Corp (NYSE:RBLX) gained 6.7% to $41.10.
  • Standard Nuclear Inc (NYSE:STDN) climbed 5.7% to $14.90. RBC Capital analyst Christopher Dendrinos, on Friday, maintained Standard Nuclear with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $11 to $13.
  • Helmerich and Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) rose 5.4% to $44.84.
  • Science Applications International Corp (NYSE:SAIC) gained 3.5% to $130.42 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and raised its FY27 guidance.

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