Palantir, Salesforce Lead Market Movers Amid Thursday's Stock Swings

Thursday's market saw significant swings in various stocks driven by news and other factors. Palantir Technologies and Salesforce were among the notable movers, while others like Alibaba-exch faced declines.

Mega-cap stocks made up some of the day's most notable moves, with Intel Corp increasing by 2.76%, Palantir Technologies rising by 4.72%, Avago Technologies growing by 3.47%, and Alibaba-exch falling by 3.76%.

Large-cap stocks also saw significant gains, including Okta Inc, which surged 12% on strong FY guidance as Q2 earnings and revenue topped estimates, and Salesforce Com, which rose by 21.73%. Other large-cap movers included Crowdstrike Holdings Inc, Veeva Sys Inc, MicroStrategy Inc, Jfrog Ltd, Rubrik, and Synopsys Inc.

Mid-cap stocks also made notable moves, with NVDL increasing by 17.06%, Tenable Holdings Inc rising by 13.46%, CF Acquisition Corp VI growing by 11.61%, Xometry increasing by 10.69%, SentinelOne rising by 10.78%, and Galena Biopharma growing by 10.66%.

Small-cap stocks also saw significant gains, including MSTU, which rose by 23.51%, Hyperliquid Strategies, which grew by 18.69%, Ooma Inc, which increased by 7% on Q2 earnings beat and upbeat guidance, NVDU, which rose by 16.94%, AdvisorShares Madrona Intl, which grew by 13.24%, and Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc, which fell 15% on weak guidance despite earnings beat.