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Carnival Posts Strong Q4 Earnings, Joins Amicus Therapeutics, Biomarin Pharmaceutical And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday

Benzinga·12/19/2025 17:07:09
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U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 250 points on Friday.

Shares of Carnival PLC (NYSE:CUK) rose sharply during Thursday's session after the company announced better-than-expected fourth-quarter adjusted EPS results and issuedFY26 adjusted EPS guidance above estimates.

Carnival shares jumped 16.3% to $30.61 on Friday.

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

  • NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSE:NBY) shares jumped 45.1% to $4.28.
  • Intuitive Machines Inc (NASDAQ:LUNR) gained 31.9% to $14.31 after Keybanc initiated coverage on the stock with an Overweight rating and announced a $20 price target.
  • Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOLD) jumped 30.6% to $14.22 after the company announced it will be acquired by BioMarin.
  • Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (NASDAQ:BMRN) gained 20.4% to $62.52. BioMarin agreed to acquire Amicus Therapeutics for a total equity value of about $4.8 billion.
  • CoreWeave Inc (NASDAQ:CRWV) surged 19.7% to $81.07. The company announced it joined the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.
  • Firefly Aerospace Inc (NASDAQ:FLY) gained 18.8% to $23.84. Keybanc analyst Michael Leshock initiated coverage on Firefly Aerospace with a Sector Weight rating.
  • Rezolve AI PLC (NASDAQ:RZLV) gained 18.6% to $2.61. HC Wainwright & Co. analyst Scott Buck reiterated Rezolve AI with a Buy and maintained a $10 price target.
  • Evommune Inc (NYSE:EVMN) surged 15.8% to $17.38.
  • Edgewise Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:EWTX) gained 13.7% to $24.05.
  • Centrus Energy Corp (NYSE:LEU) gained 13.4% to $260.56.
  • Applied Digital Corp (NASDAQ:APLD) jumped 12.2% to $26.81.
  • Bloom Energy Corp (NYSE:BE) gained 11.4% to $89.40.
  • Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) jumped 11.4% to $19.48.
  • Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MIRM) jumped 10.7% to $77.92 after the company announced a $68.5 million private placement agreement with TCGX. Also, Citizens raised its price target on the stock from $95 to $140.
  • Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ:DJT) surged 10.7% to $16.45.
  • Rivian Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:RIVN) gained 9.6% to $22.24. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives maintained Rivian Automotive with an Outperform and raised the price target from $16 to $25.
  • Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) rose 9.2% to $33.79. Moderna recently announced that CEPI would invest up to $54.3 million to help advance Moderna’s H5 pandemic influenza vaccine candidate to licensure.

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