Fastenal Posts Better-Than-Expected Sales, Joins Simulations Plus, Certara And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday

U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index dipping over 250 points on Friday.

Shares of Fastenal Company FAST rose sharply during Thursday's session following better-than-expected first-quarter sales.

Fastenal on Friday reported first-quarter 2025 revenue of $1.959 billion, a 3.4% year-over-year increase and slightly above the $1.95 billion consensus estimate. Adjusting for one less selling day and the absence of Good Friday in March, net daily sales grew 5.0%.

Fastenal shares jumped 3.3% to $78.31 on Friday.

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

CeriBell, Inc. CBLL shares jumped 30.3% to $14.52.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RXRX gained 28% to $5.77.
Simulations Plus, Inc. SLP rose 19.3% to $30.72. The stock may be moving up after the FDA stated plans to phase out animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies and other drugs.
Zai Lab Limited ZLAB gained 16.2% to $28.26.
Absci Corporation ABSI rose 15.2% to $2.8300.
Schrödinger, Inc. SDGR gained 13.6% to $21.84.
Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited RGC jumped 13.55% to $32.07.
Certara, Inc. CERT rose 12.6% to $11.84. Baird analyst Joe Vruwink maintained Certara with a Neutral and raised the price target from $9 to $13.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. DNA gained 12% to $8.18.
BeiGene, Ltd. ONC gained 10.6% to $230.00.
Newsmax, Inc. NMAX gained 10.6% to $28.11.
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU rose 8.5% to $42.15.
Amarin Corporation plc AMRN jumped 7.6% to $9.72.