U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 350 points on Thursday.
Shares of Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) rose sharply during Thursday's session after reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and FY26 outlook.
Hershey reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.71, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $1.40. Quarterly sales of $3.09 billion (+7% year over year) outpaced the Street view of $2.98 billion.
Hershey shares jumped 7.4% to $221.10 on Thursday.
Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.
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