U.S. stocks were higher, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 200 points on Thursday.

Shares of Accelerant Holdings (NYSE:ARX) rose sharply after the specialty insurance company agreed to be acquired by Thoma Bravo and reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2026 results.

Second-quarter revenue rose sharply from $219.1 million a year earlier. Exchange Written Premium increased 23% year over year to $1.32 billion, while Third-Party Direct Written Premium accounted for 47% of Exchange Written Premium volume.

Accelerant Holdings shares jumped 44.2% to $19.58 on Thursday.

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

• Omeros Corp (NASDAQ:OMER) gained 25.2% to $17.17 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.
• CorMedix Inc (NASDAQ:CRMD) surged 23.6% to $8.78 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results.
• Hyliion Holdings Corp (NYSE:HYLN) gained 18.5% to $4.61. Northland Capital Markets analyst Ted Jackson upgraded Hyliion from Market Perform to Outperform and announced a $10 price target.
• Birkenstock Holding PLC (NYSE:BIRK) climbed 16.2% to $42.63 after the company reported upbeat third-quarter sales results and affirmed its FY26 sales guidance above estimates.
• Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:AVAH) gained 14.4% to $10.35 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.
• Kura Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:KURA) climbed 13.5% to $11.28 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly EPS results.
• BBB Foods Inc (NYSE:TBBB) gained 12.8% to $47.78 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly sales results.
• Bullish (NYSE:BLSH) rose 11.6% to $27.47 following second-quarter results.
• X-Energy Inc (NASDAQ:XE) climbed 10.8% to $22.56 following quarterly results.
• EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) rose 9% to $203.60 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results. Also, the company increased its quarterly dividend.
• Shift4 Payments Inc (NYSE:FOUR) gained 8.7% to $47.74.
• McGraw Hill Inc (NYSE:MH) rose 8.6% to $12.60 following upbeat quarterly results.
• Rum Group Inc (NASDAQ:RUM) shares surged 7.3% to $8.10.
• CoreWeave Inc (NASDAQ:CRWV) gained 7% to $115.24.

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