U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling around 200 points on Friday.

Shares of Argan, Inc. AGX rose sharply during Friday's session following a fourth-quarter EPS and revenue beat.

Argan reported quarterly earnings of $2.22 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.15 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $232.474 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $197.500 million.

Argan shares jumped 29.6% to $149.39 on Friday.

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

• KULR Technology Group, Inc. KULR gained 16.7% to $1.7050 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly sales results.
• Abacus Global Management, Inc. ABL rose 15.8% to $8.28 following strong quarterly sales.
• TMC the metals company Inc. TMC shares surged 14.7% to $1.95 following strong quarterly earnings
• W. R. Berkley Corporation WRB gained 14.2% to $75.70 after Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance announced that it is planning to acquire a 15% stake in the company.
• Braze, Inc. BRZE shares rose 13% to $41.54 as the company posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results after Thursday's closing bell.
• CureVac N.V. CVAC gained 10.7% to $3.10 after the company announced it received a positive validity decision from the European Patent Office in its litigation against BioNTech SE.
• Ascentage Pharma Group Internat AAPG gained 9.3% to $22.07.
• Zai Lab Limited ZLAB rose 9.3% to $39.73.
• Aeva Technologies, Inc. AEVA rose 8% to $6.89.
• Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited HMY climbed 7.8% to $13.85.

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