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U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points on Friday.

Shares of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRNX) rose sharply during Friday's session after the FDA approved PALSONIFY.

Also, Baird and JMP Securities raised their respective price targets on the stock.

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals shares jumped 23.7% to $44.41 on Friday.

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

• Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST) gained 21.2% to $6.38.
• Perpetua Resources Corp. (NASDAQ: PPTA) rose 18% to $22.43 after the company issued an update today on its ongoing efforts to help secure the American antimony supply chain.
• Robo.ai Inc. (NASDAQ: AIIO) gained 14% to $2.77.
• Quantum Computing Inc. (NASDAQ: QUBT) rose 13% to $23.15.
• SkyWater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYT) shares jumped 12% to $17.23.
• Scholar Rock Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SRRK) surged 10.8% to $38.23. Scholar Rock Holding recently announced that the FDA issued a Complete Response Letter for the apitegromab Biologics License Application for the treatment of patients with spinal muscular atrophy.
• Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (NYSE: ASM) gained 9.2% to $5.24.
• New Found Gold Corp. (NYSE: NFGC) shares rose 9.1% to $2.3347. New Found Gold confirmed at-surface high-grade core in Iceberg Excavation Channel Sampling Program.
• Gorilla Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: GRRR) gained 7% to $20.10. Gorilla Technology recently signed a three-year $1.4 billion deal to build AI data centers in Southeast Asia.
• BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB) rose 6.6% to $4.9596 after the company reported second-quarter EPS and sales above estimates and raised its FY2026 adjusted EPS guidance.
• Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS) rose 6.6% to $247.84.

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