10 Firms Kick Off Trading Week Stronger

The stock market began the trading week on a mixed note as investors continued to digest President Donald Trump’s new tariff agenda, with all economies expecting to be hit by import taxes.

Among all major indices, only the Nasdaq registered losses, down 0.14 percent. In contrast, the Dow Jones jumped by 1 percent while the S&P 500 grew by 0.55 percent.

Despite the broader market downturn, 10 individual stocks stood their ground, finishing the day in the green amid a flurry of fresh corporate developments that boosted investor appetite.

In this article, we named Monday’s top performers and detailed the reasons behind their gains.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and $5 million in trading volume.

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10. Warner Bros Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD)

Warner Bros saw its share prices grow by 3.47 percent on Monday to finish at $10.73 apiece as investors cheered news that it was officially replacing studio heads Mike de Luca and Pam Abdy following a series of box office flops.

According to a report by Bloomberg, WBD Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav is in talks with potential successors to de Luca and Abdy which triggered the box office failures of “Alto Knights,” “Mickey 17” and “Joker: Folie à Deux,” with the latter raking in only around $200 million following the first Joker’s $1 billion revenues.

De Luca and Abdy were expected to present Warner Bros’ upcoming film slate at the CinemaCon on Tuesday, where they were expected to roll out an ambitious 2025 that included pricey bets on filmmakers such as Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler, as well as a DC reboot with James Gunn’s “Superman.”

9. The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE:IPG)

Shares of The Interpublic Group of Companies rose by 3.31 percent on Monday to close at $27.16 apiece as investors resorted to bargain-hunting after being just 5 percent shy of its 52-week low.

IPG, a marketing and communications holding company, touched a 52-week intra-day low of $25.85 on March 18 and closed at its lowest price of $25.93 last Monday.

Its share performance was further dragged by a pessimistic outlook for the advertising agency this year due to a lack of economic visibility and a decline in consumer confidence that could drag marketing and advertising budgets over the short-term period.

IPG research unit Magna revised its US ads forecast on Wednesday, saying that it now expects US ad sales to rise by only 4.3 percent year-on-year to $397 billion as compared with 4.9 percent in 2025.