These 10 Companies Led Tuesday’s Charge

5. DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD)

Shares of DuPont increased by 6.85 percent on Tuesday, a second consecutive day, to end at $81.48 apiece as investor sentiment was buoyed by an optimistic business outlook for 2025.

In a statement on Tuesday, DD reported mixed results for its fourth quarter and full-year 2024 performance. In the past quarter, attributable net income rose 50 percent to $12 million from the $8 million registered in the same period last year, as net sales increased by 6.7 percent to $3.09 billion from $2.898 billion in the same quarter.

Meanwhile, attributable net income for the full year decreased 10 percent to $35 million from $39 million, despite net sales increasing by 2.6 percent to $12.386 billion from $12.068 billion year-on-year.

“I am pleased with our solid fourth-quarter results which capped off a strong year of financial performance and we look to carry this momentum into 2025,” said DD CFO Antonella Franzen.

DD also projected net sales for the first quarter of the year to settle at $3.025 billion, as well as operating EBITDA of about $760 million and adjusted EPS of approximately $0.95 per share.