Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Centessa Pharmaceuticals, Agios Pharmaceuticals And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Tuesday

by | Mar 31, 2026 | General

U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 600 points on Tuesday.

Shares of Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:APLS) rose sharply during Tuesday’s session after the company announced that it will be acquired by Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) for $41 per share.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals shares jumped 136.4% to $40.40 on Tuesday.

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

  • Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC – ADR (NASDAQ:CNTA) gained 45.7% to $40.18 after the company announced that it will be acquired by Eli Lilly for as much as $47 per share.
  • Annexon Inc (NASDAQ:ANNX) gained 19.5% to $5.92 following fourth-quarter earnings.
  • Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AGIO) shares jumped 16.3% to $34.44 after the company announced that it will pursue accelerated FDA approval for mitapivat, an oral pyruvate kinase activator in sickle cell disease, following completion of its pre-supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) meeting.
  • Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FULC) gained 15.2% to $7.58.
  • Scholar Rock Holding Corp (NASDAQ:SRRK) gained 14.3% to $49.23 after the company announced resubmission of its Biologics License Application for apitegromab for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy to the FDA, with an expected PDUFA date in late September 2026.
  • Alkermes Plc (NASDAQ:ALKS) rose 12.8% to $34.02.
  • Wave Life Sciences Ltd (NASDAQ:WVE) gained 12.8% to $7.48 after a Form 4 filing showed that a Director purchased 8.8 million shares at $6.23 per share on behalf of RA Capital Management.
  • Perimeter Solutions Inc (NYSE:PRM) gained 11.7% to $23.76.
  • Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (NASDAQ:PRAX) gained 10% to $304.09 after the FDA accepted for priority review the company’s New Drug Application for relutrigine, for the treatment of SCN2A and SCN8A developmental and epileptic encephalopathies.
  • Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) rose 9.1% to $58.10.
  • Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:HYMC) gained 8.6% to $33.08 as precious metals rebound and geopolitical headlines shift market sentiment.
  • Navan Inc (NASDAQ:NAVN) gained 8.4% to $13.00.
  • JFrog Ltd (NASDAQ:FROG) jumped 8% to $46.20.
  • Kymera Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KYMR) gained 7.6% to $85.56.
  • Marvell Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MRVL) rose 7.4% to $94.38 after NVIDIA announced a partnership with and a $2 billion investment in the company to connect it to the NVIDIA AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem through NVIDIA NVLink Fusion.
  • Erasca Inc (NASDAQ:ERAS) gained 6.2% to $15.87.

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