Facebook Up Over 6%, Best Performer in the Nasdaq 100 So Far Today -- Data Talk

Facebook, Inc. Class A (FB) is currently at $206.60, up $12.41 or 6.39%

-- Would be highest close since Feb. 21, 2020, when it closed at $210.18

-- On pace for largest percent increase since April 22, 2020, when it rose 6.72%

-- Earlier Thursday, fourteen firms raised their price target for Facebook, Benzinga reported

-- On Wednesday, Facebook reported strong growth in the first quarter despite disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to a swell in homebound users, and said ad sales stabilized in recent weeks

-- Currently up two consecutive days; up 12.95% over this period

-- Best two day stretch since the two days ending Jan. 31, 2019, when it rose 15.6%

-- Up 23.86% month-to-date; on pace for best month since Jan. 2019, when it rose 27.16%

-- Up 0.66% year-to-date

-- Down 7.45% from its all-time closing high of $223.23 on Jan. 29, 2020

-- Traded as high as $209.69; highest intraday level since Feb. 21, 2020, when it hit $214.24

-- Up 7.98% at today's intraday high; largest intraday percent increase since April 22, 2020, when it rose as much as 8.19%

-- Third best performer in the S&P 500 today

-- Best performer in the Nasdaq 100 today

-- Third most active stock in the Nasdaq 100 today

All data as of 10:19:19 AM

Source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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April 30, 2020 10:43 ET (14:43 GMT)

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