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Quanex Building Products, Concrete Pumping, SanDisk And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday
U.S. stocks mostly fell, but Quanex surged 16.6% after beating earnings and sales estimates; Reading, BBCP, Astera Labs and others also gained.
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