Top 10 Best-Performing US Stocks in August: Moderna Surges 156%, Palantir Leads AI Software Stocks
TradingKey - In August 2026, the upward momentum in US stocks broadened significantly. Moderna (MRNA) topped the S&P 500 constituents with a 156% gain, surging 375.9% year-to-date. Palantir (PLTR) followed closely behind, rising 51.5% in August, while enterprise software stocks as a whole extended their previous recovery.
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