Shares of Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) are surging on Thursday. The company's stock gained 6.5% as of 3:40 p.m. ET. The S&P 500 was up by 1.7% while the Nasdaq Composite's had jumped 2.3% higher.
Palantir is a Colorado-based IT firm that develops software products offering solutions such as big data analytics and customer intelligence for businesses.