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Shares of Workhorse Group Inc. surged 15.7% to $2.95 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 2.9% to 25,437.00 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.1% to 51,770.31.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Workhorse Group Inc. closed 77.2% below its 52-week high of $12.96, which the company achieved on November 25th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Tesla Inc. fell 0.9% to $399.81, General Motors Co. rose 2.0% to $87.40.

Trading volume totaled 5.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 180,811.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet