Gainers

  • Pyxis Tankers Inc. (NASDAQ: PXS shares jumped 41.11 percent to close at $5.32 on Friday, after the company announced it has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with a group of investors, which will result in gross proceeds of $4.8 million.
  • Sigma Designs Inc SIGM shares gained 23.21 percent to close at $6.90. Silicon Laboratories SLAB announced plans to buy Sigma Designs for $7.05 per share in cash.
  • Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. CKPT shares jumped 21.26 percent to close at $5.59.
  • Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. GALT shares gained 20.9 percent to close at $2.43 on Friday.
  • ForeScout Technologies, Inc. FSCT shares rose 20.37 percent to close at $27.65.
  • Remark Holdings, Inc. MARK climbed 19.30 percent to close at $8.84.
  • Contango Oil & Gas Company MCF shares rose 18.39 percent to close at $3.09.
  • Technical Communications Corporation TCCO shares gained 17.59 percent to close at $6.35.
  • ADOMANI, Inc. ADOM shares gained 17.24 percent to close at $3.74 on Friday.
  • China Rapid Finance Limited XRF shares rose 17.19 percent to close at $6.00.
  • Qudian Inc. QD shares climbed 15.38 percent to close at $13.65 on Friday.
  • Steadymed Ltd STDY surged 13.23 percent to close at $3.51 on Friday, after the company reported that no clinical trials were required for Trevyent and that the FDA had agreed to the pathway for the drug candidate's NDA resubmission.
  • Iteris, Inc. ITI climbed 14.12 percent to close at $6.95. Earlier in the week, Zacks Investment Research had upgraded the company from "Sell" to "Hold".
  • Science Applications International Corp SAIC surged 6.02 percent to close at $79.97 on Friday as the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter.
  • Technical Communications Corporation TCCO shares surged 17.59 percent to close at $6.35.
  • Radius Health, Inc. RDUS jumped 15.29 percent to close at $31.60 on Friday after the company provided an update on data from the Phase 1 005 clinical study of elacestrant in patients with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer during the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
  • ForeScout Technologies, Inc. FSCT gained 20.37 percent to close at $27.65 after the company reported its third quarter financial results.
  • Prana Biotechnology Limited PRAN jumped 8.62 percent to close at $3.3456, as the company announced a research collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceuticals to study the ability of movement disorders compound, PBT434 to slow or prevent neurodegeneration of the gastrointestinal system.
  • Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. CBIO gained 5.45 percent to close at $7.54 as the company announced the appointment of Arwa Shurrab and Jamie Ellen Siegel in its clinical hemophilia programs.
  • Cutera, Inc. CUTR gained 9.73 percent to close at $44.55. The company has announced the appointment of Ms. Sandra A. Gardiner as its Executive Vice-President and CFO.
  • Verastem Inc VSTM shares surged 9.07 percent to close at $4.33.

 


Losers

 

  • Aqua Metals Inc AQMS tumbled 24.71 percent to close at $1.98 after the company reported a common stock offering.
  • Veeco Instruments Inc. VECO shares dipped 18.77 percent to close at $11.90 on Friday as the company issued an update on patent litigation.
  • Tellurian Inc TELL dipped 17.85 percent to close at $9.85. Tellurian reported an 8 million share common stock offering.
  • Cancer Genetics, Inc. CGIX dropped 17.02 percent to close at $1.95 on Friday as the company announced a purchase price of $2.00 per unit for a registered direct offering of 3,500,000 units.
  • La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company LJPC dipped 15.03 percent to close at $27.25 after the company announced the start of a pivotal clinical study of its synthetic human hepcidin candidate in patients with transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia who have cardiac iron levels above normal.
  • Johnson Outdoors Inc. JOUT shares dropped 14.97 percent to close at $61.91 after the company reported Q4 results.
  • Vistagen Therapeutics Inc VTGN shares fell 11.33 percent to close at $1.80 on Friday after surging 12.78 percent on Thursday.
  • Neuralstem, Inc. CUR shares declined 10.71 percent to close at $2.00.
  • National Beverage Corp. FIZZ dipped 10.56 percent to close at $100.84 on Friday.
  • Xunlei Limited XNET shares fell 9.91 percent to close at $11.98.
  • IES Holdings, Inc. IESC dropped 9.84 percent to close at $16.95 after the company announced its fourth quarter results.
  • American Outdoor Brands Corp AOBC declined 9.51 percent to close at $13.51 after the company reported upbeat results for its second quarter, but issued weak third quarter and FY18 guidance.
  • Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc MRNS dropped 9.03 percent to close at $7.86 after gaining 4.2 percent in pre-market trading and jumping 39.58 percent on Thursday.
  • Fred's, Inc. FRED shares fell 8.42 percent to close at $3.75.
  • Party City Holdco Inc. PRTY fell 7.84 percent to close at $12.35. The company announced that certain stockholders intended to offer 10,000,000 shares of its common stock for sale.
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