31 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

  • Ferroglobe PLC GSM gained 18 percent to $8.055 after declining 3.12 percent on Wednesday.
  • Ascent Capital Group, Inc. ASCMA shares rose 18 percent to $2.8553.
  • GWG Holdings, Inc. GWGH shares jumped 13.6 percent to $11.4610.
  • China Rapid Finance Limited XRF shares rose 13.4 percent to $2.45 after surging 16.13 percent on Wednesday.
  • Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited BEDU gained 12.9 percent to $13.95 after the company disclosed Chairperson Huiyan Yang had purchased 450,000 ADSs.
  • Summit Therapeutics plc SMMT rose 12.5 percent to $2.30 after the company disclosed that it has been awarded an additional $12 million by the BARDA for Phase 3 development program of ridinilazole for the treatment of C. difficile infection.
  • Lifevantage Corporation LFVN rose 12.4 percent to $10.60 after reporting a big jump in earnings.
  • GreenSky, Inc. GSKY gained 12 percent to $17.82. Compass Point upgraded GreenSky from Neutral to Buy.
  • 58.com Inc. WUBA gained 11.9 percent to $65.56 after the company beat Q2 earnings estimates.
  • Walmart Inc WMT rose 9.6 percent to $98.92 after the company reported upbeat Q2 results and raised its FY19 earnings forecast.
  • Avalara, Inc. AVLR jumped 9.6 percent to $38.00. Goldman Sachs upgraded Avalara from Neutral to Buy.
  • Evoke Pharma, Inc. EVOK shares rose 9.1 percent to $2.520 after the company disclosed that its Gimoti NDA has been accepted for FDA review.
  • LSI Industries Inc. LYTS jumped 9.1 percent to $4.58 following upbeat Q4 results.
  • Symantec Corporation SYMC rose 7.2 percent to $19.89 after Starboard Value LP reported a 5.8 percent in the company.
  • Uxin Limited UXIN gained 5.9 percent to $5.57.
  • eHealth, Inc. EHTH rose 5.7 percent to $30.69. Chardan Capital initiated coverage on eHealth with a Buy rating.
  • CRISPR Therapeutics AG CRSP rose 5.3 percent to $49.54 after declining 1.67 percent on Wednesday.
  • Strongbridge Biopharma plc SBBP rose 4.5 percent to $5.28 after reporting termination of public offering of ordinary shares.
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO rose 3.5 percent to $45.40 after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter and issued strong first-quarter earnings guidance.

 

Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • Pain Therapeutics, Inc. PTIE shares dipped 49.7 percent to $0.987 after the company announced a $11.3 million direct offering with several institutional investors.
  • J. C. Penney Company, Inc. JCP shares dipped 22.8 percent to $1.86 after the company missed Q2 earnings estimates and issued weak 2018 EPS guidance.
  • SpartanNash Co SPTN fell 16.5 percent to $19.89 after the company reported downbeat earnings for its second quarter and issued weak FY18 earnings guidance.
  • Qiwi plc QIWI fell 15.1 percent to $13.30 after the company missed Q2 earnings estimates.
  • Xcel Brands, Inc. XELB declined 11.8 percent to $2.25.
  • Dillard's, Inc. DDS dropped 11.3 percent to $73.655 after the company reported mixed Q2 earnings results.
  • Arsanis, Inc. ASNS fell 10.4 percent to $1.98.
  • Renmin Tianli Group, Inc. ABAC tumbled 10.3 percent to $1.88.
  • IntriCon Corporation IIN shares fell 9.8 percent to $57.40. IntriCon priced its 1.5 million share offering of common stock at $55 per share.
  • Nanometrics Incorporated NANO shares fell 8.9 percent to $41.20 after DA Davidson downgraded the stock to Neutral.
  • Global Net Lease Inc GNL fell 6.4 percent to $20.68. Global Net Lease priced its 4 million share offering at $20.65 per share.
  • Elbit Systems Ltd. ESLT fell 6 percent to $115.43 after reporting Q2 results.
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