36 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ADIL shares climbed 37 percent to $2.78 after the company announced it would expand its alcohol abuse treatment into the opioid abuse market.
• Yulong Eco-Materials Limited YECO surged 31.6 percent to $5.87 after the company acquired Michelangelo's Pieta for $75M worth of Yulong shares.
• Qudian Inc. QD rose 21.9 percent to $6.41 after the company issued 2019 guidance and reported a $300 million new share repurchase program.
• Vince Holding Corp. VNCE gained 17.9 percent to $11.97 after reporting Q3 results.
• Concrete Pumping Holdings Acquisition Corp. BBCP surged 16.5 percent to $9.90.
• Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. KZR jumped 15.7 percent to $33.89.
• MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. MTSL shares rose 13.5 percent to $2.0652 after regaining compliance with the NASDAQ.
• Ecology & Environment, Inc. EEI gained 12.2 percent to $11.50.
• Ciena Corporation CIEN rose 10.6 percent to $35.56 after the company reported upbeat Q4 earnings and announced a new $500 million share repurchase program.
• DAVIDsTEA Inc. DTEA shares rose 10.6 percent to $2.08 after gaining 5.59 percent on Wednesday.
• General Electric Company GE rose 9.9 percent to $7.37 after the company announced the launch of a new $1.2 billion Industrial IoT software company and agreed to sell majority stake in ServiceMax to Silver Lake. JP Morgan upgraded the stock from Underweight to Neutral and announced a $6 target.
• Qutoutiao Inc. QTT jumped 9.6 percent to $4.93.
• Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. AKBA gained 8.8 percent to $9.73.
• Planet Green Holdings Corp. PLAG climbed 7.2 percent to $3.15.
• Nordson Corporation NDSN gained 5.8 percent to $118.60 following Q4 results.
• Aflac Incorporated AFL rose 5.6 percent to $45.28. Aflac confirmed that it has engaged in discussions with Japan Post Holdings related to potential minority investment in company.
• New Age Beverages Corporation NBEV rose 5.4 percent to $6.34 on the back of the House vote on the 2018 Farm bill that lifted hemp and CBD stocks.

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Losers

• Applied Genetic Technologies Corp AGTC dropped 44.4 percent to $3.65 after reporting the company’s gene delivery platform did not show signs of clinical activity and Biogen terminated their collaboration agreement.
• Tailored Brands, Inc. TLRD fell 29.7 percent to $14.16. Tailored Brands reported upbeat earnings for its third quarter, while sales missed estimates. The company cut FY18 adjusted EPS guidance. The company also announced it received notification from a significant U.S. customer of a decision not to renew an existing agreement in 2019.
• Fred's, Inc. FRED shares fell 28 percent to $1.8150. Fred's reported a Q3 loss of $0.83 per share on sales of $306.413 million.
• Limelight Networks, Inc. LLNW fell 25.4 percent to $2.3954 after the company issued weak FY18 guidance.
• Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MRNS shares fell 17.6 percent to $3.47. Marinus Pharmaceuticals priced its 12 million share public offering of common stock at $3.75 per share.
• VBI Vaccines Inc VBIV fell 15.7 percent to $1.40. VBI Vaccines priced its 26.8 million share offering at $1.40 per share.
• Tocagen Inc. TOCA fell 15.1 percent to $9.54 after pricing a 3 million share offering at $10 per share.
• LogicBio Therapeutics, Inc. LOGC dropped 14.7 percent to $10.58.
• Zedge, Inc. ZDGE dipped 12.2 percent to $2.3001.
• Regulus Therapeutics Inc RGLS shares fell 10.7 percent to $1.3668 after reporting a $20 million common stock offering.
• NF Energy Saving Corporation NFEC fell 9.9 percent to $19.86 after rising 7.78 percent on Wednesday.
• NRC Group Holdings Corp. NRCG dropped 9.3 percent to $7.15.
• FAT Brands Inc. FAT fell 9.2 percent to $4.97.
• NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. NCSM declined 9.2 percent to $6.04.
• Net Element, Inc. NETE dipped 9.1 percent to $7.18.
• Oxford Industries Inc OXM fell 7.6 percent to $69.11 after the company reported downbeat results for its third quarter and issued weak fourth quarter sales guidance.
• FireEye Inc FEYE dropped 6.2 percent to $18.32. Morgan Stanley downgraded FireEye from Overweight to Equal-Weight.
• Alkermes Plc ALKS dipped 5.6 percent to $33.52 after Credit Suisse lowered its rating on the stock from outperform to underperform and lowered its price target from $47 to $31.
• National Beverage Corp. FIZZ fell 5 percent to $80.04 after UBS announced a sell rating on the stock.