40 Stocks Moving In Wednesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. TBLT shares surged 212 percent to $3.90 after the company announced it launched sales with Menards.
• CTI Industries Corporation CTIB gained 21.6 percent to $3.55 after Chairman John H. Schwan disclosed a 27 % stake in the company.
• Resonant Inc. RESN shares jumped 16.7 percent to $2.6495.
• First Data Corporation FDC climbed 16.5 percent to $20.44 after Fiserv Inc FISV announced plans to buy the company in an all-stock transaction for equity value of $22 billion.
• Aspen Aerogels, Inc. ASPN shares rose 16 percent to $2.84.
• Cardlytics, Inc. CDLX gained 15.1 percent to $18.83 on continued strength after the company on Monday issued strong Q4 sales guidance.
• Mercer International Inc. MERC shares surged 15 percent to $13.49. Mercer International will replace Green Dot in the S&P SmallCap 600 on Friday, January 18.
• CLPS Incorporation CLPS gained 14.5 percent to $6.15 after the company reported that its blockchain passed university testing.
• Ability Inc. ABIL rose 14.1 percent to $2.35 after surging 11.35 percent on Tuesday.
• Spirit MTA REIT SMTA shares gained 13.6 percent to $8.25 after the company reported it is accelerating its strategic plan.
• Microbot Medical Inc MBOT shares rose 13.3 percent to $10.28 after falling 7.25 percent on Tuesday.
• Maxwell Technologies, Inc. MXWL shares jumped 13.3 percent to $2.64.
• Orion Energy Systems, Inc OESX rose 12.2 percent to $1.0100 after the company secured a letter of intent for an $11 million LED retrofit contract.
• BEST Inc. BSTI shares gained 11.9 percent to $5.27.
• Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. INNT shares rose 11.5 percent to $2.4422.
• Attis Industries, Inc. ATIS shares rose 10.1 percent to $0.2698 after the company announced a collaboration with Novozymes to provide Bio-Technology for Ethanol Production at its biorefineries.
• Inpixon INPX gained 9.4 percent to $2.55 after the company reported a collaboration with SAS to deliver advanced analytics for IoT.
• Altimmune, Inc. ALT rose 8.4 percent to $2.9700 after gaining 3.01 percent on Tuesday.
• United Continental Holdings, Inc. UAL rose 7.6 percent to $87.35 after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter on Tuesday.
• ViewRay, Inc. VRAY shares rose 7 percent to $7.52. Guggenheim initiated coverage on ViewRay with a Buy rating.
• Bank of America Corporation BAC rose 6.4 percent to $28.23 after the bank reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter.
• Century Aluminum Company CENX gained 5.6 percent to $8.61.
• Cosan Ltd CZZ gained 5.2 percent to $10.36. Morgan Stanley upgraded Cosan from Equal-Weight to Overweight.

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Losers

• Aptinyx Inc. APTX shares dipped 71.5 percent to $5.07 after the company's phase 2 clinical study of NYX-2925 missed its primary endpoint.
• Kitov Pharma Ltd KTOV fell 23.2 percent to $2.15 after gaining 169.23 percent on Tuesday.
• Electronics For Imaging, Inc. EFII fell 16.4 percent to $22.72 after the company lowered its guidance for the quarter.
• VirnetX Holding Corp VHC shares dropped 14 percent to $5.45.
• IAMGOLD Corporation IAG shares fell 11.5 percent to $3.1699.
• NF Energy Saving Corporation NFEC shares declined 10.7 percent to $12.83.
• Snap Inc. SNAP fell 10.4 percent to $5.86 after CFO Tim Stone announced intention to resign.
• CHF Solutions, Inc. CHFS shares dipped 7.9 percent to $10.30. CHF Solutions reported two new patent filings for innovations to Aquadex FlexFlow system.
• Nordstrom, Inc. JWN declined 7.5 percent to $43.75. Nordstrom reported a 1.3 percent year-over-year rise in its holiday comps. The company expects FY18 adjusted earnings of $3.55-$3.65 per share at low end of range.
• Adient plc ADNT shares fell 6.9 percent to $17.06 after reporting preliminary results for its first quarter.
• Revance Therapeutics Inc RVNC fell 6.6 percent to $18.86 after reporting a $100-million common stock offering.
• Fiserv, Inc. FISV fell 6.6 percent to $70.09 after the company announced plans to buy First Data in an all-stock transaction for equity value of $22 billion.
• Pearson plc PSO fell 6.4 percent to $11.81 after reporting a 5 percent drop in revenue at a key U.S. business.
• Hexindai Inc. HX fell 6.4 percent to $2.6406 after rising 6.02 percent on Tuesday.
• Hudson Ltd. HUD shares declined 6.1 percent to $13.14 after Bank of America downgraded the from Buy to Neutral.
• Embraer S.A. ERJ dropped 4.8 percent to $22.28 after the company cut FY18 sales guidance.
• PG&E Corporation PCG fell 4.2 percent to $6.62 after dropping 17.54 percent on Tuesday.