40 Stocks Moving In Monday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

  • Minerva Neurosciences Inc NERV climbed 48.9% to $6.30 after the company announced that its Phase 2B trial for the clinical trial of Seltorexant achieved its primary and key secondary objectives.
  • PCM, Inc. PCMI shares gained 42.5% to $34.73 after Insight announced plans to acquire PCM for $35 per share.
  • VivoPower International PLC VVPR rose 34.2% to $1.3690 after the company announced new international parties have engaged in the company's solar portfolio sale. The company also announced additional contracts relating to solar farms and data centers.
  • Krystal Biotech Inc KRYS climbed 26.5% to $36.87 after the company announced positive results from its Phase 2 clinical trial of KB103 and received regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation from FDA.
  • NRC Group Holdings Corp NRCG shares rose 24.6% to $11.00 after US Ecology, Inc. ECOL announced plans to acquire NRC Group for $12 per share in US Ecology stock.
  • Technical Communications Corporation TCCO rose 18.2% to $4.15. Technical Communications completed restatement of prior financial statements and filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2018.
  • Del Frisco's Restaurant Group Inc DFRG shares climbed 16.8% to $7.86 after the company announced it will be acquired by L Catterton for $8 per share.
  • Caesars Entertainment Corporation CZR rose 15% to $11.49 after the company announced it will be acquired by Eldorado Resorts for $8.50 per share in cash plus 0.0899 share of Eldorado common stock.
  • Rudolph Technologies, Inc. RTEC gained 9.3% to $27.36 after the company announced a merger with Nanometrics Incorporated NANO.
  • Moxian, Inc. MOXC gained 9.3% to $2.83.
  • Tailored Brands, Inc. TLRD shares rose 8.2% to $6.01. Tailored Brands declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share.
  • Prevail Therapeutics Inc. PRVL shares surged 8.1% to $15.68.
  • Harrow Health, Inc. HROW shares rose 8% to $7.50.
  • Qudian Inc. QD shares jumped 7.8% to $8.81 on continued momentum after the company raised its FY19 guidance.
  • MediWound Ltd. MDWD gained 7.7% to $3.23.
  • CEL-SCI Corporation CVM jumped 7.7% to $8.65.
  • Mesoblast Limited MESO rose 7.1% to $5.00 after the company’s heart failure cell therapy received Orphan Drug designation from the FDA for prevention of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist devices.
  • Riot Blockchain, Inc. RIOT rose 6.2% to $2.92 after surging 5.77% on Friday.
  • Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc CNCE climbed 6.1% to $11.57 after SunTrust Robinson Humphrey initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and a price target of $30 per share.
  • Waitr Holdings Inc WTRH gained 4.8% to $5.78 after RBC Capital initiated coverage on the stock with an Outperform rating and a $10 price target.
  • Morphosys Ag MOR gained 4.6% to $26.20 after the company presented primary analysis data for its L-MIND study for Tafasitamab.
  • Palatin Technologies, Inc. PTN climbed 3.5% to $1.3856 after the FDA granted marketing approval to AMAG Pharmaceuticals' Vyleesi, triggering a $60 million milestone payment to Palatin under its North American license agreement with AMAG .


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • The Peck Company, Inc. PECK shares tumbled 23% to $8.54 after falling 34.9% on Friday.
  • Pier 1 Imports, Inc. PIR dropped 21.9% to $8.85 after dropping 23.5% on Friday. Pier 1 Imports announced a 1-for-20 reverse stock split Wednesday to regain compliance with New York Stock Exchangelisting standards. The company’s board of directors formally authorized a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of Pier 1’s common stock effective Thursday.
  • Avinger, Inc. AVGR shares declined 17.4% to $3.45.
  • 360 Finance, Inc. QFIN dropped 15.1% to $11.71 after the company announced a proposed follow-on public offering of 7.5 million American depositary shares.
  • Axovant Gene Therapies Ltd. AXGT dipped 10.6% to $6.13.
  • Seadrill Limited SDRL shares fell 10.6% to $3.54.
  • Precision BioSciences, Inc. DTIL dropped 10.3% to $13.21.
  • Affimed N.V. AFMD shares declined 9.8% to $3.0750 after announcing clinical data update on lead product candidate AFM13 in CD30+ lymphoma at the ICML 2019.
  • OncoCyte Corporation OCX shares dropped 9.7% to $3.89.
  • GTT Communications, Inc. GTT shares tumbled 9.5% to $20.68.
  • Beyond Meat, Inc. BYND fell 9.3% to $139.88 after dropping 6.68% on Friday.
  • uniQure N.V. QURE dropped 8.9% to $74.88.
  • Greenlane Holdings, Inc. GNLN dipped 8.9% to $9.40.
  • Allena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALNA shares fell 8.7% to $4.2559.
  • Eldorado Resorts, Inc. ERI fell 8.4% to $46.92 after the company announced it will acquire Caesars Entertainment for $8.50 per share and 0.0899 share of common stock. The company also announced to sell the land of 3 casino properties to VICI Properties for $3.
  • Akerna Corp. KERN fell 8.3% to $24.81 after falling 25.99% on Friday.
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company BMY fell 6.9% to $45.95 after the company announced its CheckMate -459 study evaluating Opdivo did not reach its primary endpoint and announced plans to sell OTEZLA to help ease FTC concerns regarding its acquisition of Celgene.
  • Celgene Corporation CELG fell 4.6% to $94.33 after the company announced it continues to receive FTC concerns regarding the pending merger with Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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