34 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Rite Aid Corporation RAD jumped 25.1% to $9.67 after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its second quarter.
• Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc MRNS shares climbed 24.8% to $1.7093 after the company announced all patients in the Ganaxolone Phase 2 Refractory Status Epilepticus trial met the primary endpoint.
• SAExploration Holdings, Inc. SAEX gained 23.6% to $2.2368 after the company was awarded a $28 million ocean-bottom marine project.
• Sonim Technologies, Inc. SONM shares rose 14.1% to $3.2632.
• Beyond Meat, Inc. BYND shares gained 11.2% to $153.75 after McDonalds announced it will be testing Beyond Meat's plant-based burger in Southwestern Ontario.
• Euronav NV EURN rose 7.6% to $9.16.
• Scorpio Tankers Inc. STNG gained 7.4% to $29.31.
• MoneyGram International, Inc. MGI rose 7.1% to $4.5450.
• Ardmore Shipping Corporation ASC gained 5.9% to $6.89.
• Semtech Corporation SMTC shares rose 5.7% to $50.03.
• Contango Oil & Gas Company MCF shares surged 5.6% to $2.28.

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Losers

• BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. BTAI shares tumbled 17.8% to $8.06. BioXcel Therapeutics priced 2.303 million share common stock offering at $8.255 per share.
• Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ENTA dropped 15.6% to $60.11. Enanta Pharmaceuticals announced topline results from the Phase 2a ARGON-1 study that evaluated its EDP-305 for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, which showed that the study met the primary endpoint, with a statistically significant ALT reduction of 28 U/L in the EDP-305, 2.5mg arm compared to 15 U/L in the placebo arm at week 12. JP Morgan downgraded the company from Neutral to Underweight and lowered the price target from $86 to $57.
• Pearson plc PSO shares dropped 14% to $9.12 after the company announced it now expects adjusted operating profit in 2019 to be at the bottom of the guidance range of £590M - £640M and adjusted EPS at the bottom of the guidance range of 57.5P to 63.0P.
• Actuant Corporation ATU fell 13.8% to $21.32 after the company reported Q4 results and issued weak Q1 forecast.
• Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. ARCT dropped 13.4% to $11.21 after the company announced a $9.8 million registered direct offering of common stock.
• Eros International Plc EROS dipped 12% to $2.4925 after the company announced it is in connection with a registered direct offering of $27.5 million of senior convertible notes due 2020 for gross proceeds of $25 million. The company intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
• Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. SCHN dipped 12% to $19.41 after the company warned Thursday that the markets for recycled metals have weakened in the fourth quarter, including a marked deterioration in August and a continued decline expected in September. Schnitzer guided to adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of 38-43 cents per share, missing a 55-cent Street estimate.
• UroGen Pharma Ltd. URGN shares declined 10.6% to $24.55.
• Yuma Energy, Inc. YUMA fell 10% to $3.4482 following a build in US crude inventories as well as continued Saudi progress in restoring production following September 14 attacks.
• GTT Communications, Inc. GTT dropped 9.6% to $8.75.
• Plus Therapeutics, Inc. PSTV tumbled 9.4% to $3.0987.
• Sundial Growers Inc. SNDL dropped 9.3% to $5.09.
• Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. XOG fell 9.1% to $2.7630.
• FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS dropped 9.1% to $246.45 after the company issued FY20 EPS guidance below consensus estimates.
• Carnival Corporation & Plc CUK shares fell 8.7% to $42.40 after the company cut its FY19 EPS guidance below analyst estimates.
• Gossamer Bio, Inc. GOSS dropped 8.7% to $16.69.
• Comstock Resources, Inc. CRK dipped 8.3% to $7.69.
• Dynavax Technologies Corporation DVAX dipped 8.3% to $3.88.
• SMART Global Holdings, Inc. SGH fell 7.9% to $25.52.
• Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR fell 7.4% to $1.935.
• Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. PLYM fell 5.5% to $18.29 after the company announced a 3 million common stock offering.
• Ctrip.com International, Ltd. CTRP fell 5% to $30.57 after the company announces proposed 31.3 million share secondary offering of its American depositary shares.
• HB Fuller Co FUL shares fell 4% to $45.67 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 EPS and sales results. The company also issued FY19 EPS guidance below analyst estimates.