Gainers

  • Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. HEPA shares climbed 43.2% to close at $3.58 on Thursday after the company announced the publication of a research article, "A Pan-Cyclophilin Inhibitor, CRV431, Decreases Fibrosis and Tumor Development in Chronic Liver Disease Models," in the peer-reviewed Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
  • Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. SES rose 26.9% to close at $9.20 after surging 12.24% on Wednesday.
  • Assembly Biosciences, Inc. ASMB jumped 22% to close at $15.51 after the company announced Wednesday safety and antiviral activity of core inhibitor candidates in the treatment of chronic Hep B to be featured in a late breaking session at the AASLD.
  • Limelight Networks, Inc. LLNW shares rose 20.2% to close at $3.75 after reporting Q3 results.
  • Future FinTech Group Inc. FTFT shares surged 19.7% to close at $0.88 on Thursday after the company announced it regained compliance with Nasdaq periodic filing requirement.
  • Francesca's Holdings Corporation FRAN gained 19% to close at $20.52 on seemingly no company-specific news. The stock has rallied approximately 52% over the past 17 trading sessions.
  • HEXO Corp. HEXO climbed 17% to close at $2.89.
  • Endo International plc ENDP rose 16.1% to close at $4.83.
  • Castor Maritime Inc. CTRM gained 14.6% to close at $3.84 after announcing vessel acquisition.
  • Clovis Oncology, Inc. CLVS rose 14.4% to close at $3.66.
  • Mallinckrodt plc MNK gained 13.8% to close at $2.55.
  • Akorn, Inc. AKRX rose 13.8% to close at $4.70.
  • Liquidia Technologies, Inc. LQDA gained 13.6% to close at $4.75.
  • VOXX International Corporation VOXX rose 12.8% to close at $4.85.
  • NF Energy Saving Corporation BIMI surged 12.5% to close at $5.22 after falling 20.3% on Wednesday.
  • Iconix Brand Group, Inc. ICON rose 12.2% to close at $2.30.
  • Perion Network Ltd. PERI rose 11.9% to close at $5.25.
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited TEVA jumped 11.8% to close at $7.77 after Gabelli & Co upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy.
  • Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. CETV rose 10.6% to close at $4.92.
  • Avita Medical Limited RCEL shares gained 10.3% to close at $8.70.
  • Gold Resource Corporation GORO climbed 10.3% to close at $3.74.
  • Jumia Technologies AG JMIA climbed 10.2% to close at $7.98.
  • Badger Meter, Inc. BMI rose 10.1% to close at $56.54 following Q3 results.
  • Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. CANF gained 7.8% to close at $2.50.
  • Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB rose 7.8% to close at $3.89.
  • Tata Motors Limited TTM gained 7.7% to close at $9.63.
  • Ardelyx, Inc. ARDX gained 6.7% to close at $4.63.
  • Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK rose 6.2% to close at $67.49 following Q3 results.
  • Alcoa Corporation AA climbed 6% to close at $20.30 after reporting Q3 results.
  • Cronos Group Inc. CRON shares rose 5.5% to close at $8.86.
  • WNS (Holdings) Limited WNS climbed 5.5% to close at $63.81 after reporting upbeat Q2 results.
  • Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) ERIC rose 5.2% to close at $9.06 following Q3 results.
  • United Rentals, Inc. URI climbed 5.1% to close at $127.90 after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 EPS and sales results.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • Bionano Genomics, Inc. BNGO shares dipped 51.6% to close at $1.38 on Thursday after the company reported a 5.3 million share offering of common stock and warrants.
  • Waitr Holdings Inc. WTRH tumbled 44.5% to close at $0.6166 after the company announced that Jeff Yurecko, the company's current Chief Financial Officer, will resign from the position effective November 1, 2019.
  • Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SYRS fell 31.1% to close at $6.96 after the company announced plans to discontinue development of SY-1365 intravenous CDK7 inhibitor to focus on SY-5609.
  • Datasea Inc. DTSS shares dropped 29.5% to close at $2.10 after dropping 10.78% on Wednesday.
  • Pareteum Corporation TEUM fell 19.6% to close at $0.8281 after Craig-Hallum downgraded the company's stock from Buy to Hold.
  • Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. RLMD dropped 17.8% to close at $18.99.
  • Ideal Power Inc. IPWR shares fell 15.6% to close at $2.32 after climbing 22.22% on Wednesday.
  • Ocugen, Inc. OCGN dropped 12.1% to close at $1.82.
  • Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. HOV shares declined 10.2% to close at $25.29.
  • Westwater Resources, Inc. WWR dropped 9.9% to close at $3.45.
  • Viveve Medical, Inc. VIVE shares fell 9.4% to close at $4.80 after climbing 39.47% on Wednesday.
  • New Age Beverages Corporation NBEV dipped 8.1% to close at $2.82.
  • Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. XOG dropped 7.6% to close at $2.3200 after Imperial Capital downgraded the stock from Outperform to Underperform and lowered the price target from $7 to $2 per share.
  • Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. INO dropped 6% to close at $2.36.
  • International Business Machines Corporation IBM fell 5.5% to close at $134.26 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 sales results. The company reaffirmed FY19 EPS guidance below analyst estimates.
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