72 Biggest Movers From Yesterday

Gainers

• Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. PTGX shares surged 72.9% to close at $8.11 on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Protagonist Therapeutics announced results from mid-stage study of PTG-300 in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
• Ibio Inc IBIO shares jumped 51.1% to close at $0.2840 on continued momentum after the company joined the manufacturing USA's tissue Biofabrication initiative.
• Kodiak Sciences Inc. KOD jumped 49.2% to close at $73.41. Kodiak Sciences priced 6 million share public offering of common stock at $46 per share.
• Allakos Inc. ALLK gained 43.6% to close at $137.73 following reports stating the company is weighing a potential sale.
• Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. RLMD rose 36.9% to close at $47.18. Relmada Therapeutics priced its common-stock offering of 3.33 million shares at $30 per share. The company expects to raise gross proceeds of $100 million from the offering, which is expected to close Dec. 6.
• Anavex Life Sciences Corp. AVXL gained 28.4% to close at $3.03. Anavex Life Sciences will present ANAVEX 2-73 data at 12th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease 2019 Conference.
• Applied Therapeutics, Inc. APLT shares climbed 21.7% to close at $24.00.
• La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company LJPC gained 19.6% to close at $3.35.
• Sequans Communications S.A. SQNS jumped 19% to close at $2.76.
• Synthorx, Inc. THOR gained 18.7% to close at $21.45.
• Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. GLMD rose 17.9% to close at $6.72.
• Pacific Drilling S.A. PACD climbed 16.9% to close at $3.05
• Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. CANF gained 16.7% to close at $4.40.
• California Resources Corporation CRC rose 16.5% to close at $7.68.
• DarioHealth Corp. DRIO rose 16.2% to close at $8.68.
• Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. BPTH surged 15.6% to close at $8.25.
• Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. VIST shares rose 15.4% to close at $6.74.
• Capstone Turbine Corporation CPST gained 15.3% to close at $3.8850.
• Unique Fabricating, Inc. UFAB shares gained 14.8% to close at $4.57.
• Mustang Bio, Inc. MBIO rose 14.8% to close at $3.88.
• Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. LXRX gained 14.2% to close at $3.77 on continued momentum after the company announced it completed the initial stage for its Phase 2 clinical study of TELE-ABC.
• Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ELOX rose 13.3% to close at $5.47.
• Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. RUBY gained 13.1% to close at $9.35.
• Hudbay Minerals Inc. HBM rose 12.7% to close at $3.56.
• Whiting Petroleum Corporation WLL climbed 12.5% to close at $5.05.
• Cortexyme, Inc. CRTX climbed 12.5% to close at $31.87.
• ImmunoGen, Inc. IMGN rose 12.4% to close at $4.00.
• Hebron Technology Co., Ltd. HEBT jumped 12.1% to close at $6.28.
• Centennial Resource Development, Inc. CDEV gained 11.8% to close at $3.36 following a larger-than-expected draw in US crude inventories as well as positive US-China trade reports and anticipation of further OPEC production cuts this year.
• Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. JNCE surged 11.7% to close at $7.90.
• IGM Biosciences, Inc. IGMS gained 11.6% to close at $22.21.
• PG&E Corporation PCG gained 11.2% to close at $9.47. Strength may be due to macro optimism after Bloomberg reported that a US-China trade deal is getting closer.
• BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. BBIO shares rose 11% to close at $33.92
• Earthstone Energy, Inc. ESTE jumped 10.7% to close at $4.77.
• Endologix, Inc. ELGX rose 10.7% to close at $2.5450.
• Coda Octopus Group, Inc. CODA climbed 10.6% to close at $8.07.
• Valaris plc VAL gained 10.5% to close at $4.43. Shares of oil companies are trading higher following a larger-than-expected draw in US crude inventories as well as positive US-China trade reports and anticipation of further OPEC production cuts this year.
• Rapt Therapeutics Inc RAPT gained 10.3% to close at $27.53 after the company announced a collaboration with Hanmi Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialize FLX475 in Asia. Rapt is set to receive $10 million upfront and $108 million total milestones.
• Endo International plc ENDP rose 10.3% to close at $5.51.
• Transocean Ltd. RIG climbed 10.3% to close at $5.36 following a larger-than-expected draw in US crude inventories as well as positive US-China trade reports and anticipation of further OPEC production cuts this year.
• Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. SOI shares gained 10.1% to close at $11.57.
• Express, Inc. EXPR jumped 10.1% to close at $3.91.
• ESSA Pharma Inc. EPIX gained 10% to close at $5.60.
• Front Yard Residential Corporation RESI shares surged 9.9% to close at $12.71 following Bloomberg article 'Amherst is in talks to buy Front Yard after activist pressure.'
• Avita Medical Limited RCEL surged 9.2% to close at $8.56.
• Tata Motors Limited ADR TTM shares rose 8.3% to close at $11.85 after the company reported strong US Land Rover sales and announced it will be raising passenger vehicle prices starting in 2020.
• Universal Technical Institute, Inc. UTI shares rose 4.8% to close at $7.00. Argus Research upgraded Universal Technical from Sell to Hold.

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Losers

• Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. BNED shares tumbled 20.8% to close at $3.80 on Wednesday after the company reported downbeat Q2 results.
• Revance Therapeutics, Inc. RVNC fell 17.6% to close at $16.61 after the company priced its 6.5 million share common stock offering at $17 per share.
• Ardelyx, Inc. ARDX shares dipped 15.3% to close at $6.82. Shares surged Tuesday following results from the company's Phase 3 PHREEDOM trial in chronic kidney disease patients
• China Rapid Finance Limited XRF shares dropped 15.1% to close at $1.91.
• Kaleido BioSciences, Inc. KLDO fell 13% to close at $7.30.
• Akers Biosciences, Inc. AKER dropped 11.4% to close at $5.50.
• Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. ACOR dipped 11.2% to close at $1.83.
• Bicycle Therapeutics plc BCYC fell 10.8% to close at $7.65.
• Stage Stores, Inc. SSI dipped 10.3% to close at $4.89.
• NuCana plc NCNA fell 9.5% to close at $6.73.
• Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. KNSA shares declined 9.2% to close at $10.05.
• OrganiGram Holdings Inc. OGI dipped 9.2% to close at $2.57 after the company announced at-the-market equity program.
• IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. IDYA fell 9% to close at $7.50.
• Menlo Therapeutics Inc. MNLO dipped 8.7% to close at $3.98.
• ViewRay, Inc. VRAY dropped 8.1% to close at $4.08 after the company priced its 41.55 million share common stock offering at $3.13 per share. B. Riley downgraded ViewRay from Buy to Neutral and lowered the price target from $9 to $5.
• Instructure Inc INST tumbled 8% to close at $48.75 after the company agreed to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for $47.60 per share in cash.
• Evolus, Inc. EOLS fell 7.8% to close at $12.70.
• Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. ORMP fell 7.5% to close at $4.67 after dropping 11.71% on Tuesday.
• Dynatrace, Inc. DT fell 7.4% to close at $25.01.
• Myovant Sciences Ltd. MYOV declined 7% to close at $17.32.
• Luckin Coffee Inc. LK dropped 6.6% to close at $29.84.
• Zscaler Inc ZS shares fell 5.6% to close at $49.85 despite reporting a first quarter earnings beat. The company issued weak second quarter earnings guidance.
• Immunomedics, Inc. IMMU fell 5.2% to close at $18.01 after the company announced a proposed offering of $250 million of common stock.
• Workday, Inc. WDAY fell 4.7% to close at $165.39 after the company reported Q3 earnings and issued Q4 and FY20 guidance. The company said it does not expect its recent Scout RFP acquisition to have a notable impact on subscription revenue until 2022.
• Cannae Holdings Inc CNNE shares fell 4% to close at $35.37. Cannae Holdings priced its upsized 6.5 million share public offering of common stock for gross proceeds of $214,500,000.