53 Biggest Movers From Friday

Gainers

• Cassava Sciences, Inc. SAVA shares jumped 34% to close at $9.65 on Friday.
• NanoViricides, Inc. NNVC shares rose 32.8% to close at $3.40.
• Yuma Energy, Inc. YUMA shares surged 28.7% to close at $3.95 on Friday amid crude oil which was up more than 3.5% to over the $63/barrel level. Traders have targeted this name previously given volatility in oil markets; the company has a float of just over 1 million shares, making it susceptible to increased volatility.
• Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation NYMX shares gained 26.6% to close at $2.95 on Friday.
• BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. BTAI rose 22.9% to close at $16.71.
• U.S. Energy Corp. USEG gained 22.6% to close at $0.38. U.S. Energy announced a 1-for-10 reverse stock split effective January 6.
• Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. TTNP rose 21.1% to close at $0.2603.
• Pacific Drilling S.A. PACD surged 16.4% to close at $4.75.
• LAIX Inc. LAIX gained 16.4% to close at $5.61
• Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. ACOR shares gained 15.8% to close at $2.27 after Point72 reported a 9.8% passive stake in the company.
• Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. XOG rose 14.2% to close at $2.41.
• Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. CEMI surged 13.8% to close at $5.19. Chembio Diagnostics said it anticipates FDA approval for its DPP HIV-Syphilis System, which includes the DPP HIV-Syphilis test and DPP Micro Reader, during the first quarter of 2020. The company added its clinical study demonstrated that the system met the performance requirements established with the FDA.
• Cinedigm Corp CIDM shares gained 13.4% to close at $0.8166 after the company signed a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire a 29% stake in Starrise Media.
• Eros International Plc EROS climbed 13.2% to close at $3.94.
• Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. CANF rose 12.8% to close at $3.52 after the company announced pre-clinical data from the Hadassah Medical Center lab demonstrate that Namodenoson induces weight loss.
• Yunji Inc. YJ surged 12.7% to close at $5.05.
• Microbot Medical Inc. MBOT rose 12.1% to close at $11.59
• Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. LW gained 11.3% to close at $93.56 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 results and raised FY20 adjusted EBITDA guidance.
• Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. CLBS shares rose 11.1% to close at $2.80.
• Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. KTOS surged 10.9% to close at $20.42.
• Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. OCUL gained 10.1% to close at $4.35.
• California Resources Corporation CRC rose 9.9% to close at $10.52 after the U.S. confirmed an airstrike that killed a top Iranian commander. The death of Soleimani has raised geopolitical concerns in the Middle East, causing oil prices to rise.
• Valaris plc VAL surged 9.8% to close at $7.42. Fearnleys upgraded Valaris from Hold to Buy.
• Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. KNSA rose 9.5% to close at $12.25.
• Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. KZR gained 9.4% to close at $3.91.
• Himax Technologies, Inc. HIMX rose 9.3% to close at $3.06.
• Whiting Petroleum Corporation WLL shares gained 8.6% to close at $7.85.
• SeaSpine Holdings Corporation SPNE climbed 8.2% to close at $12.51.
• Oasis Petroleum Inc. OAS rose 7.2% to close at $3.44.
• DURECT Corporation DRRX gained 7.1% to close at $2.80.
• W&T Offshore, Inc. WTI rose 7% to close at $5.80 after the U.S. confirmed an airstrike that killed a top Iranian commander. The death of Soleimani has raised geopolitical concerns in the Middle East, causing oil prices to rise.
• Camber Energy, Inc. CEI shares gained 6.5% to close at $1.81 after falling 10.99% on Thursday.

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Losers

• Novan, Inc. NOVN shares tumbled 73.1% to close at $0.8380 on Friday. Novan released top-line efficacy results from the Phase 3 B-SIMPLE program that evaluated SB206 for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum, which showed that statistical significance was not achieved for the primary endpoint in either B-SIMPLE1 or B-SIMPLE2.
• DPW Holdings, Inc. DPW declined 36.7% to close at $1.52 after rising 101.65% on Thursday.
• Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. SES declined 22.5% to close at $8.83 after rising 100.00% on Thursday.
• Mereo BioPharma Group plc MREO dropped 12.5% to close at $2.81.
• NeuroMetrix, Inc. NURO tumbled 11.2% to close at $3.82.
• China Rapid Finance Limited XRF dropped 10.3% to close at $3.30.
• Landec Corporation LNDC shares fell 10.2% to close at $10.03 after the company reported a wider-than-expected loss for its second quarter.
• Veoneer, Inc. VNE dropped 9.9% to close at $14.52.
• Abeona Therapeutics Inc. ABEO shares fell 9.7% to close at $2.90.
• Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. APRE dipped 9.5% to close at $41.00.
• Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. XERS fell 9.4% to close at $6.07.
• Incyte Corporation INCY fell 9.4% to close at $77.90 after the company disclosed that Itacitinib did not statistically improve overall response rate or non-relapse mortality compared to placebo in Phase 3 study.
• Enochian Biosciences Inc. ENOB fell 9.2% to close at $4.73.
• Ruhnn Holding Limited RUHN dipped 9.1% to close at $7.89.
• Cue Biopharma, Inc. CUE fell 9.1% to close at $14.83.
• Homology Medicines, Inc. FIXX tumbled 9% to close at $18.69.
• Cortexyme, Inc. CRTX fell 8.9% to close at $48.50.
• Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc. NLTX dropped 8.4% to close at $10.85.
• Viveve Medical, Inc. VIVE dropped 8.2% to close at $1.01 in sympathy with the overall market after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani.
• Anavex Life Sciences Corp. AVXL dipped 7.7% to close at $2.65.
• Recon Technology, Ltd. RCON slipped 6.6% to close at $2.69.