15 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Thursday

  • Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc IMNP shares surged 57.7 percent to $3.85 after the company reported signing of letter of intent with Pint Pharma for license and commercialization of Ceplene in Latin America.
  • North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. NADL shares climbed 24.2 percent to $2.46 after gaining 13.79 percent on Wednesday.
  • Select Comfort Corp. SCSS shares climbed 20.8 percent to $31.25 after the company reported stronger-than-expected Q1 results.
  • Datawatch Corporation DWCH shares gained 14.1 percent to $8.10 after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss.
  • Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc IDXG shares rose 11.7 percent to $2.83. Interpace Diagnostics reported that it has converted all long-term secured debt into common stock.
  • Microvision, Inc. MVIS gained 11.2 percent to $2.48 as the company disclosed that it has been awarded a development and supply contract for Laser Beam Scanning display system by a major technology company.
  • KCG Holdings, Inc. KCG jumped 11.1 percent to $19.72 as Virtu Financial agreed to buy KCG for $20 per share.
  • SunCoke Energy Inc SXC gained 9.5 percent to $9.10. SunCoke Energy reported Q1 net income of $1 million on revenue of $309.7 million.
  • Virtu Financial Inc VIRT shares surged 8.7 percent to $16.25 after the company announced plans to buy KCG for $1.4 billion.
  • SLM Corp SLM gained 8.4 percent to $12.50 after the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings.
  • CSX Corporation CSX gained 6.3 percent to $49.90 as the company posted better-than-expected profit for its first quarter.
  • Genesco Inc. GCO shares rose 5.1 percent to $53.85. Piper Jaffray upgraded Genesco from Neutral to Overweight.
  • American Express Company AXP rose 3.4 percent to $78.08 as the company posted stronger-than-expected profit for its first quarter on Wednesday.
  • NXT-ID Inc NXTD shares climbed 3.2 percent to $1.63. Maxim Group initiated coverage on NXT-ID with a Buy rating.
  • Gap Inc GPS gained 3.1 percent to $24.97. JP Morgan upgraded Gap from Underweight to Neutral.
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