44 Stocks Moving In Tuesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Viking Therapeutics, Inc. VKTX climbed 87.8 percent to $19.51 after announcing top-line results from Phase 2 study of VK2809. The study achieved primary endpoint.
• Bridgford Foods Corporation BRID gained 25.2 percent to $17.15.
• Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc NAVB shares gained 20 percent to $0.2165 after the company reported acceptance into the National Institutes of Health Commercialization Accelerator Program.
• Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ADIL shares rose 19.2 percent to $3.385. Adial Pharmaceuticals successfully passed the patent opposition period in Europe for AD04 in alcohol use disorder.
• Radcom Ltd. RDCM climbed 17.8 percent to $14.425.
• BioHiTech Global, Inc. BHTG gained 17.1 percent to $3.6292 after the company disclosed that it has received local permit approval to build HEBioT resource recovery facility in Rensselaer New York.
• ChemoCentryx, Inc. CCXI rose 15.4 percent to $12.10. Vifor Pharma Group raised equity stake in ChemoCentryx from 6.6% to 21.2%.
• Tilray, Inc. TLRY climbed 14 percent to $136.979 after the company received US approval to import a medical cannabis study drug for a clinical trial at the UC San Diego.
• Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB OASM gained 14 percent to $2.96.
• Nexeo Solutions Inc NXEO shares rose 13.3 percent to $11.34. Univar Inc UNVR announced plans to acquire Nexeo in a cash and stock transaction valued at $11.65 per share.
• Surgery Partners, Inc. SGRY climbed 12.2 percent to $16.50.
• Cronos Group Inc. CRON gained 11.3 percent to $11.33.
• Zealand Pharma A/S ZEAL gained 10.5 percent to $18.66 after the company achieved primary and key secondary endpoints in Phase 3 trial with sasiglucagon for severe hypoglycemia.
• Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. CNAT climbed 10 percent to $4.575.
• California Resources Corporation CRC rose 9.6 percent to $40.33.
• Century Aluminum Company CENX gained 9.5 percent to $12.90.
• Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. AKCA climbed 8.8 percent to $27.04. Needham initiated coverage on Akcea Therapeutics with a Buy rating.
• Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. MRSN rose 7.9 percent to $12.02.
• Maiden Holdings, Ltd. MHLD surged 7.6 percent to $2.85.
• Fate Therapeutics, Inc. FATE gained 6.4 percent to $11.78 after the company announced a strategic collaboration with ONO Pharmaceutical to develop off-the-shelf, iPSC-derived CAR-T cell cancer immunotherapies.
• Avon Products, Inc. AVP rose 6.1 percent to $2.20 following reports Natura and other parties recently approached the company regarding a takeover.
• Nutanix, Inc. NTNX rose 5.8 percent to $49.12 after declining 11.56 percent on Monday.

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Losers

• Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MDGL fell 13.8 percent to $196.85.
• SAExploration Holdings, Inc. SAEX shares dropped 12.8 percent to $7.06.
• Apogee Enterprises, Inc. APOG tumbled 12.7 percent to $42.0919 after the company missed Q2 earnings estimated and cut FY19 guidance.
• China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc. CIFS dropped 11.2 percent to $9.9444 after reporting 1H results.
• Blink Charging Co. BLNK shares fell 10.2 percent to $2.38.
• Unity Biotechnology, Inc. UBX shares dipped 10.1 percent to $20.65.
• Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. TNDM fell 9.9 percent to $36.19.
• Twin Disc, Incorporated TWIN shares dipped 9.8 percent to $23.42 after reporting a $30 million common stock offering.
• Workiva Inc. WK declined 9.1 percent to $34.42. Morgan Stanley downgraded Workiva from Equal-Weight to Underweight.
• MYnd Analytics, Inc. MYND shares dropped 8.6 percent to $1.92.
• Primerica, Inc. PRI shares tumbled 8.4 percent to $116.20. Citigroup downgraded Primerica from Neutral to Sell.
• PLx Pharma Inc. PLXP shares fell 8.3 percent to $4.6750.
• Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. FOMX dipped 8.2 percent to $5.2725.
• Altimmune, Inc. ALT shares dropped 7.8 percent to $4.51.
• General Mills, Inc. GIS shares fell 7.6 percent to $44.12. General Mills reported upbeat earnings for its first quarter, while sales missed views.
• athenahealth, Inc. ATHN fell 6.4 percent to $133.9595 after Elliott Management reportedly backed away from its $160 per share bid for the company.
• Hooker Furniture Corporation HOFT fell 6.2 percent to $37.60. Sidoti & Co. downgraded Hooker Furniture from Buy to Neutral.
• Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. PLYA dipped 5.1 percent to $9.10. Nomura downgraded Playa Hotels & Resorts from Buy to Neutral.
• Presidio Inc PSDO fell 5 percent to $15.57 after announcing a secondary offering of 3 million shares of common stock.
• FedEx Corporation FDX fell 5 percent to $243.36. FedEx reported weaker-than-expected earnings for its forst quarter, while sales exceeded estimates. The company raised its FY19 earnings outlook and reaffirmed FY19 sales growth of 9 percent.
• argenx SE - ADR ARGX shares fell 4.1 percent to $90.00 after reporting a proposed $300 million offering of American Depositary Shares.
• BorgWarner Inc. BWA shares fell 3.8 percent to $42.49 after the company lowered its full-year forecast.