Gainers
- LM Funding America, Inc. LMFA shares jumped 177% to close at $2.13 on Friday after the company announced filing of SPAC registration statement.
- Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. APDN shares jumped 104.9% to close at $11.64 on Friday after the company in a press release highlighted that its Linea COVID-19 assay kit is able to detect a new COVID variant.
- PolarityTE, Inc. PTE shares surged 72.2% to close at $1.32 on Friday.
- Chimerix, Inc. CMRX shares rose 69.1% to close at $8.42 after the company said it has acquired Oncoceutics, Inc., a privately-held, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing imipridones, a novel class of compounds, for $78 million, payable in cash and stock, subject to certain customary adjustments.
- ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. CNET gained 65.7% to close at $3.09 on Friday. ZW Data Action Technologies shares climbed over 34% on Thursday after the company announced a strategic partnership with Yujun Capital.
- Lion Group Holding Ltd. LGHL shares surged 58.4% to close at $3.66 on Friday after climbing over 14% on Thursday. Lion Group, last month, announced plans to raise $10 million through a private placement.
- VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings VIH gained 58.3% to close at $16.48 following a Bloomberg report that the company is negotiating a merger with Intercontinental Exchange-owned cryptocurrency exchange Bakkt.
- Jaguar Health, Inc. JAGX jumped 49.3% to close at $4.00 after jumping 33% on Thursday.
- Globalstar, Inc. GSAT shares surged 41.6% to close at $0.56 after the company reported Nokia deployment over licensed band 53 at the Port of Seattle, Terminal 5.
- Future FinTech Group Inc. FTFT rose 32.5% to close at $7.62 as value of Bitcoin continues to soar to record highs. Stocks with ties to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency continue to soar as a parallel trade. The company recently announced a term sheet agreement with Blocknance Financial International to acquire 60% of the company. Future FinTech will pay $960,000 for the stake in the company.
- Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. GRCL gained 31.9% to close at $25.06 after the company priced its IPO at $19 per share.
- Diginex Limited EQOS climbed 29% to close at $20.64.
- Merus N.V. MRUS shares climbed 28.3% to close at $20.73 after the company announced it was granted FDA Fast Track Designation to Zenocutuzumab for the treatment of patients with neuregulin 1 fusion cancers.
- Nova LifeStyle, Inc. NVFY surged 27.2% to close at $3.04.
- Professional Diversity Network, Inc. IPDN rose 25.6% to close at $2.85 after gaining over 7% on Thursday. Professional Diversity Networks, last week, announced a partnership with Phala Network to develop a privacy protecting blockchain application.
- China Green Agriculture, Inc. CGA gained 24.4% to close at $5.45.
- Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corp. BRPA rose 23.8% to close at $30.46.
- SCWorx Corp. WORX jumped 23.4% to close at $1.95 after gaining 10% on Thursday.
- Polar Power, Inc. POLA gained 22.1% to close at $7.40.
- Resonant Inc. RESN climbed 22% to close at $4.77. Resonant recently said Q4 customer shipment volumes of RF filters reached 6.9 million.
- Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. ALDX gained 21.7% to close at $10.31. The company, last week, reported positive top-line symptom and sign results from run-in cohort of Phase 3 TRANQUILITY trial in dry eye disease.
- Akerna Corp. KERN surged 21.3% to close at $5.98.
- Veritone, Inc. VERI rose 20.4% to close at $38.45 after climbing 19% on Thursday.
- Greenpro Capital Corp. GRNQ rose 20.3% to close at $2.67.
- Fuel Tech, Inc. FTEK shares gained 19.5% to close at $5.76.
- Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS shares rose 19.4% to close at $2.95.
- Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited APWC gained 18.8% to close at $2.85.
- CPS Technologies Corporation CPSH surged 18.5% to close at $3.58. The company, last week, was granted EU patent titled 'Scalable modular design of 48-volt li-ion battery management system.'
- MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. MRM gained 18.4% to close at $17.34. MEDIROM Healthcare, last month, priced its IPO at $15 per share.
- Orbital Energy Group, Inc. OEG gained 18.1% to close at $3.40 after jumping 33% on Thursday. Orbital Energy Group, last week, priced its $10 million registered direct offering.
- Marathon Patent Group, Inc. MARA gained 18% to close at $26.39 amid recent strength in Bitcoin prices.
- Optical Cable Corporation OCC gained 17.4% to close at $3.51 after gaining around 7% on Thursday. Optical Cable, last month, posted a quarterly loss.
- Riot Blockchain, Inc. RIOT shares surged 17% to close at $26.59 as recent Bitcoin momentum continues to lift crypto-related stocks.
- Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. DYN rose 16.8% to close at $27.13.
- Ceragon Networks Ltd. CRNT gained 16.8% to close at $3.41.
- Diana Shipping Inc. DSX shares rose 16.7% to close at $2.37. Diana Shipping reported time charter contracts for m/v Santa Barbara with Cargill International and m/v Salt Lake City with C Transport.
- Euroseas Ltd. ESEA gained 16.2% to close at $6.73.
- ReneSola Ltd SOL jumped 15.9% to close at $20.87 after gaining 7% on Thursday. The company recently signed an MOU with Eiffel Investment Group to fund solar development in Europe.
- comScore, Inc. SCOR gained 15.8% to close at $3.29.
- New Relic, Inc. NEWR gained 15.8% to close at $75.18.
- Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. NM surged 15.8% to close at $2.93.
- Alimera Sciences, Inc. ALIM gained 15.7% to close at $5.80.
- Kingsway Financial Services Inc. KFS rose 15.7% to close at $5.36.
- Baidu, Inc. BIDU gained 15.6% to close at $240.25 as Reuters reported that Baidu has tied-up with Chinese automaker Geely Automobile to create a standalone EV company.
- Myomo, Inc. MYO gained 15.3% to close at $8.80.
- AirNet Technology Inc. ANTE climbed 15.2% to close at $2.73 after jumping around 29% on Thursday.
- Cardtronics plc CATM gained 15.1% to close at $41.08 after the company reported filing of preliminary proxy statement and receipt of unsolicited proposal to acquire all shares of the company for $39 per share.
- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. AKRO surged 15.1% to close at $28.89.
- Ring Energy, Inc. REI climbed 15.1% to close at $1.07 after gaining over 13% on Thursday.
- Shineco, Inc. TYHT surged 15.1% to close at $3.82.
- UP Fintech Holding Limited TIGR gained 15% to close at $10.75.
- Plug Power Inc. PLUG rose 13.7% to close at $53.78. The fuel cell industry has "no better friend" than Sen. Chuck Schumer and his transition to Senate leader means he will help introduce compelling legislation, Plug Power CEO Andrew Marsh said Thursday on CNBC's "Mad Money."
- Medigus Ltd. MDGS shares rose 13% to close at $2.60 after the company announced it entered into the wireless charging market for EVs with new autonomous technology.
- Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. LTRPA gained 12.9% to close at $5.68.
- WD-40 Company WDFC climbed 11.7% to close at $301.15 after the company reported upbeat Q1 results and also issued FY21 sales forecast.
- Washington Prime Group Inc. WPG gained 10.4% to close at $8.79. Washington Prime Group recently said it regained NYSE compliance.
- Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. CAPR gained 9.3% to close at $4.35.
- United States Steel Corporation X gained 9% to close at $22.29 after Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock from Sell to Buy and announced a price target of $28 per share.
- F5 Networks, Inc. FFIV gained 6.2% to close at $191.24 after the company announced plans to acquire Volterra. The company lifted sales forecast and also reaffirmed its commitment to $1 billion in share repurchases.
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Losers
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. SRPT shares dipped 51.3% to close at $82.29 on Friday after the company announced topline results from Part 1 of the Phase 2/3 study of SRP-9001, its investigational gene therapy to treat DMD, showing the study didn't achieve statistical significance on the primary functional endpoint of improvement in North Star Ambulatory Assessment, or NSAA, total score compared to placebo at 48 weeks after the treatment. Various analysts, including JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Raymond James downgraded the stock.
- SOS Limited SOS fell 38.4% to close at $1.89 after the company reported pricing of $25 million offering.
- KemPharm, Inc. KMPH dipped 32.1% to close at $5.60 after the company reported pricing of $50 million public offering of common stock and warrants.
- The9 Limited NCTY fell 24.6% to close at $12.89 after gaining 15% on Thursday. The9, recently, signed a legally binding cooperation and investment term sheet with cryptocurrencies mining investors led by Jianping Kong to start the cryptocurrencies business.
- Solid Biosciences Inc.. SLDB shares fell 21% to close at $6.70 after rising around 20% on Thursday.
- Aehr Test Systems AEHR declined 17.3% to close at $2.11 after the company reported downbeat Q2 results and lowered FY21 sales guidance.
- DarioHealth Corp. DRIO fell 15.8% to close at $16.64.
- The Peck Company Holdings, Inc. PECK dropped 15.4% to close at $13.71 after the company reported a $10.5 million registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules.
- Sanara MedTech Inc. SMTI dipped 14.9% to close at $30.20.
- Cerecor Inc CERC fell 14.1% to close at $2.50 after the company reported pricing of $36.4 million public offering of common stock and pre-funded warrants.
- Xunlei Limited XNET fell 13.8% to close at $4.30 after surging 48% on Thursday.
- VivoPower International PLC VVPR dipped 13.7% to close at $10.30. VivoPower reported successful shareholder loan refinancing.
- Jianpu Technology Inc. JT fell 13.6% to close at $3.04. Jianpu, last week, received NYSE's grant of extension regarding delayed form 20-F filing.
- ViewRay, Inc. VRAY shares declined 13.4% to close at $5.28. ViewRay, last week, priced its 10.3 million shares common stock offering at $4.85 per share.
- Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited AEHL fell 13.2% to close at $2.89 after jumping over 28% on Thursday.
- Urban One, Inc. UONE fell 11.7% to close at $6.14 after declining around 22% on Thursday. Urban One said it sees Q4 revenue of $110 million to $114 million.
- Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc. NLTX fell 11% to close at $14.05 after the company announced it received a clinical hold letter from the FDA related to its IND application to begin a Phase 1 clinical program of NL-201.
- Fulgent Genetics, Inc. FLGT fell 11% to close at $63.34 after Credit Suisse downgraded the stock from Neutral to Underperform.
- Alexco Resource Corp. AXU dropped 9.6% to close at $2.92.
- Code Chain New Continent Limited CCNC dropped 8.6% to close at $2.55.
- Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. SWBI dropped 8.4% to close at $19.27.
- ENGlobal Corporation ENG fell 7.3% to close at $4.73.
- Bionano Genomics, Inc. BNGO fell 6% to close at $4.70 after the company reported pricing of $88.5 million underwritten public offering of common stock.
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