34 Stocks Moving In Tuesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

  • Mackinac Financial Corporation MFNC jumped 57.6% to $20.75 after the company, and Nicolet Bankshares, jointly announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which Nicolet will acquire Mackinac and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, mBank.
  • NovoCure Limited NVCR shares climbed 51.6% to $199.86 after the company issued an update on Phase 3 pivotal LUNAR trial of tumor treating fields in non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Dragon Victory International Limited LYL gained 36% to $1.93 after dropping around 8% on Monday.
  • vTv Therapeutics Inc. VTVT climbed 32.3% to $3.40 after the company said it received FDA breakthrough therapy designation for TTP399 for the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes.
  • Digimarc Corp DMRC rose 21% to $35.01 after the company reported the retirement of its CEO Bruce Davis. The company named Riley McCormack as CEO.
  • PLBY Group, Inc. PLBY gained 17.2% to $36.31 after climbing 20% on Monday.
  • Canaan Inc. CAN rose 14.8% to $15.08. Canaan fell tumbled around 30% on Monday following Q4 results.
  • Nam Tai Property Inc. NTP surged 13.9% to $13.55.
  • Zai Lab Limited ZLAB gained 13.7% to $150.14.
  • B. Riley Financial, Inc. RILY rose 13.4% to $69.11. S&P Dow Jones Indices said B. Riley will replace The Michaels Companies in S&P SmallCap 600, effective April 15, 2021.
  • Intrusion Inc. INTZ surged 12.6% to $26.70 as the company said Q1 results surpassed expectations.
  • Mechanical Technology, Incorporated MKTY jumped 12.4% to $11.41. Mechanical Technology’s EcoChain recently acquired 11.2 Petahash in SHA-256 bitcoin miners and 235 Gigahash in Scrypt Litecoin Miners for $545,000 in cash and $210,000 in common stock.
  • Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RIGL gained 12% to $3.46 after the company's Phase 2 clinical trial of Fostamatinib in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 met its primary endpoint.
  • Peabody Energy Corporation BTU surged 11.9% to $3.6799.
  • Novavax, Inc. NVAX gained 11.3% to $195.50. Novavax coronavirus vaccine candidate is inching closer to the final leg of clinical testing and could be approved soon after, contingent on the data. However, the vaccine developer is facing trouble in stepping up production to achieve full potential.
  • Vallon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VLON shares rose 11% to $4.97 declining around 4% on Monday.
  • Angi Inc. ANGI gained 10.3% to $16.76 after Handy, an operating business of Angi, announced a partnership with Savvy.
  • Longeveron Inc. LGVN gained 9.3% to $7.56 after the company said Phase I study of Lomecel-B cell therapy for Alzheimer's disease met primary safety endpoint.
  • IZEA Worldwide, Inc. IZEA fell 8.5% to $4.8813 after gaining over 4% on Monday.
  • urban-gro, Inc. UGRO gained 7.2% to $8.84. urban-gro said it sees preliminary Q1 sales of $11.8 million to $12.1 million.
  • Riot Blockchain, Inc. RIOT rose 6.5% to $54.90 amid an increase in the price of bitcoin.
  • Tata Motors Limited TTM rose 6.4% to $19.75. after dropping around 13% on Monday.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. ATXI shares dipped 19.3% to $5.74 after the company announced FDA is still reviewing its NDA resubmission for IV tramadol and has not provided a decision.
  • AdaptHealth Corp. AHCO fell 16.8% to $30.76. AdaptHealth’s Board Of Directors issued statement on Co-Chief Executive Officer Luke McGee.
  • Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. BTX dropped 15% to $6.72 after gaining 23% on Monday.
  • Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS dipped 15% to $2.05.
  • Lucira Health, Inc. LHDX fell 13.8% to $9.40 after B of A Securities downgraded the stock from Buy to Underperform and announced a price target of $9 per share.
  • PAVmed Inc. PAVM dropped 12.5% to $5.06.
  • ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. CNET declined 12% to $2.3150.
  • Fortress Biotech, Inc. FBIO fell 11.6% to $4.8450. Fortress Biotech recently received a $7.5 million working capital line of credit.
  • Bally's Corporation BALY dropped 11.4% to $53.87. Bally's and Gamesys Group plc announced definitive terms of combination.
  • Unico American Corporation UNAM fell 10% to $4.7950 after dropping 7% on Monday.
  • Cuentas Inc. CUEN dropped 8.5% to $3.3363.
  • Ikena Oncology, Inc. IKNA fell 8% to $15.83. The company, last month, priced its IPO at $16 per share.
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