45 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Blue Water Acquisition Corp. BLUW shares climbed 57% to $16.41. Blue Water Acquisition is expected to hold a special meeting of its stockholders on Friday, August 27, 2021.
• Ascendis Pharma A/S ASND shares climbed 28.7% to $158.68 after the company reported Q2 earnings results. Several analysts raised their price targets on the stock.
• Lordstown Motors Corp. RIDE gained 23.3% to $6.80 after the company announced its board of directors has appointed Daniel A. Ninivaggi as CEO and as a member of the board. Ninivaggi is the former CEO of Icahn Enterprises L.P.
• Zomedica Corp. ZOM shares jumped 20% to $0.6959 after gaining around 14% on Wednesday. Zomedica Pharmaceuticals, earlier during the month, posted a Q2 loss of $0.005 per share.
• Jowell Global Ltd. JWEL rose 18.1% to $5.49. Jowell Global recently said it is partnering with Hope Bio-Technology (Suzhou) Co Ltd, a microbial culture medium manufacturer in China.
• Unico American Corporation UNAM gained 17.8% to $3.44. Unico American, last week, reported a Q2 loss of $0.27 per share.
• ABVC BioPharma, Inc. ABVC jumped 16.4% to $2.8650. ABVC BioPharma issued three updates on Vitargus.
• Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VRPX gained 15.5% to $19.85 as the company reported a MMS019 manufacturing and supply deal.
• Pure Storage, Inc. PSTG rose 15.4% to $24.15 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 results and issued strong sales guidance.
• Advaxis, Inc. ADXS shares rose 14.8% to $0.5025 after gaining over 3% on Wednesday.
• Coty Inc. COTY gained 14.7% to $9.44 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 sales results. Coty confirms that it is pursuing a partial IPO of its Brazil business.
• ZK International Group Co., Ltd. ZKIN jumped 14.1% to $4.45. ZK International Group reported 1H revenue of $42.17 million.
• Kopin Corporation KOPN rose 12.4% to $6.09. Kopin CEO and President purchased 50,000 shares at an average price of $5.45.
• Precipio, Inc. PRPO gained 12.2% to $3.86. Precipio reported a partnership with American Oncology Network to adopt company’s HemeScreen technology.
• Everspin Technologies, Inc. MRAM jumped 11.5% to $6.40. The company, earlier during the month, released quarterly results.
• Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM shares rose 10.7% to $189.06 after the company reported upbeat results for its second quarter. The company announced a $1.25 billion buyback and also raised its dividend from $0.59 to $0.71 per share.
• Zuora, Inc. ZUO rose 10.4% to $18.05 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 sales results and issued strong sales guidance.
• Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. BBW gained 9.5% to $18.45 as the company reported second-quarter FY21 revenue growth of 134.7% year-on-year to $94.73 million, beating the analyst estimate of $81 million.
• Universal Security Instruments, Inc. UUU rose 7.1% to $7.25 after gaining around 15% on Wednesday. Universal Security Instruments, last week, reported first-quarter sales growth of 58.7% year-over-year to $4.67 million, reflecting increased sales to large national retailers.
• Naked Brand Group Limited NAKD rose 7% to $0.7386 after gaining over 10% on Wednesday.
• JOYY Inc. YY shares rose 5.9% to $59.73. Reuters reported that JOYY Chairman, Xiaomi Founder is planning to take JOYY private with $75-$100 per share offer.

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Losers

• SelectQuote, Inc. SLQT shares dipped 43.7% to $8.08 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 earnings. RBC Capital downgraded SelectQuote from Outperform to Sector Perform and lowered the price target from $33 to $13.
• Aditxt, Inc. ADTX fell 29.6% to $2.14 after the company priced its 4.58 million share offering at $2.40 per share. Aditxt shares gained over 53% on Wednesday after the company announced it signed a letter of intent for exclusive rights to negotiate the acquisition of a biopharmaceutical company commercializing and distributing antiviral oral therapy for COVID-19.
• Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited RGC dropped 21.3% to $36.40. Regencell Bioscience shares jumped over 200% on Wednesday on abnormally-high volume.
• eFFECTOR Therapeutics Inc. EFTR dropped 20.7% to $13.45.
• Sentage Holdings Inc. SNTG fell 18.3% to $5.47.
• D Market Elektronik Hztlr ve Tcrt AS-ADR HEPS dropped 17.9% to $9.87. D-MARKET reported Q2 sales of TRY1.755 billion.
• RenovoRx, Inc. RNXT dipped 17.7% to $7.41 as the company priced its IPO at $9 per unit.
• Vision Marine Technologies Inc. VMAR fell 17% to $6.00.
• Yatsen Holding Limited YSG dropped 16.5% to $4.8750 after the company reported Q2 earnings results.
• FAT Brands Inc. FATBB fell 14.8% to $13.86 after jumping 46% on Wednesday.
• Birks Group Inc. BGI shares declined 14.2% to $2.8999 after declining 9% on Wednesday.
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF dipped 13.3% to $34.51 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q2 sales.
• Aviat Networks, Inc. AVNW declined 12.4% to $33.91 following Q4 results.
• Huize Holding Limited HUIZ dropped 11.3% to $2.4818.
• Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR declined 10.6% to $94.96 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q2 sales results and issued weak Q3 EPS guidance.
• Helbiz, Inc. HLBZ fell 10.5% to $6.08.
• Quanterix Corporation QTRX fell 9.8% to $45.66.
• Doximity, Inc. DOCS dipped 9.5% to $83.27 after JP Morgan downgraded the stock from Overweight to Neutral and announced a $70 price target.
• Burlington Stores, Inc. BURL dropped 9.3% to $317.32 after the company reported Q2 earnings results. The company reported it will not be providing FY21 guidance.
• Autodesk, Inc. ADSK shares fell 7.4% to $316.90 after the company reported Q2 earnings results and issued Q3 guidance.
• Titan Machinery Inc. TITN fell 7.3% to $27.74 following Q2 results.
• The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. HAIN shares dropped 6.7% to $37.33 following weak quarterly sales.
• Guess', Inc. GES fell 6.1% to $22.68 after reporting downbeat quarterly sales.
• Dollar General Corporation DG fell 5.8% to $221.07 after the company reported Q2 earnings results and issued FY21 guidance.