Gainers

  • Insignia Systems, Inc. ISIG shares jumped 79% to $18.63. Insignia Systems recently announced the commencement of a formal process to explore strategic options to maximize shareholder value, including potential merger or acquisition.
  • CooTek (Cayman) Inc. CTK rose 17.8% to $0.6390 after the company reported Q3 results.
  • RLX Technology Inc. RLX surged 16.2% to $4.5450 after the company announced a $500 million buyback.
  • Photronics, Inc. PLAB gained 16.1% to $16.51 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 results. The company also issued Q1 EPS and sales guidance above analyst estimates.
  • Wejo Group Limited WEJO shares gained 15.6% to $6.72 after Baird initiated coverage on the stock with an Outperform rating and announced a $12 price target.
  • Daré Bioscience, Inc. DARE rose 15% to $2.4488 after the company reported the FDA approval of XACIATO Vaginal Gel as a treatment for bacterial vaginosis.
  • EPAM Systems, Inc. EPAM rose 14.1% to $678.75. S&P Dow Jones Indices said EPAM Systems will replace Kansas City Southern in S&P 500, effective Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.
  • United Natural Foods, Inc. UNFI surged 13.3% to $55.63 after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results and reaffirmed FY22 guidance.
  • Quest Resource Holding Corporation QRHC surged 13.3% to $6.40. Quest Resource Holding 10%+ owner Barry Kitt reported purchase of 450,000 shares at an average price of $5.46 per share in Form 4 filing.
  • Onion Global Limited OG gained 11.3% to $3.35.
  • Jowell Global Ltd. JWEL jumped 11.1% to $16.59.
  • Lightwave Logic, Inc. LWLG surged 11.1% to $18.30.
  • Huadi International Group Co., Ltd. HUDI gained 10.8% to $22.16.
  • Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. NCLH jumped 10.6% to $22.26. Shares of several travel and reopening stocks traded higher on news indicating three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are effective against the omicron variant.
  • Lexaria Bioscience Corp. LEXX shares surged 10.3% to $5.43 after the company issued follow-up results from human clinical study HYPER-H21-2 confirming that DehydraTECHTM-processed cannabidiol reduces arterial stiffness.
  • Katapult Holdings, Inc. KPLT gained 9.9% to $3.5950.
  • Roku, Inc. ROKU gained 9.6% to $237.50 following reports suggesting the company and Alphabet have agreed on a multi-year deal extension for YouTube.
  • Valneva SE VALN rose 8.3% to $51.96 after the company reported the signing of an advance purchase agreement with the Kingdom of Bahrain for its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate VLA2001.


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Losers

  • Nuvei Corporation NVEI shares dipped 48.1% to $50.54 following a short report on the company by Spruce Point Capital Management.
  • Radius Health, Inc. RDUS fell 39.9% to $8.65 after the company posted topline data from Phase 3 wearABLe study evaluating the non-inferiority (NI) of abaloparatide transdermal system (abalo-TDS) compared to abaloparatide subcutaneous injection (Tymlos) in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
  • Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. ENSC fell 32% to $2.17. Ensysce Biosciences shares jumped 136% on Tuesday after Zacks Small-Cap Research set a $23 valuation on the stock.
  • Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated CORT dropped 26% to $16.25 as the company reported extension of previously announced tender offer.
  • Imperial Petroleum Inc. IMPP dipped 24.8% to $3.54.
  • Stitch Fix, Inc. SFIX fell 22.4% to $19.38 after the company reported Q1 results and issued Q2 net sales guidance below estimates. Keybanc downgraded Stitch Fix from Overweight to Sector Weight.
  • Context Therapeutics Inc. CNTX dropped 19% to $4.45.
  • Vera Bradley, Inc. VRA fell 15.8% to $8.51 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 results. The company also issued Q4 and FY22 sales guidance below analyst estimates.
  • Weave Communications, Inc. WEAV dipped 14.5% to $14.15 following Q3 results. Weave Communications posted a Q3 loss of $0.72 per share.
  • Siyata Mobile Inc. SYTA fell 14.4% to $3.9327. Siyata Mobile shares jumped 67% on Tuesday after the company announced it received a $1.3 million purchase order primarily for police and first responder customers in the EMEA for its SD7 ruggedized devices, VK7 vehicle units and other accessories.
  • Solo Brands, Inc. DTC dropped 13.6% to $15.06 following Q3 results.
  • SentinelOne, Inc. S fell 12.9% to $44.47 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 EPS results.
  • American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. AVCT fell 12.2% to $1.01 after jumping 35% on Tuesday.
  • Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd TIRX dropped 11% to $1.95.
  • SkyWater Technology, Inc. SKYT declined 7.5% to $17.82.
  • ReneSola Ltd SOL fell 7.4% to $5.41 after reporting downbeat quarterly sales.
  • Casey's General Stores, Inc. CASY dropped 7.4% to $186.35. Casey's General Stores reported Q2 earnings of $2.59 per share, down from $3.00 per share in the year-ago period. The company’ sales came in better than analysts’ estimates. The company also raised its FY22 guidance for stores added from 200 units to 225 units.
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