Gainers

  • Acer Therapeutics Inc. ACER shares jumped 145% to $1.4850 after Zevra Therapeutics announced it will acquire the company. The transaction will have a total potential value for Acer stockholders of up to $91 million.
  • 1847 Holdings LLC EFSH surged 66.6% to $0.17. 1847 Holdings reported successful restructuring of promissory notes, with two institutional investors, totaling $1.75 million outstanding.
  • iCoreConnect Inc. ICCT climbed 51.7% to $18.63 after jumping 119% on Wednesday. Last Friday, the company announced theclosing of its previously announced business combination with FG Merger Corp., a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC).
  • Canopy Growth Corporation CGC rose 31% to $0.59 after the HHS called for moving marijuana to a lower-risk drug category.
  • noco-noco Inc. NCNC gained 30% to $2.08 after falling 20% on Wednesday.
  • Satixfy Communications Ltd. SATX rose 27% to $0.6059 after the company announced a $60 million transaction with MDA.
  • Longeveron Inc. LGVN shares gained 25.6% to $3.0669.
  • Upland Software, Inc. UPLD gained 22% to $3.59.
  • Intrusion Inc. INTZ rose 20% to $0.8485.
  • OpGen, Inc. OPGN jumped 19.5% to $0.2091.
  • Microvast Holdings, Inc. MVST rose 18.3% to $2.14 after Janney Montgomery Scott initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and $8 price target.
  • cbdMD, Inc. YCBD gained 17.5% to $1.21.
  • Cue Health Inc. HLTH rose 17.4% to $0.5181. Tarsadia Investments sent a letter to board of Cue Health, Inc, calls on board to take immediate action to prevent further destruction of stockholder value.
  • Mesoblast Limited MESO gained 16.5% to $1.6664 after the company reported better-than-expected FY23 EPS results. Additionally, Jefferies upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy.
  • Caleres, Inc. CAL jumped 15.5% to $28.58 after the company reported mixed second-quarter earnings and reiterated 2023 guidance.
  • Ciena Corporation CIEN gained 15% to $49.60 after the company reported upbeat third-quarter results.
  • Tilray Brands, Inc. TLRY rose 14% to $3.03 after the HHS called for moving marijuana to a lower-risk drug category.
  • Okta, Inc. OKTA shares surged 13% to $83.15 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and raised FY24 guidance above estimates.
  • 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. FLWS gained 12.8% to $7.88 after the company reported mixed fourth-quarter results.
  • Moving iMage Technologies, Inc. MITQ gained 12.5% to $0.9786.
  • Infinera Corporation INFN jumped 12.2% to $4.7250.
  • Titan Machinery Inc. TITN surged 11.6% to $32.46 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter results.
  • Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. ASO gained 11.4% to $55.64 as the company reported a second-quarter FY23 sales decline of 6.2% year-on-year to $1.58 billion, in line with the analyst consensus estimate.
  • Genesco Inc. GCO jumped 11% to $32.39 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter results.
  • CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD climbed 9.2% to $162.88 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter results and issued guidance above estimates.
  • Veeva Systems Inc. VEEV gained 8.1% to $208.18 after the company reported a second-quarter earnings beat and issued guidance above estimates. Several analysts raised their price targets on the stock following the report.
  • Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. OLLI jumped 7.6% to $80.59 following strong quarterly results.
  • Allarity Therapeutics, Inc. ALLR shares gained 6.8% to $1.7305. The company published clinical data in a peer-reviewed journal late Wednesday.

Losers

  • Axcella Health Inc. AXLA shares dipped 29.1% to $0.2701 after falling 15% on Wednesday.
  • AgileThought, Inc. AGIL shares fell 27.7% to $0.2052 after jumping 83% on Wednesday.
  • SeqLL Inc. SQL fell 23.1% to $15.07.
  • Lands' End, Inc. LE declined 22.4% to $7.96 after the company reported worse-than-expected second-quarter results and issued weak guidance.
  • VCI Global Limited VCIG tumbled 22% to $4.41.
  • GD Culture Group Limited GDC fell 18% to $2.83.
  • OKYO Pharma Limited OKYO fell 15.2% to $2.1212 after dipping 18% on Wednesday. The company announced that it has enrolled and randomized 90% of the patients in its 240-patient Phase 2 clinical trial of OK-101 to treat dry eye disease.
  • Starbox Group Holdings Ltd. STBX dipped 15.2% to $2.45.
  • Dollar General Corporation DG declined 14.8% to $134.33. Dollar General reported second-quarter FY23 sales growth of 3.9% year-on-year to $9.80 billion, missing the analyst consensus of $9.92 billion.
  • Duluth Holdings Inc. DLTH dipped 13.6% to $6.34 after the company reported a year-over-year decrease in second-quarter EPS results and reiterated FY23 EPS guidance below estimates. Additionally, CFO Dave Loretta announced his decision to step down effective September 15.
  • JanOne Inc. JAN fell 12.5% to $0.5379.
  • Hammerhead Energy Inc. HHRS declined 12.2% to $11.05.
  • Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC PSNY dipped 11.7% to $3.3825 after the company missed second-quarter analyst estimates.
  • Digital Brands Group, Inc. DBGI fell 11.6% to $10.06 after jumping 35% on Wednesday.
  • Chewy, Inc. CHWY shares tumbled 10.1% to $24.58 following second-quarter results.
  • Top KingWin Ltd TCJH shares fell 10% to $1.3501 after gaining 15% on Wednesday.
  • SIGNA Sports United N.V. SSU dipped 8.7% to $1.15.
  • Beneficient BENF fell 7.7% to $2.4750 after surging 28% on Wednesday.
  • World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. WWE fell 7.6% to $101.69.
  • Five Below, Inc. FIVE shares fell 4.2% to $175.20. Five Below posted upbeat results for its second quarter, but issued weak outlook for the third quarter.

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