42 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. CHCI shares surged 115.8 percent to $4.3591. Comstock reported conversion of the majority of its unsecured, short-term debt into non-convertible preferred equity.
• Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc. SBOT jumped 38.2 percent to $3.0251 after the company disclosed that it achieved robust viral clearance for its manufacturing process.
• Universal Corporation UVV surged 26.7 percent to $61.40 after reporting fiscal Q4 results.
• Hudson Technologies Inc. HDSN rose 18.9 percent to $2.58.
• Evolus, Inc. EOLS shares gained 17.8 percent to $22.8009.
• The Cato Corporation CATO shares gained 17.5 percent to $21.07 after the company posted better-than-expected first-quarter results.
• Tyme Technologies, Inc. TYME rose 15.9 percent to $3.3613.
• Destination Maternity Corporation DEST shares gained 15.5 percent to $3.35 after the board announced late Wednesday the election of four activist-backed director nominees. Three women and one man comprise the selected group championed by NGM Capital’s Nathan Miller and Kenosis Capital’s Peter O’Malley. Destination Maternity had advocated for another slate of three men and interim CEO Melissa Payner-Gregor. The new directors are Holly Alden, Marla Ryan, Anne-Charlotte Windal and Christopher Morgan.
• AXT, Inc. AXTI rose 15 percent to $7.65.
• nLIGHT, Inc. LASR gained 14.5 percent to $34.27 following Q1 results.
• Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. ACHV rose 14.3 percent to $11.4303.
• Bilibili Inc.. BILI shares climbed 13.9 percent to $14.16 after announcing Q1 results.
• Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. BW gained 13.2 percent to $2.91 after an amended 13D filing from Steel Partners Holdings shows a raised stake in the company from 6.99 million shares to 29.98 million shares, or a 17.8 percent stake.
• HUYA Inc. HUYA gained 13.1 percent to $22.57.
• Stein Mart, Inc. SMRT rose 12.5 percent to $3.60 after reporting strong Q1 earnings.
• Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM shares gained 12.5 percent to $55.34. after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its first quarter. The company also raised its FY18 earnings and sales guidance.
• Modine Manufacturing Company MOD gained 9.7 percent to $20.2341 following strong quarterly results.
• TransEnterix, Inc. TRXC rose 9.6 percent to $3.1998 after reporting a loan deal for $40 million in term loans with Hercules Capital.
• CTI Industries Corporation CTIB gained 8.6 percent to $4.4001.
• Precipio, Inc. PRPO gained 8.3 percent to $0.5497 after the company reported first order of liquid biopsy DNA enrichment in Europe.
• AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACRX shares gained 8 percent to $3.40 after the company announced the FDA acceptance of NDA for DSUVIA.
• Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MRNS rose 6.4 percent to $5.57 after gaining 6.30 percent on Wednesday. Baird initiated coverage on Marinus Pharmaceuticals with an Outperform rating.
• SCYNEXIS, Inc. SCYX rose 6.4 percent to $1.69. Ladenburg Thalmann initiated coverage on SCYNEXIS with a Buy rating.

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Losers

• Recro Pharma, Inc. REPH shares dipped 59 percent to $5.10 after the company received a Complete Response Letter from the FDA. The FDA declined to approve the company’s New Drug Application for IV meloxicam.
• Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP WMLP fell 31.2 percent to $2.71 after surging 194.03 percent on Wednesday.
• Luxoft Holding, Inc. LXFT shares dipped 25 percent to $32.40. Luxoft posted in-line Q4 earnings, but issued weak forecast for the current quarter.
• Westell Technologies, Inc. WSTL shares dropped 18.8 percent to $2.81 after the company announced Q4 results.
• Bristow Group Inc. BRS declined 18.4 percent to $14.68 following Q4 results.
• Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. CYTX shares fell 17 percent to $2.19.
• Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras PBR shares fell 15 percent to $12.84. Petrobras announced plans to lower the cost of diesel by 10 percent.
• Dermira, Inc. DERM tumbled 14.3 percent to $8.98.
• Stage Stores, Inc. SSI dropped 13.6 percent to $2.775 following Q1 results.
• Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima LOMA fell 12.8 percent to $11.3305.
• Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. MLNT declined 12.1 percent to $5.475 after reporting pricing of public offering of common stock.
• Avinger, Inc. AVGR slipped 9.7 percent to $2.0141.
• Orchids Paper Products Company TIS dropped 9.2 percent to $4.51.
• Best Buy Co Inc BBY shares fell 7.2 percent to $70.50. Best Buy reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter.
• Zealand Pharma A/S ZEAL fell 6.7 percent to $15.58 after rising 2.71 percent on Wednesday.
• Vermillion, Inc. VRML dropped 5.8 percent to $0.98. Canaccord Genuity downgraded Vermillion from Buy to Hold.
• Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. KPTI slipped 5.6 percent to $18.00. Wedbush downgraded Karyopharm Therapeutics from Outperform to Neutral.
• Eiger Biopharmaceuticals Inc EIGR fell 4.7 percent to $13.30 after reporting a proposed offering of common stock.
• Sanderson Farms, Inc. SAFM shares fell 4 percent to $102.73 after the company reported weaker-than-expected results for its second quarter.