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Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.20 percent to 24,049.80 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.28 percent to 7,150.41. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.15 percent to 2,650.78. Leading and Lagging Sectors Wednesday morning, the information technology shares rose 0.63 percent....

Gainers HC2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCHC) rose 75.4 percent to $9.05 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that BeneVir Biopharm agreed to be purchased by J&J's Janssen Biotech for up to $1.04 billion. SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGA) rose 12.9 percent to $6.65 in...

Out of the February correction lows, the strongest charts were in the Nasdaq 100 (NDX), with stocks like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) leading the charge to new highs. In the video that accompanies this article, I show charts of the NDX and the Philly Semiconductor...

Gainers vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: VTVT) shares climbed 84.87 percent to close at $2.20 on Wednesday. IZEA, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA) jumped 44.09 percent to close at $3.17 on Wednesday. IZEA posted a Q4 net loss of $743,000 on sales of $6.8 million. AGM Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:...

Gainers vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: VTVT) shares surged 115 percent to $2.56. Seadrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL) gained 77 percent to $0.3935. On Tuesday, a U.S. court approved the company's plan to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy that includes raising around $1 billion in new debt and equity...

Morgan Stanley raised the price target for Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) from $500 to $525. Intuitive Surgical shares closed at $435.45 on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus cut the price target for McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) from $172 to $165. McDonald's shares closed at...

Gainers DropCar, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCAR) shares rose 27.6 percent to $2.45 in pre-market trading after the company issued a preliminary Q1 update on its enterprise automotive business. The company disclosed that Q1 B2B automotive volumes rose 163 percent year-over-year. New Age Beverages...

Gainers ‎ SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SGH) shares rose 10.9 percent to $48.85 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat results for its second quarter and issued strong outlook for the third quarter. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) shares...

Gainers Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX) shares rose 25.4 percent to $2.72 in pre-market trading on report NanoFlu™ vaccine demonstrating improved immune responses compared to egg-based, high-dose flu vaccine. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEN) rose 16.4 percent to $21.03 in pre-...

Gainers Lightbridge Corp (NASDAQ: LTBR) rose 103.3 percent to $4.37 in pre-market trading. Lightbridge is schedule to hold press conference at 10:05 am ET on January 25, 2018 regarding proposed joint venture with Framatome. Shotspotter Inc (NASDAQ: SSTI) rose 15 percent to $18.55 in pre-...

Top Upgrades MKM Partners upgraded Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) from Neutral to Buy. Hyatt shares fell 1.5 percent to close at $71.11 on Wednesday. JP Morgan upgraded AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) from Neutral to Overweight. AK Steel shares gained 5.4 percent to $5.30 in...

Gainers Sorl Auto Parts, Inc. (NASDAQ: SORL) shares are up 39 percent after reporting third-quarter EPS of 44 cents, up from 17 cents in the same quarter of last year. The company reported sales of $101.33 million, up from $63.7 million in the same quarter of last year. CarGurus Inc (...