38 Biggest Movers From Yesterday

Gainers

  • Ocean Power Technologies Inc OPTT shares gained 38.89 percent to close at $2.00 on Wednesday. Ocean Power Technologies shares dropped over 25 percent in after-hours trading on news of a common stock offering with no size disclosed. The offering came on the heels of a 55 percent rally in the stock over the last 2 trading sessions.
  • Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SPPI surged 36.03 percent to close at $19.67 after the company's oral presentation of data from a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating Poziotinib for the treatment of lung cancer while presenting at the 18th IASLC World Conference in Japan.
  • China Internet Nationwide Fncl Srvcs Inc CIFS shares rose 28.67 percent to close at $28.90 on Wednesday.
  • Veritone Inc VERI shares gained 27.54 percent to close at $37.65 following a 5-day, 30 percent slide from Thursday's high of $43.35 per share.
  • Viking Therapeutics Inc VKTX shares climbed 25.60 percent to close at $2.60 on volume.
  • DarioHealth Corp DRIO shares jumped 21.11 percent to close at $2.18 on Wednesday as the company announced CE Mark for smart glucose meter on iPhone 7 and iPhone 8.
  • Amedica Corporation AMDA gained 20.33 percent to close at $0.367.
  • Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals Inc SBPH shares rose 17.54 percent to close at $17.76 on Wednesday.
  • Cree, Inc. CREE shares climbed 16.43 percent to close at $34.16 after reporting first-quarter earnings that fell in line with analyst estimates. Cree issued second-quarter earnings and sales guidance below analysts’ consensus estimates.
  • Krystal Biotech Inc KRYS shares rose 15.24 percent to close at $11.19. Ladenburg Thalmann initiated coverage on Krystal Biotech with a Buy rating and a $23.00 price target.
  • Hebron Technology Co Ltd HEBT shares climbed 13.36 percent to close at $3.48.
  • Ignyta Inc RXDX shares gained 13.24 percent to close at $16.25 after the company disclosed positive NSC lung cancer data.
  • Stellar Biotechnologies Inc SBOT shares rose 13.04 percent to close at $1.30.
  • Endocyte, Inc. ECYT shares climbed 12.87 percent to close at $4.91 on Wednesday.
  • Walter Investment Management Corp WAC shares gained 12.66 percent to close at $0.551 on Wednesday.
  • Nortech Systems Incorporated NSYS shares jumped 12.33 percent to close at $4.19.
  • International Business Machines Corp. IBM gained 8.86 percent to close at $159.53 after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its third quarter.
  • Viveve Medical Inc VIVE shares climbed 8.73 percent to close at $5.23 as the company issued a strong sales forecast for the third quarter.
  • Universal Forest Products, Inc. UFPI rose 8.3 percent to close at $105.57 on Wednesday after the company posted upbeat Q3 results.
  • Hi-Crush Partners LP HCLP shares rose 7.82 percent to close at $9.65 after announcing it will resume its Capital Return Program, with a quarterly distribution of 15 cents and a $100 million buyback.
  • Select Comfort Corp. SCSS shares gained 5.6 percent to close at $32.08 after the company posted weaker-than-expected Q3 results and narrowed FY17 guidance.

 

Losers

  • Akari Therapeutics PLC (ADR) AKTX shares dipped 29.69 percent to close at $4.50 after the close following news of a common stock offering.
  • Social Reality Inc SRAX fell 25.49 percent to close at $3.65. Social Reality shares surged 70.73 percent on Tuesday after the announcement of its own Initial Coin Offering: BIGtoken.
  • Neothetics Inc NEOT shares declined 22.67 percent to close at $1.33 on Wednesday. Neothetics and Evofem Biosciences agreed to merge in an all-stock deal.
  • Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. INFI shares dropped 22.22 percent to close at $2.10 on Wednesday.
  • Biostage Inc BSTG shares fell 21.97 percent to close at $0.0675.
  • Immune Design Corp IMDZ shares slipped 20.12 percent to close at $6.55. Immune Design shares dipped 18.81 percent on Tuesday as the company reported FDA feedback on Phase 3 clinical trial design for CMB305 in synovial sarcoma patients.
  • Uniqure NV QURE fell 18.85 percent to close at $9.47. uniQure will offer preclinical data on AMT-130 in Huntington's disease at ESGCT Congress.
  • Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc DFFN shares dropped 15.46 percent to close at $1.64. On Tuesday, Diffusion Pharmaceuticals disclosed that it has received FDA protocol guidance for Phase 3 clinical trial with TSC in patients newly diagnosed with inoperable glioblastoma multiforme.
  • Leading Brands, Inc (USA) LBIX shares fell 14.8 percent to close at $2.13 on Wednesday after dropping 11.35 percent on Tuesday.
  • Adomani Inc ADOM shares declined 13.25 percent to close at $4.19. Adomani filed for $103.5 million offering of common stock.
  • MannKind Corporation MNKD shares dropped 13.05 percent to close at $4.13 on Wednesday.
  • China Lending Corp CLDC shares dropped 12.72 percent to close at $4.05.
  • Rennova Health Inc RNVA fell 12.06 percent to close at $1.24.
  • SUPERVALU INC. SVU dropped 11.82 percent to close at $17.09 after the company reported upbeat earnings for its third quarter and announced an agreement to acquire Associated Grocers of Florida for $180 million.
  • Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. SNCR fell 11.5 percent to $11.67 as investors are uncertain to what the end result will be of the company's new strategies announced on Tuesday.
  • Virtu Financial Inc VIRT declined 7.9 percent to close at $14.55 on Wednesday. JP Morgan downgraded Virtu Financial from Neutral to Underweight.
  • Mobileiron Inc MOBL dropped 6.6 percent to close at $3.55 after the company issued weak sales forecast and disclosed that CEO Barry Mainz was leaving the company.
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