Gainers

  • ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. TBLT shares jumped 156.8 percent to close at $3.21 on Wednesday after the company announced it launched sales with Menards.
  • Aileron Therapeutics Inc ALRN rose 28.95 percent to close at $1.47 after the company began enrollment in its Phase 2 ALRN-6924 cohort in cancer patients.
  • United Natural Foods, Inc. UNFI rose 28.29 percent to close at $15.42. United Natural Foods expects FY19 adjusted earnings of $1.69 to $1.89 per share and sales of $21.5 billion to $22 billion.
  • Entera Bio Ltd. ENTX climbed 28.1 percent to close at $3.92.
  • Titan Medical Inc. TMDI rose 23.89 percent to close at $2.80.
  • NTN Buzztime, Inc. NTN surged 23.58 percent to close at $3.4601.
  • Maxwell Technologies, Inc. MXWL shares gained 22.75 percent to close at $2.86.
  • First Data Corporation FDC surged 21.09 percent to close at $21.24 after Fiserv Inc FISV announced plans to buy the company in an all-stock transaction for equity value of $22 billion.
  • Horizon Global Corporation HZN shares rose 20.5 percent to close at $2.41.
  • Mercer International Inc. MERC shares gained 18.93 percent to close at $13.95. Mercer International will replace Green Dot in the S&P SmallCap 600 on Friday, January 18.
  • Cerecor Inc. CERC climbed 15.74 percent to close at $5.00.
  • Altimmune, Inc. ALT rose 14.96 percent to close at $3.1500 after gaining 3.01 percent on Tuesday.
  • CLPS Incorporation CLPS gained 14.9 percent to close at $6.17 after the company reported that its blockchain passed university testing.
  • Ability Inc. ABIL gained 14.08 percent to close at $2.35 after surging 11.35 percent on Tuesday.
  • vTv Therapeutics Inc. VTVT shares rose 13.65 percent to close at $2.83 after the company reported the publication of data in Science Translational Medicine detailing the discovery and clinical development of its TTP399, including results of Phase 2 AGATA study.
  • Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CATB climbed 13.45 percent to close at $6.24.
  • Social Reality, Inc. SRAX rose 12.45 percent to close at $2.62.
  • Aspen Aerogels, Inc. ASPN shares gained 12.24 percent to close at $2.7500.
  • Cardlytics, Inc. CDLX climbed 11.06 percent to close at $18.18 on continued strength after the company on Monday issued strong Q4 sales guidance.
  • 360 Finance, Inc. QFIN gained 10.66 percent to close at $13.50.
  • Enochian Biosciences Inc. ENOB rose 10 percent to close at $8.80.
  • Orion Energy Systems, Inc OESX gained 10 percent to close at $0.99 after the company secured a letter of intent for an $11 million LED retrofit contract.
  • eGain Corporation EGAN rose 9.74 percent to close at $7.10.
  • Microbot Medical Inc MBOT shares gained 8.92 percent to close at $9.89 on Wednesday after falling 7.25 percent on Tuesday.
  • Spirit MTA REIT SMTA shares rose 7.58 percent to close at $7.81 after the company reported it is accelerating its strategic plan.
  • Cosan Ltd CZZ gained 7.3 percent to close at $10.58. Morgan Stanley upgraded Cosan from Equal-Weight to Overweight.
  • Bank of America Corporation BAC rose 7.16 percent to close at $28.45 after the bank reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter.
  • ViewRay, Inc. VRAY shares rose 6.4 percent to close at $7.48. Guggenheim initiated coverage on ViewRay with a Buy rating.
  • United Continental Holdings, Inc. UAL rose 6.35 percent to close at $86.36 after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter on Tuesday.
  • Attis Industries, Inc. ATIS shares rose 5.96 percent to close at $0.2596 after the company announced a collaboration with Novozymes to provide Bio-Technology for Ethanol Production at its biorefineries.
  • BEST Inc. BSTI shares gained 5.31 percent to close at $4.96.

 

Losers

  • Aptinyx Inc. APTX shares tumbled 66.46 percent to close at $5.98 on Wednesday after the company's phase 2 clinical study of NYX-2925 missed its primary endpoint.
  • Kitov Pharma Ltd KTOV dropped 42.86 percent to close at $1.60 after gaining 169.23 percent on Tuesday.
  • VirnetX Holding Corp VHC shares fell 19.12 percent to close at $5.12.
  • China Ceramics Co., Ltd. CCCL shares dropped 18.72 percent to close at $1.65.
  • Electronics For Imaging, Inc. EFII declined 17.7 percent to close at $22.37 after the company lowered its guidance for the quarter.
  • Qutoutiao Inc. QTT shares declined 16.67 percent to close at $7.55.
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated LGND shares dropped 16.48 percent to close at $110.05
  • Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. HMNY fell 14.72 percent to close at $0.0139 after the company reported a $5.4 million registered direct offering.
  • Snap Inc. SNAP fell 13.76 percent to close at $5.64 after CFO Tim Stone announced intention to resign.
  • Aqua Metals, Inc. AQMS dropped 13.16 percent to close at $1.98.
  • Unum Therapeutics Inc. UMRX shares fell 12.58 percent to close at $4.31.
  • AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. AGE dropped 12.44 percent to close at $3.80.
  • Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc AVDL dipped 11.99 percent to close at $2.57.
  • AxoGen, Inc. AXGN dipped 11.98 percent to close at $14.62.
  • NF Energy Saving Corporation NFEC shares declined 11.62 percent to close at $12.70.
  • Rosehill Resources Inc. ROSE fell 11.51 percent to close at $2.69.
  • CHF Solutions, Inc. CHFS shares dipped 10.55 percent to close at $10.00. CHF Solutions reported two new patent filings for innovations to Aquadex FlexFlow system.
  • IAMGOLD Corporation IAG shares fell 10.34 percent to close at $3.2100.
  • Selecta Biosciences, Inc. SELB declined 10.33 percent to close at $2.04.
  • Solid Biosciences Inc. SLDB shares fell 10.31 percent to close at $26.71 on Wednesday.
  • Revance Therapeutics Inc RVNC fell 10.28 percent to close at $18.11 after reporting a $100-million common stock offering.
  • Aeterna Zentaris Inc. AEZS dropped 10 percent to close at $3.60. Aeterna Zentaris disclosed that it has received European marketing clearance for Macimorelin.
  • HyreCar Inc. HYRE dipped 10 percent to close at $3.87 on Wednesday.
  • Pearson plc PSO fell 7.37 percent to close at $11.69 after reporting a 5 percent drop in revenue at a key U.S. business.
  • Hudson Ltd. HUD shares declined 6.72 percent to close at $13.05 after Bank of America downgraded the from Buy to Neutral.
  • Adient plc ADNT shares fell 5.08 percent to close at $17.39 after reporting preliminary results for its first quarter.
  • Nordstrom, Inc. JWN declined 4.76 percent to close at $45.01. Nordstrom reported a 1.3 percent year-over-year rise in its holiday comps. The company expects FY18 adjusted earnings of $3.55-$3.65 per share at low end of range.
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