40 Stocks Moving In Wednesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. OPTT shares climbed 168.8 percent to $13.44 after the company announced it won a contract with a leading oil and gas operator for a 12-week paid feasibility study. Financial terms were not disclosed.
• DMC Global Inc. BOOM rose 19.5 percent to $60.71 after the company raised Q1 sales outlook.
• InspireMD, Inc. NSPR rose 16.8 percent to $6.66 after falling 10.80 percent on Tuesday.
• Precipio Inc PRPO climbed 14.7 percent to $0.1450 after Methodist Health adopted its HemeScreen.
• China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited CEA rose 13.1 percent to $40.98.
• China Southern Airlines Company Limited ZNH gained 12.7 percent to $51.43.
• Amyris, Inc. AMRS gained 11.3 percent to $2.37.
• Aptinyx Inc APTX rose 10.7 percent to $4.5400 after the company announced preclinical data on its Novel NMDA receptor modulator demonstrated a reversal of cognitive deficits in non-human primates.
• MoneyGram International, Inc. MGI jumped 9.7 percent to $2.3800.
• KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. KALV climbed 9.6 percent to $31.50 after the company announced it will be presenting at the Needham Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
• Blue Apron Holdings Inc APRN gained 9.4 percent to $1.06 after appointing Linda Findley Kozlowski as President and CEO of the company. Blue Apron also reaffirmed guidance and says it sees significant improvement in Net Loss and is expected to achieve profitability on adjusted EBITDA basis for Q1 and 2019.
• MDJM Ltd. MDJH gained 9.3 percent to $4.0999 after entering into a framework agreement with local government to establish a national wide tourism platform.
• Avid Technology, Inc. AVID rose 9 percent to $8.97.
• Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACHN climbed 8.8 percent to $3.4173 after the company announced achievement of an enrollment milestone in its phase 2 trials for C3 Glomerulopathy. The company enrolled 23 patients.
• Acuity Brands, Inc. AYI rose 8.8 percent to $134.79 after reporting upbeat quarterly earnings.
• Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD gained 8.7 percent to $29.07 after a report company sales during the second half of 2019 could increase amid a ramp in CPU, GPU shipments. Additionally, Nomura initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and $33 price target.
• e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. ELF shares rose 8.5 percent to $11.34 after Jefferies upgraded the company's stock from Hold to Buy and raised its price target from $10 to $14 per share.
• Veoneer, Inc. VNE shares surged 8.4 percent to $25.87.
• Phunware Inc. PHUN gained 8.2 percent to $15.15 as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing higher following a large rally on Tuesday.
• Veoneer, Inc. VNE rose 8.1 percent to $25.79.
• Riot Blockchain, Inc. RIOT rose 7.4 percent to $4.6602 after surging 22.60 percent on Tuesday. Riot Blockchain posted FY18 loss of $4.33 per share on sales of $7.845 million.
• Intelsat S.A. I rose 7 percent to $16.42. JP Morgan upgraded Intelsat from Neutral to Overweight.
• Ascena Retail Group Inc ASNA rose 5.7 percent to $1.0500. Citigroup upgraded Ascena Retail from Sell to Neutral.
• STMicroelectronics N.V. STM rose 5.5 percent to $16.69 amid optimism in semi space following a report AMD sales will increase "sharply" in second half of 2019 given a ramp in CPU, GPU shipments for notebooks, motherboards and servers.
• Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. SBGI gained 5.2 percent to $41.50 after analysts at Wolfe Research upgraded the company's stock from Underperform to Outperform.
• Inseego Corp. INSG climbed 5.1 percent to $4.9923 after Verizon announced it turned on its 5G ultra wideband network in select areas ahead of schedule.
• Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. PLAY rose 4.9 percent to $52.94 after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its fourth quarter. The company also added $200 million to its buyback plan.

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Losers

• Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. OBLN shares dipped 38 percent to $0.9125 after the company announced an organizational restructuring that will reduce its workforce by 50 percent.
• Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. BW tumbled 30.2 percent to $0.3280 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 sales and Q4 EPS of $(1.35).
• Advaxis, Inc. ADXS dipped 29.8 percent to $4.14. Advaxis priced its 2.5 million share common stock offering at $4 per share.
• Five Star Senior Living Inc. FVE dropped 19 percent to $0.4850 continuing downward following news yesterday of the company's business arrangement restructuring with Senior Housing Properties.
• Qutoutiao Inc. QTT shares fell 9.3 percent to $9.87.
• Dean Foods Company DF dipped 8.3 percent to $2.4850.
• Super League Gaming, Inc. SLGG dropped 7.6 percent to $7.08.
• GameStop Corp. GME fell 7.3 percent to $9.36 after the company reported downbeat sales for its fourth quarter and issued weak guidance for the fiscal year.
• IZEA Worldwide Inc IZEA fell 6 percent to $1.1285 after reporting a common stock offering.
• StoneCo Ltd STNE dropped 5.8 percent to $39.69 after the company announced a follow-on public offering of 19.5 million shares at $40.50 per share.
• B Communications Ltd BCOM fell 5.4 percent to $1.9391.
• The Alkaline Water Company Inc. WTER shares dropped 5.3 percent to $2.14.
• Pulmatrix, Inc. PULM fell 5.1 percent to $1.9172.