Gainers

  • Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc AVDL gained 32.67% to close at $4.47 after the company announced an FDA agreement to reduce the sample size for its ongoing Phase 3 study of Once-Nightly FT218.
  • Arotech Corporation ARTX rose 30.5% to close at $2.95 after the company announced it would be acquired by Greenbriar for $3 per share in cash.
  • Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. MLNT jumped 22.4% to close at $3.82.
  • Cesca Therapeutics Inc. KOOL rose 20.1% to close at $6.40.
  • PriceSmart, Inc. PSMT gained 20% to close at $72.38. PriceSmart will replace Finisar Corp. FNSR in the S&P SmallCap 600 on Thursday, September 26.
  • Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DOVA surged 18.5% to close at $17.89.
  • Atreca, Inc. BCEL gained 18.2% to close at $13.78.
  • Morphic Holding, Inc. MORF jumped 17.3% to close at $20.85.
  • McDermott International, Inc. MDR shares rose 16.9% to close at $2.35 after climbing 27.22% on Friday.
  • San Juan Basin Royalty Trust SJT gained 16% to close at $3.26.
  • BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BCRX climbed 12.9% to close at $3.23.
  • SRAX, Inc. SRAX gained 12.8% to close at $2.83.
  • Oxford Immunotec Global PLC OXFD surged 12.2% to close at $16.33.
  • Prevail Therapeutics Inc. PRVL gained 12.2% to close at $15.21.
  • Pier 1 Imports, Inc. PIR climbed 12.1% to close at $11.36.
  • Vince Holding Corp. VNCE gained 12% to close at $18.86.
  • DRDGOLD Limited DRD rose 11.3% to close at $4.93.
  • Ovid Therapeutics Inc. OVID climbed 10.3% to close at $2.47 after announcing 'positive' initial data from ongoing ENDYMION open-label extension trial of soticlestat in people with rare epilepsies.
  • Ccur Mining, Inc. CDE rose 10.3% to close at $5.81.
  • Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PRTK climbed 10.2% to close at $4.9050.
  • Savara Inc. SVRA rose 10.2% to close at $2.81.
  • Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. STOK surged 10.1% to close at $25.44.
  • Endeavour Silver Corp. EXK gained 10% to close at $2.74.
  • PolarityTE, Inc. PTE gained 5.8% to close at $4.39.
  • Alexco Resource Corp. AXU shares gained 5.7% to close at $2.23.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • Plus Therapeutics, Inc. PSTV shares dipped 49.5% to close at $4.05 on Monday after the company priced a 3 million unit offering at $5 per unit.
  • Reebonz Holding Ltd RBZ shares tumbled 38.8% to close at $1.58 after the company reported its first half sales of 2019 lower than last year.
  • Onconova Therapeutics Inc ONTX shares fell 28.1% to close at $1.15. Onconova Therapeutics reported a 2.136 million share registered direct offering of common stock, priced at $1.60 per share.
  • Overstock.com Inc OSTK shares dipped 25.3% to close at $11.19 after the company revised down its Q3 retail guidance.
  • IRIDEX Corporation IRIX fell 23.4% to close at $1.57.
  • Akcea Therapeutics Inc AKCA tumbled 19.7% to close at $18.03 after the company announced the departure of its CEO, COO, and president.
  • Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CPRX dropped 16.8% to close at $5.51.
  • electroCore, Inc. ECOR fell 16.4% to close at $4.18.
  • Uxin Limited UXIN shares fell 14.4% to close at $2.79 after reporting Q2 results.
  • Eltek Ltd. ELTK dipped 13.8% to close at $3.25.
  • Abeona Therapeutics Inc ABEO declined 12% to close at $2.87 after the company received a clinical hold letter from the FDA regarding EB-101 in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
  • Immunic, Inc. IMUX dropped 11.7% to close at $12.37.
  • NIO Inc. NIO fell 10.5% to $2.72 ahead of Q2 earnings Tuesday. Investors could potentially be expecting weak earnings results.
  • Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. ADVM dropped 10.4% to close at $5.77.
  • PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PHAS tumbled 9.9% to close at $4.28.
  • Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd OR dropped 9.9% to close at $11.04.
  • Soliton, Inc. SOLY shares fell 8.3% to close at $12.23.
  • Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. KTOS fell 7.5% to close at $19.03 potentially after Jim Cramer said L3Harris Technologies is a better company, as he thinks it's going to get a lot of business with Saudi Arabia.
  • Brainsway Ltd. BWAY shares fell 6.5% to close at $9.51.
  • Taronis Technologies, Inc. TRNX shares fell 6.1% to close at $2.02 after declining 5.29% on Friday.
  • Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. SCHN dropped 5% to close at $22.36. Goldman Sachs downgraded Schnitzer Steel Indus from Neutral to Sell and lowered the price target from $27 to $23.
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