50 Biggest Movers From Yesterday

Gainers

  • Precipio, Inc. PRPO shares rose 50% to close at $3.27 on Thursday following press release highlighting clinical validations for IV-Cell and HemeScreen have been completed.
  • Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc MRNS shares gained 23.4% to close at $1.69 on Thursday after the company announced all patients in the Ganaxolone Phase 2 Refractory Status Epilepticus trial met the primary endpoint.
  • SAExploration Holdings, Inc. SAEX rose 19.9% to close at $2.17 after the company was awarded a $28 million ocean-bottom marine project.
  • Contango Oil & Gas Company MCF shares shares jumped 16.2% to close at $2.51.
  • Beyond Meat, Inc. BYND shares rose 11.6% to close at $154.34 after McDonalds announced it will be testing Beyond Meat's plant-based burger in Southwestern Ontario.
  • Sonim Technologies, Inc. SONM shares gained 10.8% to close at $3.17.
  • Akero Therapeutics, Inc. AKRO climbed 10.1% to close at $21.10.
  • Avianca Holdings S.A. AVH gained 10% to close at $3.18.
  • Uxin Limited UXIN climbed 9.7% to close at $2.61.
  • Euronav NV EURN rose 8.1% to close at $9.20.
  • Health Insurance Innovations, Inc. HIIQ climbed 7.9% to close at $23.90.
  • Oportun Financial Corporation OPRT rose 7.8% to close at $16.17. Oportun Financial priced its IPO at $15 per share.
  • Trans World Entertainment Corporation TWMC gained 7.7% to close at $3.09.
  • CEL-SCI Corporation CVM shares rose 7.3% to close at $9.60.
  • Ardmore Shipping Corporation ASC gained 6.5% to close at $6.93.
  • Scorpio Tankers Inc. STNG gained 6.4% to close at $29.04.
  • Semtech Corporation SMTC shares rose 5.9% to close at $50.12.
  • MoneyGram International, Inc. MGI rose 5.5% to close at $4.48.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • Eros International Plc EROS fell 29.9% to close at $1.99 on Thursday after the company announced it is in connection with a registered direct offering of $27.5 million of senior convertible notes due 2020 for gross proceeds of $25 million. The company intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
  • BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. BTAI shares dipped 23.6% to close at $7.50 on Thursday. BioXcel Therapeutics priced 2.303 million share common stock offering at $8.255 per share.
  • SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. SWTX fell 21.5% to close at $18.80.
  • GTT Communications, Inc. GTT dipped 21% to close at $7.65.
  • Sundial Growers Inc. SNDL dropped 20.7% to close at $4.45.
  • Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ENTA fell 15.1% to close at $60.51. Enanta Pharmaceuticals announced topline results from the Phase 2a ARGON-1 study that evaluated its EDP-305 for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, which showed that the study met the primary endpoint, with a statistically significant ALT reduction of 28 U/L in the EDP-305, 2.5mg arm compared to 15 U/L in the placebo arm at week 12. JP Morgan downgraded the company from Neutral to Underweight and lowered the price target from $86 to $57.
  • Pearson plc PSO shares fell 14.7% to close at $9.04 after the company announced it now expects adjusted operating profit in 2019 to be at the bottom of the guidance range of £590M - £640M and adjusted EPS at the bottom of the guidance range of 57.5P to 63.0P.
  • Atento S.A. ATTO dropped 12.9% to close at $2.64.
  • Gossamer Bio, Inc. GOSS dropped 12.4% to close at $16.02.
  • Pier 1 Imports, Inc. PIR declined 12.1% to close at $10.72 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q2 EPS and sales results. The company also issued Q2 comps down from last year’s Q2.
  • Actuant Corporation ATU fell 11.8% to close at $21.83 after the company reported Q4 results and issued weak Q1 forecast.
  • Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. KZR dropped 11.4% to close at $3.27.
  • Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. FPRX dipped 11% to close at $4.2450.
  • SmileDirectClub, Inc. SDC dropped 10.8% to close at $12.94.
  • Alector, Inc. ALEC fell 10.8% to close at $15.10.
  • Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. SCHN fell 10.7% to close at $19.69 after the company warned Thursday that the markets for recycled metals have weakened in the fourth quarter, including a marked deterioration in August and a continued decline expected in September. Schnitzer guided to adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of 38-43 cents per share, missing a 55-cent Street estimate.
  • Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SNDX dropped 10.5% to close at $7.85.
  • Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. OCUL tumbled 10.3% to close at $3.2950.
  • Cytokinetics, Incorporated CYTK slipped 10.1% to close at $11.69.
  • SMART Global Holdings, Inc. SGH fell 9.8% to close at $24.98 2.
  • Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. ARCT dropped 9.8% to close at $11.67 after the company announced a $9.8 million registered direct offering of common stock.
  • Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. BPTH dipped 9.8% to close at $9.45.
  • Yuma Energy, Inc. YUMA fell 9.7% to close at $3.46 following a build in US crude inventories as well as continued Saudi progress in restoring production following September 14 attacks.
  • SunPower Corporation SPWR dropped 9.7% to close at $12.49.
  • Dynavax Technologies Corporation DVAX fell 9.5% to close at $3.83.
  • FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS dropped 9.3% to close at $245.71 after the company issued FY20 EPS guidance below consensus estimates.
  • Carnival Corporation & Plc CUK shares fell 8.8% to close at $42.36 after the company cut its FY19 EPS guidance below analyst estimates.
  • UroGen Pharma Ltd. URGN shares fell 8.6% to close at $25.09.
  • Ctrip.com International, Ltd. CTRP fell 7.3% to close at $29.81 after the company announces proposed 31.3 million share secondary offering of its American depositary shares.
  • Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR fell 6.2% to close at $1.96.
  • Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. PLYM fell 5.6% to close at $18.27 after the company announced a 3 million common stock offering.
  • Comstock Resources, Inc. CRK dipped 5.3% to close at $7.94.
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