Gainers

  • Reviva Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. RVPH surged 46.9% to $6.25 after the company announced the full details of its Phase 2 trial evaluating its lead drug candidate, RP5063 (brilaroxazine), for Acute Schizophrenia. Brilaroxazine demonstrated high affinity and selectivity for key serotonin receptors (5-HT1A/2A/2B/7) through its combination of potent affinity and selectivity for target receptors implicated for schizophrenia and its comorbid symptoms.
  • Proofpoint, Inc. PFPT shares climbed 31.5% to $173.22. Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo Advantage inked an agreement to acquire cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint in an all-cash transaction valuing Proofpoint at $12.3 billion.
  • MicroVision, Inc. MVIS jumped 30% to $23.35 on continued momentum from Friday after investors showed interest in the stock on the r/wallstreetbets group on Reddit. Microvision closed over 36% higher on Friday.
  • Casper Sleep Inc. CSPR shares gained 25.2% to $8.81 after Wedbush upgraded the stock from Neutral to Outperform and raised its price target from $10 to $10.50per share.
  • Jiayin Group Inc. JFIN surged 24.7% to $7.16.
  • Ocugen, Inc. OCGN shares rose 23.3% to $11.88. Ocugen’s COVID-19 vaccine partner, India-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd., will charge as much as double its main rival AstraZeneca for its vaccines in India.
  • Aeterna Zentaris Inc. AEZS rose 18.1% to $1.1050.
  • Intrusion Inc. INTZ surged 15.1% to $17.87.
  • Puxin Limited NEW gained 15% to $4.3806.
  • Intellicheck, Inc. IDN shares rose 14.8% to $9.70.
  • Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. TMCI gained 13.7% to $29.03. Treace Medical Concepts shares gained 50% on Friday after the company priced its IPO at $17 per share.
  • PHX Minerals Inc. PHX rose 13.5% to $2.5999.
  • Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. VYGR surged 13.4% to $5.30 after the company announced it received FDA clearance of IND application for its gene therapy candidate VY-HTT01 for the treatment of Huntington's disease.
  • Luminar Technologies, Inc. LAZR surged 13.3% to $25.13 after the company announced a partnership deal with Airbus to test autonomous flight technology.
  • ZK International Group Co., Ltd. ZKIN shares rose 13.2% to $6.70 after surging around 10% on Friday.
  • Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. AXSM jumped 13.1% to $59.81 after the company announced FDA acceptance and priority review of its New Drug Application for AXS-05 for the treatment of a major depressive disorder.
  • Scienjoy Holding Corporation SJ gained 13% to $10.95 after the company announced it launched NFTs on its live-streaming platforms.
  • Churchill Capital Corp IV CCIV surged 12.4% to $23.10 as traders circulated April 3 Wccftech article titled 'The Rumor of a Potential Partnership Between Lucid Motors and Apple (AAPL) May Have Some Substance to It After All.'
  • AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACRX rose 12.2% to $1.3808. AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, earlier during the month, announced an investigator-initiated study to assess the perioperative use of Dsuvia (sufentanil sublingual tablet) for same-day surgical procedures in patients on buprenorphine therapy for opioid-use disorder or chronic pain management.
  • Iteris, Inc. ITI gained 12.2% to $7.59.
  • Naked Brand Group Limited NAKD shares rose 11.9% to $0.6378. Naked Brand Group shares gained around 5% on Friday after shareholders vote for approval of the proposed transaction to divest Bendon brick-and-mortar operations.
  • Future FinTech Group Inc. FTFT rose 11.5% to $3.78. Future FinTech Group, last week, inked a preliminary term sheet to acquire money transfer company Khyber Money Exchange Ltd for $0.82 million (€0.69 million).
  • BrainsWay Ltd. BWAY gained 11.1% to $9.16. The FDA has granted 501(k) clearance for BrainsWay’s Theta Burst three-minute protocol utilizing its Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Deep TMS) system for major depressive disorder (MDD).
  • AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. AGE rose 10.6% to $1.57. AgeX Therapeutics, earlier during the month, reported a FY20 loss of $0.29 per share.
  • MICT, Inc. MICT rose 9.1% to $1.7999. The company, last month, reported a quarterly loss of $0.14 per share.
  • Vyant Bio, Inc. VYNT rose 8.9% to $3.92. Vyant Bio, Ordaōs Bio and Cellaria, recently announced collaboration to 'design and qualify biomarker-specific small protein therapeutics.'
  • uniQure N.V. QURE gained 8.8% to $35.13 after the company announced that the FDA removed its Clinical Hold on Hemophilia B Gene therapy program.
  • CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CASI rose 7.1% to $1.80.
  • Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. SEAH rose 6.9% to $10.45. Super Group Holding Co is going public with Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. The SPAC merger values Super Group Holdings at a pre-money equity valuation of $4.75 billion.
  • W. R. Grace & Co. GRA gained 6.3% to $68.28. Standard Industries Holdings announced plans to acquire W. R. Grace for $70 per share in cash.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. FSM fell 14.5% to $6.59. Fortuna Silver Mines and Roxgold entered into a merger agreement.
  • Sypris Solutions, Inc. SYPR shares fell 13.3% to $3.875 after jumping 59% on Friday.
  • Uxin Limited UXIN fell 12.6% to $1.8801. The company, last week, announced it entered a partnership with JD.com to "launch a self-operated online store for used car transactions through JD's platform."
  • MiMedx Group, Inc. MDXG dropped 9.1% to $10.19.
  • Birks Group Inc. BGI shares fell 8% to $2.3006 after surging over 27% on Friday.
  • Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ARLP dropped 8% to $6.02 after reporting quarterly financial and operating results.
  • Albertsons Companies, Inc. ACI fell 6.5% to $17.93 after the company issued FY21 EPS guidance below analyst estimates.
  • Koninklijke Philips N.V. PHG fell 4.1% to $58.65 following Q1 results.
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