Gainers
- Biomerica, Inc. BMRA shares surged 38% to close at $6.21 on Friday. Biomerica entered into a Supplier Agreement with Walmart to sell its EZ Detect colorectal disease screening test within the Walmart retail system.
- Exscientia Limited EXAI rose 23.2% to settle at $27.10 after the company priced its IPO at $22 per ADS.
- First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. FWRG gained 22.9% to close at $22.13 after pricing its IPO at $18 a share.
- Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AVIR rose 19.8% to close at $42.01 following data from Merck & Co's investigational oral antiviral molnupiravir, which boosted sentiment for Atea Pharmaceutical's AT-527, an oral antiviral drug candidate.
- ENGlobal Corporation ENG surged 19.1% to settle at $3.18.
- Vicinity Motor Corp.VEV gained 18.7% to settle at $5.90. Vicinity Motor partnered with Aereus Technologies to offer its CuVerro Shield technology, an antimicrobial treatment option for high-touch areas of Vicinity vehicles.
- Bitfarms Ltd BITF climbed 18.4% to close at $5.03 amid an increase in the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
- Progenity, Inc. PROG rose 17.8% to settle at $1.79 on Friday after jumping over 40% on Thursday.
- Silverback Therapeutics, Inc. SBTX jumped 16.9% to close at $11.67.
- Quotient Limited QTNT surged 16.2% to settle at $2.72. Quotient reported commencement of review process of expanded immunohematology technical file dossier by European Notified Body.
- Global Blue Group Holding AG GB gained 16.1% to close at $7.50.
- Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. LTRPA surged 15.8% to close at $3.58.
- LSB Industries, Inc. LXU gained 14.9% to close at $11.73.
- Broadwind, Inc. BWEN jumped 14.7% to settle at $2.97.
- Ramaco Resources, Inc. METC rose 14.1% to close at $14.04.
- Wheels Up Experience Inc. UP gained 14% to settle at $7.51. Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju initiated Wheels Up Experience with an Outperform rating and a price target of $14.
- StarTek, Inc. SRT surged 13.4% to close at $6.25.
- Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. NM gained 13% to settle at $5.39.
- Triumph Group, Inc. TGI surged 12.5% to close at $20.95. Triumph Group’s Triumph Product Support site in Grand Prairie, Texas, recently extended a repair management agreement with MTU Maintenance as a repair services supplier for engine accessories and line replacement units (LRUs) applicable to the V2500, CFM56, CF6, and CF34 engine platforms.
- Sono-Tek Corporation SOTK gained 12.1% to close at $4.5950.
- Luby's, Inc. LUB climbed 11.2% to close at $4.65.
- SunPower Corporation SPWR gained 9.7% to close at $24.87. SunPower will replace Cimarex Energy in the S&P MidCap 400 effective on Tuesday, October 5.
- Salem Media Group, Inc. SALM gained 9.2% to close at $4.05.
- Merck & Co., Inc. MRK gained 8.4% to settle at $81.40 after the company and Ridgeback announced investigational oral antiviral molnupiravir reduced risk of hospitalization or death by about 50% versus the placebo for patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in Phase 3 interim analysis.
- QuickLogic Corporation QUIK gained 8.2% to settle at $5.80. QuickLogic reported a strategic investment by current shareholders. The company said it expects Q3 revenue of $3.8 million to $3.9 million.
- Iterum Therapeutics plc ITRM rose 7.7% to close at $0.6011 after dropping over 8% on Thursday.
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Losers
- Spire Global, Inc.. SPIR shares fell 43.3% to close at $7.10 on Friday. Spire Global, Inc. recently appointed Dr. Kevin Petty as Vice President of Weather.
- Omeros Corporation OMER shares dipped 38.1% to close at $8.54 on Friday after the company announced the FDA notified it that they identified deficiencies that preclude discussion of labeling and post-marketing requirements/commitments at this time.
- Adagio Therapeutics, Inc. ADGI dropped 33.8% to close at $27.98. Adagio Therapeutics recently announced new data from its COVID-19 antibody program.
- NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NRBO fell 32.8% to close at $2.50 after the company announced a 4.3 million share offering at $3.25 per share.
- Farmmi, Inc. FAMI fell 23.6% to close at $0.3536. Farmmi recently agreed to acquire all the shares of Jiangxi Xiangbo Agriculture and Forestry Development Co., Ltd (Xiangbo) for about RMB70 million.
- Vir Biotechnology, Inc. VIR dropped 21.1% to close at $34.35 in reaction to promising data from competitor Merck's COVID-19 antiviral candidate.
- Clarus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. CRXT dropped 19.3% to settle at $4.30. Clarus Therapeutics filed for offer and sale of up to 19.82 million shares of common stock by selling stockholders.
- Grom Social Enterprises, Inc. GROM fell 18.3% to close at $3.27.
- Lordstown Motors Corp. RIDE shares fell 18.2% to close at $6.53. Lordstown Motors issued production and financial update. Foxconn will purchase $50 million of Lordstown common stock at price of $6.8983 per share.
- IronNet, Inc.. IRNT shares fell 17.4% to settle at $14.08 after dropping 15% on Thursday.
- Immunome, Inc. IMNM fell 17.2% to settle at $20.16. Immunome will present preclinical data on anti IL-38 antibody program at The American Association for Cancer Research NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics.
- IRSA Propiedades Comerciales S.A. IRCP dropped 15.3% to close at $2.50.
- Benson Hill Inc. BHIL fell 15.2% to close at $6.05.
- Camber Energy, Inc. CEI shares declined 14.9% to settle at $3.25 after gaining over 11% on Thursday.
- CureVac N.V. CVAC fell 14.7% to close at $46.57 in reaction to positive data from Merck's oral antiviral molnupiravir, which reduced risk of hospitalization or death by roughly 50%.
- Guardant Health, Inc. GH dropped 14% to settle at $107.51 following a Bloomberg report suggesting the company is exploring an acquisition of NeoGenomics.
- Superior Drilling Products, Inc. SDPI shares declined 13.1% to close at $1.52 after jumping 60% on Thursday.
- DatChat, Inc. DATS dropped 12.6% to close at $11.93.
- Novavax, Inc. NVAX fell 12.4% to close at $181.60 in reaction to positive data from Merck's oral antiviral molnupiravir, which reduced risk of hospitalization or death by roughly 50%.
- Dynavax Technologies Corporation DVAX declined 12.3% to close at $16.84 on Friday.
- Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc. MRVI fell 11.8% to settle at $43.27.
- IonQ, Inc. IONQ dipped 11.5% to close at $9.20.
- Moderna, Inc. MRNA dropped 11.4% to close at $341.09 in reaction to positive data from Merck's oral antiviral molnupiravir, which reduced risk of hospitalization or death by roughly 50%. Stephane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer at Moderna, made a large insider sell on September 30, according to a new SEC filing.
- Valens Semiconductor Ltd. VLN fell 11% to settle at $6.59.
- Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. LYEL dipped 10.2% to close at $13.29.
- Lucira Health, Inc. LHDX dropped 9.3% to close at $6.89. Lucira Health recently appointed Tony Allen as COO.
- BioNTech SE BNTX fell 6.7% to close at $254.79 in reaction to positive data from Merck's oral antiviral molnupiravir, which reduced risk of hospitalization or death by roughly 50%. BioNTech dosed the first patient with its individualized mRNA cancer vaccine BNT122 (autogene cevumeran, RO7198457) in Phase 2 clinical trial.
- Alzamend Neuro, Inc. ALZN fell 6.5% to close at $2.88. Ascendiant Capital analyst Edward Woo initiated coverage on Alzamend Neuro with a Buy rating and announced price target of $8.
ALZNAlzamend Neuro Inc
$1.171.74%
AVIRAtea Pharmaceuticals Inc
$3.250.31%
BHILBenson Hill Inc
$2.463.80%
BITFBitfarms Ltd
$1.738.81%
BNTXBioNTech SE
$114.130.55%
BWENBroadwind Inc
$1.907.34%
CVACCureVac NV
$2.980.68%
DATSDatChat Inc
$1.76-1.13%
DVAXDynavax Technologies Corp
$12.840.08%
FAMIFarmmi Inc
$0.306913.3%
FWRGFirst Watch Restaurant Group Inc
$19.282.12%
GBGlobal Blue Group Holding AG
$6.37-1.24%
GHGuardant Health Inc
$31.571.71%
GROMGrom Social Enterprises Inc
$0.02506150.0%
IMNMImmunome Inc
$11.292.92%
IONQIonQ Inc
$44.387.41%
ITRMIterum Therapeutics PLC
$1.74-2.25%
LTRPALiberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc
$0.2350-9.62%
LXULSB Industries Inc
$7.720.78%
LYELLyell Immunopharma Inc
$0.62802.01%
METCRamaco Resources Inc
$10.15-0.19%
MRKMerck & Co Inc
$99.550.18%
MRNAModerna Inc
$40.201.54%
MRVIMaravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc
$5.333.90%
NVAXNovavax Inc
$8.50-1.62%
OMEROmeros Corp
$10.00-1.09%
QUIKQuickLogic Corp
$8.75-7.01%
SALMSalem Media Group Inc
$0.1890-9.96%
SOTKSono-Tek Corp
$4.458.01%
SPIRSpire Global Inc
$14.819.62%
TGITriumph Group Inc
$18.591.20%
UPWheels Up Experience Inc
$1.795.29%
VIRVir Biotechnology Inc
$7.390.68%
VLNValens Semiconductor Ltd
$2.035.73%
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