Morning Market Movers

Response Genetics RGDX rose 19.99% to $1.44 after the company reported that it has signed contracts with six new provider networks. Amyris AMRS climbed 11.17% to $4.48 after the company and BASF reached an agreement for strain engineering collaboration. Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners CPRX rose 9.50% to $2.42 after the company priced an underwritten public offering of 11,325,000 shares at $2.21 per share. CytRx CYTR shares climbed 8.92% to $4.15 on positive Aldoxorubicin data. Magnegas MNGA rose 8.17% to $1.59 after the company expanded into Georgia with a new distributor. Acacia Research ACTG climbed 8.03% to $17.62 after the company announced settlements and license agreements. Perry Ellis International PERY shares surged 6.60% to $15.19 after the company announced Q4 results. Perry Ellis swung to a quarterly loss of $28.2 million, or $1.91 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $4.4 million, or $0.28 per share. Excluding special items, it earned $0.06 per share. Pandora Media P climbed 4.56% to $32.88 on positive March audience metrics. Ctrip.com International CTRP shares climbed 3.72% to $54.11 after the company announced up to $600 million share repurchase program. Kamada KMDA surged 2.94% to $15.41 after the company announced the US proof-of-concept study with Glassia to treat GVHD. Plug Power PLUG rose 1.74% to $7.61 after the company reported that it has acquired fuel-cell stack maker ReliOn for around $4 million in stock. MannKind MNKD rose 1.57% to $7.10 after climbing 73.88% on Wednesday.