Morning Market Movers

Vocus VOCS rose 47.04% to $17.91 after the company agreed to be taken private by private equity firm GTCR Valor Merger Sub in a $446.5 million deal. UBIC UBIC shares climbed 27.48% to $9.00 after gaining 11.01% on Friday. Questcor Pharmaceuticals QCOR jumped 25.21% to $84.98 after the company agreed to be bought by Mallinckrodt MNK for $86.10 per share. Agios Pharmaceuticals AGIO climbed 20.21% to $42.65 after the company announced initial Phase 1 AG-221 data presented at AACR 2014. JP Morgan upgraded the stock from Neutral to Overweight and raised the price target from $40.00 to $55.00. IsoRay ISR climbed 11.22% to $3.37 after the company announced human prostate implant utilizing Cesium-131 seeds with C4 Imaging's positive signal MRI markers Peregrine Pharmaceuticals PPHM shares surged 10.88% to $2.04 after the company announced supporting data for combining Peregrine's PS-targeting immunotherapy agent bavituximab with irradiation. Zynga ZNGA rose 1.20% to $4.20 as Wedbush added the stock to 'Best Ideas' list.
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