Morning Market Gainers

CASI Pharmaceuticals Inc CASI shares gained 30.39 percent to $1.33 after the company reported that it has received Orphan Drug designation from the European Medicines Agency for ENMD-2076 to treat hepatocellular carcinoma. Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings Inc LTRPA shares climbed 23.27 percent to $29.82 following announcement of TripAdvisor partnership with Priceline. Tripadvisor Inc TRIP shares jumped 22.63 percent to $81.78. TripAdvisor and Priceline Group Inc PCLN reported an instant booking partnership. SanDisk Corporation SNDK shares climbed 11.96 percent to $69.16 after Bloomberg reported that the storage solutions provider is working with a banker to explore the option of a sale. Digirad Corporation DRAD shares surged 10.79 percent to $4.52 after the company agreed to acquire DMS Health Technologies for $36 million in cash. Zafgen Inc ZFGN shares gained 9.94 percent to $17.32 after falling 28.89 percent on Tuesday. Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL rose 2.72 percent to $49.03 after the company reported upbeat earnings for the third quarter. BlackRock, Inc. BLK gained 2.28 percent to $322.31 after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its third quarter. Bank of America Corp BAC rose 2 percent to $15.84 after the bank reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter. Twitter Inc TWTR gained 1.45 percent to $29.48 after the company named Omid Kordestani as executive chairman.