11 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Thursday - Biomarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:BMRN)

SemiLEDs Corporation LEDS shares jumped 175.8 percent to $9.10 after filing of large insider buy released. Dr. Peter Chiou will purchase 577,000 shares of SemiLEDs common stock at $5.00 per share.
U.S. Energy Corp. USEG shares climbed 42.4 percent to $2.52 as the company agreed to acquire interest in Wattenberg development program.
AVG Technologies NV AVG shares surged 31.5 percent to $24.71 after Avast Software announced plans to acquire AVG Technologies for $1.3 billion in cash.
WhiteWave Foods Co WWAV shares gained 18.6 percent to $56.26 after France's Danone SA announced its plans to buy WhiteWave Foods for $56.25 per share in cash.
Paramount Gold Nevada Corp PZG rose 16.5 percent to $2.47 as the company reported that it has has completed the acquisition of Calico Resources Corp.
EZCORP Inc EZPW climbed 16.1 percent to $8.87 as the company entered into agreement to sell Grupo Finmart for $50 million. Wells Fargo upgraded EZCORP from Market Perform to Outperform.
LivePerson, Inc. LPSN rose 14 percent to $7.13. Benchmark upgraded LivePerson from Hold to Buy.
EMCORE Corporation EMKR gained 8.6 percent to $6.19. EMCORE announced a special dividend of $1.50 per share.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. BMRN shares climbed 8.3 percent to $87.49. Roche is said to have renewed interest in BioMarin, Betaville reported.
Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc PTX shares gained 8.1 percent to $0.48 as the company reported restructuring of sales force and operations. Pernix Therapeutics announced plans to reduce workforce by 23 percent
PepsiCo, Inc. PEP shares rose 2 percent to $108.04 as the company reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings.

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