25 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Friday

Lantheus Holdings Inc LNTH shares surged 58 percent to $6.15 as the company reported strong Q2 results.
Freshpet Inc FRPT shares jumped 26.9 percent to $10.48. Freshpet reported a Q2 loss of $0.10 per share on revenue of $33 million.
Willdan Group, Inc. WLDN gained 25.9 percent to $12.98 after the company reported upbeat Q2 results.
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. PTCT rose 21.5 percent to $7.40 as the company posted a narrower-than-expected Q2 loss.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc KTOS shares climbed 17.4 percent to $5.34 as the company reported stronger-than-expected Q2 results.
OvaScience Inc OVAS rose 16.4 percent to $6.49 as the company posted a narrower-than-expected loss for the second quarter.
SPX Corporation SPXC shares rose 16.3 percent to $17.69 on better-than-expected quarterly results.
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. AHT gained 16.2 percent to $6.60. The real estate investment trust posted Q2 funds from operations of $0.60 per share.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc AAOI rose 15.8 percent to $14.85 as the company posted better-than-expected quarterly results and issued a strong forecast for the current quarter.
Performant Financial Corp PFMT gained 14.2 percent to $2.17 as the company posted upbeat quarterly results and raised its FY16 guidance.
Pacific Biosciences of California PACB climbed 14.1 percent to $8.84 after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss.
MasTec, Inc. MTZ climbed 12.8 percent to $27.50 after the company posted better-than-expected Q2 results and raised its FY16 outlook.
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. RAX shares gained 11.3 percent to $29.54. The Wall Street Journal reported that Rackspace is in advanced talks to be sold to a private-equity firm and a deal could be announced as soon as this week.
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. NUS shares climbed 11 percent to $59.51. Nu Skin posted in-line quarterly earnings, but sales exceeded analysts’ estimates. The company also raised its Q3 earnings guidance.
Acxiom Corporation ACXM shares gained 8.8 percent to $25.13 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results and raised its buyback plan by $100 million to $400 million. Acxiom reported a deal to sell Impact email unit.
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) LGF gained 8.4 percent to $20.63 after the company posted upbeat quarterly results.
Egalet Corp EGLT shares rose 8 percent to $8.22 as the company announced that the FDA Advisory Committee has recommended the approval of ARYMO ER. Egalet posted a Q2 loss of $0.97 per share on revenue of $3.5 million.
Ubiquiti Networks Inc UBNT rose 7.3 percent to $48.36 as the company released its Q4 results after market close on Thursday. Earnings per share came in above Wall Street consensus expectations.
El Pollo LoCo Holdings Inc LOCO rose 6.8 percent to $13.97. El Pollo Loco reported Q2 earnings of $0.19 per share on revenue of $97.5 million.
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK shares gained 6.8 percent to $61.76 after Bristol-Myers Squibb Co BMY reported results from the CheckMate-026 Study, stating cancer-treating Opdivo did not meet the primary endpoint.
Control4 Corp CTRL shares rose 6.8 percent to $10.16. Control4 posted better-than-expected quarterly results and issued a strong FY16 outlook.
Symantec Corporation SYMC gained 5.1 percent to $22.10 as the company reported better-than-expected results for the first quarter and issued a strong revenue forecast for the current quarter.
Kraft Heinz Co KHC shares rose 5.1 percent to $89.87 as the company posted upbeat earnings for the second quarter on Thursday.
Priceline Group Inc PCLN shares rose 4.9 percent to $1,426.01 as the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its second quarter on Thursday.
Organovo Holdings Inc ONVO shares rose 4.6 percent to $4.53 after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss.

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