15 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Wednesday - Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL)

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. AVXL shares surged 42.2 percent to $4.47 after it was announced one of their compounds will be tested in a Biogen Neurological Protection mode.
Skypeople Fruit Juice Inc SPU shares gained 32.5 percent to $9.33.
Harmonic Inc HLIT shares climbed 20.4 percent to $5.61. Harmonic reported a warrant deal with Comcast Corporation.
Origin Agritech Ltd. SEED shares climbed 18.8 percent to $2.77 as the company reported the sale of commercial seed production and distribution business for around $60 million.
Universal Security Instruments, Inc. UUU rose 16.7 percent to $3.63. Universal Security Instruments reported a Q4 loss of $0.34 per share on revenue of $3.413 million.
Ocean Power Technologies Inc OPTT surged 14.7 percent to $8.26. Ocean Power Technologies shares have surged 60.00 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has increased 14.78 percent in the same period.
China Ceramics Co Ltd CCCL gained 14 percent to $3.42. China Ceramics reported Q2 earnings of $1.18 per share on revenue of $31.1 million.
Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. TTS shares rose 9.3 percent to $16.77. Tile Shop Holdings will replace EPIQ Systems, Inc. EPIQ in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on September 30.
ContraFect Corp CFRX surged 7.8 percent to $2.49. William Blair initiated coverage on ContraFect with an Outperform rating.
Cypress Energy Partners LP CELP gained 6.2 percent to $9.36. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Cypress Energy Partners from Hold to Buy.
Dillard's, Inc. DDS rose 6 percent to $61.60. Credit Suisse upgraded Dillard's from Neutral to Outperform.
Myokardia Inc MYOK shares surged 5.6 percent to $15.97. MyoKardia priced an underwritten public offering of 3,800,000 shares of its common stock at $15.00 per share, before underwriting discounts.
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc SRPT shares rose 4.3 percent to $61.64. RBC Capital maintained Sarepta Therapeutics with an Outperform and raised the price target from $83.00 to $108.00.
Hi-Crush Partners LP HCLP rose 3.7 percent to $15.00. UBS upgraded Hi-Crush Partners from Sell to Neutral.
BlackBerry Ltd BBRY gained 3.4 percent to $8.15. BlackBerry adjusted earnings topped estimates, but revenue fell shy of the expectations. The company lifted its outlook for the fiscal year. BlackBerry also reported its first major device software licensing agreement with joint venture PT BB Merah Putih for the Indonesian market.

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