18 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Monday - Chemours (NYSE:CC), Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB)

Blue Nile Inc NILE shares jumped 35.2 percent to $41.14 after the company disclosed a deal with Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street LLC for $40.75 a share in cash.
Cogint, Inc. COGT surged 25.2 percent to $3.69.
Medallion Financial Corp MFIN gained 19.9 percent to $3.91 following Q3 results. Medallion Financial reported Q3 earnings of $5 million on revenue of $2 million.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc IONS climbed 19.5 percent to $32.43. Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals disclosed that SPINRAZA has met the primary endpoint at interim analysis of Phase 3 CHERISH study.
Datalink Corporation DTLK shares climbed 18.5 percent to $11.17 after Insight Enterprises, Inc. NSIT announced plans to acquire Datalink for $11.25 per share in cash.
LendingClub Corp LC shares surged 17.4 percent to $6.02 as the company reported a smaller loss than analysts estimated for the third quarter.
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (ADR) GOL shares rose 14.2 percent to $24.67. Gol Linhas reported a Q3 loss of $277,000 on revenue of $740.2 million.
Chemours Co CC gained 13.3 percent to $19.38 on better-than-expected quarterly profit.
Energous Corp WATT shares rose 13.1 percent to $14.68. Energous and Dialog Semiconductor plc reported a new strategic partnership for wireless charging adoption.
Intec Pharma Ltd NTEC gained 11.9 percent to $5.04. Intec Pharma disclosed that it has lowered its trial sample size in its Phase III study.
MeetMe Inc MEET shares climbed 8.5 percent to $5.10. MeetMe posted Q3 earnings of $0.10 per share on revenue of $17.2 million.
Biogen Inc BIIB gained 6.6 percent to $295.27. Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals disclosed that SPINRAZA has met the primary endpoint at interim analysis of Phase 3 CHERISH study. Piper Jaffray upgraded Biogen from Neutral to Overweight.
SunPower Corporation SPWR shares rose 6.5 percent to $7.09. SunPower and GRID Alternatives disclosed a new three-year partnership.
Cognex Corporation CGNX gained 6 percent to $53.81. CLSA upgraded Cognex from Underperform to Outperform.
Potbelly Corp PBPB rose 5.5 percent to $12.55. Maxim Group upgraded Potbelly from Hold to Buy.
Cempra Inc CEMP shares rose 3 percent to $7.78 in pre-market trading as the company said that a majority of the US FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee [AMDAC] had voted in favor of the efficacy results of solithromycin outweighing the risks.
MGM Resorts International MGM shares gained 2.8 percent to $27.14 as the company delivered better than expected earnings for the third quarter.
Harris Corporation HRS shares rose 2.6 percent to $96.70 after the company disclosed that it has been awarded a $43 million follow-on contract by the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research. Cowen & Co. upgraded Harris from Market Perform to Outperform.

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