15 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Tuesday - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN), Patterson Cos (NASDAQ:PDCO)

Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc IDXG shares jumped 159.3 percent to $11.41 as the company reported an agreement with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's "Center for Clinical Effectiveness" to support enhanced coverage.
Apollo Endosurgery Inc APEN shares surged 29.6 percent to $15.76.
BioScrip Inc BIOS shares climbed 25 percent to $1.30. BioScrip shares have dropped 44.09 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 11.24 percent in the same period.
Kopin Corporation KOPN shares rose 13.3 percent to $3.22 after falling 3.07 percent on Friday.
Oncobiologics Inc ONS shares gained 11.6 percent to $3.36.
First NBC Bank Holding Company FNBC shares climbed 10.3 percent to $8.05. First NBC agreed to sell nine branches, and certain assets and liabilities to Whitney Bank. First NBC Bank also appointed Crowe Horwath LLP as its new independent auditor for the year ended December 31, 2016.
Depomed Inc DEPO shares rose 9 percent to $19.63. KKR & Co. L.P. KKR is said to still be interested in acquiring Depomed and would combine it with Arbor Pharmaceuticals, according to sources as reported by the New York Post on Friday. Depomed has set Wednesday as the deadline for final bids, the sources said.
Alon USA Energy, Inc. ALJ shares rose 8.3 percent to $12.32. Delek US Holdings, Inc. DK agreed to acquire remaining outstanding shares of Alon USA.
Chromadex Corp CDXC gained 7.3 percent to $3.55. Rodman & Renshaw initiated coverage on Chromadex with a Buy rating.
Seadrill Ltd SDRL shares rose 6 percent to $3.62 after declining 3.12 percent on Friday.
Ichor Holdings Ltd ICHR gained 5.7 percent to $11.44. Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on Ichor with a Buy rating, while RBC Capital initiated coverage on the stock with an Outperform rating.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV FCAU shares rose 4.2 percent to $9.50. Fiat Chrysler and Alphabet Inc GOOGL announced a collaboration on Uconnect system concept powered by Android at the CES 2017.
Groupon Inc GRPN rose 4 percent to $3.45. RBC Capital upgraded Groupon from Underperform to Sector Perform.
Patterson Companies, Inc. PDCO climbed 3.6 percent to $42.51. Baird upgraded Patterson Companies from Neutral to Outperform.
Barracuda Networks Inc CUDA gained 3.5 percent to $22.17. JMP Securities upgraded Barracuda from Market Underperform to Market Perform.

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