15 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Tuesday - InspireMD (NASDAQ:NSPR), Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN), Titan Machinery (NASDAQ:TITN)

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc DFFN shares jumped 104.6 percent to $11.88 after surging 176.70 percent on Monday.
GenVec Inc GNVC shares climbed 44.9 percent to $7.20 after surging 35.79 percent on Monday.
Biocept Inc BIOC shares rose 32.4 percent to $1.35 after the company disclosed that it has secured an in-network provider agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
InspireMD Inc NSPR shares gained 27.4 percent to $3.53 after climbing 13.99 percent on Monday.
Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. PPSI surged 25 percent to $7.00 after the company issued a strong earnings forecast for 2017.
Pacific Continental Corporation PCBK shares jumped 24.9 percent to $25.98 after the company announced plans to merge with Columbia Banking System Inc COLB.
Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc IDXG shares rose 22.8 percent to $7.20. Interpace Diagnostics shares have jumped 1,731.25 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 17.95 percent in the same period.
EnteroMedics Inc ETRM gained 16.3 percent to $20.58 after climbing 92.60 percent on Monday.
xG Technology Inc XGTI shares rose 14.7 percent to $2.18 after gaining 14.46 percent on Monday.
Illumina, Inc. ILMN shares climbed 14.5 percent to $162.09. Illumina has introduced the NovaSeqTM Series. The company’s CEO said he saw Q4 revenue coming in at $619 million. Bank of America upgraded Illumina from Neutral to Buy.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX surged 9.5 percent to $16.80. Valeant agreed to sell Dendreon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Sanpower Group for $819.9 million in cash. The company also agreed to sell its CeraVe, AcneFree, AMBI skincare brands to L'Oreal for $1.3 billion.
Pixelworks, Inc. PXLW shares rose 8.7 percent to $3.06 after the company issued a strong revenue forecast for the fourth quarter. The company also projects to post a profit for the fourth quarter.
Kennametal Inc. KMT gained 6 percent to $33.62. KeyBanc upgraded Kennametal from Sector Weight to Overweight.
Acuity Brands, Inc. AYI rose 3.2 percent to $208.96. Baird upgraded Acuity Brands from Neutral to Outperform.
Titan Machinery Inc. TITN gained 3 percent to $14.35. Aegis Capital initiated coverage of Titan Machinery with a Buy rating.

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