18 Biggest Mid-Day Losers For Thursday - AZZ (NYSE:AZZ)

Apricus Biosciences Inc APRI shares tumbled 11 percent to $1.37.
Whitestone REIT WSR shares dipped 8.8 percent to $12.99. Whitestone REIT priced an offering of 7 million shares at $13 per share and reported a deal to buy 2 premier retail centers.
Skyline Medical Inc SKLN shares dropped 8.7 percent to $2.30 after climbing 16.13 percent on Wednesday.
NanoString Technologies Inc NSTG shares declined 7.9 percent to $17.50. NanoString Technologies is expected to release Q1 results on May 4. Morgan Stanley downgraded NanoString from Overweight to Equal-Weight.
RLI Corp. RLI shares fell 8 percent to $53.88 on downbeat quarterly earnings.
Plexus Corp. PLXS shares dropped 7.8 percent to $53.67. Plexus reported Q2 GAAP earnings of $0.84 per share on revenue of $604 million.
Westar Energy Inc WR declined 7.4 percent to $51.04. 8-K from Great Plains Energy showed that after public hearings, the Kansas Corporation Commission issued an order denying joint merger for the company to buy Westar.
AZZ Inc AZZ dipped 7.2 percent to $54.55. AZZ reported Q4 earnings of $0.44 per share on revenue of $193.8 million.
Texas Capital Bancshares Inc TCBI shares fell 7 percent to $73.25 as the company posted weaker-than-expected Q1 results.
MEDNAX Inc MD fell 6.3 percent to $62.48 after the company reported downbeat quarterly earnings.
United Rentals, Inc. URI dropped 6 percent to $112.30. United Rentals posted upbeat Q1 earnings.
Syntel, Inc. SYNT shares declined 5.8 percent to $16.57. Syntel posted upbeat earnings for its first quarter, but issued a weak FY17 forecast.
Controladora Vuela Co Avcn SA CV VLRS declined 5.3 percent to $13.28. Controladora Vuela reported a Q1 loss of $72 million.
Eagle Point Credit Company Inc ECC shares fell 4.8 percent to $19.52. Eagle Point Credit reported an offering of 1.25 million shares of common stock.
eBay Inc EBAY declined 4 percent to $32.52. eBay reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter earnings, but issued a weak profit forecast for the current quarter. The company also announced it added 2 million buyers in the quarter. Monness Crespi Hardt downgraded eBay from Buy to Neutral.
TCP Capital Corp TCPC shares fell 3.3 percent to $16.67. TCP Capital reported an offering of 5 million shares of common stock. The company also reported preliminary Q1 adjusted net investment income of $0.37-$0.39 per share.
Philip Morris International Inc. PM dropped 3.2 percent to $110.30 after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings for its first quarter.
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ fell 2 percent to $48.10 after the company posted downbeat Q1 results.

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