15 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Tuesday - ZW Data Action Tech (NASDAQ:CNET), Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA)

Nature's Sunshine Prod. NATR climbed 24.3 percent to $11.00 as the company disclosed that it has received its direct selling license in China.
xG Technology Inc XGTI shares jumped 24 percent to $1.80. xG Technology posted Q1 earnings of $0.84 per share on revenue of $9.335 million.
Taitron Components Inc. TAIT shares surged 22.6 percent to $1.50.
Akebia Therapeutics Inc AKBA shares climbed 18.9 percent to $15.34. Akebia and Vifor Pharma reported an exclusive license agreement to provide vadadustat to Fresenius Medical Care upon the FDA approval.
WashingtonFirst Bankshares Inc WFBI gained 18.6 percent to $34.21 after the company agreed to be acquired by Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. SASR.
DXP Enterprises Inc DXPE shares surged 18 percent to $39.02 after the company posted upbeat quarterly results.
Etsy Inc ETSY jumped 17.2 percent to $13.27. TPG Group Holdings Advisors reported a 4.3 percent stake in Etsy, while Dragoneer Investment Group reported a 3.7 percent stake in the company.
Weibo Corp (ADR) WB climbed 16.5 percent to $73.25 after the company posted upbeat Q1 results.
SINA Corp SINA jumped 16.2 percent to $97.63 after reporting strong quarterly results.
Triumph Group Inc TGI gained 12.2 percent to $22.95. Baird upgraded Triumph Group from Underperform to Outperform.
Chinanet Online Holdings Inc CNET surged 9.4 percent to $1.24. ChinaNet Online reported a Q1 loss of $0.09 per share on revenue of $7.3 million.
ImmunoGen, Inc. IMGN shares rose 7.4 percent to $4.90 after climbing 11.22 percent on Monday
Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) VOD shares rose 4.8 percent to $28.89. Vodafone’s adjusted core earnings, excluding the Indian business, increased 5.8 percent to 14.1 billion euros.
Magic Software Enterprises Ltd MGIC rose 4.5 percent to $8.39. Magic Software reported Q1 earnings of $4.3 million on revenue of $60.8 million.
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. GILT gained 4 percent to $5.23. Gilat posted Q1 earnings of $0.03 per share on sales of $63.93 million.

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