15 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Friday - Aldeyra Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ALDX), Alpine Immune Sciences (NASDAQ:ALPN)

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc MDGL shares rose 33.9 percent to $29.90.
Ascendis Pharma A/S ASND shares climbed 31.7 percent to $36.52. Wedbush raised price target on Ascendis Pharma from $36 to $65 following Versartis data.
TDH Holdings Inc PETZ shares surged 19.5 percent to $7.45. TDH Holdings priced IPO at $4.25 per share.
China Lending Corp CLDC shares rose 17 percent to $2.94.
ITUS Corp ITUS shares surged 16 percent to $2.38.
Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. ALPN climbed 9.9 percent to $10.64. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Alpine Immune Sciences from Hold to Buy.
StoneMor Partners L.P. STON shares gained 8.9 percent to $6.61. StoneMor Partners promoted two executives to key management positions. The company named Ken Lee as National Vice-President of Operations, and Gina Mack as Vice-President of Human Resources.
Veru Inc VERU shares jumped 8.8 percent to $2.22.
RADA Electronic Ind. Ltd. RADA shares rose 8.7 percent to $3.48.
Finish Line Inc FINL climbed 8.2 percent to $9.97. Finish Line reported Q2 adjusted earnings of $0.12 per share on revenue of $469.4 million.
MINDBODY Inc MB shares gained 7.9 percent to $26.80. KeyBanc upgraded MINDBODY from Sector Weight to Overweight.
CarMax, Inc KMX jumped 6.3 percent to $73.20 after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its second quarter.
Equifax Inc. EFX surged 5.3 percent to $103.45. Wells Fargo upgraded Equifax from Market Perform to Outperform.
Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc ALDX shares climbed 4.9 percent to $8.34 after the company reported closing of public offering of 3,967,500 shares of common stock and full exercise of option to purchase additional shares.
AstraZeneca plc (ADR) AZN rose 3.3 percent to $33.90. Bernstein upgraded AstraZeneca from Market Perform to Outperform.

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