18 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Thursday - Aarons (NYSE:AAN)

Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc ZYNE shares surged 59.3 percent to $9.86 after the company reported top line results in ZYN002 open label Phase 2 FAB-C study in children with Fragile X syndrome. The study successfully met the primary endpoint.
Exa Corp EXA jumped 42.5 percent to $24.17. Dassault Systèmes announced plans to acquire Exa for $24.25 per share in cash.
Bay Bancorp Inc BYBK gained 40.9 percent to $11.20. Old Line Bancshares, Inc. (MD) OLBK reported a deal to buy Bay Bancorp in a deal valued at around $128.6 million..
Aqua Metals Inc AQMS shares jumped 21.5 percent to $7.35 after gaining 3.95 percent on Wednesday.
Sky Solar Holdings Ltd (ADR) SKYS shares gained 21.4 percent to $1.98. Sky Solar posted net income of $5.2 million in the first half of 2017, versus a net loss of $2.2 million in the year-ago period.
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SPPI shares climbed 18 percent to $ 12.94 as the company issued details of Poziotinib abstract to be presented at the IASLC.
BlackBerry Ltd BBRY shares gained 14.2 percent to $10.53 after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its second quarter and reported signing of first BlackBerry secure licensing deal.
Mastech Digital Inc MHH shares surged 14 percent to $13.50.
Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc SYRS rose 12.8 percent to $15.25. JMP Securities upgraded Syros Pharmaceuticals from Market Perform to Market Outperform.
Rosehill Resources Inc ROSE shares surged 12.6 percent to $6.95.
Abeona Therapeutics Inc ABEO shares rose 12.5 percent to $17.05. Abeona Therapeutics and Brammer Bio reported a partnership for commercial translation of ABO-102.
Advanced Accelerator Application SA(ADR) AAAP shares gained 11.8 percent to $66.79.
Editas Medicine Inc EDIT shares rose 11.2 percent to $22.16 after declining 1.82 percent on Wednesday.
Potbelly Corp PBPB jumped 7.8 percent to $12.40. Piper Jaffray upgraded Potbelly from Neutral to Overweight.
RedHill Biopharma Ltd - ADR RDHL gained 6.3 percent to $9.66 after dropping 3.91 percent on Wednesday.
Rex Energy Corporation REXX shares rose 4.8 percent to $2.88 after surging 17.02 percent on Wednesday.
Abbott Laboratories ABT rose 4.4 percent to $54.43 after the company disclosed that the FDA has approved Abbott Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System.
Aaron's, Inc. AAN gained 4.1 percent to $43.03. KeyBanc upgraded Aaron's from Sector Weight to Overweight.

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