25 Stocks Moving In Friday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Pyxis Tankers Inc. PXS rose 47.48 percent to $$5.56, after the company announced it has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with a group of investors, which will result in gross proceeds of $4.8 million.
• Sigma Designs Inc SIGM rose 22.77 percent to $6.88. Silicon Laboratories SLAB announced plans to buy Sigma Designs for $7.05 per share in cash.
• Steadymed Ltd STDY rose 19.35 percent to $3.70, after the company reported that no clinical trials were required for Trevyent and that the FDA had agreed to the pathway for the drug candidate's NDA resubmission.
• Iteris, Inc. ITI rose 15.73 percent to $7.06. Earlier in the week, Zacks Investment Research had upgraded the company from "Sell" to "Hold".
• Science Applications International Corp SAIC rose 13.71 percent to $85.77 as the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter.
• Technical Communications Corporation TCCO rose 12.41 percent to $6.07, after having risen sharply in pre-marketing trading.
• Radius Health, Inc. RDUS rose 12.41 percent to $30.81 after the company provided an update on data from the Phase 1 005 clinical study of elacestrant in patients with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer during the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
• ForeScout Technologies, Inc. FSCT rose 12.32 percent to $25.80 after the company reported its third quarter financial results.
• Prana Biotechnology Limited PRAN rose 11.36 percent to $3.43, as the company announced a research collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceuticals to study the ability of movement disorders compound, PBT434 to slow or prevent neurodegeneration of the gastrointestinal system.
• Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. CBIO rose 10.49 percent to $7.90 as the company announced the appointment of Arwa Shurrab and Jamie Ellen Siegel in its clinical hemophilia programs.
• Cutera, Inc. CUTR rose 8.50 percent to $44.05. The company has announced the appointment of Ms. Sandra A. Gardiner as its Executive Vice-President and CFO.
• Verastem Inc VSTM rose 7.06 percent to $4.29, after gaining 4.5 percent in pre-market trading and 4.20 percent on Thursday.
• Vince Holding Corp VNCE shares rose 7.83 percent to $5.39. Vince Holding reported stronger-than-expected results for its third quarter on Thursday.

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Losers

• Erytech Pharma Société Anonyme ERYP fell 28.95 percent to $19.85 after the company disclosed that its Phase 2b study of eryaspase for the treatment of AML did not meet primary endpoint.
• Veeco Instruments Inc. VECO fell 23.58 percent to $11.20 as the company issued an update on patent litigation.
• Aqua Metals Inc AQMS fell 22.62 percent to $2.04 after the company reported a common stock offering.
• Cancer Genetics, Inc. CGIX fell 21.28 percent to $1.85 as the company announced a purchase price of $2.00 per unit for a registered direct offering of 3,500,000 units.
• Tellurian Inc TELL fell 14.63 percent to $10.24. Tellurian reported an 8 million share common stock offering.
• Vistagen Therapeutics Inc VTGN shares fell 12.80 percent to $1.77 after surging 12.78 percent on Thursday.
• American Outdoor Brands Corp AOBC fell 12.06 percent to $13.13 after the company reported upbeat results for its second quarter, but issued weak third quarter and FY18 guidance.
• La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company LJPC fell 11.66 percent to $28.33 after the company announced the start of a pivotal clinical study of its synthetic human hepcidin candidate in patients with transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia who have cardiac iron levels above normal.
• Interlink Electronics, Inc. LINK fell 11.55 percent to $5.09.
• IES Holdings, Inc. IESC fell 11.04 percent to $16.73 after the company announced its fourth quarter results.
• Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc MRNS fell 9.26 percent to $7.84 after gaining 4.2 percent in pre-market trading and jumping 39.58 percent on Thursday.
• Party City Holdco Inc. PRTY fell 8.77 percent to $12.22. The company announced that certain stockholders intended to offer 10,000,000 shares of its common stock for sale.