40 Stocks Moving In Wednesday's Mid-Day Session


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Gainers

  • Leading Brands, Inc (USA) (NASDAQ:LBIX) shares jumped 58.4 percent to $2.36.
  • Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRML) shares rose 21.8 percent to $1.79. ASPiRA Labs reported a 27 percent rise in covered lives for OVA1.
  • Pyxis Tankers Inc (NASDAQ:PXS) climbed 19.1 percent to $2.00.
  • Iconix Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ:ICON) shares gained 18 percent to $1.93 after traders in chat erroneously circulated Financial Times article from June that the company is in talks to be bought for $6 per share.
  • Plantronics Inc (NYSE:PLT) shares climbed 17.3 percent to $53.240 after the company reported upbeat Q2 results.
  • Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE:BBG) gained 16.8 percent to $5.76 following Q3 results. Bill Barrett reported a Q3 loss of $28.8 million.
  • Gravity Co., LTD. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GRVY) shares rose 14.9 percent to $61.46.
  • Emerge Energy Services LP (NYSE:EMES) shares surged 14.2 percent to $8.15 as the company posted strong Q3 results.
  • B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE:BGS) shares jumped 13.3 percent to $36.05 after the company posted upbeat Q3 results and raised its FY17 sales outlook.
  • Halyard Health Inc (NYSE:HYH) climbed 12.8 percent to $47.53. Halyard Health posted upbeat Q3 results and raised its FY17 outlook. Owens & Minor announced plans to acquire Halyard Health Surgical and Infection Prevention business for $710 million in cash.
  • McDermott International Inc (NYSE:MDR) gained 12.7 percent to $7.47 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
  • Calyxt Inc (NASDAQ:CLXT) shares rose 12.3 percent to $23.00.
  • VBI Vaccines, Inc. (NASDAQ:VBIV) gained 11.1 percent to $ 3.82. Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on VBI Vaccines with a Buy rating and a $10.00 price target.
  • Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (NASDAQ:BGFV) shares jumped 11 percent to $7.05 after the company posted Q3 results. Big 5 expects Q4 earnings of $0.16 to $0.28 per share.
  • Skyline Medical Inc (NASDAQ:SKLN) shares gained 10.1 percent to $2.07 after the company reported a strategic collaboration with Helomics for the development of next-gen of personalized cancer diagnostics.
  • United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X) climbed 9.8 percent to $27.81 after the company reported upbeat earnings for its third quarter and issued a strong forecast for FY17.
  • Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) shares jumped 9 percent to $121.89 as the company reported upbeat results for its third quarter and raised its FY guidance.
  • Manitowoc Company Inc (NYSE:MTW) climbed 6.5 percent to $10.14. RBC Capital upgraded Manitowoc from Sector Perform to Outperform.
  • Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) shares gained 6.2 percent to $56.15 after the company posted better-than-expected Q3 results and raised its FY17 guidance.
  • Moleculin Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:MBRX) gained 5 percent to $2.03 as the company disclosed that MD Anderson filed IND with the FDA for WP1066 for the treatment of brain tumors.

 

Losers

  • Envision Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:EVHC) shares dipped 31 percent to $29.41 after the company reported third-quarter adjusted EPS that was down significantly year over year and announced plans to review strategic alternatives.
  • Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ:FTR) shares fell 23 percent to $ 9.32. Frontier Communications reported a Q3 loss of $1.19 per share on revenue of $2.25 billion.
  • Eleven Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:EBIO) dropped 22.7 percent to $0.734. Eleven Biotherapeutics priced its $8.0 million underwritten public offering.
  • 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) shares declined 21.2 percent to $9.77 as the company reported downbeat quarterly results.
  • Qumu Corp (NASDAQ:QUMU) shares dropped 18.1 percent to $2.61 after the company reported Q3 results.
  • Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) slipped 15.9 percent to $11.55. Pitney Bowes reported Q3 adjusted earnings of $0.33 per share on sales of $843 million and announced a strategic review.
  • Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE:OMI) declined 15.5 percent to $20.76. Owens & Minor posted weak quarterly earnings and announced plans to acquire Halyard Health Surgical and Infection Prevention business for $710 million in cash.
  • Payment Data Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYDS) shares dropped 15.4 percent to $2.19 after climbing 80.16 percent on Tuesday.
  • Surgery Partners Inc (NASDAQ:SGRY) declined 14.9 percent to $7.88. Surgery Partners expects Q3 sales of $306.3 million and loss before income taxes of $21.9 million. Bank of America downgraded Surgery Partners from Buy to Neutral.
  • Investment Technology Group (NYSE:ITG) fell 14.2 percent to $20.13. ITG reported a Q3 GAAP loss of $0.11 per share on sales of $114.531 million.
  • Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVMI) slipped 12.5 percent to $27.37 after reporting Q3 results.
  • NOW Inc (NYSE:DNOW) fell 12.5 percent to $ 10.95. NOW reported Q3 adjusted loss of $0.03 per share on sales of $697 million.
  • Differential Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DFBG) shares dropped 12.5 percent to $1.05.
  • Intellia Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NTLA) shares declined 11.5 percent to $27.53. Intellia Therapeutics reported a $150 million common stock offering.
  • Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) dropped 10.2 percent to $105.67. Check Point posted upbeat Q3 results, but issued a weak revenue forecast for the current quarter.
  • Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE:ANF) shares dropped 12 percent to $11.81. JP Morgan downgraded Abercrombie & Fitch from Neutral to Underweight.
  • World Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:WRLD) fell 9 percent to $79.64. World Acceptance reported Q2 earnings of $1.10 per share on revenue of $131 million.
  • Caesarstone Ltd (NASDAQ:CSTE) shares declined 8.8 percent to $25.80 after reporting Q3 earnings. CaesarStone Sdot-Yam reported Q3 earnings of $6.9 million.
  • Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) slipped 5.4 percent to $113.15. EA posted a Q2 GAAP EPS of $(0.07). Sales were significantly down year over year at $959 million, down from $1.18 billion in the second quarter of 2016. The company also issued a weak sales guidance for the holiday quarter.
  • Criteo SA (ADR) (NASDAQ:CRTO) fell 5.3 percent to $39.56. Criteo reported Q3 adjusted earnings of $0.65 per share on revenue of $234 million. The company issued a weak sales forecast for the current quarter.

Crypto Whales Are Loading Up — Are You?

New research shows the biggest crypto buyers are back. And this time? They could hold for the possibility that Bitcoin will surpass $100,000 in 2024. You don’t want to miss the next massive crypto bull run like we saw in 2020 and 2021. To know exactly what’s going on and what to buy… Get Access To Benzinga’s Best Crypto Research and Investments For Only $1.


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