Gainers
- The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTD) surged 43.39 percent to close at $75.61 on Friday after the company reported upbeat results for its first quarter. The company also issued strong second-quarter and FY18 sales guidance.
- Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ:HEAR) shares rose 40.37 percent to close at $16.03.
- HUYA Inc. (NYSE:HUYA) shares gained 33.83 percent to close at $16.06 on Friday. HUYA priced its IPO at $12 per share.
- Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ:BOXL) jumped 29.5 percent to close at $6.6693 on Friday.
- WideOpenWest, Inc. (NYSE:WOW) gained 28.74 percent to close at $8.69 after the company reported Q1 results.
- ArcBest Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCB) rose 28.01 percent to close at $47.30 after reporting upbeat quarterly earnings.
- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ:OMER) shares jumped 23.31 percent to close at $19.89 following Q1 results.
- MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOSY) shares rose 23.03 percent to close at $1.87 after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results and issued strong Q2 forecast.
- Evolus, Inc. (NASDAQ:EOLS) gained 17.3 percent to close at $13.49 after reporting Q3 results.
- VirnetX Holding Corp (NYSE:VHC) rose 15.79 percent to close at $3.30.
- Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:UEPS) shares gained 15.66 percent to close at $10.19 after reporting Q3 results.
- MYnd Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYND) shares rose 15.32 percent to close at $2.86 on Friday.
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKCA) shares rose 15.2 percent to close at $23.80. Akcea Therapeutics, an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IONS) announced that the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee, which met to discuss the safety and efficacy of subcutaneously injected volanesoren solution for patients with familial chylomicronemia syndrome, voted 12-8 to support its approval.
- Red Violet, Inc. (NASDAQ:RDVT) climbed 15.13 percent to close at $5.25 on Friday.
- Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKTS) jumped 15.03 percent to close at $6.81. Akoustis disclosed that it has received 2 new purchase orders for 2 4G LTE BAW RF filters from a new tier-1 mobile infrastructure OEM customer.
- Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) shares gained 14.74 percent to close at $8.95 following Q1 results.
- Identiv, Inc (NASDAQ:INVE) gained 14.58 percent to close at $3.85 following Q1 results.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUPN) rose 14.33 percent to close at $57.05.
- Verastem, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSTM) jumped 12.81 percent to close at $4.93.
- Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG) rose 12.64 percent to close at $25.30 as Dow Jones reported that the company is in talks with potential buyers, citing sources.
- Stein Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMRT) jumped 12.55 percent to close at $2.87.
- Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS) gained 11.08 percent to close at $8.22. Amtech posted Q2 earnings of $0.19 per share on sales of $32.783 million.
- Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:BLNK) jumped 10.58 percent to close at $5.75 on Friday.
- Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VYGR) gained 8.65 percent to close at $18.21 following Q1 results.
- Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMR) rose 8.03 percent to close at $12.51 after reporting upbeat Q1 results.
- MCBC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCFT) rose 7.54 percent to close at $27.94 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) shares gained 7.45 percent to close at $11.40 after the company reported Q1 earnings.
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Losers
- Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBOT) shares tumbled 41.24 percent to close at $2.28 on Friday after dropping 31.45 percent on Thursday. Stellar Biotechnologies priced 2.075 million units at price of $2.65 per unit.
- Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OBLN) declined 34.03 percent to close at $2.85 after the company reported downbeat Q1 results.
- Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) shares fell 33.1 percent to close at $19.52. Symantec reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter, but issued weak second-quarter guidance.
- Viveve Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVE) declined 31.83 percent to close at $1.97 after reporting Q1 results.
- Intrexon Corporation (NYSE:XON) slipped 19.64 percent to close at $14.98 after the company reported downbeat Q1 results.
- Genprex, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNPX) fell 18.45 percent to close at $10.87.
- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FATE) fell 15.05 percent to close at $9.31 after posting a first-quarter earnings miss.
- Hudson Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:HDSN) dropped 14.5 percent to close at $2.625 on Friday.
- Presidio, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSDO) dipped 14.11 percent to close at $13.27 following Q3 results.
- Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:UPL) fell 13.43 percent to close at $1.74.
- AutoWeb, Inc. (NASDAQ:AUTO) dropped 13.24 percent to close at $3.21 after reporting Q1 results.
- Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited (NASDAQ:CLWT) dipped 12.12 percent to close at $2.90.
- Synlogic, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYBX) fell 11.38 percent to close at $11.76 after the company announced the resignation of its CEO Jose Gutierrez-Ramos.
- Quorum Health Corporation (NYSE:QHC) dropped 11.45 percent to close at $5.49.
- Casa Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CASA) shares tumbled 11.26 percent to close at $20.02 on Friday following Q1 results.
- Highpower International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HPJ) shares dipped 11.11 percent to close at $3.20 following Q1 results.
- Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR) dropped 10.94 percent to close at $7.00.
- Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:WPRT) fell 10.31 percent to close at $2.61 after reporting Q1 earnings.
- FTD Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTD) fell 8.18 percent to close at $4.77.
- Park City Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCYG) fell 7.91 percent to close at $8.15 following Q3 earnings.
- Yelp Inc. (NYSE:YELP) shares declined 7.81 percent to close at $44.02. Yelp reported stronger-than-expected results for its first quarter on Thursday.
- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HALO) fell 5.73 percent to close at $18.825 after reporting Q1 results.
- Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) fell 4.41 percent to close at $3.47. Geron posted a Q1 loss of $0.04 per share.