Gainers
- NanoViricides Inc (NYSE:NNVC) shares rose 54.5% to close at $8.45 on Friday after gaining 43.2% on Thursday.
- SAExploration Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SAEX) shares jumped 33% to close at $3.02 on Friday after the company announced two new projects in offshore West Africa valued at $42 million. The company also announced it has reduced its debt by $14.5 million.
- Vaccinex, Inc. (NASDAQ:VCNX) gained 32.2% to close at $6.90.
- Casa Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CASA) surged 29.2% to close at $4.69 after the company raised its FY19 sales guidance. The company also reported the resignation of CFO Maurizio Nicolelli.
- eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:EHTH) shares rose 26.9% to close at $123.26 after Cantor Fitzgerald analysts reiterated an Overweight rating on the stock and raised the price target from $120 to $150.
- Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE:CBB) climbed 22.2% to close at $13.75 after the company announced that it entered into a non-binding proposal from an infrastructure fund to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stocks for $12 per share.
- Era Group Inc (NYSE:ERA) shares rose 19.2% to close at $10.24. Bristow and Era Group agreed to merge in an all-stock deal.
- Equillium Inc (NASDAQ:EQ) shares gained 19.2% to close at $5.10.
- Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (NYSE:APT) shares rose 17.9% to close at $6.00 after gaining 10.65% on Thursday.
- Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIR) gained 17.5% to close at $19.95.
- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp (NASDAQ:TNXP) climbed 17.3% to close at $1.63 after the company announced it has completed the required fed-fasting and dose proportionality tests of TNX-102.
- Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CNSL) rose 17% to close at $5.00.
- Sonoma Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SNOA) gained 16.6% to close at $5.69. Sonoma Pharmaceuticals commenced a process to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives for its U.S. Dermatology Division. Maxim Group has been engaged to assist in this process, the company added.
- Atreca, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCEL) rose 13.9% to close at $18.48.
- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp (NASDAQ:ADPT) surged 13.8% to close at $30.55. Adaptive priced 8 million share public offering of common stock at $26.50 per share.
- Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. (NASDAQ:OBCI) gained 12.9% to close at $3.67.
- Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLUB) climbed 11.8% to close at $2.37.
- Leaf Group Ltd. (NYSE:LEAF) gained 11.1% to close at $3.01.
- Atlassian Corporation PLC (NASDAQ:TEAM) rose 10.7% to close at $146.79 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 EPS and sales results. The company also issued FY20 EPS and sales guidance above estimates.
- Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc NASDAQ: INO) gained 10.4% to close at $4.24 on continued momentum after CEPI awarded the company funding to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus.
- TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:TCRR) surged 9.9% to close at $16.01.
- Party City Holdco Inc. (NYSE:PRTY) gained 9.8% to close at $3.03.
- Agile Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AGRX) climbed 8.8% to close at $3.35.
- Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BLDP) rose 8.4% to close at $9.70 after falling 10.50% on Thursday.
- Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) rose 8.1% to close at $68.47 after the company reported better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter and issued strong Q1 guidance.
- American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:AMSC) shares jumped 7.5% to close at $7.87. Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on American Superconductor with a Buy rating and a $13 price target.
- Entera Bio Ltd. (NASDAQ:ENTX) surged 7.1% to close at $3.31.
- Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVTI) gained 6% to close at $13.68 following Q4 results.
- Camber Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CEI) climbed 5.7% to close at $2.03 after the company announced that it entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Viking Energy Group regarding a proposed merger between the two companies.
- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAKE) gained 5% to close at $13.74.
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Losers
- ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:TBLT) shares dipped 43.2% to close at $0.1580 on Friday after the company reported pricing of upsized $9.0 million underwritten public offering.
- CHF Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:CHFS) shares fell 40.7% to close at $0.48 after the company priced a 3.755 million unit offering at $0.55 per unit.
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- HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOK) shares declined 12.6% to close at $12.06.
- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:BLCM) fell 12.2% to close at $1.88. Bellicum Pharma reported presentation of new translational data for BPX-601 at th ASCO GI Cancers Symposium.
- Applied Genetic Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:AGTC) fell 11.6% to close at $7.40.
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- Pacific Drilling S.A. (NYSE:PACD) shares dropped 11.3% to close at $1.89.
- Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) fell 11.1% to close at $76.29 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 sales results.
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- Endo International plc (NASDAQ:ENDP) shares declined 10.2% to close at $5.92.
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- Washington Prime Group Inc. (NYSE:WPG) shares tumbled 9.9% to close at $3.36.
- Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) fell 9.9% to close at $32.63 after the company reported Q4 results.
- Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ:SEED) declined 9.9% to close at $7.05.
- Allena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNA) fell 9.7% to close at $2.34.
- Tarena International, Inc. (NASDAQ:TEDU) declined 9.5% to close at $3.15.
- Fang Holdings Limited (NYSE:SFUN) fell 9.4% to close at $2.70.
- Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADMS) dipped 9.3% to close at $5.45.
- Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SBPH) dropped 8.9% to close at $1.84.
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) fell 7.2% to close at $8.33 after reporting Q4 results.
- Co-Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:CODX) fell 7.4% to close at $1.88. Co-Diagnostics priced its 3.45 million common stock offering at $1.45 per share.
- Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV) fell 7.1% to close at $36.64 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 EPS results.
- Aethlon Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEMD) fell 7% to close at $2.40.
- Encana Corp (NYSE:ECA) fell 6.2% to close at $3.79.
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