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XRS XRSC jumped 83.28% to $5.54 after Omnitracs agreed to acquire XRS for $178 million. China HGS Real Estate HGSH shares gained 34.15% to $10.10 after the company signed its second shanty area rebuilding project agreement with a budgeted investment over $750 million. Ascent Solar Technologies ASTI surged 30.04% to $3.68 after the company announces new common stock investment of $8.0 million led by TFG Radiant Investment. Digital Ally DGLY shares gained 21.54% to $22.68. Digital Ally (shares have jumped 59.62% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 22.17% in the same period. Aldeyra Therapeutics ALDX rose 20.81% to $4.18 after the company reported the expansion of drug development team ahead of NS2 clinical trials. Cellular Biomedicine Group CBMG surged 14.82% to $22.28 after the company announced the launch of a study on human adipose mesenchymal progenitor cell. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings NCLH shares gained 11.59% to $37.17 after the company announced its plans to acquire Prestige Cruises International for $3.025 billion. Staples SPLS shares climbed 3.30% to $12.07. Credit Suisse upgraded Staples from Market Perform to Outperform. Achillion Pharmaceuticals ACHN rose 2.89% to $ 11.90 after rising 1.05% on Friday. Compuware CPWR shares surged 1.41% to $9.35. According to the Wall Street Journal, Compuware is in talks to sell itself to a private equity firm. iDreamSky Technology DSKY shares gained 1.31% to $20.86 after dropping 6.79% on Friday. Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage on iDreamSky with a Buy rating. Dollar General DG shares jumped 0.95% to $64.60 after the company lifted its bid for Family Dollar FDO to $80 per share.
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