Morning Market Gainers

Real Goods Solar, Inc. - Class A RGSE jumped 34.04 percent to $2.52. On Wednesday, RGS Energy completed a $5 million public offering of common stock and warrants. Xoom Corp XOOM shares surged 20.74 percent to $24.99 after the company agreed to be acquired by Paypal for $890 million, or $25 per share. ConforMIS Inc CFMS shares surged 16.88 percent to $22.50 after gaining 28.33 percent on Wednesday. Applied Genetic Technologies Corp AGTC rose 16.36 percent to $18.92. Biogen Inc BIIB and AGTC announced entering into a collaboration related to the development of gene therapies in ophthalmology. Health Net, Inc. HNT jumped 16.11 percent to $75.54 after Centene Corp CNC announced its plans to acquire Health Net. Chart Industries, Inc. GTLS shares rose 8.55 percent to $36.93. Chart Industries will replace IGATE Corp IGTE in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on July 6. Progress Software Corporation PRGS shares gained 6.54 percent to $29.99 after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal second quarter and lifted its FY15 outlook. The company appointed Jerry Rulli as COO. BP plc (ADR) BP shares rose 4.28 percent to $40.95 following settlement news related to deepwater horizon. Tesla Motors Inc TSLA shares gained 3.93 percent to $279.72 on strong Model S delivery numbers. Tesla reported delivery of 11,507 vehicles in the second quarter. Bank of America maintained Tesla with a Underperform and raised the price target from $65.00 to $180.00.
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