Morning Market Gainers

Wausau Paper Corp. WPP shares climbed 38.13 percent to $10.07 after the company agreed to be acquired by SCA for $10.25 per share. NewBridge Bancorp NBBC gained 21.62 percent to $10.79 after the company agreed to be acquired by Yadkin Financial Corp YDKN for $11.40 per share. Zosano Pharma Corp ZSAN shares surged 14.14 percent to $3.18 after the company reported positive Phase 2 results for its ZP-Glucagon patch program for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia. Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company Inc AXN jumped 11.54 percent to $1.74 following earnings report. Aoxing Pharma reported FY15 earnings of $0.09 per share on sales of $25.48 million. Molson Coors Brewing Company TAP shares surged 9.21 percent to $86.00. SABMiller plc (ADR) SBMRY and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA (ADR) BUD agreed to a $106 billion merger deal. Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc. PLX shares rose 8.33 percent to $1.17 after the company reported that it has sold its share in the collaboration agreement for ELELYSO to its commercialization partner Pfizer Inc. PFE for $36 million. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA (ADR) BUD rose 1.76 percent to $113.45. SABMiller plc (ADR) SBMRY and AB InBev agreed to a $106 billion merger deal. Twitter Inc TWTR rose 1.60 percent to $29.21 after the company announced plans to cut about 8 percent of its workforce, or up to 336 employees and issued guidance at the high end of estimates.
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