40 Stocks Moving In Wednesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Leading Brands, Inc (USA) LBIX shares jumped 58.4 percent to $2.36.
• Vermillion, Inc. VRML shares rose 21.8 percent to $1.79. ASPiRA Labs reported a 27 percent rise in covered lives for OVA1.
• Pyxis Tankers Inc PXS climbed 19.1 percent to $2.00.
• Iconix Brand Group Inc ICON shares gained 18 percent to $1.93 after traders in chat erroneously circulated Financial Times article from June that the company is in talks to be bought for $6 per share.
• Plantronics Inc PLT shares climbed 17.3 percent to $53.240 after the company reported upbeat Q2 results.
• Bill Barrett Corporation BBG gained 16.8 percent to $5.76 following Q3 results. Bill Barrett reported a Q3 loss of $28.8 million.
• Gravity Co., LTD. (ADR) GRVY shares rose 14.9 percent to $61.46.
• Emerge Energy Services LP EMES shares surged 14.2 percent to $8.15 as the company posted strong Q3 results.
• B&G Foods, Inc. BGS shares jumped 13.3 percent to $36.05 after the company posted upbeat Q3 results and raised its FY17 sales outlook.
• Halyard Health Inc HYH climbed 12.8 percent to $47.53. Halyard Health posted upbeat Q3 results and raised its FY17 outlook. Owens & Minor announced plans to acquire Halyard Health Surgical and Infection Prevention business for $710 million in cash.
• McDermott International Inc MDR gained 12.7 percent to $7.47 following upbeat quarterly earnings.
• Calyxt Inc CLXT shares rose 12.3 percent to $23.00.
• VBI Vaccines, Inc. VBIV gained 11.1 percent to $ 3.82. Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on VBI Vaccines with a Buy rating and a $10.00 price target.
• Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation BGFV shares jumped 11 percent to $7.05 after the company posted Q3 results. Big 5 expects Q4 earnings of $0.16 to $0.28 per share.
• Skyline Medical Inc SKLN shares gained 10.1 percent to $2.07 after the company reported a strategic collaboration with Helomics for the development of next-gen of personalized cancer diagnostics.
• United States Steel Corporation X climbed 9.8 percent to $27.81 after the company reported upbeat earnings for its third quarter and issued a strong forecast for FY17.
• Estee Lauder Companies Inc EL shares jumped 9 percent to $121.89 as the company reported upbeat results for its third quarter and raised its FY guidance.
• Manitowoc Company Inc MTW climbed 6.5 percent to $10.14. RBC Capital upgraded Manitowoc from Sector Perform to Outperform.
• Qualys Inc QLYS shares gained 6.2 percent to $56.15 after the company posted better-than-expected Q3 results and raised its FY17 guidance.
• Moleculin Biotech Inc MBRX gained 5 percent to $2.03 as the company disclosed that MD Anderson filed IND with the FDA for WP1066 for the treatment of brain tumors.

Losers

• Envision Healthcare Corporation EVHC shares dipped 31 percent to $29.41 after the company reported third-quarter adjusted EPS that was down significantly year over year and announced plans to review strategic alternatives.
• Frontier Communications Corp FTR shares fell 23 percent to $ 9.32. Frontier Communications reported a Q3 loss of $1.19 per share on revenue of $2.25 billion.
• Eleven Biotherapeutics Inc EBIO dropped 22.7 percent to $0.734. Eleven Biotherapeutics priced its $8.0 million underwritten public offering.
• 3D Systems Corporation DDD shares declined 21.2 percent to $9.77 as the company reported downbeat quarterly results.
• Qumu Corp QUMU shares dropped 18.1 percent to $2.61 after the company reported Q3 results.
• Pitney Bowes Inc. PBI slipped 15.9 percent to $11.55. Pitney Bowes reported Q3 adjusted earnings of $0.33 per share on sales of $843 million and announced a strategic review.
• Owens & Minor, Inc. OMI declined 15.5 percent to $20.76. Owens & Minor posted weak quarterly earnings and announced plans to acquire Halyard Health Surgical and Infection Prevention business for $710 million in cash.
• Payment Data Systems, Inc. PYDS shares dropped 15.4 percent to $2.19 after climbing 80.16 percent on Tuesday.
• Surgery Partners Inc SGRY declined 14.9 percent to $7.88. Surgery Partners expects Q3 sales of $306.3 million and loss before income taxes of $21.9 million. Bank of America downgraded Surgery Partners from Buy to Neutral.
• Investment Technology Group ITG fell 14.2 percent to $20.13. ITG reported a Q3 GAAP loss of $0.11 per share on sales of $114.531 million.
• Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. NVMI slipped 12.5 percent to $27.37 after reporting Q3 results.
• NOW Inc DNOW fell 12.5 percent to $ 10.95. NOW reported Q3 adjusted loss of $0.03 per share on sales of $697 million.
• Differential Brands Group Inc DFBG shares dropped 12.5 percent to $1.05.
• Intellia Therapeutics Inc NTLA shares declined 11.5 percent to $27.53. Intellia Therapeutics reported a $150 million common stock offering.
• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP dropped 10.2 percent to $105.67. Check Point posted upbeat Q3 results, but issued a weak revenue forecast for the current quarter.
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF shares dropped 12 percent to $11.81. JP Morgan downgraded Abercrombie & Fitch from Neutral to Underweight.
• World Acceptance Corp. WRLD fell 9 percent to $79.64. World Acceptance reported Q2 earnings of $1.10 per share on revenue of $131 million.
• Caesarstone Ltd CSTE shares declined 8.8 percent to $25.80 after reporting Q3 earnings. CaesarStone Sdot-Yam reported Q3 earnings of $6.9 million.
• Electronic Arts Inc. EA slipped 5.4 percent to $113.15. EA posted a Q2 GAAP EPS of $(0.07). Sales were significantly down year over year at $959 million, down from $1.18 billion in the second quarter of 2016. The company also issued a weak sales guidance for the holiday quarter.
• Criteo SA (ADR) CRTO fell 5.3 percent to $39.56. Criteo reported Q3 adjusted earnings of $0.65 per share on revenue of $234 million. The company issued a weak sales forecast for the current quarter.