34 Stocks Moving In Tuesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Tengasco, Inc. TGC shares jumped 62.3 percent to $1.42.
• Anavex Life Sciences Corp AVXL jumped 44 percent to $3.83 in reaction to an encouraging announcement from Australia's regulatory body. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on treating neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases said it received approval by the Australian Human Research Ethics Committee to start a phase 2b/3 trial of its Anavex 2--73 for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease.
• Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. JNP surged 31.3 percent to $11.425 after the company agreed to be acquired by Catalent, Inc. CTLT for $11.50 per share in cash.
• Micronet Enertec Technologies, Inc. MICT shares climbed 27 percent to $1.60 after the company reported a strategic transaction with 14.89 percent stakeholder BNN Technology.
• Mexco Energy Corporation MXC gained 26.2 percent to $10.41 after surging 37.73 percent on Monday.
• Urban One, Inc. UONE rose 20 percent to close at $3.30.
• VEON Ltd. VEON gained 17 percent to $2.795 in reaction to the announcement of two new strategic actions. The provider of connectivity and internet services said it has: 1) agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in Wind Tre to CK Hutchinson for 2.45 billion euros (approximately $2.86 billion) and 2) submitted an offer to buy Global Telecom Holding's businesses in Pakistan and Bangladesh for $2.55 billion.
• Monaker Group, Inc. MKGI rose 16.3 percent to $2.325.
• Nightstar Therapeutics plc NITE gained 16.2 percent to $21.28.
• Acxiom Corporation ACXM surged 15.5 percent to $39.5192 after the company agreed to sell its marketing solutions division for $2.3 billion in cash to Interpublic Group of Companies Inc IPG.
• Barnwell Industries, Inc. BRN climbed 14.2 percent to $2.40 after gaining 5.71 percent on Monday.
• AZZ Inc. AZZ rose 13.5 percent to $49.50 after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results.
• Acuity Brands, Inc. AYI rose 13.2 percent to $132.585 after the company posted upbeat Q3 results.
• Pampa Energía S.A. PAM surged 13 percent to $38.35.
• ViewRay, Inc. VRAY rose 11.7 percent to $7.95. Jefferies initiated coverage on ViewRay with a Buy rating and a $12 price target.
• Solid Biosciences Inc. SLDB gained 10.9 percent to $40.30.
• BioLife Solutions, Inc. BLFS jumped 10.6 percent to $16.58.
• Herman Miller, Inc. MLHR shares rose 10.2 percent to $37.94 after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its fourth quarter and raised its quarterly dividend from $0.18 per share to $0.1975 per share.
• Zafgen, Inc. ZFGN rose 10 percent to $10.50. Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on Zafgen with an Overweight rating and an $18 price target.
• Asure Software, Inc. ASUR gained 8.8 percent to $16.91 after the company raised its FY18 sales forecast. The company also disclosed that it has acquired USA Payroll.
• Red Violet, Inc. RDVT gained 8.1 percent to $9.62.
• Roku, Inc. ROKU climbed 6.6 percent to $46.1452. Oppenheimer upgraded Roku from Perform to Outperform.
• Akers Biosciences Inc AKER rose 5.3 percent to $0.40 after announcing an expansion to its sales force. The developer of rapid health information technologies said it reached an agreement with six new independent sales representative organization to expand its sales and marketing capabilities for its rapid test for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT).

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Losers

• Black Box Corporation BBOX shares fell 37.1 percent to $1.275.
• New Concept Energy, Inc. GBR dropped 26.1 percent to $6.5799 after surging 110.90 percent on Monday.
• SAExploration Holdings, Inc. SAEX shares fell 14.8 percent to $1.96 after climbing 42.86 percent on Monday.
• Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd. HQCL shares fell 10.2 percent to $5.63.
• Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. ORMP shares dropped 8.2 percent to $6.53 after the company reported a $18.1 million registered direct offering.
• Micro Focus International plc MFGP shares fell 7.8 percent to $16.30 after rising 2.32 percent on Monday.
• Destination Maternity Corporation DEST shares dropped 7.4 percent to $5.53.
• Epizyme, Inc. EPZM dropped 7.2 percent to $12.6250. Leerink Swann downgraded Epizyme from Outperform to Market Perform.
• ReShape Lifesciences Inc. RSLS fell 7.1 percent to $2.10.
• Blink Charging Co. BLNK shares slipped 6.6 percent to $4.4733.
• Newater Technology, Inc. NEWA fell 6.1 percent to $19.43.