42 Stocks Moving In Tuesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

  • Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp. HUNT shares surged 232.4 percent to $61.20 after surging 96.90 percent on Monday. Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on the stock with an Overweight rating and announced a $200 price target.
  • Castor Maritime Inc. CTRM shares gained 59.4 percent to $7.65.
  • Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc ALDX shares climbed 48.5 percent to $10.60 after the company's phase 3 trial for allergic conjunctivitis met its primary endpoint.
  • Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY shares gained 25.8 percent to $17.45 following media reports that three activist hedge funds plan to launch a proxy fight to replace all 12 current board members. Raymond James upgraded Bed Bath & Beyond from Market Perform to Strong Buy.
  • Biocept Inc BIOC gained 13.6 percent to $ 1.17 after the company announced it would apply its EmpowerTC product to urology. Also, Maxim Group initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and $3 price target.
  • Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ORMP gained 13.1 percent to $3.63 after the company reported that its Chinese partner got its investigational new drug application approved in China, which paves the path to start clinical trials there.
  • Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. SHIP jumped 12 percent to $4.75.
  • Atossa Genetics Inc ATOS gained 11.8 percent to $4.27 after the company reported that the Institutional Review Board approved its oral Endoxifen for breast cancer patients.
  • Amira Nature Foods Ltd ANFI climbed 11.2 percent to $1.69 after the company announced expansion of an existing contract from $30 million to $42 million.
  • Key Energy Services, Inc. KEG rose 8.3 percent to $4.20.
  • Endo International plc ENDP shares climbed 7.8 percent to $8.90.
  • Digital Turbine, Inc. APPS shares rose 7.4 percent to $3.32.
  • Zscaler, Inc. ZS rose 7 percent to $72.50 on no apparent news. The stock has climbed 43 percent over the past month.
  • Weatherford International plc WFT gained 6.9 percent to $0.7244 after the company completed the sale of two land drilling rigs. The company received aggregate proceeds of $32 million for this sale.
  • Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. CDTX rose 6.8 percent to $2.66 after the company announced it would offer multiple presentations at the 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
  • Intellicheck, Inc. IDN shares climbed 6.6 percent to $3.3567.
  • Viacom Inc. VIAB rose 6 percent to $27.90 following a media report the company is once again in merger talks with CBS.
  • Boxlight Corp BOXL gained 5.1 percent to $2.88 after the company entered into a partnership with Bahwan CyberTek to bring Mimio's award-winning classroom solutions that hold exclusive rights in the Omen educational markets.
  • Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc INO rose 4.1 percent to $3.7676 after Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on the stock with an Overweight rating.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • OpGen Inc OPGN shares dipped 37 percent to $0.5545 after the company filed a 'Notice of Effectiveness' with the SEC. OpGen priced 9 million shares at $0.60 per share.
  • CAN-FITE BIOPHA/S ADR CANF dropped 32.2 percent to $0.8745 after the company's phase 2 trial for advanced liver cancer did not meet its primary endpoint.
  • Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp ZOM declined 31.1 percent to $0.3925 after the company priced a 6.52 million share stock offering at $0.46 per share.
  • AMERI Holdings, Inc. AMRH dipped 15.1 percent to $0.3650 after the company reported worse FY18 than last year.
  • Qutoutiao Inc. QTT shares fell 14.1 percent to $11.55.
  • Criteo SA CRTO shares dropped 14 percent to $18.90 after the stock was downgraded by KeyBank and SunTrust due to changes in Google's cookie policy.
  • SG Blocks, Inc. SGBX shares fell 13.3 percent to $1.82.
  • Neogen Corporation NEOG dropped 12.8 percent to $52.79 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 EPS and sales.
  • Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. KNDI fell 11.3 percent to $5.41 after the company filed an S-3 filing; registering certain stockholders to sell, from time to time, up to 7.64 million shares in a common stock offering.
  • SINTX Technologies Inc SINT dropped 10.9 percent to $0.2000 after the company filed for a $50 million mixed securities offering.
  • iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited ICLK shares declined 9.6 percent to $3.97.
  • Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. AXSM shares fell 8.8 percent to $14.89, despite having no clear news catalyst. The stock is experiencing a pullback after more than doubling over the past month.
  • Ramaco Resources, Inc. METC dropped 8.7 percent to $5.61.
  • Eyegate Pharmaceuticals Inc EYEG fell 8.6 percent to $0.3549 after the FDA said Eyegate is ready to move forward with a pivotal study for its Ocular Bandage Gel.
  • CorMedix, Inc. CRMD dropped 8.2 percent to $7.62. CorMedix Inc. said its previously announced 1-for-5 reverse stock split of its common stock will take effect 9 a.m. ET Tuesday.
  • Ramaco Resources, Inc. METC dipped 8 percent to $5.65.
  • Cheetah Mobile Inc. CMCM declined 7.2 percent to $6.51 after Nomura downgraded the company's stock from Buy to Neutral.
  • Molina Healthcare, Inc. MOH fell 6.7 percent to $134.61 after the Department of Justice filed a motion for the Affordable Care Act to be struck down and Nancy Pelosi plans to release legislation to clean up Affordable Care Act exchanges.
  • Carnival Corp CCL dropped 6.2 percent to $53.17 after the company provided Q2 EPS guidance below analyst estimates.
  • Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CPRX shares fell 6.1 percent to $4.9201 after the company gave a corporate overview at Oppenheimer's healthcare event. Catalyst highlighted 2 possible catalysts in presentation: Phase 3 data for CMS, MuSK-MG candidates.
  • Cronos Group Inc CRON fell 5.6 percent to $19.38 following FY18 results.
  • Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. BECN dropped 4.8 percent to $32.50 after the company said it expects Q2 EPS below the analyst consensus estimate.
  • iQIYI, Inc. IQ fell 3.4 percent to $23.22 after the company announced a $1.05 billion convertible note offering.
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