46 Stocks Moving In Tuesday's Mid-Day Session

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Gainers

  • Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ARMP shares climbed 102.8% to $5.66. Armata Pharmaceuticals and Innoviva reported a $25 million strategic investment to support advancement of Armata's bacteriophage development programs.
  • Delphi Technologies PLC DLPH gained 61.3% to $15.81 after the company announced it will be acquired by BorgWarner for $3.3 billion in an all-stock transaction.
  • Acceleron Pharma Inc. XLRN shares surged 51.2% to $79.93 following a data readout. Acceleron said a Phase 2 study dubbed PULSAR that evaluated its sotatercept in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH, met its primary and key secondary endpoints. The experimental drug showed a statistically significant reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance – the primary endpoint - at week 24 versus placebo. The study also achieved the key secondary endpoint of significant improvements in six-minute walk distance, and other secondary endpoints, including amino-terminal brain natriuretic propeptide, and WHO functional class. It was also found to be generally well tolerated.
  • Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. OBCI shares jumped 44% to $4.75 after the company's subsidiary, Star Brite, announced its PERFORMACIDE product is registered with EPA as a virucide against the coronavirus.
  • Superior Energy Services, Inc. SPN gained 17.7% to $5.51. Superior Energy reported an agreement in principle with Ad Hoc Group of bondholders in connection with exchange offer and consent solicitation for senior notes of SESI, L.L.C.
  • Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR shares surged 16.1% to $20.55 after the company reported exploration of strategic alternatives. Citigroup maintained a Buy rating on the stock and raised the price target from $22 to $25.
  • Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PIRS gained 12.7% to $3.4150.
  • Happiness Biotech Group Limited HAPP shares rose 12.3% to $5.19. Traders may view this stock as a new coronavirus-related play following news sale of cordyceps mycelia (a fungus/mushroom-based supplement) products were up more than 100% so far in January given the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus. The company develops, manufactures and sells nutraceutical and dietary supplements based on spore powder.
  • Vaccinex, Inc. VCNX shares climbed 12.1% to $7.88.
  • Urovant Sciences Ltd. UROV gained 11.8% to $13.69.
  • Eltek Ltd. ELTK shares rose 11.8% to $4.47.
  • YRC Worldwide Inc. YRCW shares jumped 11.2% to $2.38.
  • NantKwest, Inc. NK shares gained 10.5% to $6.83.
  • Cytosorbents Corporation CTSO shares rose 9.1% to $4.8996.
  • Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CNCE gained 8.6% to $10.77. Concert Pharmaceuticals said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted its motion to vacate and remand the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision to invalidate a U.S. patent pertaining to CTP-543, its investigational candidate for alopecia areata. The petition challenge was filed by Incyte. Concert Pharma said the case will now be remanded for reconsideration by a new panel of PTAB judges. Separately, the company said it intends to sell shares of its common stock in an underwritten registered public offering.
  • Azul S.A. AZUL shares jumped 8.6% to $44.27.
  • Puxin Limited NEW shares climbed 8.2% to $8.22.
  • Graco Inc. GGG shares rose 7.4% to $55.21 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 EPS results.
  • Brown & Brown, Inc. BRO gained 7% to $44.53 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 EPS and sales results.
  • Tenneco Inc. TEN shares jumped 6.6% to $10.08. The company on Monday announced a review of strategic alternatives.
  • Ballard Power Systems Inc. BLDP rose 6.2% to $9.72 after the company disclosed that its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology and products have powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles for unprecedented 30 million kilometers.
  • Xerox Holdings Corp XRX rose 5.3% to $36.89 after the company reported upbeat Q4 results and issued strong FY20 earnings forecast.
  • Polaris Inc PII gained 4.2% to $94.79 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 EPS and issued upbeat FY20 guidance.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • NanoViricides, Inc. NNVC shares dipped 27.5% to $11.45 after surging 86.98% on Monday.
  • TESSCO Technologies Incorporated TESS dropped 27.1% to $8.81 after the company reported downbeat Q3 results.
  • Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. AHPI shares fell 23.2% to $3.34 after surging 50% on Monday.
  • Lianluo Smart Limited LLIT fell 21.4% to $2.16 after climbing 152.29% on Monday.
  • Co-Diagnostics, Inc. CODX shares fell 19.2% to $2.77.
  • Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. APT shares declined 18.3% to $6.29. Coronavirus-related stocks which have rallied over the last 2 weeks saw some profit taking Tuesday morning. While cases of the virus and related deaths have continued to rise in China, a World Health Organization alert suggested the Organization has not seen onward progression via human-to-human contact.
  • Vir Biotechnology, Inc. VIR shares fell 17.6% to $20.43.
  • K12 Inc. LRN shares fell 13.2% to $17.00 after the company issued weak sales forecast.
  • Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. CBLI dropped 13.1% to $3.5601 after climbing 210.61% on Monday.
  • Aethlon Medical, Inc. AEMD shares declined 13.1% to $3.45 after gaining 65.42% on Monday.
  • Novavax, Inc. NVAX shares tumbled 11.8% to $7.50.
  • Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE dropped 11.6% to $14.24 after climbing 17.18% on Monday.
  • Dyadic International, Inc. DYAI dipped 10.6% to $5.59.
  • Aspen Aerogels, Inc. ASPN dropped 10.6% to $8.83 after the company issued weak FY20 sales outlook.
  • Meridian Bioscience, Inc. VIVO fell 10.4% to $10.30.
  • NeuroMetrix, Inc. NURO dipped 9.6% to $3.1827. NeuroMetrix reported worse-than-expected Q4 sales results on Monday.
  • Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. OYST shares fell 9% to $31.55.
  • DRDGOLD Limited DRD dipped 8.3% to $5.62.
  • J & J Snack Foods Corp. JJSF shares tumbled 8% to $170.00 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q1 EPS results.
  • BorgWarner Inc. BWA dropped 7% to $35.72 after the company announced it will acquire Delphi for $3.3 billion in an all-stock transaction and issued FY19/FY20 guidance.
  • Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. INO fell 7.6% to $4.9150 after surging 25.47% on Monday.
  • Eros International plc EROS dropped 4.7% to $3.5750 after the company's filing showed a registration for roughly 13.889 million common stock offering.
  • 3M Co MMM shares fell 4% to $168.94 after reporting downbeat Q4 results.
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