Gainers
- Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. EKSO shares climbed 133% to $7.22 after the company received FDA clearance to market its EksoNR robotic exoskeleton.
- Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. APVO gained 73.7% to $9.99 as the company said it will receive seven year quarterly royalty payment stream from Pfizer for sales of Rituximab Biosimilar.
- Vaxart, Inc. VXRT shares climbed 40.5% to $4.4802 after the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow, LP.
- Puhui Wealth Investment Management Co., Ltd. PHCF shares climbed 31.7% to $4.32 after gaining around 46% on Wednesday.
- GNC Holdings Inc GNC gained 28.8% to $0.7886. GNC shares dropped 24% on Wednesday after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Athersys, Inc. ATHX climbed 26.6% to $2.81.
- Kitov Pharma Ltd KTOV shares rose 24.6% to $1.0750. Kitov reported a $35.0 million registered direct offering on Tuesday.
- Rite Aid Corporation RAD climbed 21.1% to $15.58 after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results.
- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. INO rose 18.5% to $28.28. Inovio Pharmaceuticals shares surged over 10% on Wednesday as the company received a $71 million contract from thUS Department of Defense to scale up manufacture of CELLECTRA 3PSP smart device and procurement of CELLECTRA 2000 for COVID-19 DNA vaccine.
- DURECT Corporation DRRX surged 17.8% to $2.71.
- Albireo Pharma, Inc. ALBO rose 17.7% to $31.32.
- Farfetch Limited FTCH gained 17.6% to $17.49 after the company guided Q2 digital platform gross merchandise value of $605 million-$630 million. The company also expects adjusted EBIDTA loss to improve on a year-to-year basis.
- NanoViricides, Inc. NNVC surged 16.1% to $8.26.
- ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Limited ASLN gained 15.1% to $2.4401.
- VerifyMe Inc VRME climbed 14.6% to $4.00 after the company secured its first purchase order for VeriPAS track and trace technology in the cannabis industry.
- Akerna Corp. KERN gained 14.4% to $9.31.
- Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. SRNE rose 13.7% to $6.32 after gaining around 9% on Wednesday.
- Envela Corporation ELA shares gained 13.2% to $4.90.
- FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS climbed 12.7% to $334.91 after the company reported upbeat Q3 earnings and issued strong FY20 profit forecast.
- Cardiff Oncology, Inc. CRDF rose 12.3% to $4.65.
- Viela Bio, Inc. VIE gained 12% to $54.53.
- Limelight Networks, Inc. LLNW shares surged 10.1% to $7.01.
- Ally Financial Inc ALLY rose 9% to $19.96 as the company reported a mutual deal to terminate its merger with CardWorks.
- Workhorse Group Inc. WKHS rose 8.3% to $9.20. Workhorse Group gained over 22% on Wednesday after the company announced that it successfully passed the federal motor vehicle safety standard tests for all of its electric delivery vans.
- Safe-T Group Ltd SFET gained 7.6% to $1.84 after the company announced the launch of its Perimeter Access Orchestration Fabric.
- IZEA Worldwide Inc IZEA shares gained 6.2% to $1.2050 after the company raised its Q2 managed services bookings growth guidance.
- Cumulus Media Inc. CMLS shares rose 5.7% to $4.5350. Cumulus Media completed the sale of a land in Bethesda, Maryland to Toll Brothers for $74.1 million.
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Losers
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. XERS shares dipped 39.7% to $3.20 after the company said it has commenced concurrent underwritten public offerings of $20 million in shares of its common stockand $60 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2025.
- The9 Limited NCTY fell 22.1% to $0.7658. The9 sharse jumped 59% on Wednesday after Jie Qin and Jun Zhu disclosed stakes in the company.
- uniQure N.V. QURE fell 20.3% to $50.14. uniQure reported a licensing agreement with CSL Behring to commercialize its hemophilia B gene therapy.
- Kaleyra, Inc. KLR fell 19.6% to $4.2150 after the company reported pricing of public offering of common stock.
- Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. MGTA fell 18.3% to $7.90. Magenta Therapeutics priced its 7.5 million share public offering of common stock at $8 per share.
- NantHealth, Inc. NH dropped 14.4% to $4.27 after the company highlighted study published in 'JCI Insight' on tumor treatment resistance.
- Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. HHT shares fell 13.4% to $0.7324. Color Star Technology shares gained 24% on Wednesday after the company announced a strategic deal with Mixx Lifestyle to set up its first offline site in New York City.
- Ideanomics, Inc. IDEX declined 13.4% to $2.675. Ideanomics MEG reported the official launch of its energy services unit through a deal with Zhongsen Tower.
- 9F Inc. JFU dropped 13.2% to $4.0101.
- KBS Fashion Group Limited KBSF shares declined 12.1% to $2.46.
- China Index Holdings Limited CIH dipped 11.8% to $2.40.
- SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. SMHI shares tumbled 11.5% to $2.265.
- KB Home KBH shares fell 11.4% to $29.54. KB Home reported upbeat profit for its second quarter, while sales missed expectations.
- Urban One, Inc. UONE fell 10.6% to $22.26.
- Armstrong Flooring, Inc. AFI shares dipped 10.2% to $2.37.
- Quantum Corp QMCO dropped 9.7% to $4.3450 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 earnings.
- Nantkwest Inc NK fell 9.4% to $10.99 after the company announced pricing of public offering of common stock.
- Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. FFHL fell 7.5% to $6.12.
- HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. HTGM fell 6.4% to $0.7352.
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