40 Stocks Moving In Friday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

• Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. CKPT shares surged 28.4% to $3.595 after gaining 13% on Thursday. Checkpoint Therapeutics released quarterly results last month.
• Nano-X Imaging Ltd. NNOX shares rose 22% to $58.79. Nano X Imaging recently announced it has signed an agreement with SPI Medical for the deployment of 630 Nanox.ARC units in Mexico.
• Castor Maritime Inc. CTRM climbed 20.2% to $0.1785 after reporting Q2 results.
• Biofrontera AG BFRA shares jumped 19.7% to $8.83 after the company reported a mutual agreement with Wilhelm KT Zours and Deutsche Balaton on key elements of mediation deal.
• ClearOne, Inc. CLRO gained 19.2% to $2.5620. ClearOne, later during August, filed for $10 million mixed shelf offering.
• A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. AMRK surged 15.7% to $30.16 after the company swung to a profit during the fourth quarter.
• Laureate Education, Inc. LAUR climbed 15.3% to $14.03. Adtalem reported the purchase of Walden University from Laureate Education for $1.48 billion in cash
• Zumiez Inc. ZUMZ rose 14% to $28.70 after reporting upbeat results for its second quarter.
• Zymeworks Inc. ZYME gained 13.5% to $36.91.
• Daqo New Energy Corp. DQ shares rose 13.2% to $109.26. Daqo New Energy, last month, reported better-than-expected Q2 sales.
• Teck Resources Limited TECK gained 12.8% to $13.23.
• Wilhelmina International, Inc. WHLM jumped 12.7% to $3.4471. Wilhelmina released quarterly results last month.
• MEI Pharma, Inc. MEIP rose 11.8% to $ 3.12. MEI Pharma recently reported a wider loss for FY20.
• ACM Research, Inc. ACMR gained 11.7% to $67.78 after Stifel upgraded the company's stock from Hold to Buy and announced a $100 price target.
• OraSure Technologies, Inc. OSUR shares surged 10.9% to $11.64. • OraSure Technologies, last week, disclosed that its ORAcollect RNA device was included in the FDA Emergency Use Authorization granted to MiraDx for SARS-CoV-2 test.
• Galapagos NV GLPG rose 9.2% to $137.37 following press release highlighting Phase 2a trial for Ziritaxestat in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis met primary endpoint.
• TAT Technologies Ltd. TATT shares gained 7.6% to $4.1750.
• Genetic Technologies Limited GENE gained 7.5% to $3.7103 after the company announced sales of GeneType for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment have commenced on an online health platform.
• Taoping Inc. TAOP gained 6.4% to $2.98 after reporting a $2 million securities purchase deal.
• Photronics, Inc. PLAB jumped 6.4% to $9.29 after Stifel upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy and announced a price target of $13 per share.
• Eastman Kodak Company KODK climbed 6.2% to $6.30. Southeastern Asset Management reported a 15.8% stake in Eastman Kodak.
• Quotient Limited QTNT shares rose 5.6% to $5.09 after the company reported the upsize and pricing of a $75 million underwritten public offering.
• LightPath Technologies, Inc. LPTH shares rose 3.9% to $2.3163 after swinging to a profit in the fourth quarter.
• Oracle Corporation ORCL rose 3.2% to $59.19 after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter.

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Losers

• Evofem Biosciences, Inc. EVFM fell 20.8% to $2.1535 after the company's CEO sold 122,500 shares at an average price of $3.26.
• Amyris, Inc. AMRS dropped 20.2% to $2.5050 after LAVVAN filed an $881 million lawsuit against the company for patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation.
• U.S. Global Investors, Inc. GROW shares declined 14.6% to $3.03.
• Superconductor Technologies Inc. SCON dipped 14.6% to $2.39 after dropping around 20% on Thursday. Superconductor Technologies’ 1-for-10 reverse stock split came into effect yesterday.
• New Fortress Energy Inc. NFE fell 14.5% to $31.89.
• Satsuma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. STSA shares fell 13.7% to $4.85 after various analysts downgraded the stock. Satsuma Pharmaceuticals shares tumbled 76% on Thursday after reporting topline results from EMERGE Phase 3 trial of STS101 for acute treatment of migraine.
• Nikola Corporation NKLA dipped 13.6% to $32.47, continuing to dip following a Thursday short report from Hindenburg Research.
• Brigham Minerals, Inc. MNRL fell 12.8% to $8.11 after the company announced a common stock offering of approximately 4.366 million shares priced at $8.20 per share and also reported a 436,000 buyback plan.
• Novan, Inc. NOVN fell 12.1% to $0.4643 after surging around 28% on Thursday. The company yesterday tweeted '$NOVN is assessing in vitro the ability of our proprietary NITRICIL technology to inhibit the replication mechanism of #SARS-COV-2. #COVID19.'
• Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. CRBP shares declined 11.9% to $2.00. Corbus Pharmaceuticals recently announced topline results from its RESOLVE-1 Phase 3 study of Lenabasum which showed no significant differences in the primary and secondary endpoints.
• Spero Therapeutics, Inc. SPRO fell 10% to $10.02 after the company reported pricing of securities offering.
• Muscle Maker, Inc. GRIL dipped 9.6% to $1.70 after the company priced its 3.29 million share common stock offering at $1.70 per share.
• Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. FRGI fell 9.5% to $11.68. Fiesta Restaurant, last month, reported better-than-expected Q2 results.
• Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc PLAY fell 9.2% to $16.36. Dave & Buster's reported a narrower-than-expected loss for the second quarter, while sales missed estimates. The chain also declined to issue forecast for fiscal 2020.
• Overstock.com, Inc. OSTK fell 7.9% to $68.65. Overstock.com shares gained 8% on Thursday after the company's tZERO subsidiary received Financial Industry Regulatory Authority approval to launch tZERO Markets.
• Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. ACOR dropped 3% to $0.4588 after the company announced a 158.4 million share common stock offering by selling shareholders.