Gainers
- Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. (NASDAQ: OBCI) shares climbed 117.2% to close at $12.86 on Wednesday after the company announced it will be acquired by OneWater Marine for $13.08 per share in cash.
- Phoenix Motor Inc. (NASDAQ: PEV) jumped 70.5% to close at $5.83.
- Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. (NASDAQ: VEDU) gained 47.9% to close at $1.73.
- Exela Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: XELA) gained 39.2% to close at $0.1897 after the company announced a new customer win of $136 million in total contract value.
- U.S. Well Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: USWS) climbed 37.3% to close at $0.9872 after ProFrac Holding announced plans to acquire the company for $1.21 per share in an all-stock deal.
- Regis Corporation (NYSE: RGS) shares climbed 36.4% to settle at $0.90 on above-average volume.
- Vaccitech plc (NASDAQ: VACC) gained 35.6% to close at $6.21. Vaccitech announced an update to the interim analysis of safety and efficacy data from the HBV002 study evaluating ChAdOx1-HBV and MVA-HBV vaccines (VTP-300) in chronic HBV patients who are virally suppressed with oral anti-viral therapies.
- Boxed, Inc. (NYSE: BOXD) climbed 35.4% to close at $2.18.
- Silence Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: SLN) surged 34.8% to settle at $11.75.
- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) gained 34.7% to settle at $2.95.
- Revlon, Inc. (NYSE: REV) climbed 34.3% to close at $8.14 on continued volatility following the company's recent bankruptcy filing. The stock has also been circulated as a short squeeze candidate.
- Angion Biomedica Corp. (NASDAQ: ANGN) gained 31.2% to close at $2.02.
- Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX) rose 28.2% to close at $1.12.
- Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEB) surged 27.3% to close at $3.40. Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, last month, posted a Q3 loss of $0.08 per share.
- Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. (NASDAQ: LYT) jumped 24.7% to settle at $34.18.
- Kirkland's, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIRK) rose 23.8% to close at $4.69. The Kirkland Company announced the sale of Amaze @ NoDa.
- Better Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BTTX) surged 23.5% to close at $1.84.
- MSP Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPR) jumped 21.9% to settle at $1.89.
- BioSig Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSGM) rose 21.3% to close at $0.88 after the company announced it entered an evaluation agreement for its PURE EP System with the Cleveland Clinic.
- cbdMD, Inc. (NYSE: YCBD) gained 21.3% to close at $0.5166 in reaction to a report MLB teams can now be sponsored by CBD companies.
- Fujian Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ: BHAT) gained 21.2% to close at $0.7520 on abnormally-high volume.
- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: XXII) surged 20.3% to close at $1.96. The FDA has cleared Juul rivals to keep tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes on the market, according to Dow Jones.
- NanoVibronix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAOV) rose 20.3% to settle at $0.7347.
- G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ: WILC) gained 19.1% to settle at $16.50.
- Clarus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRXT) gained 19% to close at $0.4224.
- Oncorus, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCR) rose 18.1% to settle at $1.50. Chardan Capital recently initiated coverage on Oncorus with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $5.
- Cytosorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO) jumped 17.6% to close at $2.07.
- Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: MFH) gained 17.1% to settle at $0.9599.
- JX Luxventure Limited (NASDAQ: LLL) rose 16.8% to close at $1.74. JX Luxventure announced a $5 million buyback and also signed a $30 million sales agreement.
- CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAY) gained 16.5% to close at $2.40.
- DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ: DRRX) rose 16.5% to close at $0.5267.
- Vor Biopharma Inc. (NASDAQ: VOR) jumped 16.3% to close at $5.27.
- Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGTA) gained 15.7% to settle at $1.40.
- Green Giant Inc. (NASDAQ: GGE) gained 15.7% to close at $1.40.
- Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: MDNA) jumped 15.3% to close at $0.9755 after reporting fiscal year 2022 results.
- Uxin Limited (NASDAQ: UXIN) rose 14.9% to settle at $0.5091.
- AutoWeb, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTO) gained 14.7% to close at $0.3772.
- Ideanomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDEX) rose 14.4% to close at $0.7822.
- Quotient Limited (NASDAQ: QTNT) rose 14.3% to close at $0.4270. Quotient said it expects to report reagent business generated product sales of $9.8 million in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2022. The company also sees FY22 revenue of $38.5 million.
- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDHL) climbed 13.5% to close at $0.7666. RedHill Biopharma was granted U.S. Patent #11,364,227 Sphingosine kinase 2 inhibitor for treating coronavirus infection.
- Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (NASDAQ: WVE) shares gained 11.7% to close at $2.30. Wave Life Sciences recently announced pricing of $70.0 million underwritten offering.
- F-star Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSTX) jumped 11.2% to close at $3.98.
- Worksport Ltd. (NASDAQ: WKSP) jumped 10.7% to close at $2.07 after the company launched storefronts on Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Marketplace.
- Invitae Corporation (NYSE: NVTA) climbed 9.3% to close at $2.47.
- Epizyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPZM) gained 8.6% to close at $0.8632.
- Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRNE) rose 8.2% to close at $2.25.
- La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB) rose 7.9% to settle at $24.52 after the company reported upbeat results for its fourth quarter and issued strong sales forecast for the first quarter.
- Precision BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTIL) shares rose 7.2% to close at $1.49 as the company reported a $50 million offering of common stock and announced in vivo gene editing collaboration with Novartis to develop potentially curative treatment for disorders including sickle cell disease.
- TScan Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCRX) rose 5.3% to close at $2.99.
Losers
- Athira Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHA) shares dipped 66.3% to close at $2.85 on Wednesday after the company reported that the primary endpoint of change in biomarker ERP P300 latency was not statistically significant from its exploratory ACT-AD Phase 2 study of fosgonimeton.
- Alexco Resource Corp. (NYSE: AXU) fell 40.7% to close at $0.4801.
- Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: NEPT) declined 40.7% to settle at $1.72 after the company announced a $5 million registered direct offering.
- Electric Last Mile Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMS) declined 35% to close at $0.1884.
- SOS Limited (NYSE: SOS) fell 26.7% to close at $0.22 after the company announced an ADS ratio change from 1 ADS representing 10 ordinary shares to 1 ADS representing 500 ordinary shares.
- Zynex, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZYXI) dropped 22% to settle at $6.92. Zynex recently announced an additional $10 million share buyback program.
- Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: RGC) dipped 20.3% to close at $32.52.
- Usio, Inc. (NASDAQ: USIO) fell 19.7% to close at $2.28.
- Transphorm, Inc. (NASDAQ: TGAN) dropped 19.4% to close at $5.50. B. Riley Securities recently downgraded Transphorm from Buy to Neutral and lowered the price target from $9 to $6.5.
- CEA Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: CEAD) fell 19.2% to close at $1.14. CEA Industries’ subsidiary, Surna Cultivation Technologies, announced it secured a letter of intent from Greene Brothers Farm for a potential $10 million in revenues.
- SpringBig Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBIG) fell 18.8% to close at $2.51. springbig recently completed its merger with Tuatara Capital.
- Tellurian Inc. (NASDAQ: TELL) declined 17.4% to close at $3.04.
- Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) fell 17.3% to close at $4.50.
- ADS-TEC Energy PLC (NASDAQ: ADSE) fell 17% to close at $4.93.
- Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) plc (NYSE: MFGP) fell 16% to close at $3.62.
- Home Point Capital Inc. (NASDAQ: HMPT) dropped 14.7% to settle at $3.48.
- G Medical Innovations Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: GMVD) declined 14.6% to close at $0.82.
- Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) dipped 14.2% to close at $1.45.
- Fresh Vine Wine, Inc. (NYSE: VINE) fell 13.6% to close at $1.8999.
- Redbox Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: RDBX) fell 12.9% to close at $10.10.
- Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KAVL) declined 12.2% to close at $1.73. Kaival Brands recently reached an agreement with Phillip Morris for international electronic nicotine delivery system product distribution.
- 4D pharma plc (NASDAQ: LBPS) declined 11.4% to close at $1.56.
- BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRTX) dropped 11.3% to close at $3.23. BioRestorative Therapies selected the Center for Clinical Research in North Carolina as the company's second contract for its Phase 2 trial targeting chronic lumbar disc disease (cLDD).
- Centennial Resource Development, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDEV) fell 11.2% to close at $6.60.
- ProFrac Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: PFHC) declined 10.1% to close at $19.31. ProFrac Holding announced plans to acquire U.S. Well Services for $1.21 per share in an all-stock deal.
- Borr Drilling Limited (NYSE: BORR) shares fell 8.9% to close at $5.55 following a 10% surge on Tuesday.
- AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc. (NYSE: UAVS) fell 8.4% to close at $0.7057. AgEagle Aerial Systems shares jumped 33% on Tuesday after the company announced the European Union Aviation Safety Agency issued a Design Verification Report (DVR) establishing that the eBee X meets Ground Risk Class M2 mitigation qualifications.
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