Gainers
- Blue Water Vaccines, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWV) shares climbed 199.6% to close at $7.64 on Wednesday after the company announced it plans to explore the potential development of a novel monkeypox vaccine using its norovirus shell and protrusion virus-like particle platform.
- Hill International, Inc. (NYSE:HIL) shares gained 60.3% to close at $2.79 after Global Infrastructure Solutions (GISI) and the company announced an agreement to merge in an all-cash transaction valued at $173 million.
- Eargo, Inc. (NASDAQ:EAR) jumped 55% to close at $3.13 after climbing 77% on Tuesday. Eargo recently said Q2 EPS results were down year over year.
- Nova LifeStyle, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVFY) gained 41% to settle at $1.10. Nova Lifestyle recently posted Q2 sales of $3.80 million.
- TDH Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PETZ) jumped 38.3% to close at $4.26.
- Cassava Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAVA) rose 27.3% to close at $25.72 after a form 4 filing showed Director Sanford Robertson purchased 100,000 shares at an average price of $20.69.
- LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ:LMFA) jumped 26.9% to settle at $1.37 after the company reported its Q2 earnings.
- VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VTGN) rose 23.1% to close at $0.1931.
- VistaGen Therapeutics recently posted a Q1 loss of $0.10 per share.
- Vinco Ventures, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBIG) shares gained 23% to close at $1.39. Vinco Ventures shares jumped around 59% on Tuesday after Nasdaq resumed trading in the stock.
- Laird Superfood, Inc. (NYSE:LSF) climbed 22.2% to close at $2.7501 after the company confirmed the receipt of an unsolicited offer from EF Hutton to acquire all of the company's outstanding common stock for $3 per share in cash.
- Kirkland's, Inc. (NASDAQ:KIRK) climbed 21% to close at $6.40.
- BioVie Inc. (NASDAQ:BIVI) rose 20% to settle at $3.00.
- Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPRO) gained 19.4% to settle at $1.07. Spero Therapeutics recently posted a Q2 loss of $0.87 per share.
- Regis Corporation (NYSE:RGS) rose 19.2% to settle at $1.43. Regis recently amended its credit facility and extended the maturity date from March 23, 2023 to August 31, 2025.
- Histogen Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTO) gained 17.3% to close at $2.17. Histogen recently posted a Q2 loss of $1.55 per share.
- Akumin Inc. (NASDAQ:AKU) gained 17.1% to close at $1.08.
- Talis Biomedical Corporation (NASDAQ:TLIS) rose 16.7% to settle at $0.9804.
- Kubient, Inc. (NASDAQ:KBNT) jumped 14.6% to close at $1.10. Kubient recently reported worse-than-expected Q2 EPS and sales results.
- Stabilis Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLNG) rose 13.5% to close at $5.21. The company recently posted upbeat quarterly sales.
- ATA Creativity Global (NASDAQ:AACG) gained 13.2% to close at $2.40. ATA Creativity Global recently posted a Q2 loss of $0.05 per share.
- Denbury Inc. (NYSE:DEN) rose 12.4% to settle at $88.72. Denbury is exploring options including a sale, Bloomberg reported.
- LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:LX) jumped 12.1% to close at $2.23 after the company late Tuesday reported Q2 results.
- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NASDAQ:BBBY) gained 11.8% to settle at $23.08 on continued momentum amid an uptick in retail investor attention on social media.
- Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ:SRAD) rose 11.6% to close at $13.39 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 sales results and raised its FY22 sales guidance above analyst estimates.
- Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:COGT) gained 11.3% to close at $15.76. Cogent Biosciences recently posted a Q2 loss of $0.71 per share.
- HighPeak Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:HPK) rose 8.9% to settle at $21.46. HighPeak Energy recently posted Q2 EPS of $0.64.
- Global-e Online Ltd. (NASDAQ:GLBE) climbed 7.9% to close at $36.68. Analysts boosted their price targets on Global-E Online.
- BlackLine, Inc. (NASDAQ:BL) gained 7.6% to close at $74.35.
- Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) rose 7.2% to settle at $142.27 after the company reported better-than-expected results for its third quarter and raised its FY22 guidance.
- JE Cleantech Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:JCSE) shares gained 6.6% to close at $2.42 after jumping over 20% on Tuesday.
- Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:LBPH) rose 5.6% to close at $4.55.
- FaZe Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:FAZE) rose 5.2% to close at $14.01 after gaining 12% on Tuesday. The company reported Q2 results on Monday.
