Gainers
- Micro Focus International plc (NYSE:MFGP) shares jumped 95.4% to $6.11 after the company reached an agreement with OpenText to be acquired for $6 billion.
- The OLB Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:OLB) gained 47% to $1.73. OLB Group recently posted 1H sales of $17.16 million.
- American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVCT) shares rose 37.3% to $0.1867 after the company announced changes to its board of directors and management team, along with the launch of a review to explore the sale of the entire business or selected assets.
- Farfetch Limited(NYSE:FTCH) rose 31.8% to $12.58 after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results.
- NewAge, Inc. (NASDAQ:NBEV) rose 28.3% to $0.26 after declining around 7% on Thursday.
- Green Giant Inc. (NASDAQ:GGE) gained 26% to $2.52.
- Baudax Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:BXRX) jumped 25.2% to $0.7018. Baudax Bio recently received Notice of Allowance for US patent application covering use of ANJESO for treatment of moderate to severe pain.
- Akili, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKLI) shares gained 23.5% to $5.09 after dropping 20% on Thursday.
- Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ:DRUG) gained 20.4% to $3.4779. Bright Minds recently priced overnight marketed offering of 2.858 million units at $1.40 per unit.
- The L.S. Starrett Company (NYSE:SCX) jumped 15.1% to $8.73 after the company reported FY22 results.
- CorpHousing Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CHG) gained 15% to $2.84. CorpHousing Group recently reported closing of $13.5 million initial public offering.
- Pardes Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRDS) jumped 12.8% to $3.7350. Pardes Biosciences recently posted a Q2 loss of $0.48 per share.
- IDW Media Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:IDW) gained 12.6% to $1.8999. IDW Media recently named Allan Grafman as CEO.
- Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVBG) rose 12.1% to $40.09. Everbridge recently reported better-than-expected Q2 sales results and issued Q3 guidance above analyst estimates.
- Apexigen, Inc. (NASDAQ:APGN) gained 10.7% to $5.48.
- Cassava Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAVA) jumped 9.7% to $29.92.
- TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) rose 9.1% to $5.89.
- Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (NASDAQ:APWC) gained 8.6% to $1.77.
- VTEX (NYSE:VTEX) shares rose 8.5% to $4.20. Vtex recently posted a Q2 loss of $0.11 per share.
- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) rose 6.3% to $172.53 after the company reported upbeat earnings for its second quarter. The company maintained full-year subscription revenue guidance between $5.537 billion and $5.557 billion.
- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) gained 5.1% to $134.06 amid reports suggesting Amazon is set to buy the company. However, CNBC said Amazon is not expected to make a bid for Electronic Arts.
- Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTA) rose 2.8% to $430.82 as the company reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter and raised its FY22 guidance.
