Gainers

  • Vinco Ventures, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBIG) shares rose 80.9% to close at $5.30 on Friday. The company recently reported a Q2 loss of $5.13 per share.

  • Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) surged 71.9% to close at $3.61 on Friday. Navios Maritime Partners L.P. and Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp have agreed to merge; under the agreement, shareholders of Navios Acquisition will receive 0.1275 of a common unit of Navios Partners for each share.

  • Gambling.com Group Limited (NASDAQ: GAMB) surged 66.9% to close at $14.19. Gambling.com Group announced temporary supplier license by Arizona Department of Gaming to provide marketing services for licensed operators in the state.

  • NeuroMetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NURO) shares jumped 65.6% to settle at $16.51. NeuroMetrix, earlier during the month, filed prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register offer and sale of $14 million of the company’s common stock.

  • Aterian, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATER) gained 47.2% to close at $6.08.

  • Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT) shares climbed 33.7% to close at $26.33 on Friday on abnormally high volume amid continued volatility. The stock has recently been mentioned as a potential short squeeze play by traders on social media.

  • Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BILL) shares rose 29.6% to close at $283.98 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 sales and issued strong sales guidance. Various analysts raised their price targets on the stock.

  • IKONICS Corporation (NASDAQ: IKNX) rose 28.5% to close at $31.75. Ikonics, earlier during the month, reported a Q2 loss of $0.37 a share.

  • Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW) gained 26.7% to settle at $6.89. Shares of several companies in the broader technology sector traded higher in sympathy with the overall market following Fed Chairman Powell's Jackson Hole speech.

  • Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM) climbed 26.1% to settle at $5.56.

  • Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPHM) gained 25.8% to close at $7.90. Reneo Pharmaceuticals, earlier during the month, reported a Q2 loss of $0.43 per share.

  • Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVTE) rose 25.4% to close at $17.60. Aerovate Therapeutics, earlier during the month, reported a Q2 loss of $23.80 per share.

  • DatChat, Inc. (NASDAQ: DATS) climbed 24.3% to close at $8.50. DatChat reported a partnership with Rutgers University Computer Science through their industry affiliates program.

  • Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLTX) rose 23.4% to close at $7.81. The company, earlier during the month, reported a wider quarterly loss.

  • SharpLink Gaming Ltd. (NASDAQ: SBET) climbed 22% to settle at $6.82 after gaining 8% on Thursday. SharpLink Gaming, last week, appointed Brian Bennett as its Chief Financial Officer, effective August 16, 2021.

  • Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (NASDAQ: ASPS) gained 20.8% to close at $10.45. The company, last month, posted downbeat quarterly results.

  • Eliem Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELYM) jumped 20.4% to close at $26.79.

  • Marin Software Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRIN) rose 20.4% to settle at $6.92. Shares of several companies in the broader technology sector traded higher in sympathy with the overall market following Fed Chairman Powell's Jackson Hole speech.

  • Chemomab Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ: CMMB) gained 20.2% to close at $15.80.

  • Birks Group Inc. (NYSE: BGI) rose 19.9% to close at $3.32.

  • Meta Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: MMAT) gained 19.4% to close at $4.13.

  • Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLIN) surged 19.1% to settle at $4.86.

  • Bit Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: BTBT) jumped 18.4% to close at $12.46 in sympathy with the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum.

  • Mechanical Technology, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MKTY) climbed 18.3% to close at $9.95.

  • Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY) jumped 17.6% to close at $5.22.

  • Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LXRX) rose 16.7% to close at $4.61. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals recently presented additional analyses from SOLOIST and SCORED Phase 3 trials evaluating heart failure candidate sotagliflozin, a dual SGLT1 & SGLT2 inhibitor.

  • Vallon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLON) rose 16.2% to settle at $5.51. Vallon Pharmaceuticals, earlier during the month, posted a Q2 net loss of $2.3 million.

  • Huadi International Group Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUDI) jumped 16.1% to close at $4.04. The company recently reported a decline in earnings for the first-half of 2021.

  • Rekor Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: REKR) gained 15.6% to close at $10.24.

  • InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE: NSPR) rose 15.4% to settle at $4.5350. InspireMD Director Gary S Roubin recently acquired a total of 22249 shares at an average price of $4.19.

  • TETRA Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TTI) gained 15% to close at $3.22.

  • Hut 8 Mining Corp. (NASDAQ: HUT) rose 14.8% to settle at $7.74.

  • Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) jumped 13.4% to close at $84.98.

  • SGOCO Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SGOC) shares gained 12.6% to close at $9.19 after jumping over 27% on Thursday. Wolfpack Research, last week, released a bearish report on the stock.

  • Humacyte Inc. (NASDAQ: HUMA) gained 11.3% to close at $12.20.

  • Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEMI) gained 11.2% to close at $2.99 after the company announced its launch of commercial distribution of SCOV-2 Ag Detect Rapid Test, a third party COVID-19 antigen assay.

  • Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY) climbed 9.1% to settle at $269.28 after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 results and raised FY22 guidance.

  • MediaCo Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: MDIA) rose 8.3% to close at $8.77 after gaining over 13% on Thursday.

  • RenovoRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNXT) shares rose 6.2% to close at $7.71. RenovoRx shares dropped 19% on Thursday as the company priced its IPO at $9 per unit.

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Losers

  • eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFTR) declined 21.4% to settle at $11.96 on Friday after dropping over 10% on Thursday.

  • Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AADI) dropped 21.2% to settle at $26.00.

  • Cassava Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVA) shares fell 17.7% to close at $58.34 on Friday following a release by Quanterix that commented on Cassava's recent data for its Alzheimer's candidate.

  • Applied Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: APLT) shares fell 13.1% to close at $15.46. Goldman Sachs downgraded Applied Therapeutics from Neutral to Sell and announced a $10 price target.

  • Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: CNTB) declined 12.8% to close at $18.12.

  • BlueCity Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: BLCT) dropped 11.9% to settle at $3.26.

  • Blue Water Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: BLUW) fell 11.8% to settle at $8.38. Blue Water Acquisition reported shareholders’ approval of business combo/SPAC deal with Clarus Therapeutics.

  • Siyata Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: SYTA) fell 11.8% to close at $3.68. Siyata Mobile recently signed a reseller agreement with Silk Worldwide to distribute its Uniden cellular signal boosters.

  • VectivBio Holding AG (NASDAQ: VECT) dropped 11.3% to settle at $6.70.

  • Pro-Dex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDEX) dipped 11.1% to close at $26.34 after the company reported a drop in quarterly earnings and sales.

  • Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ: WB) fell 10.7% to close at $48.68. Reuters reported that China's Netflix equivalent iQIYI decided to stop streaming idol competition programs amid a regulatory crackdown.

  • Precipio, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRPO) shares slipped 9.9% to settle at $3.27. Precipio recently reported a partnership with American Oncology Network to adopt company’s HemeScreen technology.

  • GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GDS) fell 9.8% to close at $51.20. GDS Holdings, last week, reported second-quarter FY21 revenue growth of 38.9% year-on-year to $288.7 million (RMB 1.86 billion).

  • Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPID) dropped 9.45 to settle at $20.30 following Q2 results.

  • Hibbett, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIBB) fell 9.2% to close at $89.84. Hibbett reported a second-quarter FY22 sales decline of 5.1% year on year, to $419.26 million, beating the analyst consensus of $320.89 million.

  • Peloton Interactive, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTON) fell 8.6% to close at $104.34 after the company reported a loss for its fourth quarter and issued weak sales forecast for the current quarter.

  • Domo, Inc. (NASDAQ: DOMO) shares declined 8.4% to close at $89.53 after the company reported Q2 earnings results and issued Q3 guidance.

  • Universal Security Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: UUU) fell 7.3% to settle at $6.40.

  • Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLLI) shares fell 6.7% to close at $72.54 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q2 results.

  • VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) fell 6.7% to close at $148.18 after the company reported Q2 earnings results.

  • 111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) slipped 5% to close at $6.32 following Q2 results.

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