20 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Thursday

• Sky Solar Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ: SKYS) shares surged 64.5 percent to $2.95 after reporting better-than-expected results for its third quarter.
• OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR) shares jumped 28 percent to $11.34 after the company posted strong Q4 results. Raymond James upgraded OraSure Technologies from Market Perform to Outperform.
• Aqua Metals Inc (NASDAQ: AQMS) shares surged 26 percent to $14.38. Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI) and Aqua Metals announced a break-through battery recycling technology partnership.
• Biocept Inc (NASDAQ: BIOC) rose 21.3 percent to $2.05 as the company’s CEO sent a letter to shareholders announcing plans to initiate pilot program for hospital-based pathologists to interpret results of the company’s liquid biopsy tests locally.
• Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT) surged 18 percent to $44.01. Insight Enterprises posted Q4 adjusted earnings of $0.72 per share on revenue of $1.47 billion.
• Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX) gained 16.6 percent to $2.96 after the company disclosed a partnership with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB).
• Zendesk Inc (NYSE: ZEN) gained 15.7 percent to $28.39 after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss.
• Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) shares rose 15 percent to $20.60 on upbeat quarterly results.
• Flotek Industries Inc (NYSE: FTK) gained 15 percent to $12.14. Flotek Industries reported a Q4 loss of $13.9 million on revenue of $70.6 million.
• Paycom Software Inc (NYSE: PAYC) rose 13.2 percent to $51.22 after the company posted upbeat quarterly results.
• United Insurance Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: UIHC) climbed 13.2 percent to $15.15. Raymond James upgrades United Insurance from Outperform to Strong Buy.
• Proto Labs Inc (NYSE: PRLB) shares jumped 12.9 percent to $58.25 after the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings.
• TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE: THS) shares rose 11.9 percent to $84.63 on better-than-expected quarterly results.
• EnteroMedics Inc (NASDAQ: ETRM) gained 11.8 percent to $7.96 after the company reported the publication of 3-year data from vBloc diabetic patient study in the Journal of Diabetes and Obesity.
• Proto Labs Inc (NYSE: PRLB) climbed 11.2 percent to $57.40 on stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings.
• FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT) shares surged 9.8 percent to $166.09 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results
• Imperva Inc (NASDAQ: IMPV) rose 8.1 percent to $46.35 after the company posted upbeat Q4 results and issued a strong outlook.
• PCM Inc (NASDAQ: PCMI) shares climbed 8 percent to $26.61 following strong Q4 results.
• Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX) climbed 8 percent to $22.67. Louisiana-Pacific posted upbeat quarterly earnings. DA Davidson upgraded Louisiana-Pacific from Neutral to Buy.
• Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE: SGY) shares gained 6.6 percent to $6.81. Stone Energy reported auction results for the sale of Appalachia properties.
• Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares rose 2.5 percent to $268.52 following reports that the electric automaker is set to begin production of the much anticipated Model 3 vehicle.

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