CVD Equipment (CVV) said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its Stainless Design Concepts unit to Atlas Copco Group for about $16.9 million in cash.
Shares rose roughly 37% as midday trading volume rose to over 9.5 million shares from a daily average of roughly 70,000.
Sol-Gel Technologies (SLGL) shares were up about 28%, a day after the firm priced an oversubscribed underwritten offering of 459,112 shares at $72.00 a share.
Intraday trading volume stood at more than 47,000 shares, against a daily average of about 27,000.
Merlin (MRLN) said it was named to Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies.
Shares rose 24%, with trading volume of around 2.6 million.
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