Inhibitex Inc. (INHX) soared 141 percent, the biggest gain in the Russell 2000 Index, to $23.80. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY US) agreed to buy the Alpharetta, Georgia-based biopharmaceutical firm to boost its position in hepatitis C medicines.
Other hepatitis C drug developers also rallied. Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IDIX) surged 35 percent to $9.50. Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACHN) jumped 14 percent to $9.
Ticker Company Performance
INHX Inhibitex, Inc. 141.34%
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 33.33%
ACHN Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 15.15%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. 15.10%
BVSN BroadVision, Inc. 13.38%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. 12.84%
OSG Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. 11.56%
MAKO MAKO Surgical Corp. 11.54%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. 11.10%
ITMN InterMune Inc. 10.96%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. 10.91%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 9.53%
NQ NetQin Mobile Inc. 7.85%
MDVN Medivation, Inc. 7.58%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 7.23%
JNPR Juniper Networks, Inc. 7.20%
IOC InterOil Corporation 6.54%
PANL Universal Display Corp. 6.32%
CELL Brightpoint Inc. 6.20%
MR Mindray Medical International Limited 6.07%
KRO Kronos Worldwide Inc. 6.04%
CY Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 6.01%
IMAX IMAX Corporation 5.78%
AVGO Avago Technologies Limited 5.76%
EXAS Exact Sciences Corporation 5.64%
FCS Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. 5.62%
MDF Metropolitan Health Networks Inc. 5.58%
AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corp. 5.55%
MFN Minefinders Corp. Ltd. 5.46%
IPXL Impax Laboratories Inc. 5.35%
MTOR Meritor, Inc. 5.09%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 5.07%
SPRD Spreadtrum Communications Inc. 4.97%
LEAP Leap Wireless International Inc. 4.93%
RL Ralph Lauren Corporation 4.68%
MIPS MIPS Technologies Inc. 4.67%
INFN Infinera Corporation 4.58%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 4.57%
SFLY Shutterfly, Inc. 4.48%
SIMO Silicon Motion Technology Corp. 4.48%
OVTI OmniVision Technologies Inc. 4.44%
PLCM Polycom, Inc. 4.43%
FNSR Finisar Corp. 4.43%
BGC General Cable Corp. 4.41%
TSL Trina Solar Limited 4.14%
FSLR First Solar, Inc. 4.11%
USG USG Corporation 3.87%
VSH Vishay Intertechnology Inc. 3.79%
OPEN OpenTable, Inc. 3.73%
ONNN ON Semiconductor Corp. 3.60%
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