This Friday’s top midday gainers are Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (NYSE:AEM), SBA Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:SBAC) and Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BAGL). The losers are Actuate Corp (NASDAQ:BIRT), Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX) and QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QLGC).
Agnico Mines Surges
Today’s top gainer midday is Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (NYSE:AEM), jumping +8.04%. The John Paulson and Ray Dalio pick’s increase is fueled by upbeat earnings results, reported yesterday.
SBA Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:SBAC) comes in second, gaining +6.99% on the heels of its Q1 results report. This is a nice piece of news for shareholders Steve Mandel and George Soros.
Restaurant franchise Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BAGL) surged +6.33%. The David Einhorn pick recently posted better-than-expected results and got an upgrade on its stock price.
Results Lead to Rough Day for Actuate, Idenix, QLogic
Actuate Corp (NASDAQ:BIRT) is the biggest loser of the day midday, its price falling -34.64%. The Soros holding missed expectations on earnings and revenue for Q1 2014.
At a very distant second is small-cap pharmaceutical company Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), down -6.5%. First quarter results were reported yesterday for this Seth Klarman investment.
Last is QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QLGC), also down on its results. It fell -6.05% and it is yet another Soros allocation in the red this Friday.