Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 09/21: (HALO) (KERX) (SNSS) Higher; (PEIX) (BTH) (KBH) Lower

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Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HALO) 29.5% HIGHER; Halozyme and ViroPharma (Nasdaq: VPHM) announced the FDA provided guidance enabling ViroPharma to resume clinical studies of the subcutaneous administration of Cinryze in combination with rHuPH20.

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEIX) 25.9% LOWER; has priced an underwritten public offering of 27.5 million units at a price to the public of $0.40 per unit, for gross offering proceeds of $11.0 million.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: KERX) 16.5% HIGHER; moving on positive Æterna Zentaris (Nasdaq: AEZS) momentum today. Æterna was started at Buy by Roth Capital Thursday morning.

Blyth, Inc. (NYSE: BTH) 16.3% LOWER; Moody's affirmed Blyth's ratings, but changed its outlook to Negative. For more color, click here.

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) 12.7% HIGHER; reported Q3 EPS of $0.04, $0.20 better than the analyst estimate of ($0.16). Revenue for the quarter came in at $424.5 million versus the consensus estimate of $430.05 million. For more color, click here.

Columbia Labs (Nasdaq: CBRX) 12.5% HIGHER; shares bouncing off of the 100-day SMA a few session back, now on a three-day winning streak.

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNSS) 12.3% HIGHER; bouncing following a dip Thursday on a financings update.

VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) 11.2% LOWER; announced that based on preliminary feedback from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the company expects an opinion recommending against approval of the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for Qsiva (phentermine/topiramate ER) for the treatment of obesity.

United States Antimony Corporation (AMEX: UAMY) 10.8% LOWER; continuing lower after issuing an operating update Thursday morning.

Sealy Corp. (NYSE: ZZ) 10.3% HIGHER; Kyle Bass' hedge fund Hayman Capital disclosed a 5.43%, or 5,644,245 share, stake in the company. The firm did not hold shares at the end of the latest quarter ending June 30, 2012.

Lucas Energy, Inc. (AMEX: LEI) 9.8% LOWER; shares have been volatile around the $2 level recently. Today, shares dipped just below the mark, but bounced back above rather quickly. Volume is heavy on the move.

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