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Exicure, Inc. (NASDAQ: XCUR) rose 41.8% to $0.3830. Exicure’s Audit Committee recently concluded that Grant Corbett misreported raw data from certain R&D experiments related to XCUR-FXN preclinical program.
Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.06% to 35,673.60 while the NASDAQ fell 1.08% to 15,247.22. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.57% to 4,642.29.
Gainers
Siyata Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: SYTA) shares jumped 66.7% to close at $4.60 on Tuesday. Siyata Mobile received $1.3 million purchase order for SD7 ruggedized devices and accessories.
Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.87% to 35,204.42 while the NASDAQ climbed 1.96% to 15,795.08. The S&P also rose, gaining 1.55% to 4,665.67.
The news of a new variant of the coronavirus Friday sent financial markets into a tailspin. The adversity could present an opportunity for a handful of biopharma stocks, according to a Morgan Stanley analyst.