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08/03/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/03/2026 00:49

Market Movers | Winners: FWAC, REPL, MGRX | Losers: KPTI, BIOA, MBRX

The day's most extreme stock moves were not sudden events, but continuations of much longer trends.

Futurewave Acquisition (FWAC) gained +460.8% today, but its one-month return is an even larger +610.1%. On the other side, Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI) fell 72.6%, deepening a one-month decline of -79.9%.

This persistence occurred against a backdrop of modest gains, with the S&P 500 returning +0.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average returning +0.5%. The central question for any investor looking at today's extremes is how to distinguish a fleeting move from an established trend. The day's biggest winners and losers offer a starting point.

Friday's Market Winners

The 9 stocks with the highest returns on the last trading day:

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 FWAC Futurewave Acquisition 460.8% 287.1%
2 REPL Replimune 107.0% 15.2%
3 MGRX Mangoceuticals 89.7% -24.7%
4 TCX Tucows 59.2% -31.1%
5 BURU Nuburu 38.7% -93.0%
6 ELOX Eloxx Pharmaceuticals 31.1% n/a
7 IESC IES 30.3% 91.4%
8 SCYX SCYNEXIS 29.8% -4.3%
9 AXTI AXT 28.7% 269.6%

Friday's Market Losers

And the 7 stocks with the lowest returns:

# Ticker Company Name 1-D
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 KPTI Karyopharm Therapeutics -72.6% -73.9%
2 BIOA Bioage Labs -63.6% -31.7%
3 MBRX Moleculin Biotech -60.8% -87.9%
4 MYGN Myriad Genetics -46.7% -53.5%
5 CYCU Cycurion -44.8% -67.8%
6 GYGY Game Your Game -43.2% n/a
7 GCTK GlucoTrack -38.8% -87.7%

So is this a sudden collapse for the biggest losers?

The data shows the opposite. Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI) appears on both the one-day and one-month losers lists. Its weakness has been building for weeks, culminating in a one-month return of -79.9%. Moleculin Biotech (MBRX) shows a similar pattern, also appearing on both lists with a one-month return of -85.1%. For Karyopharm, this decline comes even as its revenue grew 6.3% over the last twelve months, leaving its market value at about $42.3 million.

Movers Over The Last Week

Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest Market names:

# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 FWAC Futurewave Acquisition 470.5% 287.1%
2 CYCU Cycurion 177.5% -67.8%
3 CNET ZW Data Action Technologies 101.8% 17.6%
4 RACC Research Alliance Corporation III 97.4% n/a
5 TCX Tucows 77.3% -31.1%
# Ticker Company Name 1-W
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 YYAI Airwa -98.9% -99.6%
2 BIOT Instinct Bio Technical Company -97.0% n/a
3 MBRX Moleculin Biotech -81.1% -87.9%
4 CAPR Capricor Therapeutics -80.5% -86.7%
5 KPTI Karyopharm Therapeutics -74.1% -73.9%
6 SDST Stardust Power -65.8% -82.4%
7 IMC IMC Rare Earths -65.5% -65.5%
8 MPLT MapLight Therapeutics -64.4% -25.9%
9 BIOA Bioage Labs -58.5% -31.7%
10 ADVB Advanced Biomed -57.9% 37.1%

Movers Over The Last Month

And over the last 21 trading days:

# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 BRKH Burtech Acquisition II 641.8% 409.7%
2 FWAC Futurewave Acquisition 610.1% 287.1%
3 FBRX Forte Biosciences 259.3% 180.9%
# Ticker Company Name 1-M
Returns
YTD
Returns
1 YYAI Airwa -98.4% -99.6%
2 LESL Leslies -90.1% -42.4%
3 MBRX Moleculin Biotech -85.1% -87.9%
4 CAPR Capricor Therapeutics -83.3% -86.7%
5 SDOT Sadot -81.6% 995.0%
6 KPTI Karyopharm Therapeutics -79.9% -73.9%
7 ONFO Onfolio -77.7% -88.4%
8 IPW iPower -76.2% -99.2%

Is a big move on these lists a clear instruction?

Never. A list of extreme movers is a map of where market attention and risk are currently focused, nothing more. The tables appearing earlier show performance over one day, one week, and one month, revealing which names have staying power and which are just noise. A disciplined reader uses these figures as a starting point for research, not a finish line. The critical next step is to investigate the underlying business behind any name that captures your attention.

Either side of these lists can be a lead worth following, with the same follow-up question: does the business back the move? For the winners, our Guidance Momentum screen tracks which companies raised their own forward numbers. For the losers, our Buy the Dip screen flags which marked-down names still have the fundamentals to recover.

Every Name On Those Lists Is A Real Position

The movers list is a daily reminder that the same volatility fills both columns, and nobody knows which side their name lands on next. How much damage any single position could do to your net worth is a question with a precise answer. The Trefis Wealth team computes it for investors professionally, with the same rules-based systematic discipline that runs our High Quality Portfolio. Request a free vulnerability audit of your biggest positions.

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