02:20 PM EDT, 05/15/2026 (MT Newswires) -- LanzaTech Global ( LNZA ) signed a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors to sell 2 million shares in a registered direct offering, targeting gross proceeds of about $20 million, the company said Friday.

Shares sank 43% following an increase in intraday trading volume to almost 323,000 from a daily average of over 44,000.

Aardvark Therapeutics ( AARD ) said the US Food and Drug Administration has placed a full clinical hold on its investigational new drug application for ARD-101, according to a company statement late Thursday.

Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to underweight from equalweight, and BTIG to neutral from buy.

Shares of Aardvark slumped 31% as intraday trading volume advanced to more than 565,000 from a daily average of over 282,000.

York Space Systems ( YSS ) reported a Q1 loss of $114.8 million, compared with a loss of $11.7 million a year earlier.

Shares dropped 18%, with intraday trading volume at nearly 2.85 million, compared with a daily average of over 2.02 million.

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