Morning Alert – IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG), Goldcorp (NYSE:GG), Porter Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBIB), BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN), Bio-Path Holdings (NASDAQ:BPTH)

IAMGOLD Corp (USA) (NYSE:IAG) on June 23 provided an update from ongoing exploration activities at the Company’s 100%-owned Pitangui gold project located approximately 110 kilometres northwest of Belo Horizonte , the capital city of Minas Gerais State, Brazil . The project comprises 180.3 square kilometres of exploration licenses covering the Archean Pitangui greenstone belt where an estimated inferred resource of 4.07 million tonnes grading 4.88 grams of gold per tonne for 0.64 million contained ounces was recently reported for the São Sebastião discovery. IAMGOLD Corp (USA) (NYSE:IAG) stock performance was 2.62% in last session and finished the day at $3.91. Traded volume was 7.72million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 5.83million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.49.

Investment analysts at Credit Suisse increased their price target on shares of Goldcorp Inc (USA) (NYSE:GG) from $31.00 to $32.00 in a note issued to investors on Thursday. Credit Suisse’s target price points to a potential upside of 16.83% from the company’s current price.Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) rose 2.74 percent to $28.14 Thursday on volume of 5.47million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $27.52 to $28.22. Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) has a market capitalization of $22.88billion.

On June 20, 2014, Porter Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PBIB) received a deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ Stock Market (the “Staff”), notifying it that, for the last 30 consecutive business days, the closing bid price of our common stock has not been maintained at the minimum required closing bid price of at least $1 per share as required for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market pursuant to Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (“Minimum Bid Price Rule”). Porter Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PBIB)’s stock on July 17, 2014 closing price of $0.950. Its fifty two weeks range is $0.84 -$2.41. The total market capitalization recorded $12.25million. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.40K shares. In its share capital, PBIB has 12.92million outstanding shares.

BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) which further underscores the potential for its outperformance. On Thursday, shares of BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) dropped -2.56% to close the day at $10.29. Company return on investment (ROI) is 26.40% and its monthly performance is recorded as 1.28%. BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) quarterly revenue growth is 3.63%.

On June 28, 2014, Douglas P. Morris resigned his positions as Vice President of Corporate Development and Secretary of Bio-Path Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BPTH), effective June 30, 2014. Mr. Morris’s decision to resign was not due to any disagreement with the Company’s management or board of directors. As a result of his resignation, the Employment Agreement dated May 1, 2007 between the Company and Mr. Morris (the “Employment Agreement”) will terminate as of June 30, 2014. Neither Mr. Morris’s resignation nor the termination of the Employment Agreement will result in any severance payments or severance benefits. Bio-Path Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BPTH) stock performance was -7.37% in last session and finished the day at $2.64. Traded volume was 203,783.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 449.21K shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.37. Bio-Path Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BPTH) insider ownership is 0.10%.