Why Is Viking Therapeutics ( $VKTX ) Stock Down -11.19% Today? (Find out why any stock moved today on Tickeron.) Shares of Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) fell 11.19% in Thursday's session, sliding $4.66 from a prior close of $41.65 to $36.99. The decline was driven by an upsized, dilutive $500 million financing, not by any new clinical data. The company priced 7.86 million common shares at $35.00 each — a roughly 16% discount — alongside $225 million of 2.00% convertible senior notes due 2032. The raise came just two days after a 36% surge on promising Phase 2 maintenance data for its obesity candidate VK2735. $EDIT $KURA $IMTX $NAMS $FDMT