Tilray, Yum China and Weight Watchers are the Yahoo Finance charts of the day.

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Let's check out the Yahoo Finance charts of the day. Tilray (TLRAY): Shares are up in early trade, at around 10.2%. The Canada-based cannabis produce reported a 17 cents per share loss for its second quarter but revenue of the company nearly doubled compared to a year ago. The was Tilray's first quarterly report since going public last month. Yum China (YUMC): Shares are up here, at 3.9%. Shares of the restaurant operator remains on watch after rising yesterday on reports it rejected a $17.6 billion buyout offer from a consortium led by firm Hillhouse Capital. Weight Watchers (WTW): Shares up here, around 3.9%. Oppenheimer rated Weight Watchers "outperform" in new coverage with an analyst setting a $98 per share price target. For more on today's big stock movers check out the Final Round, live at 3:30 p.m. ET, right here on Yahoo Finance.

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