38 Stocks Moving In Wednesday's Pre-Market Session
Gainers
- Fluidigm Corporation FLDM shares rose 50.3% to $13.21 in pre-market trading after the company received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA for saliva-based Advanta Dx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay for COVID-19.
- SCWorx Corp. WORX shares rose 31.3% to $2.14 in pre-market trading after surging over 12% on Tuesday. SCWorx, earlier during the month, appointed Timothy Hannibal as President, COO and Director.
- Immunic, Inc. IMUX rose 22.3% to $17.64 in pre-market trading after Piper Sandler initiated coverage on the company's stock with an Overweight rating and announced a $71 price target.
- Geron Corporation GERN rose 20.5% to $2.12 in pre-market trading after HC Wainwright maintained a Buy rating on the company's stock and raised its price target from $4 to $7.
- OpGen, Inc. OPGN rose 16.8% to $2.70 in pre-market trading. OpGen, last week, announced its subsidiary obtained the CE mark certification in the European Union for its own SARS-CoV-2 Kit with PULB detection of SARS-CoV-2.
- Envision Solar International, Inc. EVSI rose 16.6% to $12.80 in pre-market trading. BTIG initiated coverage on Envision Solar with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $25.
- Urban Tea, Inc. MYT shares rose 15.5% to $0.2304 in pre-market trading. On Tuesday, Urban Tea reported a 1 for 10 reverse share split.
- salesforce.com, inc. CRM shares rose 13.6% to $245.50 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter and also issued upbeat guidance for FY21. Salesforce stock was also added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- Urban Outfitters, Inc. URBN rose 12% to $23.30 in pre-market trading after the company swung to a surprise profit in the second quarter, while sales also came in above Wall Street estimates.
- Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. SRNE rose 12% to $9.21 in pre-market trading. Sorrento Therapeutics, last week, announced it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire SmartPharm and develop a pipeline of gene-encoded therapeutic antibodies, starting with neutralizing antibodies to treat Covid-19 and cancer therapeutics.
- Lipocine Inc. LPCN rose 11.1% to $1.60 in pre-market trading after dropping more than 16% on Tuesday. Lipocine released Q2 results earlier in the month.
- Immunovant, Inc. IMVT rose 9.6% to $37.97 in pre-market trading after HC Wainwright & Co. maintained a Buy rating on the company's stock and raised its price target from $34 to $40.
- Iconix Brand Group, Inc. ICON rose 8.9% to $0.94 in pre-market trading. Iconix Brand, earlier during the month, reported a loss for the second quarter.
- Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp. SOLO rose 7% to $3.22 in pre-market trading. On Monday, Electrameccanica Vehicles announced that production for its SOLO EV will begin on August 26.
- BlueCity Holdings Limited BLCT rose 6.6% to $16.10 in pre-market trading after reporting Q2 results.
- Intuit Inc. INTU rose 6.4% to $357.88 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 results.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co HPE rose 6% to $9.89 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat results for its third quarter and issued a strong earnings forecast for FY20.
- Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. KNDI rose 6% to $7.07 in pre-market trading.
- India Globalization Capital, Inc. IGC rose 5.8% to $1.45 in pre-market trading. On Tuesday, India Globalization Capital won a patent for ‘compositions and methods for treating seizure disorders such as epilepsy.’
- Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. DFFN shares rose 5.7% to $1.11 in pre-market trading. Diffusion Pharmaceuticals, earlier during the month, posted a loss for the second quarter.
- Transocean Ltd. RIG rose 5.4% to $1.36 in pre-market trading after falling around 4% on Tuesday.
- BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. BIGC rose 4.8% to $109.12 in pre-market trading as the company announced a partnership with Facebook.
Losers
- CohBar, Inc. CWBR shares fell 21.5% to $1.13 in pre-market trading after the company announced a proposed public offering of common stock and warrants.
- Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. PPSI shares fell 14.9% to $2.00 in pre-market trading after jumping around 68% on Tuesday. Mazurek Nathan filed a Form 4 with the SEC on Tuesday, August 25. The insider bought 1,000 shares at an average price of $1.40.
- China Automotive Systems, Inc. CAAS fell 11.9% to $2.59 in pre-market trading. China Automotive Systems shares gained over 15% on Tuesday after the company announced a $5 million buyback.
- Borqs Technologies, Inc. BRQS fell 11% to $1.22 in pre-market trading. Borqs Technologies shares jumped around 40% on Monday after the company received a purchase order of over $15 million for mobile point-of-sale device in India.
- Pure Storage Inc PSTG fell 10.9% to $14.93 in pre-market trading after the company reported Q2 earnings. The company did not provide formal guidance, but noted its current view of Q3 total revenue will approximately be flat.
- Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. BPTH fell 8.7% to $4.20 in pre-market trading after declining over 6% on Tuesday.
- Viveve Medical, Inc. VIVE shares fell 8.4% to $0.6501 in pre-market trading. Viveve Medical shares jumped 34% on Tuesday after the company announced positive primary efficacy data from its three-arm, five-month stress urinary incontinence feasibility study, which is comparing the company's cryogen-cooled monopolar radio frequency treatment and a cryogen-only sham treatment to an inert sham treatment for mild-to-moderate SUI in women. Additionally, the company announced positive outcomes from an in-vivo preclinical study that was conducted to validate its new inert sham tip for use in the upcoming pivotal PURSUIT Trial in the U.S.
- XpresSpa Group, Inc. XSPA fell 8.2% to $3.03 in pre-market trading after the company reported a $35.3 million registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. XpresSpa Group, on Monday, announced it had cut the waiting time for COVID-19 tests conducted at airports from 48 hours to under 15 minutes.
- Ocugen, Inc. OCGN fell 6.6% to $0.4304 in pre-market trading after gaining over 12% on Tuesday. Ocugen reported worse-than-expected Q2 earnings earlier during the month.
- Nordstrom, Inc. JWN fell 6.6% to $14.50 in pre-market trading after the company reported worse-than-expected Q2 earnings.
- Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc. SONN fell 6.3% to $2.96 in pre-market trading after declining 19% on Tuesday. Sonnet BioTherapeutics shares climbed over 48% on Monday after the U.S. FDA issued an emergency use authorization for investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients..
- Naked Brand Group Limited NAKD fell 5.9% to $0.2814 in pre-market trading. Naked Brand Group, last week, entered into a global amendment with St.George Investments amending convertible promissory note issued by the company.
- BIO-key International, Inc. BKYI fell 5.9% to $0.6135 in pre-market trading. On Monday, BIO-key International named Kimberly Johnson as Vice-President of Product Marketing.
- Gevo, Inc. GEVO fell 5.4% to $1.40 in pre-market trading after gaining over 6% on Tuesday. Gevo, last week, announced a registered direct offering of 38.4 million shares priced at $1.30 per share.
- Zosano Pharma Corporation ZSAN fell 4.1% to $1.65 in pre-market trading. Zosano Pharma, last week, announced an agreement to collaborate with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.
- Express, Inc. EXPR fell 3.1% to $1.10 in pre-market trading following downbeat quarterly results.
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