Gainers

  • UQM Technologies Inc UQM shares rose 48.8 percent to $1.250 in pre-market trading after the company agreed to be acquired by China National Heavy Duty Truck Group for $0.95 per share.
  • Kite Pharma Inc KITE shares rose 28.2 percent to $178.30 in pre-market trading. Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD announced plans to buy Kite Pharma for around $11.9 billion.
  • Second Sight Medical Products Inc EYES shares rose 26 percent to $1.26 in the pre-market trading session after the company disclosed that it has received a conditional FDA approval to start the first Orion human clinical study.
  • Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. FRSX rose 18.8 percent to $6.12 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that it has signed a pilot agreement with one of the China's top three car manufacturers to test Eyes-On advanced driver assist system.
  • AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AVEO rose 18.4 percent to $4.50 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that FOTIVDA has been approved in the EU for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma.
  • Juno Therapeutics Inc JUNO rose 11.5 percent to $34.25 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.35 percent on Friday.
  • bluebird bio Inc BLUE rose 9.9 percent to $107.50 in pre-market trading after slipping 0.76 percent on Friday.
  • CSP Inc. CSPI rose 8.6 percent to $11.00 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.10 percent on Friday.
  • Uniqure NV QURE shares rose 8.3 percent to $8.60 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.53 percent on Friday.
  • Cellectis SA (ADR) CLLS rose 8.3 percent to $27.29 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.74 percent on Friday.
  • Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. ASPS rose 8.3 percent to $22.50 in pre-market trading. New Residential Investment Corp NRZ and Altisource Portfolio Solutions announced a brokerage agreement.
  • Matrix Service Co MTRX rose 8.2 percent to $11.30 in pre-market trading. Matrix Service is expected to announce Q4 results on September 6, 2017.
  • Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc BLCM shares rose 7.5 percent to $8.90 in pre-market trading after falling 3.94 percent on Friday.
  • Whiting Petroleum Corp WLL rose 5.4 percent to $4.65 in pre-market trading after falling 0.23 percent on Friday.
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (ADR) PBR rose 5 percent to $9.63 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.44 percent on Friday.
  • Ross Stores, Inc. ROST rose 4.9 percent to $62.29 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.80 percent on Friday.
  • IXYS Corporation IXYS gained 4.4 percent to $16.65 after the company agreed to be acquired by Littelfuse, Inc. LFUS for around $750 million.
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD shares rose 3.7 percent to $76.49 in pre-market trading as the company announced plans to buy Kite Pharma for around $11.9 billion in cash.
  • Nasdaq Inc NDAQ shares rose 3.5 percent to $78.37 in the pre-market trading session after gaining 1.08 percent on Friday.


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Losers

  • Uni-Pixel Inc UNXL fell 65.4 percent to $0.090 in pre-market trading. On Friday, Uni-Pixel announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the next one to two business days. Benchmark downgraded Uni-Pixel from Buy to Hold.
  • Sangamo Therapeutics Inc SGMO fell 6.5 percent to $10.00 in pre-market trading after rising 0.47 percent on Friday.
  • Southwestern Energy Company SWN shares fell 3.4 percent to $5.15 in pre-market trading after declining 3.44 percent on Friday.
  • ICICI Bank Ltd (ADR) IBN fell 3.1 percent to $9.15 in pre-market trading after rising 0.53 percent on Friday.
  • Golden Ocean Group Ltd GOGL fell 3.1 percent to $9.53 in pre-market trading after surging 10.45 percent on Friday.
  • YY Inc (ADR) YY shares fell 2.2 percent to $70.73 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.92 percent on Friday.
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