Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (ARIA, SBIB, KUTV, VOD)

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc ARIA rose 37.71% to $7.23 in the pre-market session. ARIA reported that ridaforolimus met the primary endpoint of improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic soft-tissue or bone sarcomas. Sterling Bancshares Inc SBIB added 20.78% to $9.30 in the pre-market session. Comerica Inc CMA announced its plans to buy SBIB in a stock deal worth about $1.03 billion. Ku6 Media Co Ltd KUTV moved up 6.53% to $5.06 in the pre-market session. KUTV had $40.15 million in total cash and no debt for the recent quarter. Vodafone Group Plc VOD soared 4.47% to $28.74 in the pre-market trading. VOD's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 25.09%. Read more from Benzinga's Markets.