Gainers

  • Caladrius Biosciences Inc CLBS shares rose 20.2 percent to $6.13 in pre-market trading after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss.
  • Arbutus Biopharma Corp ABUS rose 12.3 percent to $3.20 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that it has licensed LNP delivery technology to Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALXN for use in single messenger RNA product candidate.
  • AveXis Inc AVXS rose 12.2 percent to $81.66 in pre-market trading after the company reported topline data from Phase 1 trial of AVXS-101.
  • TOP SHIPS Inc TOPS shares rose 10.5 percent to $2.43 in pre-market trading after surging 109.52 percent on Thursday.
  • ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. IMOS rose 9.8 percent to $17.45 in pre-market trading after declining 0.44 percent on Thursday.
  • Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. SINO rose 8.3 percent to $3.38 in pre-market trading after climbing 23.81 percent on Thursday.
  • Diana Containerships Inc DCIX rose 7.6 percent to $2.99 in pre-market trading after surging 12.55 percent on Thursday.
  • Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD rose 5.2 percent to $37.25 in pre-market trading. Steel Dynamics expects Q1 earnings of $0.77 to $0.81 per diluted share. The company also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1550 per common share.
  • Adobe Systems Incorporated ADBE rose 5.1 percent to $128.50 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter and issued a strong forecast for the current quarter.
  • Ocular Therapeutix Inc OCUL rose 4.6 percent to $10.44 in pre-market trading after gaining 12.13 percent on Thursday.
  • Limelight Networks, Inc. LLNW shares rose 4 percent to $2.64 in pre-market trading after surging 15.45 percent on Thursday.
  • Tiffany & Co. TIF shares rose 3.5 percent to $93.15 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat earnings for its fourth quarter.
  • Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX shares rose 3.6 percent to $11.60 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed the purchase of 3 million shares by ValueAct -- 500,000 shares of March 14, 2017 at $10.88 and the remaining 2.5 million shares at $10.81 per share.

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Losers

  • Veritiv Corp VRTV shares fell 7.5 percent to $54.45 in the pre-market trading session. Veritiv priced its 1.8 million share secondary offering of common stock at $54.85 per share.
  • AXT Inc AXTI fell 5.3 percent to $6.25 in pre-market trading after dropping 10.81 percent on Thursday. B. Riley downgraded AXT from Buy to Neutral.
  • Cerulean Pharma Inc CERU shares fell 4 percent to $2.96 in pre-market trading after rising 3.36 percent on Thursday.
  • Vuzix Corporation VUZI shares fell 3.5 percent to $6.95 in pre-market trading after the company issued a business update and reported Q4 financial results.
  • Editas Medicine Inc EDIT fell 3.4 percent to $24.06 in pre-market trading. Editas Medicine priced an underwritten offering of 4,000,000 shares at $22.50 per share.
  • Fang Holdings Ltd SFUN fell 3.1 percent to $2.86 in pre-market trading after declining 1.34 percent on Thursday.
  • Inventure Foods Inc SNAK fell 2.2 percent to $4.93 in pre-market trading after the company filed to delay its Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2016.
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