Gainers

  • Range Resources Corp. RRC rose 15 percent to $31.45 in pre-market trading. Wells Fargo upgraded Range Resources from Market Perform to Outperform.
  • Skypeople Fruit Juice Inc SPU shares rose 13.2 percent to $3.43 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.81 percent on Thursday.
  • Western Digital Corp WDC rose 8.1 percent to $92.60 in pre-market trading after the company posted better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter and issued a strong forecast for the current quarter.
  • Southwestern Energy Company SWN rose 5.6 percent to $8.10 in pre-market trading. Southwestern Energy reported Q1 adjusted earnings of $0.18 per share on revenue of $846 million.
  • Mechel PAO (ADR) MTL rose 5.6 percent to $6.08 in pre-market trading after surging 11.84 percent on Thursday.
  • Endo International plc ENDP rose 4.7 percent to $11.81 in pre-market trading. Endo is expected to release Q1 results on May 9.
  • Alphabet Inc GOOGL rose 4.4 percent to $930.30 in pre-market trading as the company posted upbeat earnings for its first quarter.
  • Alphabet Inc GOOG rose 4.1 percent to $909.99 in pre-market trading as the company posted upbeat earnings for its first quarter.
  • UBS Group AG (USA) UBS shares rose 3.9 percent to $17.38 in pre-market trading. UBS reported a Q1 profit of $1.26 billion.
  • Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN shares rose 3.8 percent to $952.80 in pre-market trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its first quarter.

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Losers

  • Arca Biopharma Inc ABIO fell 16.7 percent to $2.25 in pre-market trading after rising 5.88 percent on Thursday.
  • Gigamon Inc GIMO shares fell 15.1 percent to $30.55 in pre-market trading. Gigamon reported Q1 adjusted earnings of $0.12 per share on revenue of $69.6 million. Credit Suisse downgraded Gigamon from Outperform to Neutral
  • Accuray Incorporated ARAY fell 9.8 percent to $4.15 in pre-market trading. Accuray posted a wider-than-expected Q3 loss and lowered its FY 2017 sales guidance.
  • Orchid Island Capital Inc ORC shares fell 8.4 percent to $10.01 in pre-market trading. Orchid Island reported Q1 earnings of $0.07 per share.
  • Neurotrope Inc NTRP shares fell 6.2 percent to $14.20 in the pre-market trading session. Neurotrope announced plans to release results from Phase 2 trial in moderate to severe Alzheimer's on May 1, 2017.
  • Greenhill & Co., Inc. GHL shares fell 5.1 percent to $26.75 in pre-market trading after reporting weak quarterly results.
  • Valero Energy Corporation VLO fell 5 percent to $62.03 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.65 percent on Thursday.
  • Starbucks Corporation SBUX fell 4.7 percent to $58.45 in pre-market trading. Starbucks posted in-line earnings for its first quarter, but sales missed expectations. The company also lowered its FY17 earnings outlook.
  • Barclays PLC (ADR) BCS fell around 4.5 percent to $10.99 in pre-market trading after the company reported results for its first quarter.
  • QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM fell 4.2 percent to $51.00 in pre-market trading after the company lowered its Q3 forecast.
  • Intel Corporation INTC fell 3.8 percent to $36.00 in pre-market trading. Intel reported upbeat earnings for its first quarter, but sales missed estimates.
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company CL fell 3.3 percent to $70.90 in pre-market trading. Colgate-Palmolive reported upbeat earnings for its first quarter, but sales missed estimates.
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