Gainers

  • Oracle Corporation ORCL gained 11.2 percent to $51.50 after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter. Wedbush upgraded Oracle from Neutral to Outperform.
  • Marathon Oil Corporation MRO rose 8.9 percent to $12.64 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.73 percent on Wednesday.
  • Nantkwest Inc NK rose 8.6 percent to $7.60 in pre-market trading after falling 5.79 percent on Wednesday.
  • Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd(ADR) MLCO rose 8.4 percent to $25.79 in pre-market trading after gaining 2.32 percent on Wednesday.
  • LG Display Co Ltd. (ADR) LPL rose 7.3 percent to $17.30 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.75 percent on Wednesday.
  • Staples, Inc. SPLS shares rose 6.4 percent to $9.21 in pre-market trading. Sycamore Partners is in advanced talks to acquire Staples, according to a report from Reuters late Wednesday. A deal could be valued at more than $6 billion and could be announced next week, sources said.
  • ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc. ZIOP shares rose 6.1 percent to $6.25 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.90 percent on Wednesday.
  • Hain Celestial Group Inc HAIN rose 5.6 percent to $35.00 in pre-market trading. Hain Celestial posted Q3 earnings of $0.30 per share on sales of $706.6 million. The company expects FY 2017 earnings of $1.19 to $1.22 per share, on sales of $2.84 billion to $2.86 billion.
  • NRG Energy Inc NRG shares rose 5.5 percent to $17.70 in the pre-market trading session after gaining 0.12 percent on Wednesday.
  • IMPINJ Inc PI shares rose 5.2 percent to $57.50 in pre-market trading after slipping 0.04 percent on Wednesday.
  • Apogee Enterprises Inc APOG shares rose 4.8 percent to $60.50 in pre-market trading as the company reported upbeat Q1 earnings and issued a strong FY 2018 forecast.
  • Teekay Corporation TK rose 4.6 percent to $5.50 in pre-market trading after falling 1.13 percent on Wednesday.
  • New Residential Investment Corp NRZ rose 3.6 percent to $16.60 in pre-market trading. New Residential Investment raised its quarterly dividend from $0.48 to $0.50 per share.
  • Bitauto Hldg Ltd (ADR) BITA rose 3.6 percent to $30.00 in pre-market trading after climbing 3.43 percent on Wednesday.


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Losers

  • Kamada Ltd KMDA shares fell 26 percent to $5.55 in pre-market trading after the company reported the withdrawal of European Marketing Authorization Application for inhaled Alpha-1 Antitrypsin.
  • Steelcase Inc. SCS shares fell 18.1 percent to $13.35 after the company reported downbeat earnings for its first quarter and issued a weak outlook for the second quarter.
  • Jernigan Capital Inc JCAP fell 8.3 percent to $22.25 in pre-market trading. Jernigan Capital reported commencement of 3 million share common stock offering.
  • DryShips Inc. DRYS fell 8 percent to $3.91 in pre-market trading. DryShips 1-for-5 reverse stock split takes effect today.
  • Weibo Corp (ADR) WB shares fell 7.1 percent to $71.50 in pre-market trading following a report circulating via Twitter which says that regulators order Weibo to stop providing audio and video program services.
  • Fang Holdings Ltd SFUN fell 6.8 percent to $3.15 in pre-market trading after rising 5.96 percent on Wednesday.
  • SINA Corp SINA shares fell 4.6 percent to $87.68 in pre-market trading following a report circulating via Twitter which says that regulators order Weibo to stop providing audio and video program services.
  • Taylor Morrison Home Corp TMHC fell around 3.8 percent to $23.17 in pre-market trading. Taylor Morrison Home reported the pricing of its 10 million share offering.
  • STMicroelectronics NV (ADR) STM shares fell 3.7 percent to $14.78 in the pre-market trading session after rising 1.59 percent on Wednesday.
  • Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL fell 3 percent to $50.69 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.99 percent on Wednesday.
  • Accenture Plc ACN shares fell 2.5 percent to $124 in pre-market trading. Accenture reported in-line earnings for its third quarter, while sales exceeded estimates. The company also lowered its GAAP gross margin guidance.
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