28 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Pre-Market Session

Gainers

• Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MDGL rose 65.5 percent to $179.50 in pre-market trading. Madrigal Pharma disclosed that MGL-3196 achieved liver biopsy endpoints in patients with NASH at 36 weeks in Phase 2 trial.
• Viking Therapeutics, Inc. VKTX rose 34.8 percent to $6.70 in pre-market trading after falling 4.42 percent on Wednesday.
• vTv Therapeutics Inc. VTVT shares rose 31.5 percent to $2.19 in pre-market trading after the company reported a licensing deal with Newsoara Biopharma to rights for vTv's PDE4 Inhibitor in China and other Pacific Rim territories.
• Curis, Inc. CRIS shares rose 27.2 percent to $2.90 in pre-market trading after the company reported FDA Fast Track designation for CUDC-907 development in patients with relapse, refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
• Kitov Pharma Ltd KTOV rose 16.7 percent to $2.51 in pre-market trading.
• Tilly's, Inc. TLYS rose 14.7 percent to $14.00 in pre-market trading as the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter and issued a strong Q2 outlook.
• Express, Inc. EXPR rose 14.3 percent to $10.49 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter.
• NGL Energy Partners LP NGL rose 12.8 percent to $12.10 in pre-market trading after reporting Q4 earnings beat.
• J.Jill, Inc. JILL rose 11.3 percent to $6.90 in pre-market trading after the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings.
• TapImmune, Inc. TPIV shares rose 10 percent to $5.60 in pre-market trading after climbing 24.15 percent on Wednesday.
• Frontline Ltd. FRO rose 9.8 percent to $5.74 in pre-market trading after Q1 results beat estimates.
• Tech Data Corporation TECD rose 8.8 percent to $89.65 in pre-market trading following better-than-expected Q1 earnings.
• TransEnterix, Inc. TRXC shares rose 7.1 percent to $3.65 in pre-market trading. TransEnterix disclosed that LSU Health completed the purchase of its Senhance™ Surgical System.
• CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. CBAY shares rose 6.7 percent to $12.25 in pre-market trading.
• Huami Corporation HMI rose 5.5 percent to $11.50 in pre-market trading.
• Burlington Stores, Inc. BURL rose 3.1 percent to $140.70 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat results for its first quarter and raised its FY18 outlook.

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Losers

• Clearside Biomedical, Inc. CLSD shares fell 17.8 percent to $11.95 in pre-market trading. Clearside Biomedical disclosed that its Phase 2 trial of CLS-TA met primary and secondary endpoints met in 6-month trial.
• CRISPR Therapeutics AG CRSP fell 15.8 percent to $62.00 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that the FDA has placed a clinical hold on IND for CTX001 sickle cell disease treatment.
• Sears Holdings Corporation SHLD fell 10 percent to $2.89 in pre-market trading after the company posted a loss for the first quarter and announced plans to close 72 non-profitable stores.
• Urban One, Inc. UONE fell 9 percent to $3.01 in pre-market trading after rising 78.38 percent on Wednesday.
• Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR shares fell 8.6 percent to $88.05 in pre-market trading after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings for its first quarter and lowered its FY2018 earnings guidance.
• Ciena Corporation CIEN fell 8.5 percent to $22.02 in the pre-market trading session after the company posted downbeat Q1 earnings and announced plans to buy Packet Design.
• Dollar General Corporation DG shares fell 6.6 percent to $90.11 in pre-market trading after reporting weaker-than-expected results for its first quarter.
• Vericel Corp VCEL shares fell 6.5 percent to $13.05 in pre-market trading following announcement of 3.75 million share common stock offering.
• Box, Inc. BOX fell 5.7 percent to $26.19 in pre-market trading. Box reported upbeat results for its first quarter. The company forecast Q2 revenue of $146 million to $147 million.
• Co-Diagnostics, Inc. CODX fell 5.7 percent to $3.15 in pre-market trading after declining 5.65 percent on Wednesday.
• Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation CHMI shares fell 5.2 percent to $18.21 in pre-market trading after reporting a 2.75 million share common stock offering.
• Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation COG fell 4.1 percent to $21.76 in pre-market trading after gaining 3.37 percent on Wednesday.