30 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Pre-Market Session

Gainers

• Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. ACHV shares rose 33.7 percent to $3.65 in pre-market trading after reporting results from study evaluating effect of food on bioavailability of new formulation of cytisine.
• Protagonist Therapeutics Inc PTGX rose 13.7 percent to $10.10 in pre-market trading after the company reported Fast Track designation for PTG-300.
• Cameco Corporation CCJ shares rose 13.3 percent to $11.14 in pre-market trading after receiving favorable Tax Court of Canada ruling.
• Neovasc Inc. NVCN rose 10.4 percent to $3.19 in pre-market trading after climbing 7.43 percent on Wednesday.
• India Globalization Capital, Inc. IGC rose 10 percent to $3.31 in pre-market trading after climbing 29.61 percent on Wednesday.
• CDTi Advanced Materials, Inc. CDTI rose 9 percent to $3.05 in pre-market trading after surging 47.37 percent on Wednesday.
• Mid-Southern Bancorp, Inc. MSVB rose 8.2 percent to $14.00 in pre-market trading.
• Medigus Ltd. MDGS shares rose 7.3 percent to $3.59 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.04 percent on Wednesday.
• New Concept Energy, Inc. GBR rose 6.1 percent to $2.29 after declining 8.91 percent on Wednesday.
• Alaska Air Group, Inc. ALK rose 5.9 percent to $71.06 in pre-market trading. Imperial Capital upgraded Alaska Air from In-Line to Outperform.
• Viking Therapeutics, Inc. VKTX rose 5.4 percent to $19.05 in pre-market trading after dropping 4.84 percent on Wednesday.
• First Majestic Silver Corp. AG rose 5.2 percent to $5.85 in pre-market trading after falling 2.11 percent on Wednesday.
• Turtle Beach Corporation HEAR shares rose 4.9 percent to $21.00 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.88 percent on Wednesday.
• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALNY shares rose 4 percent to $94.98 in pre-market trading after reporting positive topline results from interim analysis of ENVISION Phase 3 study of givosiran in patients with acute hepatic porphyria.
• Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation AGTC rose 3.9 percent to $6.75 in pre-market trading after gaining 3.17 percent on Wednesday
• California Resources Corporation CRC rose 3.6 percent to $47.50 in pre-market trading.

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Losers

• Geron Corporation GERN shares fell 63.6 percent to $2.27 in pre-market trading after the company reported discontinuation of imetelstat collaboration with Janssen.
• Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY fell 15.5 percent to $15.90 in pre-market trading after the company reported weaker-than-expected results for its second quarter. The company sees FY18 EPS at the low end of its previously guided range. Second-quarter comps were down 0.6 percent.
• Comtech Telecomm. Corp. CMTL shares fell 11 percent to $32.50 in pre-market trading. Comtech Telecomm reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter, while sales missed estimates.
• ChemoCentryx Inc CCXI fell 11 percent to $11.75 in pre-market trading after the company reported a $75 million common stock offering.
• Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. AAOI fell 10.4 percent to $28.08 in pre-market trading. Loop Capital downgraded Applied Optoelectronics from Hold to Sell and lowered the price target from $45 to $20.
• Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP KRP shares fell 10 percent to $18.90 in pre-market after reporting public offering of common units.
• Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB OASM fell 9 percent to $4.87 in pre-market trading after climbing 15.05 percent on Wednesday.
• Veru Inc VERU fell 8.8 percent to $1.55 in pre-market trading after reporting a common stock offering.
• Conagra Brands Inc CAG fell 7.1 percent to $33.50 in pre-market trading after the company posted downbeat results for its first quarter and issued weak forecast for the current quarter.
• FBL Financial Group, Inc. FFG shares fell 6.5 percent to $74.20 in pre-market trading.
• Precision Drilling Corporation PDS shares fell 5 percent to $3.27 in pre-market trading after dropping 5.23 percent on Wednesday.
• Pandora Media, Inc. P shares fell 4.8 percent to $8.84 in pre-market trading. RBC Capital downgraded Pandora from Outperform to Sector Perform.
• Tata Motors Limited TTM fell 3.5 percent to $15.61 in pre-market trading after declining 1.82 percent on Wednesday.
• ICICI Bank Limited IBN shares fell 3 percent to $8.50 in pre-market trading.