36 Stocks Moving in Wednesday's Pre-Market Session

Gainers

• VAALCO Energy, Inc. EGY shares rose 50% to $1.53 in pre-market trading as the company reported transformational acquisition of additional working interest at Etame Marin Block Offshore Gabon from Sasol for $50 million.
• Phoenix Tree Holdings Limited DNK rose 35.3% to $3.18 in pre-market trading after jumping around 75% on Tuesday.
• Medley Management Inc. MDLY rose 31.2% to $8.83 in pre-market trading. Medley Management, on Monday, posted a Q3 loss of $0.16 per share.
• Micro Focus International plc MFGP rose 26.2% to $4.67 in pre-market trading.
• Kazia Therapeutics Limited KZIA rose 21.7% to $12.02 in pre-market trading after the company announced at the SNO further Paxalisib data confirming the earlier announced positive safety and efficacy signals in glioblastoma.
• Riot Blockchain, Inc. RIOT rose 16.7% to $7.10 in pre-market trading. Riot Blockchain shares jumped 48% on Tuesday amid strength in Bitcoin prices.
• Naked Brand Group Limited NAKD rose 16.7% to $0.1027 in pre-market trading after jumping over 21% on Tuesday.
• Bit Digital BTBT shares rose 13.9% to $6.80 in pre-market trading after gaining over 10% on Tuesday. Bit Digital, last week, reported an asset purchase deal with certain non-US investors to issue aggregate 4.34 million shares at $3.20 per share.
• Waitr Holdings Inc. WTRH rose 13.3% to $3.23 in pre-market trading after a company director disclosed the purchase of 266,113 shares at $2.75 per share.
• Lordstown Motors Corp. RIDE rose 12.9% to $27.89 in pre-market trading. Lordstown Motors recently announced plans to begin production of its Lordstown Endurance in September 2021.
• CIIG Merger Corp. CIIC shares rose 11.6% to $12.00 in pre-market trading. Arrival Ltd. is in talks to combine with CIIG Merger Corp, Bloomberg reported.
• Gulfport Energy Corporation GPOR rose 10.6% to $0.1770 in pre-market trading after the company announced it received court approval for its first day motions to support its ongoing operations.
• Nxt-ID, Inc. NXTD rose 10.3% to $0.45 in pre-market trading after climbing around 30% on Tuesday. NXT-ID was awarded US Patent 10,841,301 for ‘System and method to authenticate electronics using electronic-metrics.’
• Marathon Patent Group, Inc. MARA rose 10% to $3.40 in pre-market trading. Marathon Patent Group shares jumped 25% on Tuesday amid strength in Bitcoin prices.
• Ra Medical Systems, Inc. RMED shares rose 9.5% to $5.06 in pre-market trading. Ra Medical Systems dropped over 11% on Tuesday after the company announced a 1-for-25 reverse stock split.
• Liminal BioSciences Inc. LMNL rose 9.3% to $4.23 in pre-market trading. Liminal BioSciences, last week, released Q3 results.
• Lufax Holding Ltd LU rose 8.3% to $16.40 in pre-market trading after declining 23% on Tuesday.
• Canaan Inc. CAN rose 8.3% to $3.60 in pre-market trading.
• Weidai Ltd. WEI shares rose 7.4% to $1.60 in pre-market trading after the company regained compliance after receipt of NYSE non-compliance letter.
• Tata Motors Limited TTM rose 7% to $11.67 in pre-market trading after gaining around 4% on Tuesday.
• La-Z-Boy Incorporated LZB rose 5.9% to $40.59 in pre-market trading as the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its second quarter on Tuesday.
• Cellectis SA CLLS rose 5.6% to $20.80 in pre-market trading after the FDA lifted its clinical hold on the MELANI-01 study evaluating UCARTCS1 in multiple myeloma.
• The Boeing Company BA rose 3.8% to $218.00 in pre-market trading after Baird upgraded the company's stock from Neutral to Outperform and announced a $306 price target.
• Tesla Inc TSLA rose 3.3% to $456.00 in pre-market trading after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock from Equal-Weight to Overweight and raised its price target from $360 to $540.

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Losers

• Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. ONCT fell 23.9% to $3.15 in pre-market trading after the company reported a $20.0 million bought deal offering at $3.10 per share.
• PaySign, Inc. PAYS shares fell 22.3% to $4.77 in pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat quarterly earnings..
• Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited GSMG fell 12.8% to $2.46 in pre-market trading after gaining over 8% on Tuesday.
• Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SNOA fell 9.3% to $7.01 in pre-market trading.
• CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. CBAT fell 7.9% to $8.96 in pre-market trading after declining around 14% on Tuesday.
• Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. OTLK fell 7.8% to $0.9695 in pre-market trading after dropping around 9% on Tuesday.
• Marin Software Incorporated MRIN fell 7% to $1.99 in pre-market trading after surging 18% on Tuesday.
• Sunoco LP SUN fell 7% to $27.11 in pre-market trading.
• Evogene Ltd. EVGN shares fell 6.3% to $2.81 in pre-market trading after jumping over 24% on Tuesday.
• Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW fell 6.2% to $150.00 in pre-market trading after reporting downbeat Q3 earnings.
• Maiden Holdings, Ltd. MHLD fell 5.5% to $1.90 in pre-market trading. Maiden, on Monday, reported Q3 earnings results.
• Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. NCLH fell 5.2% to $20.92 in pre-market trading after the company priced a 40 million share offering at $20.80 per share.