Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (SNIC, VRGY, SQNM, AIXG)

Sonic Solutions SNIC rose 24.94% to $14 in the pre-market session. Rovi Corp ROVI announced its plans to acquire SNIC for about $720 million. Verigy Ltd VRGY added 9.98% to $13.89 in pre-market trading. Advantest Corp ATE raised its unsolicited buyout offer for VRGY from $12.15 per share to $15 per share. Sequenom Inc SQNM moved up 4.92% to $8.10 in pre-market trading. Sequenom CMM has initiated a pivotal clinical validation study for evaluating its SensiGene T21 Laboratory Developed Test (LDT). Aixtron Aktiengesellschaft AIXG gained 4.08% to $34.46 in the pre-market session. AIXG's PEG ratio is 0.22. Read more from Benzinga's Markets.