Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers

School Specialty Inc (NASDAQ: SCHS) rose 10.86% to $14.29 in the pre-market session. SCHS earnings are likely to advance by 164.29% in the next year. DryShips Inc (NASDAQ: DRYS) added 8.05% to $4.83 in the pre-market session. Morgan Stanley upgraded DRYS from "underweight" to "equal weight." Eagle...

Seattle Genetics Inc (NASDAQ: SGEN) rose 11.84% to $13.60 in the pre-market session. SGEN announced that its cancer drug, SGN-35 met prime goals in a crucial study. JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) added 7.91% to $6.41 in the pre-market session. According to Barron, JBLU is likely to...

ARM Holdings Plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) rose 5.76% to $19.46 in the pre-market session. Media speculations are there that ARMH could receive a buyout bid from Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL). Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) added 2.57% to $164.59 in the pre-market session. NFLX and NBC Universal Domestic...

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NASDAQ: BBBY) rose 4.76% to $44.05 in the pre-market session. BBBY had reported upbeat results for the second quarter yesterday. pSivida Corp (NASDAQ: PSDV) added 2.34% to $4.38 in the pre-market session. PSDV swung to Q4 profits. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) soared...

Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED) rose 8.04% to $8.20 in the pre-market session. Origin Biotechnology, a subsidiary of SEED announced a worldwide agreement with the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) for Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-Gene. VIVUS Inc (...

Trintech Group plc (NASDAQ: TTPA) rose 15.98% to $5.37 in the pre-market session. TTPA has said that it has received a number of acquisition offers. VIVUS Inc (NASDAQ: VVUS) added 10.84% to $6.85 in the pre-market session. VVUS shares gained after it announced positive data for its obesity drug,...

ASM International NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) rose 6.43% to $24.33 in the pre-market session. ASMI's quarterly earnings surged 156.49% y/y. TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) added 3.69% to $16.30 in the pre-market session. AMTD's magazine Enlightened Investor has won the 22nd Annual APEX Award...

Crucell NV (NASDAQ: CRXL) rose 54.82% to $31.80 in the pre-market session. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has planned to acquire all the outstanding shares of CRXL for about 1.75 billion euros ($2.29 billion) or 24.75 euros per share, representing a 58% premium to CRXL's closing price of 15.70...

OpenTable Inc (NASDAQ: OPEN) rose 1.64% to $63.83 in the pre-market session. Analysts at Merriman upgraded OPEN from "neutral" to "buy." Hercules Offshore Inc (NASDAQ: HERO) added 1.63% to $2.49 in the pre-market session. HERO shares surged after the U.S. Department of Interior said that, from...