31 Stocks Moving In Monday's Pre-Market Session

Gainers

• Amplify Snack Brands Inc BETR rose 71.9 percent to $12.03 in pre-market trading. Hershey Co HSY announced plans to acquire Amplify Snack Brands for $12 per share in cash.
• Longfin Corp LFIN rose 68.6 percent to $37.10 in pre-market trading. Longfin shares surged 308.41 percent Friday after the company announced agreement to acquire Ziddu.com.
• Vipshop Holdings Ltd - ADR VIPS rose 44.4 percent to $12.19 in pre-market trading following announcement of $863 million investment by JD.com and Tencent.
• RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp RXII rose 28.2 percent to $0.80 in the pre-market trading session after announcing 'positive' results from Phase 2 trial with RXI-109 for dermal scarring.
• Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd NAK rose 19 percent to $2.57 in pre-market trading following announcement of a framework agreement with First Quantum Minerals.
• Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM shares rose 14.8 percent to $66.30 in pre-market trading. Ellott disclosed a 6.5 percent stake in Akamai on Friday. Credit Suisse upgraded Akamai from Neutral to Outperform.
• Covanta Holding Corp CVA shares rose 13.3 percent to $17.00 in pre-market trading after the company reported a joint venture with a Macquarie subsidiary to develop and own Energy-From-Waste projects in the UK and Ireland.
• Marathon Patent Group Inc MARA rose 13 percent to $6.49 in pre-market trading after surging 5.71 percent on Friday.
• Transenterix Inc TRXC rose 12.7 percent to $2.39 in pre-market trading after the company announced a commercialization agreement with Great Belief International.
• Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc SSC shares rose 12.4 percent to $4.72 in pre-market trading after surging 27.27 percent on Friday.
• Riot Blockchain Inc RIOT rose 12.3 percent to $32.00 after climbing 14.09 percent on Friday.
• Kindred Healthcare, Inc. KND rose 12.2 percent to $9.65 in pre-market trading. Humana is in advanced talks to acquire home-care provider Kindred Healthcare Inc. KND in a deal that would value the company at $9.00 per share, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• Siebert Financial Corp. SIEB shares rose 11.7 percent to $14.80 in pre-market trading after gaining 11.81 percent on Friday.
• Forterra Inc FRTA rose 10.8 percent to $12 in pre-market trading after gaining 14.24 percent on Friday.
• Can Fite Biopharma Ltd (ADR) CANF shares rose 9.8 percent to $1.46 in pre-market trading after the company issued an update on its Phase 2 liver cancer trial.
• BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. BDSI rose 9.3 percent to $2.95 in pre-market trading after the company reported a Notice of Allowance of patent strengthening patent protection on BELBUCA to 2032.
• Applied DNA Sciences Inc APDN rose 9 percent to $2.80 in pre-market trading. Applied DNA Sciences and Colorcon announced a collaboration to commercialize product authentication technology for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry.
• Social Reality Inc SRAX shares rose 8 percent to $6.19 in the pre-market trading session after gaining 13.47 percent on Friday.
• Pinnacle Entertainment Inc PNK shares rose 5 percent to $32.50 in pre-market trading. Penn National announced plans to acquire Pinnacle Entertainment in a transaction valued at around $2.8 billion.
• Snyder's-Lance Inc LNCE rose 4.7 percent to $49.00 in pre-market trading. Campbell Soup Company CPB announced plans to acquire Snyder's-Lance for $50 per share in cash.
• Penn National Gaming, Inc PENN rose 4.4 percent to $31.00 in pre-market trading. Penn National announced plans to acquire Pinnacle Entertainment in a transaction valued at around $2.8 billion.
• Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACHN rose 3.3 percent to $2.85 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that the company has been granted orphan drug designation for the treatment to C3 Glomerulopathy by the FDA.

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Losers

• Aratana Therapeutics Inc PETX shares fell 10.2 percent to $5.15 in pre-market trading after the company issued study results for AT-016. The company’s license partner responsible for development said study did not achieve protocol-defined efficacy success criteria.
• Payment Data Systems, Inc. PYDS shares fell 9.7 percent to $2.60 in pre-market trading after surging 15.20 percent on Friday.
• Energy Recovery, Inc. ERII shares fell 5.5 percent to $9.59 in pre-market trading after dropping 2.22 percent on Friday.
• SemiLEDs Corporation LEDS fell 5.4 percent to $3.86 in pre-market trading after climbing 6.25 percent on Friday.
• BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ADR) BVXV fell 5.4 percent to $4.76 in pre-market trading after rising 0.80 percent on Friday.
• CSX Corporation CSX fell 3.9 percent to $50.87 in pre-market trading following announcement of death of CEO Hunter Harrison.
• Gogo Inc GOGO fell 3.4 percent to $10.40 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.75 percent on Friday.
• Oclaro Inc OCLR shares fell 3.3 percent to $7.00 in pre-market trading after rising 1.12 percent on Friday.
• Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated CORT shares fell 3.1 percent to $16.11 after declining 3.82 percent on Friday.