Gainers

  • Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc MRNS shares rose 60% to $2.17 in pre-market trading after the company announced all patients in the Ganaxolone Phase 2 Refractory Status Epilepticus trial met the primary endpoint.
  • Beyond Meat, Inc. BYND shares rose 11.3% to $154.00 in pre-market trading after McDonalds announced it will be testing Beyond Meat's plant-based burger in Southwestern Ontario.
  • Rite Aid Corporation RAD rose 7.3% to $8.25 in pre-market trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its second quarter.
  • Frontline Ltd. FRO shares rose 7% to $9.54 in pre-market trading.
  • DRDGOLD Limited DRD rose 7% to $5.17 in pre-market trading.
  • PG&E Corporation PCG shares rose 5.6% to $11.37 in pre-market trading.
  • DHT Holdings, Inc. DHT rose 5% to $ 6.31 in pre-market trading.
  • Personalis, Inc. PSNL rose 4.5% to $17.15 in pre-market trading. Bank of America upgraded Personalis from Neutral to Buy.
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. . IONS rose 4.4% to $64.00 in pre-market trading.
  • Canopy Growth Corporation CGC rose 4.3% to $25.75 in pre-market trading after a report indicating the US House of Representatives passed the SAFE Banking Act.
  • Cronos Group Inc. CRON rose 4.1% to $9.96 in pre-market trading after a report indicating the US House of Representatives passed the SAFE Banking Act. NOTE: The bill would allow financial institutions to bank state-legal cannabis companies.
  • Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB rose 4% to $4.95 in pre-market trading after a report indicating the US House of Representatives passed the SAFE Banking Act.
  • Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR rose 3.8% to $2.17 in pre-market trading.
  • Overstock.com, Inc. OSTK rose 3% to $12.60 in pre-market trading after gaining5.79% on Wednesday.


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Losers

  • Pearson plc PSO shares fell 16.7% to $8.83 in pre-market trading after the company announced it now expects adjusted operating profit in 2019 to be at the bottom of the guidance range of £590M - £640M and adjusted EPS at the bottom of the guidance range of 57.5P to 63.0P.
  • Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ENTA shares fell 15.8% to $60.00 in pre-market trading. Enanta disclosed that ARGON-1 study of FXR Agonist, EDP-305, for the treatment of NASH met primary and key secondary endpoint. JP Morgan downgraded Enanta Pharmaceuticals from Neutral to Underweight and lowered the price target from $86 to $57.
  • BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. BTAI fell 10.8% to $8.75 in pre-market trading after the company reported the commencement of a $19 million common stock offering.
  • SilverCrest Metals Inc. SILV fell 7.4% to $5.50 in the pre-market trading session.
  • Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. PLYM fell 7.3% to $17.95 in the pre-market trading session after the company announced a 3 million common stock offering.
  • HB Fuller Co FUL shares fell 5.8% to $44.75 in pre-market trading after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 EPS and sales results. The company also issued FY19 EPS guidance below analyst estimates.
  • Ctrip.com International, Ltd. CTRP fell 5.1% to $30.50 in pre-market trading after the company announces proposed 31.3 million share secondary offering of its American depositary shares.
  • Crescent Point Energy Corp. CPG shares fell 3.8% to $4.27 in pre-market trading.
  • Carnival Corporation & Plc CUK shares fell 3.1% to $45.00 in pre-market trading ahead of quarterly earnings.
  • ArcelorMittal MT shares fell 2.5% to $14.11 in pre-market trading
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