Gainers

  • Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. MTSL rose 63.1% to $4.68 in pre-market trading after the company announced it signed a definitive merger agreement with SharpLink.
  • General Finance Corporation GFN rose 55.7% to $18.95 in pre-market trading after United Rentals announced plans to acquire the company for $19 per share in cash.
  • Esports Technologies, Inc. EBET rose 47.9% to $53.86 in pre-market trading after jumping 507% on Thursday.
  • Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. IOVA rose 11.6% to $33.95 in pre-market trading. Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on Iovance Biotherapeutics with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $97.
  • StoneMor Inc. STON rose 11.6% to $1.85 in pre-market trading. StoneMor, last month, announced plans to acquire four cemeteries for $5,395,000.
  • Kelly Services, Inc. KELYB rose 9% to $31.35 in pre-market trading.
  • 111, Inc. YI rose 8.9% to $12.08 in pre-market trading.
  • Castor Maritime Inc. CTRM rose 7.7% to $0.4897 in pre-market trading after gaining more than 6% on Thursday. Castor Maritime recently announced deliveries of M/V Magic Twilight and M/V Magic Thunder.
  • Progyny, Inc. PGNY shares rose 7.3% to $54.00 in pre-market trading. Progyny will replace Domtar Corp. in the S&P MidCap 400, effective prior to the open of trading on Tuesday, April 20.
  • Lattice Semiconductor Corporation LSCC shares rose 7.3% to $54.90 in pre-market trading. Lattice Semiconductor will replace PTC in the S&P MidCap 400, effective prior to the open of trading on Tuesday, April 20.
  • Medalist Diversified REIT, Inc. MDRR shares rose 7% to $1.37 in pre-market trading after the company declared a dividend for the first quarter on its 8.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.
  • Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. DLPN rose 6.8% to $9.63 in pre-market trading after after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 sales.
  • Matson, Inc. MATX rose 6% to $72.59 in pre-market trading after the company reported strong preliminary earnings for the first quarter.
  • ATA Creativity Global AACG shares rose 5.5% to $3.26 in pre-market trading after dropping over 8% on Thursday.
  • DraftKings Inc. DKNG shares rose 4.7% to $60.20 in pre-market trading after the company announced it will become an official sports betting partner of the NFL and extend its current relationship as the exclusive Official Daily Fantasy Partner.
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALXN rose 4.4% to $164.46 in pre-market trading. AstraZeneca announced US clearance of proposed acquisition of Alexion.

 

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  • Wilhelmina International, Inc. WHLM fell 15.5% to $9.13 in pre-market trading after climbing around 30% on Thursday. The company's 13D filing recently showed that Modell's Sporting Goods had reported a stake of 18.4% in the company.
  • Nxt-ID, Inc. NXTD fell 15% to $0.8841 in pre-market trading after dropping around 9% on Thursday.
  • Globalstar, Inc. GSAT fell 11.8% to $0.90 in pre-market trading after tumbling over 8% on Thursday.
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  • Bit Digital, Inc.BTBT fell 7.1% to $13.27 in pre-market trading following a decline in Bitcoin prices.
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  • SeaSpine Holdings Corporation SPNE fell 5.3% to $19.83 in pre-market trading after the company priced its underwritten public offering of 4,500,000 shares of its common stock at $19.50 per share.
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