23 Stocks Moving in Wednesday's Pre-Market Session

Gainers

• Verb Technology Company, Inc. VERB rose 44.5% to $2.24 in pre-market trading. Verb Technology shares gained over 17% on Tuesday after Ascendiant Capital initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and a $4 price target.
• Bridgeline Digital, Inc. BLIN shares rose 43.7% to $4.87 in pre-market trading. Bridgeline Digital shares jumped over 36% on Tuesday on above-average volume.
• Vertex Energy, Inc. VTNR shares rose 43.4% to $14.73 in pre-market trading after the company agreed To divest used motor oil collection and recycling assets for $140 million to Clean Harbors.
• Borqs Technologies, Inc. BRQS rose 34.7% to $1.34 in pre-market trading after gaining 11% on Tuesday. Borqs Technologies recently said it started delivery of cellular CTA-2045 products to SkyCentrics for use by utility companies for smart city deployment.
• Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS rose 19.6% to $3.42 in pre-market trading after jumping 100% on Tuesday.
• Exela Technologies, Inc. XELA rose 16.2% to $2.72 in pre-market trading. Exela Technologies shares jumped over 59% on Tuesday possibly on increased retail investor interest in the stock. Exela Technologies also announced the rollout of EON, its Robotic Process Automation platform for a large health insurance company.
• LMP Automotive Holdings, Inc. LMPX rose 16% to $20.50 in pre-market trading after the company swung to a profit in the first quarter.
• HUTCHMED (China) Limited HCM rose 15.8% to $38.48 in pre-market trading. HUTCHMED and AstraZeneca's Orpathys recently received conditional approval in China.
• Inpixon INPX rose 8.8% to $1.24 in pre-market trading. Inpixon was added to Russell Microcap Index, effective June 28.
• MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited YGMZ rose 8.8% to $4.80 in pre-market trading after the company announced it regained NASDAQ compliance.
• AMMO, Inc. POWW rose 7.7% to $9.47 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 results.
• Xcel Brands, Inc. XELB shares rose 6.3% to $2.55 in pre-market trading after gaining over 5% on Tuesday.

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Losers

• Altimmune, Inc. ALT fell 34.4% to $10.45 in pre-market trading after the company announced it will discontinue further development of AdCOVID and focus resources on obesity and liver programs.
• Kiromic BioPharma, Inc.. KRBP fell 25.2% to $4.97 in pre-market trading after dropping 17% on Tuesday. The company recently announced it will be presenting at the 2021 Next-Gen Immuno Oncology Congress.
• Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. PBLA shares fell 25.1% to $2.86 in pre-market trading after the company reported a $5 million bought deal offering of common stock.
• Marin Software Incorporated MRIN fell 20.4% to $13.79 in pre-market trading after jumping over 130% on Tuesday. Marin Software, last week, announced it has added the ability to manage Instacart Ads to its flagship MarinOne platform.
• BSQUARE Corporation BSQR fell 17.3% to $6.65 in pre-market trading after jumping over 206% on Tuesday.
• electroCore, Inc. ECOR fell 16.1% to $1.25 in pre-market trading after the company reported a common stock offering.
• Qumu Corporation QUMU shares fell 16.1% to $3.23 in pre-market trading after the company reported weak preliminary revenue for the second quarter.
• Auddia Inc. AUUD shares fell 11.1% to $6.23 in pre-market trading. Auddia shares gained 19% on Tuesday after the company announced the release and national launch of its flagship Auddia app ahead of schedule.
• Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. CERE fell 9.2% to $26.96 in pre-market trading. Cerevel Therapeutics shares jumped 136% on Tuesday after the company announced topline results from Phase 1b trial of CVL-231, saying both doses of CVL-231 demonstrated a clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement in PANSS Total score.
• MongoDB, Inc. MDB shares fell 6.5% to $358.60 in pre-market trading after the company priced an underwritten public offering of 2,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock at $365.00 per share.
• Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. EGLE shares fell 6.2% to $48.00 in pre-market trading after the company reported the pricing of an underwritten secondary public offering of 1,695,182 shares of common stock at $46.50 per share.