Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (DTPI, FMCN, AVII, VECO)

Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Inc DTPI rose 30.40% to $12.44 in the pre-market session. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has agreed to buy all of the outstanding common shares of DTPI for $378 million or $12.50 per share in cash, representing a premium of 31% to DTPI's closing price on August 23, 2010. Focus Media Holding Limited FMCN added 8.41% to $20.10 in pre-market trading. FMCN swung to profit in the second quarter. AVI BioPharma Inc AVII moved up 2.96% to 2.09 in pre-market trading. AVII has reported positive results from its two preclinical studies of AVI-7100 against a fully virulent pandemic H1N1 virus or swine flu. Veeco Instruments Inc VECO gained 1.96% to $31.72 in the pre-market session. VECO is selling its metrology business to Bruker Corp BRKR for $229 million. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.