Gainers
- Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) gained 11.2 percent to $51.50 after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter. Wedbush upgraded Oracle from Neutral to Outperform.
- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) rose 8.9 percent to $12.64 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.73 percent on Wednesday.
- Nantkwest Inc (NASDAQ:NK) rose 8.6 percent to $7.60 in pre-market trading after falling 5.79 percent on Wednesday.
- Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd(ADR) (NASDAQ:MLCO) rose 8.4 percent to $25.79 in pre-market trading after gaining 2.32 percent on Wednesday.
- LG Display Co Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:LPL) rose 7.3 percent to $17.30 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.75 percent on Wednesday.
- Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) shares rose 6.4 percent to $9.21 in pre-market trading. Sycamore Partners is in advanced talks to acquire Staples, according to a report from Reuters late Wednesday. A deal could be valued at more than $6 billion and could be announced next week, sources said.
- ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP) shares rose 6.1 percent to $6.25 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.90 percent on Wednesday.
- Hain Celestial Group Inc (NASDAQ:HAIN) rose 5.6 percent to $35.00 in pre-market trading. Hain Celestial posted Q3 earnings of $0.30 per share on sales of $706.6 million. The company expects FY 2017 earnings of $1.19 to $1.22 per share, on sales of $2.84 billion to $2.86 billion.
- NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) shares rose 5.5 percent to $17.70 in the pre-market trading session after gaining 0.12 percent on Wednesday.
- IMPINJ Inc (NASDAQ:PI) shares rose 5.2 percent to $57.50 in pre-market trading after slipping 0.04 percent on Wednesday.
- Apogee Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:APOG) shares rose 4.8 percent to $60.50 in pre-market trading as the company reported upbeat Q1 earnings and issued a strong FY 2018 forecast.
- Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK) rose 4.6 percent to $5.50 in pre-market trading after falling 1.13 percent on Wednesday.
- New Residential Investment Corp (NYSE:NRZ) rose 3.6 percent to $16.60 in pre-market trading. New Residential Investment raised its quarterly dividend from $0.48 to $0.50 per share.
- Bitauto Hldg Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:BITA) rose 3.6 percent to $30.00 in pre-market trading after climbing 3.43 percent on Wednesday.
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