Gainers
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SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS) shares rose
39.7 percent to $4.61 in pre-market trading after filing of large insider buy released. Dr. Peter Chiou will purchase 577,000
shares of SemiLEDs common stock at $5.00 per share.
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AVG Technologies NV (NYSE: AVG) shares rose 32
percent to $24.80 in pre-market trading after Avast Software announced plans to acquire AVG Technologies for $1.3 billion in
cash.
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WhiteWave Foods Co (NYSE: WWAV) rose 19.1 percent
to $56.45 in pre-market trading after France's Danone SA announced its plans to buy WhiteWave Foods for $56.25 per share in
cash.
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PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) shares rose
18.2 percent to $8.40 in pre-market trading. PTC Therapeutics and NHS England have successfully negotiated a Managed Access
Agreement for Translarna for patients with nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR) rose 14 percent
to $6.50 in pre-market trading. EMCORE announced a special dividend of $1.50 per share.
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN)
shares rose 9.2 percent to $88.20 in pre-market trading. Roche is said to have renewed interest in BioMarin, Betaville
reported.
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Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PTX)
shares rose 5.7 percent to $0.465 in pre-market trading as the company reported restructuring of sales force and operations.
Pernix Therapeutics announced plans to reduce workforce by 23 percent
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PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) rose 2 percent to $107.87
in pre-market trading as the company reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings.
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Losers
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First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) shares tumbled
3.7 percent to $47.33 in the pre-market trading session. Deutsche Bank downgraded First Solar from Buy to Hold and lowered the
price target from $80.00 to $44.00.
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Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE: ARE)
shares fell 3.5 percent to $101.70 in pre-market trading after the company reported an offering of 6,500,000 shares of common
stock.
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L Brands Inc (NYSE: LB) fell 2.5 percent to $66.80 in
pre-market trading. L Brands reported a 6 percent rose in June same store sales.
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Retail Opportunity Investments Corp (NASDAQ: ROIC) shares dipped 2.1 percent to $21.58 in pre-market trading as the company
reported a proposed offering of common stock of 5.7 million shares.
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