Gainers
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Cerulean Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: CERU) rose
110 percent to $1.450 in the pre-market trading session following announcement of a collaboration with Novartis.
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Banc of California Inc (NYSE: BANC) rose 15.4
percent to $12.99 in pre-market trading as the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter.
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Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) rose 10 percent
to $8.25 in the pre-market trading after announcing positive data from a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating PPAR-gamma agonist
in cocaine abuse.
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GNC Holdings Inc (NYSE: GNC) rose 7 percent to
$20.75 in pre-market trading after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company has met with “Chinese buyers in recent
weeks to gauge interest in a potential buyout.”
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Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) (NASDAQ: AMRN) rose
5.3 percent to $3.16 in pre-market trading. Citigroup initiated coverage on Amarin with a Buy rating and a $5.00 price target.
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Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) shares rose
3.8 percent to $36.68 in pre-market trading after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) shares rose 1 percent
to $42.10 in pre-market trading as the company reported upbeat earnings for the third quarter on Tuesday.
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Losers
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Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGMO) shares
fell 23 percent to $3.00 in the pre-market trading session after gaining 1.30 percent on Tuesday.
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Imperva Inc (NYSE: IMPV) shares fell 16.8 percent
to $38.80 in pre-market trading following reports circulating that the sale talks have stalled due to issues regarding price.
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Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) shares fell 9.9 percent
to $22.70 in pre-market trading after the company issued a weak earnings forecast for the fiscal second quarter.
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Comstock Resources Inc (NYSE: CRK) shares fell 9.2
percent to $7.88 in pre-market trading after rising 5.08 percent on Tuesday.
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Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (NASDAQ: ACHC)
shares fell 7.1 percent to $42.00 in pre-market trading after the company reported the signing of definitive deal for sale of
UK facilities in fulfillment of previously announced undertakings to the CMA. The company issued a weak forecast for the third
quarter.
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Puma Biotechnology Inc (NYSE: PBYI) fell 5 percent
to $50.00 in pre-market trading after the company announced a $150 million offering of common stock.
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) shares fell 4.4
percent to $36.08 in pre-market trading. Intel reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter, but issued a weak
revenue forecast for the current quarter.
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Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) fell 4.1
percent to $13.51 in pre-market trading after dropping 10.15 percent on Tuesday.
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Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ: ASND) shares fell
3.9 percent to $19.30 in pre-market trading. Ascendis Pharma priced its 6.3 million share offering at $19 per ADS.
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