Gainers
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Dipexium Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: DPRX) rose
90.6 percent to $3.05 in pre-market trading after the company announced plans to merge with privately-held PLx Pharma Inc in an
all-stock deal.
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Neothetics Inc (NASDAQ: NEOT) rose 20.8
percent to $1.160 in pre-market trading after the company reported the initiation of Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial for
LIPO-202 for the reduction of submental subcutaneous fat.
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Magellan Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ: MPET)
shares rose 15.3 percent to $11.00 in pre-market trading after surging 12.77 percent on Thursday.
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Ur-Energy Inc. (USA) (NYSE: URG) rose 13.6
percent to $0.585 in pre-market trading. Uranium stocks rose following Trump's tweet on U.S. strengthening nuclear
capabilities.
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Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE: UEC) rose 7.1
percent to $1.060 in pre-market trading. Uranium stocks rose following Trump's tweet on U.S. strengthening nuclear
capabilities.
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Golden Ocean Group Ltd (NASDAQ: GOGL) shares rose
6.3 percent to $4.54 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.43 percent on Thursday.
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Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: SGYP) rose
5.5 percent to $5.00 in pre-market trading after the company announced after Thursday's closing bell that its drug plecanatide,
a daily pill to fight irritable bowel syndrome, had achieved positive top-line results from the second of two pivotal phase 3
clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of the drug.
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Fred's, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRED) shares rose 5 percent
to $20.35 in pre-market trading after dropping 4.77 percent on Thursday. Alden Global Capital filed a 13D form showing a 24.8
percent stake in Fred's.
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NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) shares rose 3.8 percent
to $12.59 in pre-market trading after dropping 1.94 percent on Thursday.
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Cameco Corp (USA) (NYSE: CCJ) shares rose 3.8
percent to $11.00 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.15 percent on Thursday.
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Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) rose
2.6 percent to $11.37 in pre-market trading after gaining 5.32 percent on Thursday.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) shares
rose 2.2 percent to $9.02 in pre-market trading after dropping 2.43 percent on Thursday.
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Losers
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Power Solutions International Inc (NASDAQ: PSIX)
fell 8.1 percent to $10.00 in pre-market trading after rising 6.77 percent on Thursday.
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Key Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: KEG) fell 7.2
percent to $29.25 in pre-market trading after declining 1.84 percent on Thursday.
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Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AERI) shares
fell 5.5 percent to $35.15 in pre-market trading. Aerie Pharma disclosed that it expects to resubmit the RhopressaTM NDA around
the end of Q1 2017.
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InspireMD Inc (NYSE: NSPR) shares fell 4.2 percent
to $2.50 in pre-market trading after declining 2.97 percent on Thursday.
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Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) shares fell 3.7
percent to $115.60 in pre-market trading. Cintas reported weak earnings for its second quarter. However, the company raised its
forecast for fiscal 2017.
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Amira Nature Foods Ltd (NYSE: ANFI) shares fell 2.4
percent to $6.11 in pre-market trading after rising 1.46 percent on Thursday.
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