Benzinga's Top #PreMarket Gainers

Unwired Planet UPIP surged 74.62% to $2.27 in the pre-market session after Lenovo LNVGY agreed to acquire around 21 patent families from Unwired Planet for $100 million. Sears Holdings SHLD shares gained 4.12% to $50.50 in the pre-market. Sears shares have dropped 7.65% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 19.38% in the same period. Merck & Co MRK shares jumped 2.97% to $57.24 in pre-market trading after the company and Endocyte ECYT announced the European CHMP positive opinions for VYNFINIT and the companion agents FOLCEPRI and NEOCEPRI. JDS Uniphase JDSU surged 2.41% to $14.90 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.90% on Thursday.