Morning Market Gainers

surged 36.86 percent to $2.03 after the company announced a Master Service Agreement with a leading pharmaceutical company.

shares jumped 26.48 percent to $58.56 on news that it signed a 10-year drug development pact with

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rose 9.73 percent to $4.06. Asterias Biotherapeutics has been added to the Russell 2000®, Russell 3000®, Russell Global and Russell Microcap® indexes.

shares gained 8.24 percent to $36.00 after dropping 5.75 percent on Monday.

rose 6.48 percent to $62.78 after falling 2.46 percent on Monday.

shares gained 4.74 percent to $4.80 after dropping 3.78 percent on Monday.