22 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Pre-Market Session

Gainers

• Kura Oncology Inc KURA shares rose 39.5 percent to $6.08 in pre-market trading as the company posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss and issued an update on its Phase 2 trial of tipifarnib in HRAS mutant solid tumors.
• Gulf Resources, Inc. GURE rose 17 percent to $2.00 in pre-market trading. Gulf Resources posted Q2 earnings of $0.28 per share on revenue of $47.6 million.
• Kohl's Corporation KSS rose 9.1 percent to $41.50 in pre-market trading after the company posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results.
• Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) HIMX rose 8.6 percent to $8.83 in pre-market trading as the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter.
• Silver Standard Resources Inc. (USA) SSRI shares rose 7.8 percent to $14.90 in pre-market trading. On Wednesday, Silver Standard Resources reported Q2 net income of $12.5 million on revenue of $118.8 million.
• Novavax, Inc. NVAX rose 5.3 percent to $7.19 after dropping 9.78 percent on Wednesday.
• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd BABA rose 4.8 percent to $91.54 in the pre-market trading session as the company reported better than estimated results for the first quarter.
• Ocular Therapeutix Inc OCUL rose 4.3 percent to $6.09 in pre-market trading. JMP Securities initiated coverage on Ocular Therapeutix with a Outperform rating.
• Chesapeake Energy Corporation CHK rose 4.2 percent to $5.00 in pre-market trading. Chesapeake Energy has agreed to convey its interests in the Barnett Shale area to Saddle Barnett Resources LLC.
• Yahoo! Inc. YHOO shares rose 3.6 percent to $41.35 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.76 percent on Wednesday.
• Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc BUFF shares rose 2.3 percent to $27.45 in pre-market trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its second quarter and raised its FY 2016 guidance.

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Losers

• Avinger Inc AVGR shares fell 18.9 percent to $3.75 in pre-market trading. Avinger reported a proposed public offering of common stock.
• Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) AMRN shares fell 11.5 percent to $2.94 in the pre-market trading session after the company reported an offering of American Depositary Shares.
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX fell 9.4 percent to $24.75 in pre-market trading. The Wall Street Journal reported an ongoing criminal probe focused on Valeant’s relationship with a closely linked mail-order-pharmacy named Philidor RX Services LLC. The investigation is being run out of the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office.
• Omeros Corporation OMER shares fell 8.5 percent to $11.78 in pre-market trading. Omeros reported a public offering of $40 million shares of its common stock.
• Shake Shack Inc SHAK fell 8 percent to $37.60 in pre-market trading. Shake Shack posted better-than-expected Q2 results. However, the company reported weak comparable sales. Same store sales increased 4.5 percent, versus a 12.9 percent growth in the year-ago period. However, analysts were looking for 4.8 percent growth.
• Franklin Street Properties Corp. FSP shares fell 5.9 percent to $12.38 in pre-market trading after the company announced plans to offer 6.125 million shares of common stock.
• Seres Therapeutics Inc MCRB shares fell 5.6 percent to $8.70 in pre-market trading as the company posted a wider-than-expected Q2 loss.
• Hi-Crush Partners LP HCLP shares dropped 3.7 percent to $12.40 in pre-market trading. Hi-Crush Partners priced a primary public offering of 6,500,000 units for total gross proceeds of around $80.3 million.
• Flowers Foods, Inc. FLO shares fell 2.8 percent to $15.70 in pre-market trading. Flower Foods, posted in-line earnings for its second quarter. However, the company posted downbeat quarterly sales and lowered its FY16 outlook.
• New Residential Investment Corp NRZ shares fell 2.3 percent to $14.15 in pre-market trading. New Residential priced an offering of 20 million shares for gross proceeds $284 million.
• BMC Stock Holdings Inc BMCH shares fell 2.3 percent to $20.00 in pre-market trading. BMC Stock commenced a public offering of 2.4 million shares common stock.