19 Stocks Moving In Wednesday's Pre-Market Session

Gainers

• Novan, Inc. NOVN shares jumped 50.96 percent to $7.85 in pre-market trading after Novan reported positive topline results with SB208 in phase 2 trial.
• Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. NBIX shares climbed 21.75 percent to $50.50 in pre-market trading after Neurocrine announced FDA approval of INGREZZA™ (valbenazine) capsules as the first and only approved treatment for adults with Tardive Dyskinesia (TD).
• Intrexon Corporation XON shares spiked 11.89 percent to $22.02 in pre-market trading. Intrexon Corporation shares had underperformed in March, declining ~16.3 percent in that timeframe.
• First Trust Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund MDIV shares rose 7.86 percent to $21.13 in pre-market trading after the company announced the distributions of exchange-traded funds.
• Axon Enterprise Inc AAXN shares surged 7.85 percent to $25.00 in pre-market trading. Axon Enterprise is hoping to drive growth as a total personal security company.
• Valspar Corporation VAL shares rose 0.41 percent to $111.80 in pre-market trading. Valspar is reportedly selling its wood coatings business to Axalta to appease regulators reviewing the Sherwin-Williams merger.
• Mazor Robotics Ltd Sponsored ADR MZOR shares were up 3.91 percent to $29.75 in pre-market trading after the company received FDA clearance for spinal deformity correction planning software for the mazor X surgical assurance platform.
• Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. PME shares climbed 4.33 percent to $4.58 in pre-market trading after the company announced a fleet expansion through the purchase of five vessels, including one refrigerated transport vessel and four squid jigging vessels.
• Whole Foods Market, Inc. WFM shares rose 2.83 percent to $34.50 in pre-market trading.
• Azul S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd AZUL shares inched up 2.79 percent to $22.10 in pre-market trading. Brazilian airline Azul reportedly raised more than $570 million in its IPO.
• HP Inc. HPQ shares rose 1.82 percent to $17.86 in pre-market trading after Apple Inc. AAPL lost its top spot as Laptop Magazine’s best brands ranking for 2017.
• VeriSign, Inc. VRSN shares rose 2.18 percent to $89.83 in pre-market trading. Verisign is scheduled to report its Q1 2017 results on April 27.

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Losers

• NuStar Energy L.P. NS shares fell 8.00 percent to $47.35 in pre-market trading after the company announced plans to acquire Navigator Energy for $1.48 billion.
• MediciNova, Inc. MNOV shares were down 4.99 percent to $5.14 in pre-market trading after the company announced MN-166 (ibudilast) Glioblastoma abstract was selected for presentation at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
• Cellcom Israel Ltd CEL shares declined 4.08 percent to $9.87 in pre-market trading after the company announced the completion of network sharing and hosting agreement with Electra Consumer Products Ltd.
• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. CLF shares fell 3.26 percent to $7.72 in pre-market trading. Cliffs Natural Resources shares recorded an impressive 404 percent gain in 2016.
• Rio Tinto plc RIO shares declined 3.50 percent to $39.99 in pre-market trading.
• BHP Billiton Limited BHP shares dipped 2.79 percent to $37.32 in the pre-market trading session.
• Celadon Group, Inc. CGI shares fell 2.08 percent to $4.945 in pre-market trading after Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP commenced investigations into possible accounting irregularities and securities law violations.