Gainers
- Flex Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:FLKS) rose 45 percent to $5.19 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.56 percent on Thursday.
- Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ:ASND) rose 39.4 percent to $38.68 in pre-market trading. Wedbush raised price target on Ascendis Pharma from $36 to $65 following Versartis data.
- Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ALDX) shares rose 10.1 percent to $8.75 in the pre-market trading session after the company reported closing of public offering of 3,967,500 shares of common stock and full exercise of option to purchase additional shares.
- Health Insurance Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:HIIQ) rose 5.5 percent to $23.00 in pre-market trading after dropping 0.46 percent on Thursday.
- Noah Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH) shares rose 5 percent to $31.90 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.40 percent on Thursday.
- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:FCAU) rose 4.1 percent to $18.07 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.11 percent on Thursday.
- Axovant Sciences Ltd (NASDAQ:AXON) rose 3.5 percent to $27.00 in pre-market trading after declining 0.46 percent on Thursday.
- Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) rose 3.3 percent to $101.50 in pre-market trading after gaining 2.34 percent on Thursday.
- Golden Ocean Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GOGL) shares rose 3.1 percent to $8.98 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.86 percent on Thursday.
- Sibanye Gold Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:SBGL) shares rose 2.8 percent to $4.73 in pre-market trading after slipping 1.71 percent on Thursday.
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Losers
- Versartis Inc (NASDAQ:VSAR) shares fell 82.8 percent to $3.70 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that somavaratan did not meet primary endpoint in Phase 3 VELOCITY trial. Barclays downgraded Versartis from Overweight to Underweight, while Cowen & Co. downgraded the stock from Outperform to Market Perform.
- Changyou.Com Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:CYOU) fell 5.1 percent to $37.89 in pre-market trading after dropping 0.42 percent on Thursday.
- Carvana Co (NYSE:CVNA) fell 4.8 percent to $16.00 in pre-market trading. B. Riley initiated coverage on Carvana with a Sell rating and a $12.00 price target.
- Finish Line Inc (NASDAQ:FINL) shares fell 4 percent to $5.60 in pre-market trading. Finish Line reported Q2 adjusted earnings of $0.12 per share on revenue of $469.4 million.
- CGG SA (ADR) (NYSE:CGG) fell 3.5 percent to $5.90 in pre-market trading after rising 6.92 percent on Thursday.
- Vedanta Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:VEDL) shares fell 3.5 percent to $19.33 in pre-market trading after dropping 0.35 percent on Thursday.
- Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) fell 2.7 percent to $12.98 in pre-market trading. JP Morgan downgraded Rambus from Overweight to Neutral.
- United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X) shares fell 2.8 percent to $23.96. Cowen & Co. downgraded United States Steel from Market Perform to Underperform.
- HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) shares fell 2.2 percent to $19.35 in pre-market trading after rising 0.87 percent on Thursday.
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