Gainers
- Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: MRNS) rose 29.3 percent to $1.080 in pre-market trading as the company disclosed that ganaxolone has received Orphan Drug designation for the treatment of Fragile X Syndrome.
- China Cord Blood Corp (NYSE: CO) shares rose 16.1 percent to $6.35 in pre-market trading after Golden Meditech agreed to sell its equity interest in China Cord Blood for RMB5.764 billion in cash.
- VimpelCom Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ: VIP) rose 5.8 percent to $4.00 in pre-market trading after falling 1.56 percent on Thursday.
- Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: PTLA) rose 4.9 percent to $23.38 in pre-market trading after declining 2.79 percent on Thursday.
- TiGenix - American Depositary Shares (NASDAQ: TIG) shares rose around 4.2 percent to $14.71 in pre-market trading after dropping 5.87 percent on Thursday.
- Cempra Inc (NASDAQ: CEMP) rose 3.9 percent to $2.70 in pre-market trading after tumbling 57.38 percent on Thursday. Morgan Stanley upgraded Cempra from Underweight to Equal-Weight.
- Nivalis Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: NVLS) rose 3.3 percent to $2.17 in pre-market trading after dropping 2.78 percent on Thursday.
- Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV) shares rose 2.6 percent to $116.38 in pre-market trading. Autoliv will be presenting at the CES 2017 next week.
- U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE: SLCA) shares rose 2.4 percent to $58.06 in pre-market trading after falling 0.05 percent on Thursday.
- Cellectis SA (ADR) (NASDAQ: CLLS) rose 2.3 percent to $17.06 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.06 percent on Thursday.
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Losers
- Innocoll Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: INNL) fell 49.2 percent to $0.90 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that it has received a Refusal to File letter from the FDA related to XARACOLL New Drug Application.
- Pacific Ethanol Inc (NASDAQ: PEIX) fell 7.4 percent to $8.75 in pre-market trading after dropping 0.53 percent on Thursday.
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA (ADR) (NYSE: ITUB) shares fell 6.8 percent to $9.65 in pre-market trading after rising 1.57 percent on Thursday.
- Cabelas Inc (NYSE: CAB) shares fell 5.9 percent to $58.05 in pre-market trading on report that closing of merger with Bass Pro Group will be delayed until October 2017.
- Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AUPH) shares fell around 5.1 percent to $2.04 in pre-market trading after gaining 4.37 percent on Thursday.
- Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc (NASDAQ: IDXG) shares fell around 3.6 percent to $5.30 in pre-market trading after dropping 26.67 percent on Thursday.
- Wins Finance Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: WINS) shares fell 2.5 percent to $201.00 in pre-market trading after rising 14.10 percent on Thursday.
- Arconic Inc (NYSE: ARNC) fell around 2.3 percent to $18.27 in pre-market trading after declining 2.86 percent on Thursday.
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