Benzinga's Top Pre-Market Gainers

Adolor Corporation

shares advanced 131.77% to $4.45 in the pre-market session. Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc

announced its plans to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Adolor for $4.25 per share in cash. Exelixis Inc

shares advanced 23.21% to $7.38 in the pre-market session. EXEL reported top-line results from phase 3 clinical trial of cabozantinib in patients with medullary thyroid cancer. Caterpillar Inc

climbed 4.37% to $91.21 in the pre-market session. CAT reported a rise in its Q3 profit. Xilinx Inc

jumped 4.24% to $31.50 in the pre-market session. XLNX has a dividend yield of 2.50%.