Benzinga's Top #PreMarket Gainers

bluebird bio BLUE shares gained 91.64% to $50.00 in pre-market trading following the presentation of positive data on LentiGlobin BB305 at the European Hematology Association (EHA). Covidien plc COV jumped 34.68% to $97.00 in pre-market trading after Medtronic MDT announced its plans to buy Covidien for $42.9 billion in cash and stock. Fusion-io FIO shares jumped 22.84% to $11.40 in pre-market trading after SanDisk SNDK announced its plans to buy Fusion-io for $11.25 per share in cash. Sequenom SQNM shares jumped 22.22% to $3.74 after the company reported the US FDA premarket clearance to market two tests. Williams Companies WMB soared 12.23% to $52.95 in the pre-market trading following the announcement of acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners' GP and LP interests in Access Midstream Partners for $5.995 billion. TW Telecom TWTC climbed 11.45% to $40.50 after the company agreed to be acquired by Level 3 Communications LVLT in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at $40.86 per share.
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