NASDAQ Pre-market: Top Advanced (ACHN, FGXI, GIGM, ARRY, JOYG)

Stocks that advanced the most in the NASDAQ pre-market trade were Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN), FGX International Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: FGXI), GigaMedia Limited (NASDAQ: GIGM), Array BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRY) and Joy Global Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYG).

Achillion surged 62.79% in the pre-market trade to $3.5, after it announced proof of concept data from the preliminary results of its phase 1b clinical trial of ACH-1625.

FGX increased 8.7% in the pre-market trade following the announcement that it will be merging with Essilor International (ADR) (OTC: ESLOY).

GigaMedia increased 11.87% in the pre-market trade as it is selling 60% of its gambling software business to Mangas Gaming.

Array increased 1.08% in the pre-market trade and Joy Global increased 2.49% in the pre-market trade ahead of its conference call.