41 Stocks Moving in Friday's Pre-Market Session Jan 08 2021

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ACEV AEHL AEHR AMRS ANY ARECARTL BNGO CATM CERC CNET CVACFFIV GOEV GRIN GSAT IDEX IPDN JTLGHL MICT MRUS NCTY OCC OGENOPTT PSMT PTE REI SGLB SLDB SOLSRPT UONE VIH VLDR WDFC WORXWWR XNET

Gainers

• Lion Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: LGHL) shares rose 142.9% to $5.61 in pre-market trading after climbing over 14% on Thursday. Lion Group, last month, announced plans to raise $10 million through a private placement.
• VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (NASDAQ: VIH) rose 82.5% to $19.00 in pre-market trading following a Bloomberg report that the company is negotiating a merger with Intercontinental Exchange-owned cryptocurrency exchange Bakkt.
• SCWorx Corp. (NASDAQ: WORX) rose 58.9% to $2.51 in pre-market trading after gaining 10% on Thursday.
• Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE: GSAT) shares rose 47.3% to $0.5825 in pre-market trading after the company reported Nokia deployment over licensed band 53 at the Port of Seattle, Terminal 5.
• Merus N.V. (NASDAQ: MRUS) shares rose 38.6% to $22.39 in pre-market trading after the company announced it was granted FDA Fast Track Designation to Zenocutuzumab for the treatment of patients with neuregulin 1 fusion cancers.
• ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CNET) rose 28.7% to $2.40 in pre-market trading. ZW Data Action Technologies shares climbed over 34% on Thursday after the company announced a strategic partnership with Yujun Capital.
• Optical Cable Corporation (NASDAQ: OCC) rose 23.4% to $3.69 in pre-market trading after gaining around 7% on Thursday. Optical Cable, last month, posted a quarterly loss.
• PolarityTE, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTE) rose 21.3% to $0.93 in pre-market trading.
• The9 Limited (NASDAQ: NCTY) rose 17% to $20.00 in pre-market trading after gaining 15% on Thursday. The9, recently, signed a legally binding cooperation and investment term sheet with cryptocurrencies mining investors led by Jianping Kong to start the cryptocurrencies business.
• ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ACEV) shares rose 16.3% to $13.96 in pre-market trading. Achronix announced plans to list on Nasdaq through merger with Ace Convergence.
• American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: AREC) shares rose 15.3% to $2.49 in pre-market trading. The company recently secured base load sales commitments for infrastructure raw materials.
• Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTT) shares rose 14.9% to $3.16 in pre-market trading after gaining over 6% on Thursday.
• Xunlei Limited (NASDAQ: XNET) rose 14.2% to $5.70 in pre-market trading after surging 48% on Thursday.
• Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARTL) rose 14% to $1.14 in pre-market trading. Artelo Biosciences shares jumped around 13% on Thursday after Maxim Group upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy.
• WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) rose 13.9% to $307.00 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat Q1 results and also issued FY21 sales forecast.
• MICT, Inc. (NASDAQ: MICT) rose 13% to $2.60 in pre-market trading. MICT moved its core operations to Hong Kong to better reflect its customer and revenue base.
• Westwater Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWR) rose 10.9% to $5.61 in pre-market trading. Westwater Resources recently reported sale of North American uranium business.
• Cardtronics plc (NASDAQ: CATM) rose 9.3% to $39.00 in pre-market trading after the company reported filing of preliminary proxy statement and receipt of unsolicited proposal to acquire all shares of the company for $39 per share.
• Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE: OGEN) shares rose 8.3% to $0.91 in pre-market trading. Oragenics shares jumped 35% on Thursday after the company entered into a material transfer agreement with Adjuvance Technologies for COVID-19 vaccine adjuvant.
• Canoo Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: GOEV) rose 8.3% to $15.37 in pre-market trading.
• Ring Energy, Inc. (NYSE: REI) rose 7.5% to $1.00 in pre-market trading after gaining over 13% on Thursday.
• Ideanomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDEX) rose 6.7% to $3.18 in pre-market trading after jumping 36% on Thursday. Ideanomics recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire Utah-based wireless charging provider WAVE.
• ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) rose 6.7% to $19.22 in pre-market trading after gaining 7% on Thursday. The company recently signed an MOU with Eiffel Investment Group to fund solar development in Europe.
• CureVac N.V. (NASDAQ: CVAC) rose 6.7% to $107.96 in pre-market trading. CureVac shares jumped over 16% on Thursday after the company signed a collaboration and services agreement with German chemicals company Bayer for the further development, supply and territorial operations of CureVac's CVnCoV.
• Addex Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ: ADXN) shares rose 5.6% to $11.10 in pre-market trading. Addex Therapeutics shares dropped over 21% on Thursday after the company reported pricing of $10.0 million global offering.
• PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) shares rose 5.2% to $102.40 in pre-market trading after reporting upbeat quarterly results.
• F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) rose 3.3% to $186.02 in pre-market trading after the company announced plans to acquire Volterra. The company lifted sales forecast and also reaffirmed its commitment to $1 billion in share repurchases.

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Losers

• Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRPT) shares fell 45.6% to $92.06 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed results for part 1 of study 102 evaluating SRP-9001, its investigational gene therapy for the treatment of duchenne muscular dystrophy.
• Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY) shares fell 13.9% to $1.92 in pre-market trading after jumping over 48% on Thursday.
• Solid Biosciences Inc.. (NASDAQ: SLDB) shares fell 12.7% to $7.40 in pre-market trading after rising around 20% on Thursday.
• Bionano Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNGO) fell 12% to $4.40 in pre-market trading after the company reported a proposed underwritten public offering of common stock.
• Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR) fell 11.9% to $2.25 in pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat Q2 results and lowered FY21 sales guidance.
• Sigma Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB) fell 11% to $3.00 in pre-market trading after the company announced a proposed offering of common stock.
• Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRS) fell 10.7% to $7.80 in pre-market trading. Amyris recently announced plans to launch its BiossanceTM Clean Beauty skincare brand in China through a partnership with SuperOrdinary Group.
• Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: AEHL) fell 10.2% to $2.99 in pre-market trading after jumping over 28% on Thursday.
• Urban One, Inc. (NASDAQ: UONE) fell 9.9% to $6.26 in pre-market trading after declining around 22% on Thursday. Urban One said it sees Q4 revenue of $110 million to $114 million.
• Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRIN) fell 9.2% to $4.73 in pre-market trading.
• Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPDN) fell 8.8% to $2.07 in pre-market trading after gaining over 7% on Thursday. Professional Diversity Networks, last week, announced a partnership with Phala Network to develop a privacy protecting blockchain application.
• Jianpu Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: JT) shares fell 8.5% to $3.22 in pre-market trading after surging over 13% on Thursday. The company recently received NYSE's grant of extension regarding delayed form 20-F filing.
• Cerecor Inc (NASDAQ: CERC) fell 8.3% to $2.67 in pre-market trading after the company reported a proposed public offering of common stock and pre-funded warrants.
• Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLDR) fell 5.5% to $24.40 in pre-market trading after the company reported preliminary revenue for the fourth quarter and also issued an update on recent business trends and outlook. Velodyne Lidar filed a prospectus supplement related to resale of 15 million shares of common stock of the company by selling stockholders, according to Reuters.