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Avi Kapoor

Why Confluent Shares Are Trading Higher By Around 20%; Here Are 20 Stocks Moving Premarket

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Shares of Confluent Inc (NASDAQ:CFLT) rose sharply in pre-market trading.

Confluent is exploring a sale after attracting acquisition interest from tech firms and private equity investors, according to Reuters.

Confluent shares jumped 19.5% to $24.77 in the pre-market trading session.

Here are some other stocks moving in pre-market trading.

Gainers

  • Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACXP) gained 168.9% to $11.51 in pre-market trading.
  • X T L Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (NASDAQ:XTLB) surged 165.7% to $3.72 in pre-market trading after jumping around 23% on Tuesday.
  • AlphaTON Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ATON) gained 100.7% to $11.20 in pre-market trading. At a recent Nasdaq fireside chat hosted by IPO Edge at Nasdaq MarketSite, AlphaTON Chief Investment Officer Enzo Villani highlighted the company’s push for secure communication on the Telegram blockchain to protect user privacy, especially during sensitive interactions.
  • Xenetic Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:XBIO) rose 35.5% to $5.81 in pre-market trading after surging 31% on Tuesday.
  • Nuburu Inc (NYSE:BURU) surged 35.2% to $0.64 in pre-market trading. Shares of the industrial blue laser developer surged 86% on Tuesday after the company announced a strategic acquisition in the defense sector.
  • 374Water Inc (NASDAQ:SCWO) gained 34.1% to $0.49 in pre-market trading after jumping over 10% on Tuesday.
  • Diginex Ltd (NASDAQ:DGNX) rose 28.1% to $31.00 in pre-market trading after jumping 22% on Tuesday. 
  • Bio Green Med Solution Inc (NASDAQ:BGMS) gained 25.2% to $5.91 in pre-market trading.
  • BTQ Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:BTQ) jumped 20.6% to $16.63 in pre-market trading after jumping 52% on Tuesday. The company recently announced Radical Semiconductor co-founders Sean Hackett and Zach Belateche are now full-time employees.

Losers

  • Galecto, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLTO) shares dipped 29.6% to $12.59 in pre-market trading after jumping 383% on Tuesday.
  • Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESPR) fell 20.1% to $2.47 in pre-market trading after the company announced the pricing of public offering of common stock.
  • Penguin Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PENG) fell 18.5% to $22.01 in pre-market trading. Penguin Solutions posted better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter, while sales missed estimates. The company also said it sees FY2026 adjusted earnings of $1.75 to $2.25 per share and sales of $1.314 billion to $1.588 billion.
  • Envoy Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:COCH) fell 17% to $1.32 in pre-market trading. Envoy Medical shares jumped 97% on Tuesday after the company announced it received FDA approval to expand its clinical trial for the fully implanted Acclaim cochlear implant to the final stage based on 3-month data from the first 10 patients
  • Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:BDMD) dipped 13.2% to $1.51 in pre-market trading after gaining 4% on Tuesday.
  • Ryde Group Ltd. (NYSE:RYDE) dipped 12.8% to $0.4973 in pre-market trading after jumping 49% on Tuesday.
  • NOVONIX Limited (NASDAQ:NVX) declined 12.7% to $1.79 in pre-market trading after jumping 14% on Tuesday.
  • Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:GWAV) fell 12% to $6.92 after gaining 13% on Tuesday.
  • Zeta Network Group (NASDAQ:ZNB) tumbled 10.3% to $3.05 in pre-market trading. Zeta Network Group shares jumped 105% on Tuesday after the company announced it entered into a strategic partnership with SOLV Foundation.
  • Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY) fell 8.5% to $17.30 in pre-market trading. Joby Aviation priced $513.9 million underwritten offering of 30.5 million common shares at $16.85 per share to accelerate production and commercial deployment of eVTOL fleet.

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