Pre-Market & FDA: What to Know Today

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Hello Part-time Trader…👋

Premium Stock Alerts is here with your pre-market cheat sheet. In today's issue, we delve into:

  • Fed's Latest Announcements: Understand the Federal Reserve's recent decisions and economic outlook, and how they might influence the markets.

  • Volume Anomalies: Identify stocks witnessing unusual trading volumes, pointing to potential opportunities or risks.

  • Top Pre-Market Movers: Identify early winners poised for a strong market opening.

  • Market Indices & Sector Overview: Get a snapshot of key market indices and sector performances to gauge the day's potential trends.

  • FDA Approvals & Upcoming Decisions: Keep an eye on the latest FDA approvals and crucial upcoming decisions affecting biotech and pharmaceutical stocks.

Now, let's dive into today's edition for a closer look at the insights and analysis that will shape your trading decisions.


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PREMARKET SNAPSHOT 📈

Stock Futures hint at a positive open with NASDAQ 100 surging over 1.19%.

S&P500

$5,180.74 

⬆️ 1.03%

Dow

$38,852.27

⬆️ 0.46%

NASDAQ

$16,349.25 

⬆️ 1.19% 

SECTOR SNAPSHOT 

Tech stocks are on fire, leading the sector surge with a jump of nearly 1.5% today.

NAME

PRICE

%CHANGE

Consumer Discretionary

1,468.71

+1.06% 🟢

Consumer Staples

810.3

+0.08% 🟢

Energy

712.57

+0.82% 🟢

Financials

682.5

+1.17% 🟢

Health Care

1,647.64

+0.44% 🟢

Industrials

1,049.41

+1.00% 🟢

Materials

567.24

+0.63% 🟢

Real Estate

232.01

-0.02% 🔴

Information Technology

3,790.22

+1.48% 🟢

Communication Services

290.5

+1.39% 🟢

Utilities

348.94

+0.45% 🟢


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Unusual Volume

📈 Lyra Therapeutics Inc (LYRA) declined -87.06% to $0.52 on a whopping 108.03 million shares traded after it announced topline results from phase 3 ENLIGHTEN 1 trial for LYR-210 in Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

📈 Investors went wild, sending Strong Global Entertainment Inc (SGE) stock soaring 132.44% to $2.65 on a massive volume of 74.75 million shares after the company declared the proposed acquisition of Strong/MDI Screen Systems, Inc.

📈 Abnormal activity shook Workhorse Group Inc (WKHS), pushing it up 20.50% to $0.19 on a whopping 56.05 million shares traded.

📈 XBP Europe Holdings Inc (XBP) stock recently closed 65.09% upper at $3.50 on substantial volume of 55.61 million shares.

📈 Gamestop Corporation (GME) decrease by -0.97% in a single trading session, with abnormally high trading volume of 47.94 million shares.


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Premarket Movers

reAlpha Tech Corp. (AIRE) experiences a substantial 44.78% surge in pre-market trading after completing the acquisition of Naamche.

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (ESPR) sees a significant 19.76% increase, reaching a pre-market price of $2.53 after reporting Q1 2024 financial results.

Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (HIMS) demonstrates a noteworthy 12.70% surge, with a pre-market price of $13.13 after releasing Q1 2024 financial results.

Pre Market Gainers

Pre Market Change

Pre Market Volume

FFIE

+13.08%

15.69M

ESPR

+24.06%

3.75M

AIRE

+44.78%

3.38M

FGEN

+18.97%

3.17M

RIVN

+6.97%

1.11M

ADTH

+5.61%

447.02K

HIMS

+14.16%

240.78K

ISPC

+11.88%

214.38K

FGF

+12.98%

99.10K

BVS

+17.50%

81.21K


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Important FDA 

Recently Announced

Day One Biopharmaceuticals (DAWN) is celebrating a major victory with the FDA approval of their drug Tovorafenib, now marketed under the brand name OJEMDA. This medication brings new hope to children battling a specific type of brain tumor: relapsed or progressive pediatric low-grade glioma.

X Pharmaceuticals (XFOR) can also clink glasses as their drug Mavorixafor, now known as XOLREMDI, received the FDA's green light. This medication offers a new approach to treating WHIM syndrome, a rare and difficult condition affecting people twelve and older.

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc (NBIX) has expanded the reach of their existing medication Ingrezza. The FDA recently approved a new sprinkle formulation, making it more convenient for adults with tardive dyskinesia and chorea associated with Huntington's disease to take their medication.

Upcoming Announcements

May 9th: Pfizer (PFE) is on pins and needles awaiting the FDA's verdict on their full approval application (sBLA) for Tivdak in treating a specific type of recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer. Tivdak currently holds only accelerated approval.

May 12th: All eyes are on Moderna, Inc (MRNA) as the FDA weighs their BLA for mRNA-1345, a vaccine targeting the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This vaccine has the potential to be a game-changer in public health.

May 13th: Dynavax Technologies Corp (DVAX) hopes for positive news from the FDA regarding their BLA for HEPLISAV-B, a hepatitis B vaccine. This application seeks to expand the vaccine's use to adults undergoing hemodialysis, a group at high risk for the disease.

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Happy investing,

Maeve Grace
Editor In Chief
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Important: This newsletter does not provide investment advice. The stocks mentioned should not be taken as recommendations. Your investments are solely your decisions.

Disclosure: I hold no positions in any companies mentioned, either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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