Shares of Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:UPC) rose sharply in pre-market trading after the company announced it will acquire Best Praise International for $10.75 million.

Universe Pharmaceuticals shares jumped 228.4% to $9.72 in pre-market trading.

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

Gainers

  • Decoy Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:DCOY) rose 227.5% to $18.07 in pre-market trading after announcing up to $21 million private placement financing.
  • INLIF Ltd (NASDAQ:INLF) rose 52% to $0.071 in pre-market trading after jumping over 55% on Friday.
  • Volato Group Inc (NYSE:SOAR) gained 36.5% to $0.23 in pre-market trading.
  • Tvardi Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TVRD) rose 26.7% to $1.90 in pre-market trading after dipping 36% on Friday.
  • SAGTEC GLOBAL Ltd (NASDAQ:SAGT) gained 24.7% to $1.31 in pre-market trading after dipping 27% on Friday. SAGTEC GLOBAL, last week, announced that the Chairman and CEO acquired 1.5 million shares.
  • Meiwu Technology Co Ltd (NASDAQ:WNW) gained 14.2% to $3.84 in pre-market trading after falling 5% on Friday.
  • Churchill Capital Corp XI (NASDAQ:CCXI) gained 13.2% to $15.69 in pre-market trading after rising 11% on Friday. Churchill Capital, last week, announced a SPAC merger transaction with Agility Robotics.
  • Larimar Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:LRMR) jumped 12.4% to $4.11 in pre-market trading after gaining 5% on Friday.
  • Viridian Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VRDN) gained 11.5% to $19.95 in pre-market trading as the company announced the U.S. FDA approval and launch of Lumvoa (veligrotug-vvze) for the treatment of thyroid eye disease.

Losers

  • Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:FAMI) tumbled 60.7% to $0.48 in pre-market trading after the company announced the launch of a proposed public offering.
  • Jupiter Neurosciences Inc (NASDAQ:JUNS) fell 24.3% to $0.21 in pre-market trading. The company registered resale of up to 16 million shares by selling stockholders.
  • Picocela Inc – ADR (NASDAQ:PCLA) fell 19.7% to $5.58 in pre-market trading after gaining over 127% on Friday.
  • UTStarcom Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:UTSI) shares dipped 16.3% to $2.00 in pre-market trading after gaining 6% on Friday.
  • Curis Inc (NASDAQ:CRIS) fell 16.1% to $0.27 in pre-market trading after jumping 56% on Friday.
  • Sadot Group Inc (NASDAQ:SDOT) fell 15.6% to $18.08 in pre-market trading after jumping 247% on Friday.
  • LiveWire Group Inc (NYSE:LVWR) fell 13.8% to $1.19 in pre-market trading after gaining 37% on Friday.
  • Freecast Inc (NASDAQ:CAST) declined 13.8% to $6.60 in pre-market trading after falling 12% on Friday.
  • TopBuild Corp (NYSE:BLD) fell 7.3% to $395.00 in pre-market trading. Toast Inc. (NYSE:TOST) will replace TopBuild in the S&P MidCap 400 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, July 1.
  • Pershing Square Inc (NYSE:PS) declined 6.2% to $29.59 in pre-market trading after gaining 6% on Friday.

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