Pre-Market Most Active for Aug 23, 2016 : BBY, NVO, AZN, SQ, VRX, MON, QQQ, MDVN, PAAS, GPRO, XIV, AAPL

By | August 24, 2016

The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is up 5.83 to 4,814.39. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 6,870,315 shares traded.

The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session :

Best Buy Co., Inc. ( BBY ) is +5.15 at $ 37.95, with 2,012,112 shares traded. BBY’s current last sale is 116.77% of the target price of $ 32.5.

Novo Nordisk A/S ( NVO ) is +0.27 at $ 47.76, with 621,450 shares traded. NVO’s current last sale is 83.79% of the target price of $ 57.

Astrazeneca PLC ( AZN ) is +0.15 at $ 34.00, with 597,340 shares traded. AZN’s current last sale is 94.44% of the target price of $ 36.

Square, Inc. ( SQ ) is +0.42 at $ 12.24, with 446,180 shares traded. SQ’s current last sale is 94.15% of the target price of $ 13.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. ( VRX ) is +0.38 at $ 31.65, with 254,290 shares traded. VRX’s current last sale is 79.13% of the target price of $ 40.

Monsanto Company ( MON ) is +4.24 at $ 108.74, with 162,818 shares traded. As reported by Zacks, the current mean recommendation for MON is in the “buy range”.

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 ( QQQ ) is +0.36 at $ 117.71, with 102,965 shares traded.

Medivation, Inc. ( MDVN ) is -0.02 at $ 80.40, with 56,950 shares traded., following a 52-week high recorded in prior regular session.

Pan American Silver Corp. ( PAAS ) is +0.23 at $ 20.76, with 46,596 shares traded. PAAS’s current last sale is 138.4% of the target price of $ 15.

GoPro, Inc. ( GPRO ) is +0.31 at $ 15.51, with 45,793 shares traded. GPRO’s current last sale is 117.06% of the target price of $ 13.25.

Credit Suisse AG ( XIV ) is +0.17 at $ 37.61, with 42,625 shares traded.

Apple Inc. ( AAPL ) is +0.07 at $ 108.58, with 39,271 shares traded. Over the last four weeks they have had 8 up revisions for the earnings forecast, for the fiscal quarter ending Sep 2016. The consensus EPS forecast is $ 1.64. As reported by Zacks, the current mean recommendation for AAPL is in the “buy range”.

The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

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