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Why Estee Lauder Shares Are Trading Higher By 12%; Here Are 20 Stocks Moving Premarket

Benzinga·05/22/2026 13:04:21
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Shares of Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) rose sharply in pre-market trading.

Estée Lauder and Puig have ended discussions about a potential business combination, closing the door on talks first confirmed in March.

Estee Lauder shares jumped 11.8% to $88.25 in pre-market trading.

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

Gainers

  • Picocela Inc – ADR (NASDAQ:PCLA) gained 172.2% to $6.13 in pre-market trading after jumping over 60% on Thursday.
  • Akari Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:AKTX) gained 98.3% to $10.18  in pre-market trading after the company announced preclinical data demonstrating synergistic activity of AKTX-101 with KRAS inhibition in KRAS-mutated pancreatic cancer models.
  • Leifras Co Ltd (NASDAQ:LFS) gained 88.4% to $3.53 in pre-market trading.
  • Baiya International Group Inc (NASDAQ:BIYA) gained 65.4% to $1.02 in pre-market trading.
  • Qtrex Quantum Ltd (NASDAQ:QTEX) rose 58.3% to $0.48 in pre-market trading. The rally followed reports that the Trump administration plans to award roughly $2 billion to companies in the quantum computing sector under the CHIPS and Science Act.
  • Geovax Labs Inc (NASDAQ:GOVX) jumped 36.3% to $3.75 in pre-market trading.
  • Cohen & Company Inc (NYSE:COHN) rose 30.3% to $14.12 in pre-market trading.
  • Sequans Communications SA ADR (NYSE:SQNS) gained 16.6% to $4.72 in pre-market trading.
  • Imax Corp (NYSE:IMAX) gained 12.8% to $38.22 in pre-market trading following reports suggesting the company is exploring a sale.

Losers

  • NervGen Pharma Corp (NASDAQ:NGEN) tumbled 40% to $2.21 in pre-market trading. NervGen announced pricing of $60.0 million public offering of securities.
  • Futu Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:FUTU) shares dipped 38.6% to $75.98  in pre-market trading.
  • UP Fintech Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:TIGR) declined 38.2% to $3.61 in pre-market trading. The China Securities Regulatory Commission announced plans to eliminate illegal cross-border operations by offshore securities, futures and fund institutions, confiscate all illegal gains tied to Tiger Brokers, Futu, Longbridge Domestic, Overseas Entities.
  • Aditxt Inc (NASDAQ:ADTX) fell 28.3% to $0.88 in pre-market trading after dipping over 12% on Thursday.
  • Liminatus Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:LIMN) fell 24.2% to $0.19 in pre-market trading after announcing Nasdaq delisting notification.
  • Work Medical Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ:WOK) fell 18.6% to $0.13 in pre-market trading after declining 15% on Thursday.
  • Haoxi Health Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:HAO) fell 13.6% to $1.33 in pre-market trading after dipping 15% on Thursday.
  • MMTec Inc (NASDAQ:MTC) declined 9.3% to $6.33 in pre-market trading after gaining around 7% on Thursday.
  • Uxin Ltd (NASDAQ:UXIN) fell 8.5% to $2.01 in pre-market trading after dipping 8% on Thursday.
  • Organogenesis Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ORGO) fell 7.9% to $2.45 in pre-market trading after gaining around 4% on Thursday.

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