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Nov 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures advanced onFriday, indicating the S&P 500 will rebound from its biggestdaily decline since late August, ahead of a key report on thelabor market. S&P 500 futures was up 3.6 points, DowJones industrial average futures was up 11 points andNasdaq 100 futures was up 12 points.
** TWITTER INC, Thursday close $44.90, up 0.8 pctpremarket
The micro-blogging site's shares jumped 73 percent in afrenzied trading debut that drove the seven-year-old company'smarket value to around $25 billion and evoked the heady days ofthe dot-com bubble.
** SANTARUS INC, Thursday close $, up 37 pct aftermarket
** SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD, Thursday close$71.31, up 9.3 pct after market
Salix said it will buy Santarus for about $2.6 billion,gaining two new gastroenterology drugs to strengthen its leadingpresence in that market.
** SEQUENOM INC, Thursday close $1.70, up 23 pctafter market
The genetic testing company reported a smaller-than-expectedthird-quarter loss on Thursday due to higher sales of itsprenatal test designed to detect fetal chromosomalabnormalities.
** DURECT CORP, Thursday close $1.54, down 20percent after market
The drugmaker said it is offering shares in an underwrittenpublic offering. The company had about 102 million sharesoutstanding as of Thursday.
** INSULET CORP, Thursday close $37.05, down 8 pctafter market
The medical device maker reported a muchbigger-than-expected third-quarter loss on Thursday as operatingexpenses rose due to the settlement of a patent lawsuit withMedtronic Inc and the launch of a version of its insulinmanagement system OmniPod.
** PRICELINE.COM INC, Thursday close $1022.89, up1.6 pct premarket
The online travel agency known for its name-your-own priceauction, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit onThursday as bookings increased.
** TREMOR VIDEO INC, Thursday close $9.26, down 30pct after market
The online video advertising provider reportedlower-than-expected third-quarter results on Thursday and cutits revenue forecast for 2013. Canaccord Genuitycuts its rating on the stock to "hold" from "buy" and its pricetarget by $3.50 to $9.
* CHEMOCENTRYX INC, Thursday close $4.67, up 7 pctpremarket
The company reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly lossdue to lower expenses and higher revenue from its partnerGlaxoSmithKline Plc, which is funding Chemocentryx drugto treat a disease that causes inflammation of blood vessels inthe kidney.
** WALT DISNEY CO, Thursday close $67.15
The company reported a 12 percent gain in profit that beatWall Street expectations, lifted by higher visitor spending atU.S. theme parks, increased consumer product sales and itssummer animated movie hit "Monsters University." Shares ofDisney, which have gained nearly 35 percent this year, slipped1.8 percent in after-hours trading to $65.94.
** MOLYCORP INC, Thursday close $4.76
The rare earths producer has seen demand and prices for itsproducts rise from their second-quarter lows, the company'schief executive said on Thursday, although the company reporteda wider third-quarter loss.
** BLACKBERRY LTD , Thursday close $6.5
The company will pay its new interim CEO a base salary of $1million, a bonus of up to twice that amount as well as stockawards potentially worth some $85 million, in the hopes ofturning around Canada's most prominent technology company.
** COCA-COLA CO, Thursday close $40.05
The company said it will invest over $4 billion in China andbuild new plants between 2015 and 2017, to counter competitionwhich is chipping away at its share of the country's 421 billionyuan ($69.12 billion) soft drinks market.
** PIXELWORKS INC, Thursday close $4.39, down 8.8pct after market
The digital display chip maker's third-quarter results camein below analysts' expectations on Thursday due to lower chiprevenue.
** GROUPON INC,Thursday close $9.50, up 1.3 pctpremarket
The daily coupon website reported a third-quarter profitthat beat analysts' estimates as strong growth in North Americahelped offset a decline in international revenue.
** SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC, Thursday close$46.58, down 4.8 pct after market
The retailer of natural and organic foods on Thursday saidaffiliates of Apollo Global Management LLC, and certain otherstockholders, will sell up to 22.5 million shares in a secondaryoffering.
** AMARIN CORP, Thursday close $1.41, up 6.3 pctafter market
The drugmaker reported a smaller-than-expected third-quarterloss on Thursday as sales of its fish-oil drug Vascepa, whichlowers a type of blood fat, jumped 52 percent from the secondquarter. Total prescriptions for Vascepa were up 58 percent fromthe preceding quarter, Amarin said in a statement.
** FIREEYE INC, Thursday close $38.03, up 9 pctafter market
The technology firm that helps companies fend off cyberattacks, gave a revenue outlook for 2014 that came in ahead ofWall Street forecasts as it posted results for the first timesince it went public in September in one of this year's hottestIPOs.
** GAP INC, Thursday close $37.75, up 8 pct aftermarket
The apparel chain's October same-store sales rose 4 percent,well ahead of the analysts' average estimate of 0.1 percent.
** ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS INC, Thursday close $4.08,up 5 pct after market
The company said Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co Ltd will market its diet drug in most markets worldwide as part ofan expanded agreement, under which the companies will alsodevelop the drug for other indications.
** TALISMAN ENERGY INC Thursday close $11.71
The company said it would sell a stake in some ofits natural gas assets in British Columbia's Montney field toMalaysia-controlled Progress Energy Canada Ltd for C$1.5 billion($1.44 billion) as it restructures global operations.
** JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Thursday close $92.69
Healthcare conglomerate Danaher Corp DHR.N has teamed upwith Blackstone Group LP BX.N to bid for the company'sdiagnostics unit, which makes blood screening equipment andlaboratory blood tests and could fetch more than $4 billion,according to people familiar with the matter.
** NVIDIA CORP, Thursday close $14.54, up 2 pctafter market
The graphics chipmaker gave a revenue forecast for thecurrent quarter that was shy of Wall Street's expectations asthe company faces tough competition in tablets and a slowpersonal computer market.
** GENCO SHIPPING AND TRADING LTD, Thursday close$2.66, down 2.2 pct after market
Analysts at Wells Fargo Securities said the dry bulkshipper, which has short-term debt of $1.5 billion, was likelyto breach its debt agreements. "It remains increasingly unlikelythat Genco Shipping will be able to maintain covenant compliancethrough March 31, 2014," analyst Michael Webber said.
** COSTA INC, Thursday close $19.98
Essilor International said it would buy Costa, amaker of premium sport sunglasses, in a $270 million deal thatwould help the French company tap into the growing prescriptionsun lens market.
(Compiled by Natalie Grover; Editing by Don Sebastian)
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