Pre-market Movers
HIGHER: 3M (MMM), up 1.3% after announcing it is tracking towards top half of FY17 EPS range of $9.00-$9.10... Abbott (ABT), up just under 1% after being upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital... Comcast (CMCSA), up 1.7% after Reuters reported that the company abandoned its bid for 21st Century Fox (FOXA) assets... Twenty-First Century Fox is up 2.1%... Aptose Biosciences (APTO), up 4.1% after it said that CG'806 exerts anti-leukemia effects... Boeing (BA), up 1.9% after raising its quarterly dividend 20% and establishing an $18B share repurchase authorization. LOWER: Casey's General Stores (CASY), down 4.3% after reporting quarterly results... Acer Therapeutics (ACER), down 16% after its 917K share Spot Secondary priced at $12.00... Aduro BioTech (ADRO), down 7% after announcing it will not continue advancement of CRS-207 and will wind down each of its trials in mesothelioma, ovarian and gastric cancer... Dextera Surgical (DXTR), down 35.8% after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy... Portola Pharmaceuticals (PTLA), down 3.3% after announcing that the EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use requested additional information related to the Marketing Authorization Application for betrixaban