Investing.com - Stocks in focus in pre-market trade Thursday:
• Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) stock skyrocketed 18.46% by 7:50 AM ET (12:50 GMT) as quarterly revenue, profit and same-store sales beat analysts’ estimates.
• U.S.-listed shares of Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) slumped 3.64% following news that roughly 170 criminal police officers, prosecutors and tax inspectors searched six of its offices in and around Frankfurt on money laundering allegations.
• Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) stock lost 0.52% after internal e-mails revealed that the company had considered charging companies for access to user data, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• Nielsen Holdings (NYSE:NLSN) stock rose 5.56% as the Financial Times reported that Madison Dearborn had joined a group of firms examining a full- or partial-buyout of the company.
• Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) stock slumped 1.58% as fourth-quarter guidance came below expectations.
• Guess? (NYSE:GES) stock fell 0.91% after the company reported a wider third-quarter loss than a year ago and earnings per share missed consensus. Guess also gave a full-year earnings guidance below analysts’ expectations.
• Tribune Media (NYSE:TRCO) stock sank 3.33% despite news that Apollo Management and Northwest Broadcasting would partner to make a bid on the company, according to Reuters.
• La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) stock could see upside in the regular session after the company reported fiscal second-quarter results that beat on the top line.
• Altria (NYSE:MO) stock gained 0.87% on reports that it is in talks to take a 20%-40% stake in Juul Labs.
• Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) stock jumped 5.84% after the company reported third-quarter results that beat estimates and provided a fourth-quarter guidance that topped consensus.
• Box (NYSE:BOX) stock gained 4.45% after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss while topping sales estimates.
• Express (NYSE:EXPR) stock tumbled 13.69% after the company projected a decline in fourth-quarter same-store sales, missing expectations.