The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: IMAX, BSQUARE, Corinthian Colleges, and XOMA. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Dell, YRC Worldwide, ARM Holdings, and DryShips.

Gainers

IMAX Corp. (IMAX) advanced 12.43 percent to $30.20 in the pre-market trading. Sony Corp. may be preparing to bid more than $40 a share for IMAX, the Daily Mail reported citing London traders. Walt Disney Co. may also be interested in bidding for IMAX.

BSQUARE Corp. (BSQR) surged 4.09 percent to $8.90 in the pre-market session. After reporting a very upbeat quarter in early November, BSQR has exploded to 8-year highs, more than doubling over the past two months. As such, buying in the name should only be done on pullbacks to the high $7s and low $8s. Despite the recent move in the company’s shares, we remain very bullish on BSQUARE’s prospects for next year, Seeking Alpha reported in 10 Stocks That Could Double in 2011.

Corinthian Colleges Inc. (COCO) gained 1.93 percent to $5.28 in the pre-market trading.

XOMA Ltd. (XOMA) rose 0.38 percent to $5.35 in the pre-market trading.

Losers

Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Inc. (XING) lost 4.21 percent to $2.73 in the pre-market session.

Dell Inc. (DELL) slid 0.73 percent to $13.55 in the pre-market trading.

YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) declined 0.26 percent to $3.80 in the pre-market session.

ARM Holdings plc (ARMH) decreased 0.20 percent to $20.15 in the pre-market trading.

DryShips, Inc. (DRYS) moved down 0.19 percent to $5.36 in the pre-market session.

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