Cellectis’ stock is the biggest gainer and most active premarket after equity investment, collaboration pact with AstraZeneca

The U.S.-listed shares of Cellectis S.A.

rocketed 179.3% on very heavy volume in premarket trading Wednesday, after the France-based biotechnology company announced an equity investment of $220 million from AstraZeneca PLC AZN, +0.46% as part of a collaboration agreement that leverages Cellectis’ gene editing technologies. Trading volume ballooned to 10.8 million shares, compared with the full-day average of about 68,000 shares. The stock was the biggest gainer and most active on major U.S. exchanges ahead of the open.

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