07:48 AM EDT, 04/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- AmeriServ Financial ( ASRV ) shares surged 54% pre-bell Monday on lower-than-average trading volume, following a 3.4% increase on Friday.

Portage Biotech ( PRTG ) shares advanced nearly 55% after the company said results from a clinical study showed agent activity for its mesothelioma, a cancer drug that was superior to treatment with single agent anti-PD1 antibody.

UroGen Pharma ( URGN ) stock was up 6%, a day after the company said long-term data from a follow-up analysis of a phase 3 trial of its urothelial cancer therapy showed treatment response duration of nearly four years.