Benzinga's Top Pre-Market Gainers

Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK)moved up 9.36% to $53.50 in the pre-market session after the company lifted its sales view for the year.

Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) shares gained 8.82% to $47.50 in the pre-market session after the company reported upbeat second-quarter results and issued a strong view.

Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) soared 7.10% to $37.10 in the pre-market trading as the company reported upbeat fiscal second-quarter earnings.

Apache (NYSE: APA) surged 6.31% to $83.60 in the pre-market session after the company announced its plans to sell a 33% stake in its Egypt oil operations to Sinopec Group for $3.1 billion. RBC Capital upgraded the stock from “sector perform” to “outperform.”