>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
: MDXG -17.7%, (guidance), HTZ -7.2%, (guidance)

M&A news: NLY -2.8% (acquires HTS for $15.85/share in cash)


Other news: OMEX -10.4% (shares halted for news pending), SYRG -6.1% (announces 19.5 mln share public offering of common stock), CAR -4.9% (in sympathy with HTZ), NOV -4.3% (reduces quarterly dividend to $0.05/share from $0.46/share), TM -2.2% (still checking), MHG -1.9% (decided to reduce its manning in Marine Harvest Chile by up to 500 employees due to the recent algal bloom and poor results over the last yr)

Analyst comments: CMO -0.9% (downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo)