>>> US Gapping down

n reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance:

  • JWN -6.8%, AMAT -5.3%, CPB -4.6%, AZN -2%

Other news:

  • BIDU -4.7% (announced that Qi Lu will no longer serve as COO)
  • MYE -2.8% (prices underwritten public offering of 4 mln shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $18.50 per share)
  • BOOT -2.4% (public offering of 7.21 million shares of common stock by selling shareholders)
  • SWKS -1.8% (may be in sympathy with AMAT)
  • XNET -1.3% (COO to resign for personal reasons)

Analyst comments:

  • PLNT -0.9% (downgraded to In-Line at Imperial Capital)