>>> US Gapping Down

Gapping down
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • RDS.A -5.8% (provides update; adjusted Earnings are expected to show a loss in the current price environment )

M&A news:

  • QEP -7.4% (to be acquired by Diamondback Energy in all-stock transaction)
  • FANG -6.1% (entered into a definitive agreement under which Diamondback will acquire QEP (QEP) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion)
  • RNET -3.8% (agrees to be acquired by Viasat (VSAT))
  • THO -0.7% (announced the acquisition of Tiffin Motor Homes for $300 mln )
  • LMT -0.6% (to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD)

Other news:

  • QURE -18.4% (announced that its hemophilia B gene therapy program, including the pivotal, Phase III HOPE-B study, has been placed on clinical hold by FDA)
  • FGEN -11.3% (provides regulatory update on roxadustat; NDA review period to be extended by three months )
  • CPE -7.8% (files for 9,025,744 share common stock offering by selling shareholders)
  • VALE -5.2% (informs on a landslide at the Córrego do Feijão mine)
  • GSK -2.3% (announces the Marketing Authorisation of the first complete long-acting injectable HIV treatment in Europe)
  • IMGN -2.1% (files for mixed securities shelf offering)

Analyst comments:

  • TPR -6.1% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at HSBC Securities)
  • APPS -5.2% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity)
  • MAC -4.9% (downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • ARWR -4.3% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Robert W. Baird)
  • EPR -3.9% ( downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • EPZM -3.1% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies)
  • VER -2.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan)
  • BXP -1.3% (downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • ICPT -1.2% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies)