>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:

  • WB -11.9%, NTAP -9.2%, SINA -9.1%, HTHT -8.4%, PLUS -6.1%, LPG -5.9%, SQM -2.9%, HRL -2.6%, SBLK -1.6%, SCVL -1.5%, CTRP -1%, VIPS -1%, VIOT -0.9%

Other news:

  • ESV -1.8% (updates dividend policy - will not pay a regular quarterly cash dividend)
  • MRCY -1.8% (upsized offering of 6 mln shares of its common stock at $69.00 per share)
  • GH -0.6% (prices underwritten public offering of 4.5 mln shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $71.00 per share)
  • SWI -0.5% (prices underwritten public offering of 15 mln shares of its common stock by certain selling stockholders at $18.00 per share)

Analyst comments:

  • AKS -8.6% (downgraded to Underperform from Outperform at Credit Suisse; tgt lowered to $1)
  • QCOM -3.3% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Mizuho)
  • CMG -2.6% (downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets)
  • EXPE -2.3% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup)
  • STLD -2.2% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse)