>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:

  • GSM -37.1%, FRAN -11.7%, HIBB -9.6%, BKE -8.7%, MTL -3.2%

M&A news:

  • SWX -1.4% (to acquire Linetec Services through subsidiary Centuri Construction Group for overall initial transaction cost of approx. $336 mln; commences underwritten public offering of 3.1 mln shares of common stock)

Other news:

  • HALO -12.3% (FDA has agreed to its request to change the primary endpoint of the HALO-301 study to "overall survival")
  • GTHX -11.1% (reports updated myelopreservation data from Phase 2 trial of trilaciclib in combination with chemotherapy/Tecentriq in first-line small cell lung cancer), ACAD -6.5% (proposes public offering of $200 mln of its common stock)
  • AMRN -5.4% (prices underwritten public offering of its American Depositary Shares for gross proceeds of approximately $200 mln)
  • IMGN -4.9% (announces resignation of CFO David Johnston, effective immediately)
  • KOS -3.5% (pricing of secondary offering of 15 mln of its common shares at $5.43 per share)
  • DXCM -2.4% (to offer $750 mln of Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 in a private placement )
  • GOOS -2.4% (announces secondary offering of 10 mln subordinate voting shares by selling shareholders)
  • BMY -2.3% (announces that Phase 3 CheckMate -451 Opdivo study did not meet its primary endpoint)
  • SABR -2.2% (pricing of secondary public offering of 23,304,636 shares of common stock at $24.95 per share)
  • TSLA -2.2% (October China sales fall 70%)
  • AAPL -2% (on potential iPhone tariffs)
  • LW -1.5% (to join S&P 500)
  • CMCM -1.3% (Cheetah Mobile responds to BuzzFeed article regarding attribution of app installations -- is in communication with all SDK providers to investigate the allegations)

Analyst comments:

  • MAC -1% (downgraded to Underweight at Morgan Stanley)