>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:
  • SQNS -10.1%, (lowers Q3 guidance), IDT -4.9%, (says continues to work toward the spin-off our non-core assets), PEP -1.3%
M&A news:
  • ODP -6.3% (to acquire CompuCom Systems for approx $1 bln; reports prelim Q3 results and lowers full-year outlook)
Other news:
  • MNTA -28.6% (after Mylan (MYL) receives FDA approval for a substitutable generic version of Teva's Copaxone 40 mg/mL; Momenta currently has an application for a generic version of Teva's (TEVA) three-times-a-week COPAXONE 40 mg under review by the FDA)
  • TEVA -13.7% (MYL receives FDA approval for TEVA's generic Copaxone)
  • SBBP -12% (commences public offering of ordinary shares)
  • RIGL -7.4% (proposes public offering of $40 mln of common stock)
  • NLNK -3.3% (prices offering of 5 mln shares of common stock at $10.25 per share)
  • ROKU -2.4% (continued weakness; also CBOE Holdings plans to list options on Roku on Friday October 6)
  • AMZN -0.5% (EU Commission finds Luxembourg gave illegal tax benefits to Amazon worth around EUR 250 million), .
Analyst comments:
  • ICPT -2.7% (downgraded to Mkt Perform from Mkt Outperform at JMP Securities)
  • PRAA -2.5% (downgraded to Sell at Janney)
  • WGO -1.4% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel)
  • AAP -0.9% (downgraded to Mkt Perform from Strong Buy at Raymond James
  • AN -0.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Northcoast)
  • KHC -0.5% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman)
  • RSG -0.5% (downgraded to Hold at Stifel)