>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down

Other news:

  • AEL -9.4% (American Equity Investment Life forms strategic partnership with Brookfield Asset Management (BAM); rejects proposal from Athene and MassMutual)
  • SUPV -3.6% (acquired 100% of the share capital of Easy Cambio S.A., a Foreign Exchange Broker duly authorized by the Central Bank of Argentina) AGIO -2.8% (withdraws European MAA for TIBSOVO as treatment for relapsed or refractory IDH1-mutant AML)
  • LOOP -2.4% (discloses receipt of subpoena from the SEC)
  • ORGO -2.3% (files for common stock offering)
  • KRYS -1.2% (announces that Chief Commercial Officer Jennifer Chien is leaving the company)
  • VXX -1.1% (trading lower with strength in US futures)

Analyst comments:

  • AERI -3.8% (downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA Securities)
  • VNO -2.4% (downgraded to Underperform from In-line at Evercore ISI)
  • VFC -1.5% (downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA Securities)
  • SNA -1.1% (downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Longbow)
  • BXP -0.9% (downgraded to In-line at Evercore ISI)
  • AMCX -0.6% (downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • APAM -0.5% (downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette)
  • URI -0.5% (downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)