>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:

  • POL -6.7%, BK -4.6%, IBM -2.7%, SBNY -1.9%, HWC -0.9%

M&A news:

  • S -7% (T-Mobile US and Sprint trade lower on WSJ report suggesting unlikely DOJ merger approval)
    • TMUS -3.5%

Other news:

  • ARNC -3.3% (attributed to block trade pricing)
  • APHA -2.3% (proposes private offering of US$300 mln convertible senior notes due 2024 )
  • NTRA -1.1% (files for $100 mln common stock shelf offering)
  • FNKO -0.6% (light volume; announces that CFO Russell Nickel will step down by the end of 2019)

Analyst comments:

  • CEVA -3.5% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Exane BNP Paribas)
  • CRON -1.8% (initiated with an Underperform at BofA/Merrill)
  • SHAK -1.7% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Longbow)
  • CMG -1.3% (downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley)
  • SWKS -1.3% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie )
  • ON -1.1% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Longbow)
  • CBPX -0.8% (downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts)
  • TPH -0.7% (downgraded to Neutral from Positive at Susquehanna)
  • CB -0.6% (downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley)
  • DHI -0.6% (downgraded to Neutral from Positive at Susquehanna)
  • PYPL -0.6% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS)
  • CMA -0.5% (downgraded to Outperform from Strong Buy at Raymond James)
  • TXN -0.5% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Longbow)