>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
: WERN -11.4%, KMX-3.5%, CP -2.4%


Select metals/mining stocks trading lower: HMY -5.8%, SBGL -3.4%,GFI -3.3%, AG -3.1%, PAAS -3.1%, KGC -2.5%, ABX -2.4%, SLW -2.3%,NEM -2.1%, GDX -1.9%, AUY -1.9%, GOLD -1.9%, GLD -1.2%

Other news: OIBR -76.7% (requests judicial reorganization after debt agreement talks with creditors breaks down), SCYX -12.8% (announces launch of public offering of common stock and warrants), SWFT -6.6% (in sympathy with WERN), CSAL -4.7% (announces the pricing of a secondary offering of ~14.7 mln shares of common stock by selling shareholders on behalf of Windstream (WIN) at $26.01/share), PLNT-4.7% (announces a 10 mln share class A common stock offering by selling stockholders), PRTK -3.8% (commences underwritten public offering of 3.75 mln shares of its common stock), HTLD -2.5% (in sympathy with WERN)

Analyst comments: USAC -5.1% (downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman), STO -0.8% (downgraded to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank)