>>> US Gapping down


Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
: VIPS -14%, ACXM -10.3%, FLY -9.5%, TGT -7.2%, ICL -6.1%, GAIN -1.2%, ADI -0.7%

M&A news: SHLX -6% (to acquire additional equity interests in Zydeco Pipeline Co, Bengal Pipeline Co, & Colonial Pipeline Co from Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) for $700 mln, expects immediate earnings accretion; commences 9.5 mln underwritten public offering of common units), VRX -1% (mulling a sale of their skin & cancer drugs)


Select metals/mining stocks trading lower: GFI -2.6%, BBL -2.5%, RIO -2.2%, SLW -1.9%, FCX -1.7%, VALE -1.6%, IAG -1.5%, BHP -1.5%, SLV -1.3%, ABX -1.3%, AUY -1.2%, AUY -1.2%, GOLD -1.1%

Other news: MACK -4.8% (Merrimack Pharma presents expanded analysis of its Phase 2 study of seribantumab in combination with exemestane in HER2-negative, hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer ), BBY -4.3% (in sympathy with TGT earnings), ATI -3.2% (to offer a series of convertible senior notes), COST -2.2% (in sympathy with TGT earnings), DG -1.9% (in sympathy with TGT earnings), JCP -1% (in sympathy with TGT earnings), KSS -0.9% (in sympathy with TGT earnings)

Analyst comments: NRZ -0.9% (downgraded to Neutral at Compass Point)