>>> US Gapping down


Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:

  • HNI -19.8%, INVE -15%, WHR -9.7%, LOGI -6.3%, MAS -4.5%, WDR -3.9%, BIIB -2.9%, NVS -2.2%, R -2.2%, CNC -2%, JBLU -1.9%, PHM -1.4%, ZION -1.2%, LMT -1.1%, RMBS -0.7%, EDU -0.5%, RF -0.5%, SAH -0.5%

Other news:

  • IMDZ -13.5% (commences 16 mln common stock offering)
  • CRBP -7.4% (commences common stock offering)
  • QURE -2% (commences 5 mln common stock offering)
  • CWH -1.9% (files 6.7 mln share Class A common stock offering by selling stockholders; also provided YTD estimates -- 9-mo revs of $3.38-3.4 bln, income from ops of $314-318 mln)
  • FRC -1.6% ( to sell 2 mln shares of common stock in an underwritten public offering)
  • SNES -1.4% (following 70%+ surge higher)
  • HTGM -1.1% (after seeing afternoon momentum - ending the day up 25%)
  • AUPH -1% (Robert W. Duggan disclosed lowered active stake)

Analyst comments:

  • VECO -3.4% (downgraded to Sector Weight from Overweight at KeyBanc Capital Mkts)
  • RHT -2.2% (downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA/Merrill)
  • TERP -2.2% (resumed with a Underperform at BofA/Merrill)
  • HFC -1% (downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Macquarie)
  • HBI -0.9% (downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer)
  • GE -0.5% (downgraded to Underperform at Oppenheimer)