>>> US Gapping down

gapping down

In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance:

  • TXN -7.4%, MRCY -7.2%, UAL -6.6%, LUV -3.5%, RES -2.9%, CNI -2.3%, ROK -2.3%, COF -1.9%, CREE -1.5%, STL -1.1%, UTX -1.1%

M&A news:

  • SIGM -11.4% (Sigma Designs to sell Z-Wave business to Silicon Labs (SLAB) for $240 mln)

Other news:

  • PBYI -26.7% (CHMP communicated negative trend vote after meeting to discuss MAA for neratinib for the extended adjuvant treatment of early stage HER2-positive breast cancer)
  • TK -8.8% (Teekay Shipping to sell $100 mln aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2023, commences offering to sell 10 mln shares of its common stock)
  • FPRX -7.5% (to offer and sell $75 mln of shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering)
  • SYBX -6.3% (commences underwritten public offering of its common stock; size not disclosed )
  • KOOL -5% (files $15 mln common stock offering )
  • RPD -2.9% (Rapid7 commences 5.18 mln common stock offering by the co and selling stockholders, sees Q4 revs above consensus, highlights FY18 outlook)
  • BOLD -1.7% (commences $150 mln common stock offering; suspends 'at-the-market' program and sales agreement with Cowen and Company)
  • AERI -1.6% (announces public offering of $75mln of shares of its common stock )
  • QCOM -1.3% (EU Commission fines QCOM EUR 997 mln for abuse of dominant market position)
  • GDS -0.9% ( intends to offer 8.0 mln ADSs and entities affiliated with SBCVC Holdings intend to offer 1.5 mln ADSs in an underwritten public offering), .

Analyst comments:

  • VRX -5.2% (initiated with a Sell at Goldman)
  • ATI -2.6% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill)
  • HBAN -0.9% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie)