>>> US Gapping down


Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:

  • APOG -6.7%, AZO -5.8%, CBRL -5.8%, BWA -4.7%, ORCL -4.4%, GIS -3.9%, FDX -2.2%

M&A news:

  • ATHN -11.2% (Elliott Management plans to back away from bid for ATHN, according to NY Post)

Other news:

  • PSDO -12.1% (announces underwritten secondary offering of 3.0 mln shares of common stock by selling shareholders)
  • EROS -2.8% (files for 3,111,088 A ordinary share offering by selling shareholders )
  • ARGX -2.3% (launches $300 mln proposed public offering in the United States)
  • SONO -1.9% (lower on reports that Amazon plans to release at least eight new devices powered by Alexa)
  • CFFN -1.1% (files for approx 2.96 mln share common stock shelf offering by selling securityholders)

Analyst comments:

  • WK -6.2% (downgraded to Underweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley)
  • FTNT -1.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS)
  • RHT -1.7% (downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan)
  • UAL -1.4% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie)
  • PRI -0.9% (downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup)
  • PLYA -0.9% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Nomura)