>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:

  • LNDC -3.8%

M&A news:

  • AA -1.2% (to sell waste treatment facility)
  • ILMN -1.2% (mutually terminates merger agreement with PACB)

Select EU financial related names showing weakness:

  • DB -3.7%, SAN -3.5%, CS -3.1%, BBVA -2.8%, LYG -2.7%, UBS -2.7%

Other news:

  • INCY -9.9% (disappointing GRAVITAS-301 results)
  • BNTX -4.2% (announces publication of preclinical data for CAR-T cell therapy approach targeting solid tumors)
  • VNE -3.2% (estimates its current total order book value to be approximately $19 bln)
  • ANET -1.8% (Chief Customer Officer resigns, reaffirms Q4 revs guidance)

Analyst comments:

  • MD -2.3% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup)
  • STAY -2.1% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Robert W. Baird)
  • IVZ -1.9% (downgraded to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts)
  • NVO -1.9% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Guggenheim)
  • FLEX -1.8% (removed from Conviction Buy List at Goldman)