>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
Briefing note: With the S&P Futures down nearly 1% in the pre-market, many stocks are gapping lower that are not listed.

In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
: NFLX -25%, EXTR -22.9%, BHI -11.7%, ZHNE -6.3%, MAT -4.4%, EBAY -3.3%, BX -2.9%, DAL -2.7%, GS -2.4%, PM -1.8%, BBT -1.6%, KMI -1.5%, BAX -1.5%, AXP -1.4%, FCS -0.7%, UNH -0.5%

M&A news: SHPG -1.3% (AbbVie's (ABBV) Board recommends stockholders vote against Shire transaction)

Select financial related names showing weakness: DB -5.3%, ING -5.1%, SAN -4.8%, CS -4.5%, BCS -3.9%, C -2.2%, JPM -1.9%, WFC -1.7%, BAC -1.5%

Select energy stocks trading lower: STO -6.1%, HAL -5.2%, RDS.A -4.3%, TOT -3.8%, BP -2.8%

Select EU related names showing early weakness: ALU -5.7%, UBS -4.6%, MT -4.4%, DEG -4.4%, ORAN -4.3%, ASML -4.2%, PHG -4.1%, SAP -3.6%, YY -3.3%, VOD -3.2%, NVS -2.2%

Select Momentum names of interest: GPRO -5.2%, TSLA -4.2%, TWTR -3.1%, FB -2.3%, AAPL -1.7%

Other news: INSY -8.8% (receives DEA approval to produce pharmaceutical Cannabidiol; provides update on status of cannabinoid program ), ESPR -8.6% (prices 4.25 mln shares of common stock at $20.00 per share), TTPH -6.2% ( announces proposed public offering of common stock), GWPH -6.1% (cont weakness), SHLD -4.9% (announces commencement of rights offering), JKS -4.5% (signs 200 MW PV project development agreement with Government of Shicheng County in Jiangxi Province), RIG -4.4% (provided fleet status report: total value of new contracts since the September 22, 2014 update is ~$610 mln), AEG -3.9% (announces agreement to sell its Canadian Life Insurance Business for CAD$600 mln; expected to result in a book loss of ~CAD$1.2 bln), MHR -3.7% (closes on the previously announced definitive agreement to sell certain non-core assets), CSUN -3.6% (announces CFO Mr. Yongfei Chen's resignation and appoints Mr. Shiliang Guo as acting CFO), AMZN -3% (following EBAY results), BHP -2.2% (trading in symp with RIO)

Analyst comments: CGG -8.4% (downgraded to Reduce from Neutral at Nomura), SDRL -4.5% (downgraded to Reduce from Neutral at Nomura), AKAM -3.5% (downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo), RIO -3.2% (downgraded to Market Perform at Cowen ), DIS -1.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Guggenheim).