>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:

  • VIPS -15.2%, SWCH -4.7%, VOD -3.4%, HD -2.6%, EXP -1.7%, INVH -1.6%, AMRS -1.5%

Other news:

  • PFNX 23.8% (Pfenex announces top-line results from its PF708-301 study, which showed comparable overall profiles between PF708 and Forteo after 24 weeks of daily injection in osteoporosis patients)
  • MTDR -3.9% (announces 7 mln stock offering)
  • AAXN -2.6% Axon files mixed securities shelf offering   (56.99 -0.27)
  • ATUS -1.5% (declared a one-time cash dividend of $2.035 per share of Altice USA Class A common stock and Class B common stock)
  • LOW -1.2% (in sympathy with HD)

Analyst comments:

  • CBSH -2% (downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA/Merrill)
  • SPOT -1.9% (initiated with a Sell at Loop Capital)
  • F -0.5% (downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray)