>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • SFIX -19.6%, PEP -1%

M&A news:

  • ARNC -2.9% (to sell Texarkana, Texas rolling mill to Ta Chen International for approx $300 mln in cash plus contingent consideration of up to $50 mln; expected to close in the fourth quarter)

Other news:

  • GWPH -2.4% (announces $300 mln proposed public offering of ADSs )
  • UTX -1.4% (Justice Department confirms will require UTX to divest two aerospace businesses to proceed with acquisition of Rockwell Collins)
  • TPX -0.6% (following late decline on reports of AMZN selling mattresses)

Analyst comments:

  • MDB -3.9% (downgraded to Reduce from Neutral at Nomura)
  • WHR -3.4% (initiated with a Sell at Goldman)
  • VNE -3.2% (downgraded to Sell from Neutral at UBS)
  • EW -2.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Guggenheim)
  • SKX -2.3% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup)
  • X -2.1% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank)
  • CENX -2% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank)
  • SERV -1.9% (downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley)
  • BECN -1.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Robert W. Baird)
  • COP -0.7% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman)
  • MS -0.6% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at HSBC Securities)