>>> US Gapping down


Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
: PMTS -38.6%, ACAT -11.5%, AEG -10.7%, AGI -5.9%, KSS -5.9%, CVO -5.6%, NMM -4.2%, EGO -3.5%, ONTX -3.4%, STAA -2.2%, ALXA -2.1%, USAT -0.5%

M&A news: YY -5.9% (Group of China investors have ended plans to purchase YY, according to WSJ)

Select Chinese ADRs showing weakness after YY news (see M&A section above) : VNET -5.5%, KANG -4.4%, QIHU -3.8%, DANG -3.8%, JMEI -2.8%, MOMO -2%

Select metals/mining stocks trading lower: IAG -3.6%, EGO -3.5%, AUY -2.5%, NEM -1.9%, RIO -1.2%, GFI -0.9%, SLV -0.8%, .

Other news: LNCO -56.4% (Linn Energy and LinnCo (LNCO) file voluntary petitions for restructuring under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code ), LINE -54.7% (Linn Energy and LinnCo (LNCO) file voluntary petitions for restructuring under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code ), PARN -13.8% (prices 2.55 mln of its ordinary shares for ~$4.2 mln), GST -4.8% ( to offer 40 mln common shares in a public offering ), TERP -4.8% (files to delay Form 10-Q, previews Q1 results), CLB -3% (upsizes and prices 1,475,000 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of ~$175 mln), GST -2.8% (to offer 40 mln common shares in a public offering), LOXO -2.4% (prices follow-on offering of 1,675,000 shares of common stock at $21.50 per share), JCP -0.5% (in sympathy with KSS earnings)

Analyst comments: GE -1% (resumed with a Underweight at JP Morgan)