Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: SOFO -3.2%, NUS -2.9%, SHW -1.8%, UTX -1.5%, ZQK -1.4%, NDSN -0.6%
Select Chinese related stocks trading lower: JMEI -2.9%, JD -1.2%, ZNH -1.2%, YUM -1.2%.
Select oil/gas related names showing early weakness: LINE -4.4%, PVA -3.7%, MRO -2.6%, RDS.A -1.2%, SLB -0.9%, SDRL -0.8%, OAS -0.8%
Other news: EOX -10.2% (announced appointment of Mike Dickinson to the position of COO; reduced Q4 average production guidance to 3,300 BOEPD; lowered FY15 production and CapEx guidance), SNTA -4.6% (announces preliminary results from an investigator-sponsored phase 1 trial; plans to further evaluate ganetespib in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab for HER2+ MBC), VOD -2% (still checking), WIN -1.9% (announced that Bob Gunderman has been named chief financial officer for the company, effective immediately; also unfavorable commentary on Thursday's Mad Money), AKR -1.8% (announces sale of 3.4 million common shares), PVG -1.8% (announced a non-brokered private placement of ~12.8 mln shares), CPLP -1.7% (announed that it has secured time charter employment for the M/T 'Aias' and M/T 'Arionas'), ALU -1.7% (still checking), SKYW -1.3% (reported combined November 2014 traffic For SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines; 3.7% decrease in revenue passenger miles, available seat miles decreased 4.0%), ARMK -1.3% (prices 30 mln shares of common stock sold by certain stockholders at $28.00 per share), ACT -1.2% (confirms District Court ruling to require continued distribution of NAMENDA IR), TSLA -0.9% (China exec may leave the company, according to reports)
Analyst comments: GDP -7.7% (downgraded to Underweight from Overweight at JP Morgan), BBEP -3.1% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Wunderlich), VMW -2.1% (resumed with a Underweight from Overweight at Piper Jaffray; tgt lowered to $69 from $111), ZAYO -1.9% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BTIG Research), HOV -1.9% (downgraded to at ), MR -1.7% (downgraded to Underweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley), MS -1.1% (also announced a restructuring program across its entire 11-park enterprise), COST -1.1% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Janney)
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance: SOFO -3.2%, NUS -2.9%, SHW -1.8%, UTX -1.5%, ZQK -1.4%, NDSN -0.6%
Select Chinese related stocks trading lower: JMEI -2.9%, JD -1.2%, ZNH -1.2%, YUM -1.2%.
Select oil/gas related names showing early weakness: LINE -4.4%, PVA -3.7%, MRO -2.6%, RDS.A -1.2%, SLB -0.9%, SDRL -0.8%, OAS -0.8%
Other news: EOX -10.2% (announced appointment of Mike Dickinson to the position of COO; reduced Q4 average production guidance to 3,300 BOEPD; lowered FY15 production and CapEx guidance), SNTA -4.6% (announces preliminary results from an investigator-sponsored phase 1 trial; plans to further evaluate ganetespib in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab for HER2+ MBC), VOD -2% (still checking), WIN -1.9% (announced that Bob Gunderman has been named chief financial officer for the company, effective immediately; also unfavorable commentary on Thursday's Mad Money), AKR -1.8% (announces sale of 3.4 million common shares), PVG -1.8% (announced a non-brokered private placement of ~12.8 mln shares), CPLP -1.7% (announed that it has secured time charter employment for the M/T 'Aias' and M/T 'Arionas'), ALU -1.7% (still checking), SKYW -1.3% (reported combined November 2014 traffic For SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines; 3.7% decrease in revenue passenger miles, available seat miles decreased 4.0%), ARMK -1.3% (prices 30 mln shares of common stock sold by certain stockholders at $28.00 per share), ACT -1.2% (confirms District Court ruling to require continued distribution of NAMENDA IR), TSLA -0.9% (China exec may leave the company, according to reports)
Analyst comments: GDP -7.7% (downgraded to Underweight from Overweight at JP Morgan), BBEP -3.1% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Wunderlich), VMW -2.1% (resumed with a Underweight from Overweight at Piper Jaffray; tgt lowered to $69 from $111), ZAYO -1.9% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BTIG Research), HOV -1.9% (downgraded to at ), MR -1.7% (downgraded to Underweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley), MS -1.1% (also announced a restructuring program across its entire 11-park enterprise), COST -1.1% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Janney)