>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
:
  • HAS -4.6%, STT -2.1%
Select metals/mining stocks trading lower:
  • HMY -3%, AUY -1.1%, KGC -0.5%, GG -0.5%, GLD -0.5%, ABX -0.5%, .
Other news:
  • CNXR -46.9% (to voluntarily delist from Nasdaq, will list on the OTCQX Market effective on or about November 9)
  • DBVT -45.7% (announces topline results of phase III clinical trial in peanut allergic patients four to 11 years of age; missed primary endpoint)
  • SHIP -19.4% (files for $20 mln common stock offering)
  • ATRS -13.8% (receives Complete Response Letter for XYOSTED from the FDA)
  • GBT -9.7% (to discontinue its GBT440 program for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis based on results from three proof-of-concept studies)
  • MYO -9.2% (files for $6 mln common stock and warrants offering)
  • GEO -1.3% (files mixed securities shelf offering)
  • ZSAN -0.6% (entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital for up to $35 million)
Analyst comments:
  • CLF -2.7% (downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan)
  • MELI -2.4% (downgraded to Sector Weight from Overweight at KeyBanc Capital Mkts )
  • FL -1.4% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Buckingham Research)
  • GE -1.3% (downgraded to Underweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS)
  • RIO -1.1% (downgraded to Sector Perform at RBC Capital Mkts)
  • EFX -0.9% (downgraded to Sector Perform at RBC Capital Mkts)
  • RRC -0.8% (downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan)
  • BIIB -0.7% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup)