>>> US Gapping down

Gapping down
In reaction to disappointing earnings/guidance
: CALM -4.2%

M&A news:
  • BATS -2.8% (to be acquired by CBOE for $32.50 per share, confirming media reports out last week), CBOE -2.5%
  • PFE -1.2% (announces they will not pursue splitting Pfizer Innovative Health & Pfizer Essential Health into two, separate publicly traded companies)
Select financial related names showing weakness: BBVA -2.6%, RBS -2.3%, PUK -2%, SAN -1.8%, BCS -1.7%, CS -1.5%,IBN -1.3%, ING -1.1%, HSBC -0.8%

Other news:
  • PTIE -64.5% (receives a CRL from the FDA on the resubmission of its NDA for REMOXY ER)
  • DRRX -33.5% (announces its licensee Pain Therapeutics (PTIE) receives complete response letter from FDA for Remoxy ER extended-release capsules CII)
  • DB -5.2% (Angela Merkel ruled out public assistance over the weekend)
  • ACOR -4.7% (receives confirmation from Tribunal for redemption right regarding the shares in Biotie Therapies)
  • SWHC -2.5% (proposal was not selected by the Department of the Army for M9 standard Army sidearm replacement)
  • MOMO -1.5% (Shanghai down ~2% overnight)
Analyst comments:
  • IHG -4.5% (downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley)
  • LYG -3.1% (downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman)
  • TWTR -3% (downgraded to Underperform from Perform at Oppenheimer)
  • NTAP -2.4% (downgraded to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank)
  • FINL -2.2% (downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Buckingham Research)
  • LMCA -1.6% (downgraded to Hold at Wunderlich)
  • DIS -0.8% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Drexel Hamilton)
  • NKE -0.6% (removed from Focus List at JP Morgan)