>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • SCS +6.9%, GIS +2.5%, CTAS +1.1%

M&A news:

  • MCHX +8.7% (acquires Sonar Technologies for $12.5 mln in cash and stock with potential for additional $1.5 mln)

Other news:

  • SLDB +45.4% (provides data update from sgt-001 development program; demonstrated expression of SGT-001 microdystrophin and nNOS function provide evidence that SGT-001 has the potential to provide therapeutic benefit for patients with Duchenne)
  • PCG +13.4% (submits comprehensive, multi-party settlement agreement to CPUC Related to 2017 and 2018 wildfires; settlement agreement prohibits company from seeking $1.625 billion in wildfire-related costs from customers)
  • COLM +4.9% (to join S&P MidCap 400)
  • ZGNX +3.9% (announces The Lancet has published the results of its Phase 3 clinical trial for FINTEPLA)
  • UNIT +3.8% (to join S&P SmallCap 600)
  • NLTX +1.4% (prices public offering of 8,925,000 shares of its common stock at $8.40/share)
  • DVN +1% (announces sale of Barnett Shale for $770 mln; announces new $1 billion share-repurchase program)

Analyst comments:

  • SBRA +6.6% (upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup)
  • CRMD +4.7% (initiated with a Buy at B. Riley FBR)
  • DDOG +1.8% (initiated with a Buy at Rosenblatt)
  • WMS +1.5% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays )
  • CCMP +1.5% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Loop Capital)
  • DAL +1.5% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank)
  • REAL +0.9% (initiated with a Buy at B. Riley FBR)