Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: SZYM +34.7%, (also signs a definitive 5-year global supply agreement w/ total revs of more than $200 w/ Unilever),
BORN +23.5%,
SKIS +19%,
AMPH +17.4%, (light volume),
ESI +15.6%,
BIND +15.4%,
BDE +14.6%, (light volume),
GCAP +13.5%,
BONT +13%,
EGY +10.8%,
INGN +8.7%,
DSW +7.8%,
FDS +5.9%,
PERI +5.9%,
PFSW +4.9%,
PLCE +4.8%,
HDS +4.3%,
FSYS +4.1%,
ARTX +3.5%,
PETX +3.3%,
CLLS +2.7%,
VSLR +1%,
EPRS +0.6%,
BLCM +0.5%
M&A news: OUTR +13.3% (to explore strategic and financial alternatives; increases quarterly dividend to $0.60/share from $0.30/share),
MJN +8.1% (Betaville blog post reporting that MJN has received takeover interest from Danone (DANOY) and others)
Other news: CPXX +434.5% ( announces 'positive' results from Phase 3 trial of VYXEOS Liposome for Injection in patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia),
OREX +35.7% (announces commercialization and distributorship agreement with valeant pharmaceuticals (VRX) for Mysimba for 18 Central and Eastern European countries & Turkey; announces strategic acquisition of all U.S. rights to Contrave, the branded anti-obesity prescription medicine),
EXXI +21.4% (makes the interest payment due on its EPL Oil and Gas, Inc. 8.25% Senior Notes and reduces its borrowing base from $500 mln to $377.7 mln),
CTIC +16% (provides update regarding the availability of pacritinib to certain patients with myelofibrosis),
BPMC +11.5% (announces worldwide collaboration/exclusive license agreement with F. Hoffman-La Roche (RHHBY) to accelerate and expand its development of medicines in the field of cancer immunotherapy),
APPY +7.6% (Terminates proposed transactions with Strand Life Sciences),
AVEO +5.9% (disclosed SEC settlement update - Based on the progress in the process thus far - could potentially settle with the SEC for a total amount of $4 mln; also reported earnings),
BCRX +5.4% (D.E. Shaw & Co discloses 5.1% passive stake),
HBIO +4.3% (announces delay in filing Form 10-K),
GWPH +2.3% (following 120% move higher Monday),
RTK +2% (Rentech announces that GSO Capital Partners LP has agreed to provide an additional short-term liquidity of $6 mln ),
AVP +1.6% (To reduce headcount by 2,500 positions as part of 3-year plan),
ANTH +1% ( files for $100 mln mixed securities shelf offering)
Analyst comments: CONN +2.8% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at a boutique firm),
AAPL +1.6% Morgan Stanley out with a favorable view on iPhone demand in the March qtr)