Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: SPLK +7.7%, LRAD +7.4%, ROST +5.8%, HIBB +4.5%, ADSK +3.6%, ASYS +3.4%, INTU +3.2%, FL +1.9%, SIRO +1.3%, SIEN +0.9%
Select Brazil related names trading higher: GFA +3.2%, BBD +3%, PBR +2.5%
Select China related names showing strength: JRJC +5.6%, WLT +3.9%, VIPS +3.1%, JD +2.9%, LFC +2.6%, CHL +2%, BIDU +1.9%
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: CLF +9.6%, VALE +4.7%, RIO +4.2%, BHP +3.5%, MT +3.1%, EOG +2.6%, FCX +2.6%, AKS +2.1%, GFI +1.9%
Select oil/gas related names showing strength: SSL +4.2%, SDRL +3.1%, TOT +2.7%, SD +2.5%, RIG +2.1%
Select Solar related names trading higher: SFUN +5.2%, YGE +3.5%, JKS +2.4%, SUNE +2.2%
Other news: BID +8% (announced CEO William F. Ruprecht will step down by mutual agreement with the Board; Ruprecht to continue as Chairman, President, and CEO until a successor is in place), GALE +7.5% (announces purchase agreement for up to $55.0 million with Lincoln Park Capital Fund), SCTY +4.5% (confirmed it entered into contract with Walmart for the installation of new solar projects at facilities in up to 36 states over the next four years), NBG +3.4% (still checking), DIS +2.8% (Walt Disney and Shanghai Media Group expand strategic entertainment alliance in China), WNR +2.7% (to replace Bally Technologies in the S&P MidCap 400), EYES +2.5% (cont momentum post IPO), BABA +2.4% (prices offering of $8.0 bln of Senior Unsecured Notes), FDX+2% (still checking), TWTR +1.2% (announces plan to share tweets through direct messages), TSLA +1.2% (Panasonic planning on beginning Tesla (TSLA) battery production sooner than expected), CELG +1.1% (receives positive CHMP opinion for OTEZLA), AMZN +1% (has leased NYC building that may be used for physical store plans, according to reports, also initiated with a Buy at Nomura), RAX +0.9% (announced Chairman Graham Weston purchased $2.5 mln worth of stock, filed for additional purchases up to $2.5 mln), HOT +0.9% (announced a special dividend of $0.65 per share; declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share)
Analyst comments: TRN +3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Longbow), BBY +1.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Telsey Advisory Group), CERN +1.4% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Cowen), CAT +1.4% (initiated with a Buy at Stifel), BLK +1.3% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Bernstein), EMC +1% (reinstated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill)
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: SPLK +7.7%, LRAD +7.4%, ROST +5.8%, HIBB +4.5%, ADSK +3.6%, ASYS +3.4%, INTU +3.2%, FL +1.9%, SIRO +1.3%, SIEN +0.9%
Select Brazil related names trading higher: GFA +3.2%, BBD +3%, PBR +2.5%
Select China related names showing strength: JRJC +5.6%, WLT +3.9%, VIPS +3.1%, JD +2.9%, LFC +2.6%, CHL +2%, BIDU +1.9%
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: CLF +9.6%, VALE +4.7%, RIO +4.2%, BHP +3.5%, MT +3.1%, EOG +2.6%, FCX +2.6%, AKS +2.1%, GFI +1.9%
Select oil/gas related names showing strength: SSL +4.2%, SDRL +3.1%, TOT +2.7%, SD +2.5%, RIG +2.1%
Select Solar related names trading higher: SFUN +5.2%, YGE +3.5%, JKS +2.4%, SUNE +2.2%
Other news: BID +8% (announced CEO William F. Ruprecht will step down by mutual agreement with the Board; Ruprecht to continue as Chairman, President, and CEO until a successor is in place), GALE +7.5% (announces purchase agreement for up to $55.0 million with Lincoln Park Capital Fund), SCTY +4.5% (confirmed it entered into contract with Walmart for the installation of new solar projects at facilities in up to 36 states over the next four years), NBG +3.4% (still checking), DIS +2.8% (Walt Disney and Shanghai Media Group expand strategic entertainment alliance in China), WNR +2.7% (to replace Bally Technologies in the S&P MidCap 400), EYES +2.5% (cont momentum post IPO), BABA +2.4% (prices offering of $8.0 bln of Senior Unsecured Notes), FDX+2% (still checking), TWTR +1.2% (announces plan to share tweets through direct messages), TSLA +1.2% (Panasonic planning on beginning Tesla (TSLA) battery production sooner than expected), CELG +1.1% (receives positive CHMP opinion for OTEZLA), AMZN +1% (has leased NYC building that may be used for physical store plans, according to reports, also initiated with a Buy at Nomura), RAX +0.9% (announced Chairman Graham Weston purchased $2.5 mln worth of stock, filed for additional purchases up to $2.5 mln), HOT +0.9% (announced a special dividend of $0.65 per share; declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share)
Analyst comments: TRN +3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Longbow), BBY +1.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Telsey Advisory Group), CERN +1.4% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Cowen), CAT +1.4% (initiated with a Buy at Stifel), BLK +1.3% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Bernstein), EMC +1% (reinstated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill)