>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:
  • SBLK +0.5%
M&A news:
  • CAVM +7.5% (confirms deal to be acquired by Marvell (MRVL) for roughly $80/share)
  • VALE +0.9% (to sell nitrogen and phosphate assets in Brazil to Yara; also upgraded to Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts)
Other news:
  • DCIX +40.9% (continued volatility in pre-mkt)
  • TOPS +8.4% (continued volatility in pre-mkt)
  • EGLT +7.5% (received a grant from InnoBooster to develop a novel application of Guardian Technology)
  • TSRO +7.3% (announces that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for ZEJULA)
  • ZIOP +7.2% (announces positive data updates supporting survival benefit and the underlying immune system mechanism for Ad-RTS-hIL-12 plus veledimex)
  • DGLY +6.4% (announces 'significant development' in litigation against Axon Enterprise (AAXN))
  • TOUR +5.9% (continued strength following last week's 20%+ gain)
  • ITCI +5.4% (Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Lumateperone for the Treatment of Schizophrenia)
  • DBVT +5.2% (reports Topline Safety Results from REALISE Phase III Trial of Viaskin Peanut)
  • ITUS +4.8% (entered into 3 mln share At-the-Market Issuance Sales Agreement with B. Riley FBR)
  • DRYS +4.4% (shippers continued volatility in pre-mkt)
  • EBS +3.3% (receives FDA approval to manufacture ACAM2000)
  • ROKU +1.6% (continued volatility in pre-mkt)
Analyst comments:
  • AEMD +6.2% (initiated with a Buy at H.C. Wainwright)
  • ABLX +4.7% (initiated with a Overweight at JP Morgan)
  • DLPH +1.3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill)
  • VZ +0.9% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo)
  • GM +0.8% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Guggenheim)