Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: PANW +12.9%, ANF +7.2%, SAFM +4%, PLKI +2.4%, PLL +2.2%, VTL +2%, ENS +1%, UHAL +0.9%, .
M&A news: SNN +4.9% (cont M&A speculation), TMUS +1.7% (Kyodo report suggesting Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) approved Softbank (SFTBY) deal), AVGO +1.1% (Seagate (STX) to acquire LSI's flash businesses from Avago for $450 mln in cash), IHG +0.9% (Marcato Capital Management comments on rumors regarding IHG).
Other news: XGTI +23.5% (announces second new U.S. Patent award this week for Interference Mitigation Techniques), XXII +9.8% (LOI for production of nicotine-free tobacco cigarettes), NBS +8.2% (presents five-year survival data for Autologous Melanoma Immunotherapy targeting cancer stem cells), STEM +7.2% (CEO updates investors in Letter to Shareholders), ICPT +6% (FDA fast track designation to obeticholic acid for the treatment of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis), ONTY +6% (Co and and Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX) announce collaboration for combination immunotherapy clinical trial of ONT-10 and varlilumab), BCRX +3.7% (priced public offering of 10 mln shares of common stock at $10 per share), BBRY +2.9% (following exec appearance on CNBC -- expects to be cash flow positive or breakeven by year-end), RCAP +2.1% (announced proposed public offering of 15 mln shares of Class A common stock; RCAP Holdings, the controlling stockholder of RCAP, proposing to offer and sell 5 mln shares), KNDI +1.9% (Several US states may introduce electric vehicle incentive plan, according to reports), EROC +1.4% (announced credit facility amendments and new upstream borrowing base), JNPR +1.1% (Juniper Networks Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With Palo Alto Networks), LOCK +0.9% (Okumus Fund Management discloses 8.67% passive stake in 13G filing).
Analyst comments: CLNE +4.6% (initiated with a Overweight at Morgan Stanley), MELI +4.1% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan), TWTR +2.3% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald), DO +2.3% (upgraded to Equal-Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley), BIIB +2% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan), VMW +1.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray), EXAM +1.2% (initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank), CSG +1% (initiated with a Outperform at Wells Fargo), QIHU +0.9% (upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at Standard Chartered), DLTR +0.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sterne Agee)
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: PANW +12.9%, ANF +7.2%, SAFM +4%, PLKI +2.4%, PLL +2.2%, VTL +2%, ENS +1%, UHAL +0.9%, .
M&A news: SNN +4.9% (cont M&A speculation), TMUS +1.7% (Kyodo report suggesting Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) approved Softbank (SFTBY) deal), AVGO +1.1% (Seagate (STX) to acquire LSI's flash businesses from Avago for $450 mln in cash), IHG +0.9% (Marcato Capital Management comments on rumors regarding IHG).
Other news: XGTI +23.5% (announces second new U.S. Patent award this week for Interference Mitigation Techniques), XXII +9.8% (LOI for production of nicotine-free tobacco cigarettes), NBS +8.2% (presents five-year survival data for Autologous Melanoma Immunotherapy targeting cancer stem cells), STEM +7.2% (CEO updates investors in Letter to Shareholders), ICPT +6% (FDA fast track designation to obeticholic acid for the treatment of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis), ONTY +6% (Co and and Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX) announce collaboration for combination immunotherapy clinical trial of ONT-10 and varlilumab), BCRX +3.7% (priced public offering of 10 mln shares of common stock at $10 per share), BBRY +2.9% (following exec appearance on CNBC -- expects to be cash flow positive or breakeven by year-end), RCAP +2.1% (announced proposed public offering of 15 mln shares of Class A common stock; RCAP Holdings, the controlling stockholder of RCAP, proposing to offer and sell 5 mln shares), KNDI +1.9% (Several US states may introduce electric vehicle incentive plan, according to reports), EROC +1.4% (announced credit facility amendments and new upstream borrowing base), JNPR +1.1% (Juniper Networks Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With Palo Alto Networks), LOCK +0.9% (Okumus Fund Management discloses 8.67% passive stake in 13G filing).
Analyst comments: CLNE +4.6% (initiated with a Overweight at Morgan Stanley), MELI +4.1% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan), TWTR +2.3% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald), DO +2.3% (upgraded to Equal-Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley), BIIB +2% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan), VMW +1.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray), EXAM +1.2% (initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank), CSG +1% (initiated with a Outperform at Wells Fargo), QIHU +0.9% (upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at Standard Chartered), DLTR +0.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sterne Agee)