Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: VPRT +20.9%, MOBL +15.3%, OTEX +12.3%, LPSN +11.2%, HK +7.6%, ARII +7.5%, FOE +6.9%, (light volume), MC +5.6%, (light volume), LOCK +5.6%, SPRT +5.5%, (light volume), DRII +5%, (light volume), SFY +4.8%, COHU +4.6%, TMUS +4.4%, AVP +4.4%, SAM +4.3%, (light volume), HOLX +4%, RKUS +3.7%, BMRN +3.6%, (also sells priority review voucher for $67.5 mln), RDS.A +2.9%, ALL +2.7%, SU +2.7%, (light volume), SNE +2.7%, SNY +2.7%, NEWP +2.3%, ICAD +2.2%, (thinly traded), IPI +2%, (light volume), ITT +1.7%, (light volume), EQIX +1.5%, STMP +1.4%, (light volume), CYTK +1.4%, (light volume), SFLY +1.1%, WLL +1%, CI +1%, MTGE +0.8%, PPL +0.8%, (light volume), COP +0.7%, DEO+0.4%.
M&A news: JRN +5.9% (Scripps, Journal merging broadcast operations, spinning off newspapers).
Other news: EVRY +31.9% (amends credit agreements; announces $20 mln equity investment by Monomoy), TSRA +12.1% (Tessera Tech and Micron Technology announce execution of new technology and patent license agreements), APAGF +7.3% (provides Colombia operations update; says it has successfully completed its Llanos basin exploration drilling program for 2014 and extended production tests and development activities are underway), CMCM +4.3% (Cheetah Mobile and Tencent to Expand Strategic Cooperation Agreement; annual caps have been increased to RMB100 million and RMB105 million), ZIXI +3.2% (approved a share repurchase program that enables the co to purchase up to $10 mln of its shares of common stock), SA +2.9% (KSM Environmental Assessment Application Receives Final Approval from British Columbia), HNSN +2.5% (announces distribution agreement with Adachi for Magellan and Sensei robotic systems in Japan), CBOE +2.3% ( increases quarterly dividend 17% to $0.21 per share from $0.18 per share; increases stock repurchase authorization by $100 mln), LOCO +2% (recent IPO -- conintued volatility), RFMD +1.6% (still checking), RRD +1.3% (positive MadMoney mention), KNDI +0.9% (still checking), DDD +0.5% (to acquire Simbionix for $120 mln in cash; expected to be immediately accretive to cash generation and non-GAAP EPS) .
Analyst comments: CLF +0.3% (upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Bernstein ), BWLD +0.2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sterne Agee), SODA +0.1% (upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays)
M&A news: JRN +5.9% (Scripps, Journal merging broadcast operations, spinning off newspapers).
Other news: EVRY +31.9% (amends credit agreements; announces $20 mln equity investment by Monomoy), TSRA +12.1% (Tessera Tech and Micron Technology announce execution of new technology and patent license agreements), APAGF +7.3% (provides Colombia operations update; says it has successfully completed its Llanos basin exploration drilling program for 2014 and extended production tests and development activities are underway), CMCM +4.3% (Cheetah Mobile and Tencent to Expand Strategic Cooperation Agreement; annual caps have been increased to RMB100 million and RMB105 million), ZIXI +3.2% (approved a share repurchase program that enables the co to purchase up to $10 mln of its shares of common stock), SA +2.9% (KSM Environmental Assessment Application Receives Final Approval from British Columbia), HNSN +2.5% (announces distribution agreement with Adachi for Magellan and Sensei robotic systems in Japan), CBOE +2.3% ( increases quarterly dividend 17% to $0.21 per share from $0.18 per share; increases stock repurchase authorization by $100 mln), LOCO +2% (recent IPO -- conintued volatility), RFMD +1.6% (still checking), RRD +1.3% (positive MadMoney mention), KNDI +0.9% (still checking), DDD +0.5% (to acquire Simbionix for $120 mln in cash; expected to be immediately accretive to cash generation and non-GAAP EPS) .
Analyst comments: CLF +0.3% (upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Bernstein ), BWLD +0.2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sterne Agee), SODA +0.1% (upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays)