>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:
  • SMTC +2.8%, LH +0.9% (guidance), DV +0.6% (closes Scibids acquisition; provides updates to guidance)
Other news:
  • KITT +17.4% (enters service contract with Shell plc (SHEL))
  • AMC +7.5% (completes at-the-market equity offering)
  • SCNI +5.3% (reports preclinical results for plaque psoriasis treatment)
  • AVXL +4.4% (announces that a follow-on analysis of the landmark Phase 2b/3 study to treat early Alzheimer's disease with the investigational drug blarcamesine did demonstrate a statistically significant slowing in cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease)
  • HSTM +4.3% (authorizes new $10 mln share repurchase program)
  • YUMC +3.9% (unveils "RGM 2.0" strategy and introduces 3-year financial targets at 2023 Investor Day)
  • DVAX +2.3% (supply agreement with Avecia)
  • DDD +2.1% (DDD delivers signed merger agreement to SSYS)
  • SSYS +2% (DDD delivers signed merger agreement to SSYS)
  • FFIE +2% (delivered its vehicle to realtor and Netflix Star Jason Oppenheim at the "Delivery Co-Creation Day")
  • TRIN +1.8% (increases dividend)
Analyst comments:
  • ETSY +3.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Peer Perform at Wolfe Research)
  • FSLR +2.2% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets)
  • NCLH +2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Redburn Atlantic)
  • CCL +1.7% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Redburn Atlantic)