>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • CONN +8.2%

M&A news:

  • BLDP +5.4% (to divest non-core power manager business; Deal valued at up to $16 mln)
  • TA +2.3% (announces definitive agreement for the sale of Minit Mart convenience store business for approximately $330.8 million to EG Group)

Other news:

  • MNKD +47.3% (Mannkind & United Therapeutics (UTHR) enter into worldwide exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement)
  • REPH +30.1% (provides regulatory update following receipt of the official meeting minutes from July Type A meeting with the FDA relating to a path forward for intravenous meloxicam)
  • BCRX +8.9% (reports positive results across multiple endpoints in ZENITH-1 Trial of Oral BCX7353)
  • LOCO +3.8% (authorized $20 mln stock repurchase program effective on Nov 6, 2018 that will terminate on June 26)
  • WIT +1.9% (receives 10-year, $1.5 bln contract from Alight Solutions)

Analyst comments:

  • PCG +4.1% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill)
  • UPS +1.5% (upgraded to Strong Buy from Mkt Perform at Raymond James)
  • AMD +1.3% (target raised to $30 at Cowen)
  • BSX +1.2% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • QCOM +1.1% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Macquarie)
  • ROKU +1.1% (initiated with a Buy at Guggenheim)