>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
: NXTD +17.6%, MOBL +14.1%

M&A news:
  • EGAS +69.1% (agrees to be acquired by First Reserve for $13.10/share in cash)
  • AYA +2.7% (confirms discussions with William Hill PLC are ongoing),
  • SU +0.9% (mulling a potential sale of its of its Petro-Canada retail gasoline station unit, according to Reuters)
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: DRD +2.9%, PAAS +2.5%, AG +2.4%, AUY +2.2%, MT +1.9%, ABX +1.3%,SLV +0.8%

Other news:
  • IPCI +15.5% (receives FDA tentative approval for generic Seroquel XR)
  • TSRO +15% (present successful Niraparib Phase 3 results of ENGOT-OV16/NOVA trial)
  • MYL +11.6% (agrees to settlement on Medicaid rebate classification for EpiPen Auto-Injector, lowers FY16 EPS guidance; also upgraded to Strong Buy from Market Perform at Raymond James)
  • MZOR +7.4% (Mazor Robotics receives first pre-launch orders for Mazor X System)
  • CLDX +6% (reports Phase 2 Study of Glembatumumab Vedotin met primary overall response endpoint)
  • EXEL +4.9% (Exelixis and Ipsen (IPSEY) report Phase 2 study of Cabozantinib met the primary endpoint of improving progression-free survival)
  • CASC +4% (presentation of tucatinib in combination therapy in patients with cutaneous HER2+ metastatic breast cancer)
  • LPCN +3.5% (cont strength after Friday's announcement of U.S. District Court in Delaware granted its motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Clarus Therapeutics)
  • MRK +3.3% (announced findings from the final overall survival analysis from the KEYNOTE-002 study)
  • CRM +2.9% (reports that co is no longer interesting in offer for TWTR)
  • TSLA +2.2% (Elon Musk in series of tweets teases October 17 product unveiling, says it and SolarCity (SCTY) won't need to raise debt or equity in Q4)
  • IONS +2.1% (Biogen (BIIB) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) presented new data from the clinical program for nusinersen)
  • VRX +2% (in sympathy with MYL)
  • TEVA +1.9% (in sympathy with MYL)
  • PRGO +1.4% (in sympathy with MYL)
Analyst comments:
  • UA +2.5% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo )
  • ATHN +2% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Evercore ISI)
  • DE +1.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo)
  • TSN +1.2% (upgraded to Buy from Outperform at CLSA)
  • STO +0.8% (added to European Focus List at Citigroup)