Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: CANF +7.8%, FSC +1.5%
M&A news: PZG +18.2% (may be acquired by Coeur Mining (CDE), according to Reuters report)
Select airline related names showing strength: JBLU +3.9%, LUV +1.9%, UAL +0.8%, DAL +0.7%
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: AG +4.2% ( announced the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the leave to appeal application by Hector Davila Santos and Minerales y Minas Mexicanas), KGC +3.2%, PAAS +2.5%, GG +2.5%, GOLD +2.4%, ABX +2.4%, AEM +2.2%, IAG +0.9%
Other news: CVSL +18.3% (requests withdrawal of registration statement), ISR +14.8% (cont momentum), AEZS +5.8% (co and Sinopharm A-Think Pharmaceuticals announced the signing of an exclusive license and technology transfer agreement), VNET +3.6% (announces $296 mln investment from Kingsoft, Xiaomi and Temasek), MILL +3.4% (reaffirmed that it has more than 90% of its current oil production hedged), WYY +2.6% (announced that it has received three new contract awards and one contract expansion from U.S Federal government), FEYE +2.4% (Mandiant tapped to address Sony (SNE) security issues), MYL +2.3% (announced that it has entered into an agreement with Gilead Sciences (GILD) to manufacture and distribute Tenofovir Alafenamide), COT +1.5% (announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cott Beverages intends to offer $615 mln aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019), SNY +1.3% (still checking), GSK +1.2% (planning planning workforce restructuring, according to reports), TM +1.2% (strong Nikkei overnight), PSTI +1.2% (granted patent in Singapore for Its 3D Cell Expansion Technology), LGF +1% (positive Barrons mention)
Analyst comments: FMSA +6.2% (initiated with a Buy at Jefferies), GRPN +4.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill), XENE +1.9% (initiated with a Outperform at Wells Fargo), DE +0.8% (upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Wells Fargo, upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan), AA +0.5% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup)
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: CANF +7.8%, FSC +1.5%
M&A news: PZG +18.2% (may be acquired by Coeur Mining (CDE), according to Reuters report)
Select airline related names showing strength: JBLU +3.9%, LUV +1.9%, UAL +0.8%, DAL +0.7%
Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: AG +4.2% ( announced the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the leave to appeal application by Hector Davila Santos and Minerales y Minas Mexicanas), KGC +3.2%, PAAS +2.5%, GG +2.5%, GOLD +2.4%, ABX +2.4%, AEM +2.2%, IAG +0.9%
Other news: CVSL +18.3% (requests withdrawal of registration statement), ISR +14.8% (cont momentum), AEZS +5.8% (co and Sinopharm A-Think Pharmaceuticals announced the signing of an exclusive license and technology transfer agreement), VNET +3.6% (announces $296 mln investment from Kingsoft, Xiaomi and Temasek), MILL +3.4% (reaffirmed that it has more than 90% of its current oil production hedged), WYY +2.6% (announced that it has received three new contract awards and one contract expansion from U.S Federal government), FEYE +2.4% (Mandiant tapped to address Sony (SNE) security issues), MYL +2.3% (announced that it has entered into an agreement with Gilead Sciences (GILD) to manufacture and distribute Tenofovir Alafenamide), COT +1.5% (announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cott Beverages intends to offer $615 mln aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019), SNY +1.3% (still checking), GSK +1.2% (planning planning workforce restructuring, according to reports), TM +1.2% (strong Nikkei overnight), PSTI +1.2% (granted patent in Singapore for Its 3D Cell Expansion Technology), LGF +1% (positive Barrons mention)
Analyst comments: FMSA +6.2% (initiated with a Buy at Jefferies), GRPN +4.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill), XENE +1.9% (initiated with a Outperform at Wells Fargo), DE +0.8% (upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Wells Fargo, upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan), AA +0.5% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup)