Gapping up:
M&A news: VTNC +8.5% (VTNC receives offer of $6.50 per share from Transforce), DRCO +2.76% (to be acquired by Engility (EGL) for $11.50 per share in cash; expected to be accretive to EGL's 2014 earnings and significantly accretive to 2015 earnings and beyond)
Other news: ARIA +12.75% (Co said Friday it does not anticipate an Advisory Committee meeting for Iclusig), UTHR +5.78% (announced FDA approved Orenitram (treprostinil) Extended-Release Tablets for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension), SCMP +4.97% (reports results from Phase 2a study of intravenous ion channel activator for lumbar spinal stenosis; statistically significant improvement observed in visual analog scale pain), AAPL +3.82% (Apple and China Mobile (CHL) confirmed they have entered into a multi-year iPhone agreement beginning Jan 17), DRI +3.74% (Starboard discloses 5.6% active stake in 13D filing), BWEN +3.11% (announced new tower orders from Siemens (SI); Since the start of 2013, Broadwind has recorded $389 million in new tower orders), IRBT +2.85% (still checking), GGB +2.55% (still checking), VFC +2.53% (still checking), SRPT +2.3% (still checking), ESLT +2.26% (awarded options and risk reduction activities under extant contract valued at ~ $229 mln to supply additional battle management systems to the Australian Defence Forces), JBL +2.23% (up on AAPL/CHL), DDD +2.23% (still checking), CHL +2.17% (Apple and China Mobile confirmed they have entered into a multi-year iPhone agreement beginning Jan 17), HIMX +1.93% (potentially on AAPL/CHL deal), CUK +1.82% (still checking), FIVE +1.67% (still checking), CCL +1.42% (still checking)
Analyst comments: SKUL +4.3% ( upgraded to Buy from Neutral at ROTH Capital), LPSN +2.91% (upgraded to Buy at The Benchmark Company; tgt $17 ),