>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
: GNW +17.1%, GIMO +16.6%, AMZN +12%, EXPE +10.8%, EHTH +10.2%, LOGM+9.9%, YRCW +9.7%, P +9.6%, OUTR +8.5%, LNKD +7.9%, SNMX +7.8%, LNKD +7.3%, SKYW +6.8%, CYBE +6.8%, CLD+6.8%, BGS +6.1%, SHPG +5.9%, CBM +5.7%, OFIX +5.4%, RCL +4.9%, QLIK +4.8%, BIDU +4.5%, TNDM +3.9%, NLNK+3.9%, HST +3.7%, SCSS +3.6%, ALDR +3.3%, NWL +3.3%, ERJ +3.1%, JNPR +2.5%, ENVA +2.5%, AZN +2.5%, ABAX+2.4%, NVO +2.4%, AIV +2.3%, DRAD +2.3%, NUS +2.2%, DLR +2.2%, VFC +2.1%, PEG +2.1%, N +2%, GLPG +1.8%,AMC +1.8%, ALGN +1.6%, (also additional $300 mln to its existing share repurchase program), ATHN +1.5%, CPN +1.4%, AEM+1.3%, IDXX +1.2%, PSO +1.2%, AZPN +1.1%, TFSL +1.1%, PFG +0.9%

M&A news: ROVI +7.5% (To acquire TIVO for $1.1 bln), TIVO +6.4% (to be acquired by Rovi (ROVI) for $10.70/share, or ~$1.1 bln), NWBI +6.3% (Northwest Bancshares to acquire $1.7 bln in deposits and 18 First Niagara Branches in Buffalo New York subject to closing of the $1.0 bln merger with KeyCorp/First Niagara Financial Group)


Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: FCX +4.7%, CLF +3.7%, MT +2.7%, SLW +2.5%, HL +2.2%, KGC +2.1%,VALE +2%, PAAS +1.6%, NEM +1.5%

Other news: PRGN +73.1% (continued momentum higher), SDRL +13.3% (amends secured credit facilities), REN +2.6% (says has not reached an agreement on the terms of a Possible Transaction with various noteholders, discussions are not ongoing at this time), PCLN +2.1% (following EXPE results), GLPG +1.8% (Galapagos and AbbVie (ABBV) expand their cystic fibrosis collaboration; milestones increased from $350 to $600 mln), TBPH +1.1% (upsizes offering and prices 4,765,000 ordinary shares at $21.00 per share), .