>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • SGH +10.8%, HOME +8.1%, NKE +4.3%, (also has acquired consumer data analytics firm Zodiac), KBH +3.8%, CTAS +1.7%

M&A news:

  • GSK +5.8% (GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) withdraws from process relating to Pfizer's Consumer Healthcare business)

Other news:

  • PACB +10.3% (prevails in patent eligibility ruling against Oxford Nanopore; trial is scheduled to occur in early 2020)
  • VTVT +4% (completes Phase 1b of Simplici-T1, an adaptive Phase 1b/2 study assessing the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety and tolerability of TTP399 in type 1 diabetes)
  • WYNN +3.5% (announces issuance and sale of 5.3 mln shares of common stock; Stephen Wynn's sale of 8.0 mln shares of common stock)
  • LFIN +0.8% (after closing at highs -- up 11% on the day)

Analyst comments:

  • CCL +1.4% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
  • DXCM +1.0% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Robert W. Baird)
  • DM +1.0% (downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley)
  • GIS +1.0% (upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna)