>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
: SANM +12.5%, INFY +11.9%, BXS +2.3%, ABG +1.8%, HOG +1.8%, CNI +1.5%, TRV +1.4%, MAN +1.4%, LXK +1%, AMTD +1%, CCK +0.9%, SBNY +0.7%, WWD +0.6%, STLD +0.6%, EDU +0.6%


Select metals/mining stocks trading higher: IAG +5.9%, ABX +4.2%, KGC +4.2%, AUY +3.8%, AUY +3.8%, GG +3.4%, GFI +3.2%, PAAS +2.7%, GOLD +2.7%, HL +2.4%, AEM +2.3%, RGLD +2.3%, NEM +1.9%, GDX +1.8%, FCX +1.7%, SLW +1.2%, MT +1.1%

Other news: FRO +12.1% (still checking), FNF +4.5% (increases quarterly dividend to $0.21 from $0.19/share; approved new FNF Group three-year stock repurchase program), CNX +3.5% (Southeastern Asset Management discloses 21.1% active stake in 13D filing), CZR +3.2% (enters into a restructuring agreement with holders of a significant amount of CEOC's second-lien notes), GPRO +3% (cont strength), WIT +2.7% (in symp with INFY), CHU +2.7% (reports operational statistics for the month of June 2015), TLOG +1.8% (TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals says it intends to initiate a combination single ascending dose/multiple ascending dose clinical trial, with birinapant as a single agent, in chronic HBV subjects), CNHI +1.6% (still checking), MDCA+1.4% (announced that Miles S. Nadal has retired as CEO and Chairman of the Board; Scott L. Kauffman named Chairman and CEO; Michael Sabatino, formerly Chief Accounting Officer, has resigned; co also reaffirmed FY15 guidance), TOT +0.8% (reports it has started production from Dalia Phase 1A)

Analyst comments: ANAC +3.6% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman), GIS +1.6% (upgraded to Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts), COT +1.1% (initiated with a Outperform at Credit Suisse), FB +1% (added to US 1 List at BofA/Merrill ), PYPL +0.8% (initiated with a Buy at BTIG Research, among others)