>>> US Gapping up


Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • CSBR +19.5%, SHLD +18.2%, RLGT +16.3%, ADBE +0.4%

Other news:

  • STAA +10.4% (continued strength after announcing FDA approval of the PMA Supplement for the Visian Toric ICL)
  • RLGY +5.2% (to replace Education Realty Trust (EDR) in the S&P MidCap 400)
  • EXTR +2.2% (CFO to leave co; Co also reaffirms Q1 guidance, given Aug 8)
  • CASI +2.1% (announces $48.5 mln private placement)
  • LB +2% (to close all 23 Henri Bendel stores and the Henri Bendel e-commerce website in 2019)
  • DOCU +1.3% (prices secondary offering of 8,060,550 shares of common stock at $55.00 per share, prices upsized offering of $500 mln principal amount of 0.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023)
  • INXN +1.2% (increases its 2018 annual capital expenditure guidance range to EUR 425 million to EUR 450 million)

Analyst comments:

  • ARGX +6.1% (initiated with Buy at Stifel)
  • GLW +2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup)
  • PRSP +1.9% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo)
  • WIX +1.6% (initiated with a Outperform at Wedbush)
  • ESPR +1.4% (ticking higher; resumed with Buy at Stifel)
  • YELP +1.2% (initiated with a Outperform at Wedbush)
  • VNDA +1.1% (initiated with Buy at Stifel)
  • ZGNX +1.1% (initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill)
  • SHOP +1% (initiated with a Outperform at Wedbush)
  • GRUB +1% (initiated with a Outperform at Wedbush ; tgt $180 and also added to Best Ideas List)
  • PH +1% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Buckingham Research)
  • VFC +0.9% (upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Cowen)
  • SRPT +0.8% (resumed with a Buy at BofA/Merrill)