Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance:
- DXCM +23.6% (announces retirement of Executive Chairman Terry Gregg; appoints Kevin Sayer Chairman of the Board), STAA +19.1%, ESIO +18%, RUBI +15.1%, GIL +13.5%, TROX +13.1%, HABT +12.5%, EVFM +10.1%, PS +8.6%, TSLA +8.1%, TK +7.7%, HUBG +7.6%, AGO +7.5%, VNDA +6.5%, FTNT +6.4%, NTR +5.9%, ATRC +5.8%, GMED +5.5%, WTI +5.5%, GLMD +5.3%, IRTC +5.2%, LSI +5%, CF +4.7%, INAP +4.7%, VEON +4.6%, KW +4.5%, HIIQ +4.3%, INOV +4.2%, CENX +4.1%, DNOW +3.7%, TNK +3.6%, WIFI +3.4%, ZNGA +3.4%, BLDP +3.3%, CNO +3.2% (Bankers Life unit entered into agreement with Wilton Reassurance to reinsure block; expected to close no later than the end of 2018), GTES +3.2%, FIT +3%, MOD +2.9%, APTI +2.8%, GPN +2.8%, CTRE +2.6%, REGN +2.4%, TDOC +2.3%, CLX +2.3%, GEO +2.1%, CI +2%, HLF +1.8%, ESPR +1.7%, DRAD +1.5%, TSLX +1.4%, ARES +1.4%, TOO +1.2%, PF +1.2%, FOXF +1.1%, AKG +1%
Other news:
- QTRH +27.8% (attributed to favorable patent decision in suit vs. Apple)
- ETP +9.6% (Energy Transfer Equity to acquire Energy Transfer Partners in unit-for-unit simplification transaction)
- DNLI +6.8% (announces 'positive' clinical results from Phase 1 LRRK2 inhibitor program for Parkinson's disease )
- BCRX +3.3% (prices offering of 9,090,910 shares of its common stock at $5.50 per share)
- HEAR +2.1% (following CNBC MadMoney mention)
- CI +2% (after seeing late move higher on reports of a stake by activist Carl Icahn and his plans to vote against the Express Scripts (ESRX) merger)
Analyst comments:
- RACE +3.4% (upgraded to Equal-Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley)
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