>>> US Gapping up


Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • TOL +7.7%, FN +6.7%, MDT +4.1%

Other news:

  • CRON +5.9% (announces 'its initial supply agreements for retail distribution, both government-operated and private, across Canada for the upcoming launch of the recreational market in October 2018)
  • TLRY +4.5% (signs agreement with the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation to supply the province of Ontario with an array of cannabis products in anticipation of the launch of the adult-use market on October 17)
  • NOK +1.5% (outlines licensing rate expectations for 5G mobile phones)
  • AZN +1.4% (Tagrisso approved in Japan for 1st-line treatment of EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer)
  • CVSI +1% (after closing more than 35% lower following Citron report)
  • GTN +0.9% (confirms agreements to sell television stations in eight markets -- proposed divestitures will close concurrently with the closing of the Gray/Raycom transaction)

Analyst comments:

  • VTL +7.8% (initiated with Overweight rating and $18 tgt at Cantor Fitzgerald)
  • DISCA +2.1% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • SYMC +2% (upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna)
  • FND +1.6% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • AVNS +1.3% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Raymond James)
  • EL +1.2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at DA Davidson)
  • CDAY +0.8% (initiated with Buy at Guggenheim)
  • WDAY +0.5% (initiated with Buy at Guggenheim)