>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
: APOG +7.4%, MSTX +6.6%, PIR +4.7%, WBA +3.4%, LB +1.4%, DDC +0.8%

M&A news: INFN +2% (announces offer to acquire Transmode)

Select China related names showing strength: MCP +13.5%, SHI +12.4%, FENG +8.2%, SFUN +6.2%, PTR +3.8%, LEJU +3.4%, WYNN +2.4%, HSBC +1.1%, .


Select oil/gas related names showing strength: RIG +1.4%, PBR +1.2%, STO +1%, TOT +0.8%

Other news: NVGN +44.3% (announced that studies conducted at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute revealed that experimental drug, Anisina, killed melanoma cells irrespective of their mutational status), WPCS +35.1% (announced that its domestic operation was awarded $14.4 million in new contracts during the month of March 2015), MPET +21.8% (continued volatility in the name pre-mkt), FNJN +8.1% (announced thaty have signed a patent license agreement), AMCN +8.1% (granted wi-fi concession right on ordinary trains operated by Shanghai Railway Bureau), INO +7.9% (higher following CEO appearance on CNBC discussing $45 mln Ebola grant, also announces its Immunotherapy activates robust In Vivo T Cell responses in head and neck cancer patients), SLTD +7.8% (Solar3D's SUNworks division achieves record sales in March), MUX +5% (provides robbery update; maintains production guidance), TASR +4.1% (announces an order from the London Police Department for 178 AXON body cameras; the order was received and shipped in the first quarter of 2015), DBVT +3.5% (receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Viaskin Peanut for the treatment of peanut allergy in children), CTP +2.8% (announced new debt financing amendment to credit facility; co intends to file Form 10-K on or before April 15, 2015), UAL +2.7% (reports March 2015 operational results), BAM +1.9% (announced three-for-two stock split and dividend increase of 6% per share), WG +1.5% (KKR Credit Advisors disclosed 16.6% active stake in 13D filing), BIDU +1.2% (Putian Healthcare Industry Chamber of Commerce has suspended its boycott of Baidu's advertising service, according to reports), BABA +1.1% (Alibaba and COST issue joint statement regarding false claims of distribution channels of Costco products sold in China)

Analyst comments: PLUG +2.4% (initiated with a Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; tgt $3), RIBT +2.2% (initiated with a Buy at Maxim Group; tgt $7), IHG +1.4% (upgraded to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies), CGIX +1.4% (initiated with a Buy at Janney), XENT +1.1% (initiated with a Buy at CRT Capital), DNKN +0.7% (added to U.S. Focus List at Credit Suisse), SWN +0.6% (upgraded to Buy at Johnson Rice
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