>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • OLLI +11.4%, PLAB +7.5%, VRA +6.7%, PLAY +1.9%

Other news:

  • XERS +11.1% ( reports "positive" topline results from the in-clinic stage of the Phase 2 study of its developmental ready-to-use glucagon in patients at risk of postprandial hypoglycemia following bariatric surgery)
  • CHH +9.5% (to join S&P MidCap 400)
  • XCUR +8.7% (provides update from Phase 1b/2 trial with AST-008 in patients with solid tumors, says preliminary data show signs of activity in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma)
  • WRTC +7.2% (President Tom Smith is scheduled to be interviewed live tomorrow morning at 8:50 a.m. ET in-studio on Morning's With Maria on the Fox Business Network program)
  • BCRX +4.9% (submits new drug application to the FDA for approval of oral, once daily berotralstat for the prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks)
  • QFIN +4.7% (informed by Hongyi Zhou and certain management that they have reached an agreement with FountainVest Partners to jointly invest up to $60 mln to purchase shares in the next twelve months)
  • PCG +2.8% (continued strength)
  • LDOS +2.6% (awarded $6.5 bln Defense Information Systems Agency contract)
  • PACK +2.2% (prices registered underwritten public offering of 15,384,616 shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $6.50 per share)
  • PLT +1.2% (to join S&P SmallCap 600)

Analyst comments:

  • FTV +1.6% (upgraded to Overweight at Morgan Stanley)
  • REAL +1.4% (initiated with a Buy at DA Davidson)