>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • TITN +13.5%, BOX +8.9%, ANF +8.7%, NTAP +7.5%, FLWS +5.9%, SAFM +4.1%, CM +3%, MESO +2.6%, LANC +2.1%, DG +1.5%, TIF +1.4%, ESTC +1.1%, FRO +1.1%

M&A news:

  • BMCH +13.4% (Builders Firstsource (BLDR) and BMC Stock Holdings (BMCH) to merge); BLDR +1.1%

Other news:

  • CLVS +16.1% (receives FDA approval for FoundationOne Liquid CDx to serve as Rubraca (rucaparib) companion)
  • ABT +9% (receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for 15-minute COVID-19 Antigen test)
  • PSTI +7.3% (FDA cleared the company's EAP for the use of its PLX-PAD cells to treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome caused by COVID-19 outside of the company's ongoing Phase II COVID-19 study in the U.S)
  • GPRE +4% (granted motion to be dismis from lawsuit)
  • RDHL +2.4% (announced that its U.S. Phase 2 study with opaganib (Yeliva, ABC294640) in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, has successfully passed the first scheduled independent Safety Monitoring Committee review)
  • AMC +1.7% (to reopen additional 170 theatres)
  • CCL +1.2% (extends pause in cruise operations in Australia and New Zealand)
  • IGT +1% (expands PlaySports offering)
  • BCO +1% (enters accelerated share repurchase agreement to buy $50 mln of the company's common stock)

Analyst comments:

  • MGY +3.8% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
  • ARCB +3.4% (initiated with a Buy at Goldman)
  • APA +1.7% (upgraded to Outperform from In-line at Evercore ISI)
  • SQ +1.4% (initiated with a Buy at Mizuho)
  • EV +1.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)