>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:
  • TOUR +1.8%
M&A news:
  • MGCD +24.4% (Altus will acquire all outstanding shares of MGCD for $11.03/share in cash)
  • TIME +8.9% (to be acquired by Meredith Corp (MDP) for $18.50 per share), MDP +4.8%
  • CLNE +3.3% (Clean Energy Fuels and and Landi Renzo 'are combining their compressor manufacturing subsidiaries to form a new standalone company'), .
Other news:
  • SSC +43% (cont strength, closed 26% higher on Friday, trading higher with Bitcoin nearling $10,000)
  • MARA +29.4% (Cryptocurrency play MARA extends this week's break out to multi-month high)
  • CPRX +8% (reports 'positive' top-line results from a second Phase 3 clinical trial (LMS-003) of Firdapse)
  • RYB +6.6% (provides update: Police report indicates one teacher was detained for maltreatment of students; another fabricated info about child abuse)
  • UEPS +5.1% (continued stre ngth, +20.5% last week)
  • MDGS +3% (modestly rebounding following Friday's offering)
  • DRYS +2.8% (continued volatility in pre-mkt)
  • ALKS +2.4% (Alkermes and Biogen (BIIB) enter a global license and collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize ALKS 8700)
  • SHOP +1.7% (reports Black Friday sales exceeded $1 mln per minute at peak time)
Analyst comments:
  • ARWR +4.6% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray)
  • ROKU +4.1% (target raised to $50 at Needham)
  • SPRO +3.9% (initiated with a Buy at Stifel; tgt $26 (closed at 13.86 on Friday))
  • CIEN +3.3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill)
  • GSK +2.4% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS)
  • FNKO +2% (initiated with a Buy at Goldman; initiated with a Overweight at JP Morgan)
  • SBS +1.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • NGG +1.1% (upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse)