>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
: N/A.

M&A news:
  • SIEN +3% (to acquire Miramar Labs for an aggregate transaction value of $20 mln in upfront cash plus contractual rights for potential contingent payments)
Other news:
  • TROV +37% (enters into an agreement with AstraZeneca (AZN) to provide Trovera urine ctDNA biomarker test and services)
  • ABIL +16.6% (continued volatility in pre-mkt)
  • FCSC +16% (FDA has granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to FCX-013)
  • QIWI +12.7% (still checking)
  • APOP +9.1% (receives a formal notice of allowance for patent application No. 14/383,288 covering a key composition of matter and method of use)
  • XBIT +7.5% (modestly rebounding following Friday's declines)
  • GNMK +7.5% (receives 510(k) market clearance from the FDA for both its ePlex instrument and Respiratory Pathogen Panel)
  • EIGR +5.8% (announces positive data from the Phase 2 multiple-ascending dose study evaluating subcutaneous exendin 9-39)
  • MZOR +4.4% (modestly rebounding from last week's decline)
  • GTXI +4.2% (presents prelim data from its Phase 2 clinical trial of enobosarm)
  • GE +3.6% (names John Flannery Chairman and CEO; Jeff Immelt to retire at the end of the year)
  • CNIT +2.8% (signs $1 mln cloud-based ad terminal contract for Anhui Province)
  • HLT +2.4% (will replace Yahoo! in the S&P 500)
  • TSRO +2.3% (provides update regarding the status of a clinical trial of niraparib sponsored by Janssen Biotech (JNJ); temporary enrollment hold is not due to any safety concerns)
  • NVO +1.7% (presents study suggesting switching to Tresiba provides significant reductions in blood glucose and lower rates of hypoglycaemia)
Analyst comments:
  • VOD +1.3% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus)