>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up

M&A news:

  • ESCA +3% (to purchase the assets of the Brunswick Billiards® business from Life Fitness, LLC, a portfolio company of KPS Capital Partners, LP), RPAY +1.2% (acquired Payix for up to $115 mln) .

Other news:

  • TSLA +7% (reports Q4 deliveries +71% yr/yr to 308,000 vehicles)
  • GILT +5.2% (announced that one of the world's largest Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) will deploy 4G cellular backhaul over satellite technology)
  • HOLI +3.3% (CEO resignation)
  • SPRO +3.1% (announces FDA acceptance and priority review of new drug application for tebipenem hbr for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections including pyelonephritis) LI +3% (Announced that the Company delivered 14,087 Li ONEs in December 2021, representing a 130.0% increase yr/yr)
  • NIO +2.3% (provides December and Q4 delivery update)
  • XPEV +2.1% (reports 16,000 vehicles delivered in December 2021, a 181% increase yr/yr)
  • MLCO +1.5% (reported December gross revs +1.8 yr/yr to HKD 7.962 bln versus +0.1% in November of 2021)
  • NMRK +1% (announces agreement with leading commercial real estate services group in Poland),  

Analyst comments:

  • WOLF +4.7% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Sandler)
  • IIVI +3.8% (upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Raymond James)
  • SE +2.6% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA)
  • RKT +2.1% (upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Wedbush)
  • BXP +1.5% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank),