>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:
  • AAOI +18.4%, ( raises Q3 guidance ), FRAN +13.7%, WDC +6.2%, MBUU +4.7%, HQY +4.1%,
  • BZH +2.9%, (announces preliminary results for the first two months of its fiscal Q4), AGX +2.3%, SCWX +1%
Other news:
  • RTRX +25.9% (announces positive top-line results from the Phase 2 DUET study of sparsentan)
  • CRIS +19.3% (announces its collaborator, Aurigene Discovery Technologies, will receive 10.2 million shares of its common stock at $2.40/share)
  • AGIO +13.3% (nnounced that its collaboration partner Celgene (CELG) expects to submit a new drug application for enasidenib)
  • XTLB +13.2% ( announces the European Patent Office has granted a patent for lupus drug candidate hCDR1)
  • GVP +11.7% (receives contracts to provide updates to nuclear site simulator platforms for customers in the UK and Japan; two projects add over $6 mln to its backlog and include options that could grow backlog significantly further)
  • CLCD +9.7% (after 100%+ move higher on Tuesday)
  • PGNX +7% (Valeant Pharma and Progenics announce the U.S. commercial launch Of FDA-approved Relistor Tablets; poster presentations to highlight RELISTOR tablets during PAINWeek in Las Vegas, on September 6-10)
  • BLRX +6.7% (enters a collaboration w/ Roche Group)
  • RPTP +6% (presents data from Meta-Analysis demonstrating efficacy of QUINSAIR)
  • CMG +5.7% ( Pershing Square discloses 9.9% active stake, intends to engage in discussions with management and the Board)
  • STX +3.4% (in sympathy with WDC)
  • VRX +2.3% (Valeant Pharma and Progenics announce the U.S. commercial launch Of FDA-approved Relistor Tablets; poster presentations to highlight RELISTOR tablets during PAINWeek in Las Vegas, on September 6-10)
  • CS +1.6% (announced that Tim O'Hara will be succeeded by Brian Chin, currently Co-Head of Credit, as CEO of Global Marketsg)
  • MYL +1.4% (modestly rebounding following yesterday's weakness)
Analyst comments:
  • AV +1.3% (upgraded to Buy at UBS)
  • SGEN +0.7% (initiated with a Overweight at Morgan Stanley)
  • COP +0.6% (upgraded to Hold at Jefferies)