>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • WGO +0.6%

 Other news:

  • TLSA +10% (enters collaboration with FHI clinical to conduct a Phase 2 clinical trial for treating hospitalized severe COVID-19 patients with intranasal Foralumab)
  • LOOP +8.9% (entered into ~$56.5 mln Securities Purchase Agreement with SK global chemical Co)
  • CDR +4.4% (closes on sale of shopping ctr for $89.7 mln)
  • GSK +4% (provides long-term targets for investor update; GSK aims to deliver sales of more than £33 bln by 2031)
  • VBIV +3.9% (VBI Vaccines and Brii Biosciences reports completed Phase 1b/2a study on BRII-179)
  • PEI +3.8% (Pennsylvania R.E.I.T. highlighted several factors contributing to its optimism about the recovery of its communities)
  • CFMS +3.6% (receives exclusive distribution agreement in China)
  • SCR +3% (Canada passes bill to allow for single-game wagering)
  • NKLA +2.8% (to invest $50 mln in Wabash Valley Resources)
  • BGNE +2.1% (receives NMPA approval for Tislelizumab)
  • BTBT +2% (Wise Gain Inv discloses 12.28% stake)
  • HOLX +1.9% (receives CE Mark for molecular assay to quantify human cytomegalovirus)
  • SHAK +1.8% (to open 10 new Shacks in territories in China by 2031)
  • CLNE +1.7% (forces conversion of BP's Class B Units into Class A Units relating to joint venture)
  • VAL +1.4% (wins contract with North Oil Company offshore Qatar)
  • ARWR +1.3% (resented positive interim results from AROHSD1001)
  • NTNX +1.2% (names new board chair)
  • AZN +1.2% (HUTCHMED and AstraZeneca's (AZN) Orpathys receives approval China)
  • DHC +1% (files mixed securities shelf offering)
  • MGA +1% (MGA discloses 7.4% stake in FSR related to vested warrants)
  • KBR +1% (won a follow-on $58.1 million task order to provide sustainment engineering services for U.S. Air Force systems) . 

Analyst comments:

  • TH +7.2% (upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer)
  • PTEN +2.4% (upgraded to Outperform from In-line at Evercore ISI)
  • ACN +2% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Exane BNP Paribas)
  • KGC +2% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse)
  • URI +1.6% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup)
  • PH +1.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Sector Weight at KeyBanc Capital Markets)