>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance:

BTE +12.8%, TNTR +10.4%, AMRC +10.2%, ALOG +10.1%, TEDU +8.3%, HAIR +6.3%,BZUN +6.3%, NX +5.2%, EGLE +4.8%, PQ +4.2%, YY +3.5%, CARS +3.5%, ANAB+2.5%, KLXI +2.4%, CIEN +2.3%, PARR +1.8%, NVGS +1.8%, LOGI +1.1%, (guidance),FAST +0.5%, (Feb Sales)

M&A news:

CAG +1.9% (ConAgra responds to FTC decision to challenge the sale of Wesson oil to The J.M. Smucker - disagrees with the Commission's decision; to review all of options)

Other news:

QDEL +5.1% (receives FDA clearance for its point-of-care Sofia Lyme Fluorescent Immunoassay)
TI +4.3% (indicated higher on reports of Paul Singer' Elliott Management stake)
MU +2.2% (positive Cramer mention)
HL +1.9% (receives $31.6 million loan investment in Hecla from Ressources Quebec)
BOJA +1.8% (CEO Clifton Rutledge resigns for personal reasons; co puts current Director James "Randy" Kibler in place as Interim President and CEO), GOGO +1.5% (CEO Michael Small steps down, co appoints appoints Oakleigh Thorne as President and CEO)
ADRO +1.5% (earned a $3.0 mln development milestone payment under its worldwide licensing agreement with Merck for the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial of its anti-CD27 antibody)
GSK +1.3% (reports new clinical data demonstrate high vaccine efficacy of Fluarix Tetra in children 6-35 months of age)

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