Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: RDWR +4.8%.
M&A news: SIRI +7.8%, LMCA +1.8% ( Liberty Media announces proposal to make Sirius XM Holdings a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty), JOSB +5.5% ( Men's Wearhouse ommences cash tender offer for Jos. A. Bank at $57.50 per share), TWC +3.8% (LMCA exec comments on M&A potential), PACR +3.2% (Pacer Intl confirms it will be acquired by XPO Logistics in a deal valued at $335 mln; shareholders of PACR will receive $6.00 in cash and $3.00 of XPO common stock; transaction to be significantly and immediately accretive), TSU +-3.1% ( Telefonica has denied reports it is considering bid for TSU Brazil ), .
Select solar related names showing strength boosted by reports indicating China plans more support to solar industry: SOL +6.9% (panels to power 420 MW solar project in Japan), SCTY +5.6% (positive mention on MadMoney; upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman; added to Conviction Buy list ), RSOL +4.5%, JKS +4.5% (signs RMB 400 mln 15-year project loan agreements with China Development Bank), TSL +4.2%, YGE +3.6% (supplies 1 MW of solar panels to Serbia's 2nd largest solar project ),SPWR +0.8%, .
Other news: PPHM +26.9% (receives FDA Fast Track designation for its immunotherapy Bavituximab as a potential treatment of second-line non-small cell lung cancer), ATHX +18.5% (may be attributed to positive blog mention highlighting treatment for ischemic stroke), FNF +6.6% (announces formation of Black Knight Financial Services and issuance of a 35% interest in two Black Knight operating subsidiaries to Thomas Lee Partners), MSTX +6% (announces positive data in model for heart failure), OXBT +5% ( Announces Key Details of Phase 3 Trial Protocol for levosimendan; The Phase 3 trial will be conducted in approximately 50 major cardiac surgery centers in North America), IDIX +4.1% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS; appoints Jacques Dumas, PhD, as Chief Scientific Officer ), PLUG +3.8% (continued strength), GLPI +3.5% (declares special dividend of $11.85 per share), QIHU +2.8% (still checking), ZNGA +2.8% (WSJ Digits details news that Zynga will accept bit coin for online gaming payments), RMBS +2.7% (signs comprehensive agreement with Samsung (SSNLF); enabling broad adoption of Rambus technologies for inclusion into Samsung products), YONG +2% ( establishes the close of business on Jan 10, 2014 as the record date for Special Meeting of Shareholders to approve merger agreement), TWGP +2% (announced that on January 3, 2014 it entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with ACPRe Ltd; following the settlement of all outstanding equity awards, will be converted into the right to receive $3.00 in cash), NOV +1.7% (still checking), BA +1.5% (announces 8 year IAM 751 contract extension; Boeing, Air Algerie announced commitment for eight next-generation 737-800s; order will be worth $724 mln at list prices ), TMUS +1.5% (T-Mobile US to acquire 700 MHz A-Block Spectrum from Verizon Wireless), DDD +1.3% (3D Systems Recasts the Consumer 3D Printing Experience With New Cube 3), BAC +1.2% (still checking), CTIC +0.9% (receives positive final appraisal determination from NICE), DAL +0.9% (positive mention on MadMoney), TCS +0.6% (positive mention on MadMoney).
Analyst comments: CALL +2.6% (initiated with a Buy at Canaccord Genuity), TRLA +2.3% (upgraded to Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts), PVA +2.2% (Penn Virginia: Hearing named as top pick and suggested as M&A target at SunTrust), GNW +2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS), MGM +1.7% (MGM Resorts upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup), HBAN +1.3% ( upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclay), BSX +1.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley), Z +1.1% (upgraded to Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts), WYNN +1% (Wynn Resorts upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup), ABT +0.9% (Abbott Labs upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley), RF +0.7% (Regions Financial upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank), MDT +0.6% ( upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
M&A news: SIRI +7.8%, LMCA +1.8% ( Liberty Media announces proposal to make Sirius XM Holdings a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty), JOSB +5.5% ( Men's Wearhouse ommences cash tender offer for Jos. A. Bank at $57.50 per share), TWC +3.8% (LMCA exec comments on M&A potential), PACR +3.2% (Pacer Intl confirms it will be acquired by XPO Logistics in a deal valued at $335 mln; shareholders of PACR will receive $6.00 in cash and $3.00 of XPO common stock; transaction to be significantly and immediately accretive), TSU +-3.1% ( Telefonica has denied reports it is considering bid for TSU Brazil ), .
Select solar related names showing strength boosted by reports indicating China plans more support to solar industry: SOL +6.9% (panels to power 420 MW solar project in Japan), SCTY +5.6% (positive mention on MadMoney; upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman; added to Conviction Buy list ), RSOL +4.5%, JKS +4.5% (signs RMB 400 mln 15-year project loan agreements with China Development Bank), TSL +4.2%, YGE +3.6% (supplies 1 MW of solar panels to Serbia's 2nd largest solar project ),SPWR +0.8%, .
Other news: PPHM +26.9% (receives FDA Fast Track designation for its immunotherapy Bavituximab as a potential treatment of second-line non-small cell lung cancer), ATHX +18.5% (may be attributed to positive blog mention highlighting treatment for ischemic stroke), FNF +6.6% (announces formation of Black Knight Financial Services and issuance of a 35% interest in two Black Knight operating subsidiaries to Thomas Lee Partners), MSTX +6% (announces positive data in model for heart failure), OXBT +5% ( Announces Key Details of Phase 3 Trial Protocol for levosimendan; The Phase 3 trial will be conducted in approximately 50 major cardiac surgery centers in North America), IDIX +4.1% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS; appoints Jacques Dumas, PhD, as Chief Scientific Officer ), PLUG +3.8% (continued strength), GLPI +3.5% (declares special dividend of $11.85 per share), QIHU +2.8% (still checking), ZNGA +2.8% (WSJ Digits details news that Zynga will accept bit coin for online gaming payments), RMBS +2.7% (signs comprehensive agreement with Samsung (SSNLF); enabling broad adoption of Rambus technologies for inclusion into Samsung products), YONG +2% ( establishes the close of business on Jan 10, 2014 as the record date for Special Meeting of Shareholders to approve merger agreement), TWGP +2% (announced that on January 3, 2014 it entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with ACPRe Ltd; following the settlement of all outstanding equity awards, will be converted into the right to receive $3.00 in cash), NOV +1.7% (still checking), BA +1.5% (announces 8 year IAM 751 contract extension; Boeing, Air Algerie announced commitment for eight next-generation 737-800s; order will be worth $724 mln at list prices ), TMUS +1.5% (T-Mobile US to acquire 700 MHz A-Block Spectrum from Verizon Wireless), DDD +1.3% (3D Systems Recasts the Consumer 3D Printing Experience With New Cube 3), BAC +1.2% (still checking), CTIC +0.9% (receives positive final appraisal determination from NICE), DAL +0.9% (positive mention on MadMoney), TCS +0.6% (positive mention on MadMoney).
Analyst comments: CALL +2.6% (initiated with a Buy at Canaccord Genuity), TRLA +2.3% (upgraded to Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts), PVA +2.2% (Penn Virginia: Hearing named as top pick and suggested as M&A target at SunTrust), GNW +2% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS), MGM +1.7% (MGM Resorts upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup), HBAN +1.3% ( upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclay), BSX +1.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley), Z +1.1% (upgraded to Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts), WYNN +1% (Wynn Resorts upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup), ABT +0.9% (Abbott Labs upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley), RF +0.7% (Regions Financial upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank), MDT +0.6% ( upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)