Gapping up In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: CBRL +4.5%, HTGM +4.2%, (also HTG Molecular Diagnostics and MD Anderson Cancer Center enter into a sponsored research agreement to investigate new molecular diagnostics for lung cancer ), CONN +4.1%, PVH +3.5%, DG +3%, MDT +0.6%, AMWD +0.4%
M&A news: TA +10.8% (enters sale leaseback transactions wtih Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT); expects net proceeds of $352 million), JUNO +1.7% (acquisition of X-BODY, Inc for initial consideration of approx $21 mln in cash and 439,265 shares ofJuno stock)
Select EU financial related names showing strength: SAN +2.3%, CS +2.3%, ING +1.9%, DB +1.7%, NBG +1.5%
Select oil/gas related names showing strength: MPET +6.8%, STO +2.3%, TOT +1.9%, SDRL +1.7%, RIG +1.6%, WLL +0.8%
Other news: AVEO +10.5% (Cigna (CI) announces will now cover Biodesix' Veristat), DRNA +8.2% (presented preliminary safety and efficacy data from DCR-MYC Phase 1 study in patients with advanced solid tumors at ASCO: Evidence of clinical anti-tumor activity seen in two patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors), HTGC +7.2% (announced that Robert Lake has joined the Co as chief credit officer), YGE +5.8% (announces it has been chosen as a preferred supplier to Vivint Solar (VSLR)), PLUG +5.6% (announces an expansion contract with Walmart (WMT) Canada), YOKU +4.9% (partners with Disney (DIS) for its Marvel marketing platform in China), NQ +2.6% (still checking), TS +2.5% (issues restatement for 2014), CS +2.4% (still checking), PBR +1.6% (announced the pricing of its 100-year Global Notes denominated in USD), BBRY +1.3% (slightly rebounding following yday's decline)
Analyst comments: VICL +11.9% (initiated with a Buy at ROTH Capital; tgt $4.65), ZION +5.6% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Guggenheim; upgraded to Buy from Underperform at Credit Agricole), SN +2.3% (upgraded to Buy from Accumulate at KLR Group ), BIG +1.8% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays), ONTY +1.3% (postive comments at Mizuho), TTMI +1% (resumed with a Overweight at JP Morgan), WLL +0.7% (initiated with a Buy at Evercore ISI), BUD +0.5% (upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna)