>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • SIG +22.5%, CSIQ +10.7%, SCVL +9.7%, YRD +7.9%, MU +5.1%

Other news:

  • GPMT +60.4% (decided to suspend the Company's first quarter 2020 common stock dividend)
  • MFA +43.9% (will revoke its previously announced first quarter 2020 quarterly cash dividends on each of the Company's common stock and 7.50% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock)
  • DVAX +10% (Dynavax and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations collaborate to support global effort to develop a vaccine to prevent the coronavirus)
  • GRFS +8.6% (to collaborate with US govt to produce COVID-19 treatments)
  • NBLX +8.1% (approves a 73% reduction of the quarterly distribution)
  • TWO +5.7% (sells substantially all of its portfolio of non-Agency securities)
  • HPQ +3% (shares letter to shareholders regarding pandemic and XRX offer)
  • VIR +2.7% (enters into license agreement with XNCR for use of Xtend in treatment of COVID-19)
  • ALK +2.7% (announces suspension of cash dividend)
  • WORK +2.4% (reports simultaneously connected users increased from 10.5 million on March 16 to 12.5 million on March 25), . 

Analyst comments:

  • SYY +3.2% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • AMBA +2.4% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel)
  • MTD +0.5% (upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays)