>>> US Gapping Up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • MU +8.8%, RAD +4%, NKE +3.6%,

Other news:

  • IMV +8.6% (announces finalization of the basket clinical study in collaboration with Merck (MRK) and reveals promising top line data from the bladder and MSI-High Cohorts)
  • TMST +3.2% (authorizes share repurchase program for up to $50 mln of common stock; Board of Directors also approves 2022 capital expenditure budget for $40 mln)
  • FTAI +2.7% (submitted documentation with respect to potential spin-off of infrastructure business)
  • NKLA +2.6% (confirms settlement agreement with SEC)
  • PROG +2.5% (completes exit from laboratory business through asset sale to Northwest Pathology)
  • FSR +2% (partners with Bridgestone (BRDCY) for comprehensive after-sales and related maintenance solutions in France and Germany)
  • HAYW +1.6% (approved new $450 mln stock repurchase program)
  • LLY +1.5% (lebrikizumab demonstrated significant skin improvement and itch relief when combined with topical corticosteroids in people with atopic dermatitis in third Phase 3 study)
  • SNY +1.1% (to acquire Amunix immuno-oncology pipeline with next generation Conditionally Activated Biologics)
  • BA +1% (awarded $330 mln Air Force contract)
  • NVS +1% (Sandoz submits Biologics License Application for proposed biosimilar trastuzumab to US FDA)  

Analyst comments:

  • PTEN +5.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Sandler)
  • WEJO +5.3% (initiated with an Outperform at Wedbush)
  • MKFG +5.2% (initiated with a Buy at Goldman)
  • KLAC +4.4% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Wells Fargo)
  • VUZI +3.6% ( initiated with a Buy at Dawson James)
  • HIPO +2.6% (initiated with an Overweight at Morgan Stanley)
  • RMD +1.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Sector Weight at KeyBanc),