>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:
  • AZZ +5.3%, LUNG +2% (also CFO steps down; co guides Q3 revs above consensus), HPQ +1.3% (FY24 guidance, raises div), ASX +1% (Sep revs)
Other news:
  • VOXX +9.1% (GNTX to purchase 15.1% stake in VOXX from Avalon Park)
  • IMRN +7.6% (achieves record quarterly Travelan sales)
  • PLUG +5.6% (preferred supplier of 550 mw PEM electrolyzers to fortescue for proposed Gibson island project)
  • STRO +3.8% (Adage Capital Partners discloses 5.86% stake)
  • IVZ +3.3% (reports Sept AUM)
  • NVO +3% (to stop kidney related FLOW trial FLOW based on interim analysis)
  • OBIO +2.8% (stock offering by selling shareholders)
  • SILV +2.4% (provides Q3 operational results)
  • CVCY +1.8% (Central Valley Bancorp and Community West Bancshares (CWBC) to merge)
  • WBA +1.7% (names Tim Wentworth as CEO)
  • PXD +1.6% (ExxonMobil (XOM) announces merger with PXD in an all-stock transaction valued at $253/share)
  • CIVI +1.2% (stock offering by selling shareholders)
  • DHT +1.1% (provides business update for Q3)
  • THO +1% (increases dividend)
Analyst comments:
  • CAVA +3.5% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley)
  • OI +2.7% (upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays)
  • BALL +2.4% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
  • PPG +0.9% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)