Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: ENVI +33.1%, CTRP +17.9%, RALY +10.9%, GMAN +7.6%, MFRM +5.6%, DRI +4.8%, KBH +4.8%, NKE +4.7%, CMCM +4.7%, MBLX +3.7%, NWY +3.1%, ISNS +2.9%, SAP +2.6%, AGRO +2.3%
M&A news: VGGL +36.6% (announces its executive chairman and CEO has proposed to acquire, either individually or through his affiliates, 25% of the company's Wetpaint business for $10 mln in cash)
Select EU financial related names showing strength: NBG +3.3%, SAN +3.1%, DB +2.6%, RBS +1%
Other news: PRTA +42% (announces positive results from a Phase 1 single ascending dose study of PRX002, a monoclonal antibody for the potential treatment of Parkinson's disease and other related synucleinopathies ), SPEX +31.1% (provides update regarding Spherix v. VTech, Case and Spherix v. Uniden Case), VBLT +18.1% (cont strength), ICPT +12.1% (announces new subgroup analyses from the Phase 2b FLINT trial of obeticholic acid in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis), BIIB +6.9% (announces data from a pre-specified interim analysis of PRIME ), CRH +5.8% (expected to benefit from Lafarge/Holcim merger), TKMR +3.4% (prices its upsized 7.5 mln share secondary offering at $20.25 per share), ESPR +3% (positive commentary on Thursday's Mad Money), OXGN +3% (announces $10 million at-the-market registered direct offering, shares offered at $1.7125/share), EXA +2.5% (Soros Fund discloses 9.15% passive stake in 13G filing), JKS +2.1% (announces agreement to supply 75 MWdc of its PV solar modules for the Red Horse 2 Wind and Solar project; also and Dupont (DD) sign collaboration agreement), AVEO +2% (regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid listing rule) SAND +1.9% (announces agreement to restructure gold stream and loan agreement with Luna Gold), AAL +1% (positive commentary on Thursday's Mad Money), SONC +1% (positive commentary on Thursday's Mad Money), SNY +0.9% (co and and Evotec sign definitive agreement for major multi-component strategic alliance)
Analyst comments: PIR +5.1% (upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer), STM +2.9% (upgraded to Equal-Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley), OC +2.6% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays), CELG +2.1% (target raised to $144 from $135 at Piper Jaffray), HON +1.7% (added to Americas Conviction Buy List at Goldman), AUY +1.6% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at HSBC Securities), HW +1.1% (initiated with a Buy at Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey), ABAX +1% (target raised to $72 from $66 at Canaccord Genuity), BKU +0.9% (initiated with a Buy at UBS), SHPG +0.8% (upgraded to Outperform at Bernstein), MMS +0.7% (initiated with a Outperform at Wells Fargo)
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: ENVI +33.1%, CTRP +17.9%, RALY +10.9%, GMAN +7.6%, MFRM +5.6%, DRI +4.8%, KBH +4.8%, NKE +4.7%, CMCM +4.7%, MBLX +3.7%, NWY +3.1%, ISNS +2.9%, SAP +2.6%, AGRO +2.3%
M&A news: VGGL +36.6% (announces its executive chairman and CEO has proposed to acquire, either individually or through his affiliates, 25% of the company's Wetpaint business for $10 mln in cash)
Select EU financial related names showing strength: NBG +3.3%, SAN +3.1%, DB +2.6%, RBS +1%
Other news: PRTA +42% (announces positive results from a Phase 1 single ascending dose study of PRX002, a monoclonal antibody for the potential treatment of Parkinson's disease and other related synucleinopathies ), SPEX +31.1% (provides update regarding Spherix v. VTech, Case and Spherix v. Uniden Case), VBLT +18.1% (cont strength), ICPT +12.1% (announces new subgroup analyses from the Phase 2b FLINT trial of obeticholic acid in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis), BIIB +6.9% (announces data from a pre-specified interim analysis of PRIME ), CRH +5.8% (expected to benefit from Lafarge/Holcim merger), TKMR +3.4% (prices its upsized 7.5 mln share secondary offering at $20.25 per share), ESPR +3% (positive commentary on Thursday's Mad Money), OXGN +3% (announces $10 million at-the-market registered direct offering, shares offered at $1.7125/share), EXA +2.5% (Soros Fund discloses 9.15% passive stake in 13G filing), JKS +2.1% (announces agreement to supply 75 MWdc of its PV solar modules for the Red Horse 2 Wind and Solar project; also and Dupont (DD) sign collaboration agreement), AVEO +2% (regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid listing rule) SAND +1.9% (announces agreement to restructure gold stream and loan agreement with Luna Gold), AAL +1% (positive commentary on Thursday's Mad Money), SONC +1% (positive commentary on Thursday's Mad Money), SNY +0.9% (co and and Evotec sign definitive agreement for major multi-component strategic alliance)
Analyst comments: PIR +5.1% (upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer), STM +2.9% (upgraded to Equal-Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley), OC +2.6% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays), CELG +2.1% (target raised to $144 from $135 at Piper Jaffray), HON +1.7% (added to Americas Conviction Buy List at Goldman), AUY +1.6% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at HSBC Securities), HW +1.1% (initiated with a Buy at Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey), ABAX +1% (target raised to $72 from $66 at Canaccord Genuity), BKU +0.9% (initiated with a Buy at UBS), SHPG +0.8% (upgraded to Outperform at Bernstein), MMS +0.7% (initiated with a Outperform at Wells Fargo)