Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: OME +22.6%, DXCM +15.6% (upgraded to Market Perform from Under Perform at Northland Capital ), TPX +13.9%, AWAY +13.4%, WSTL +13%, (thinly traded), AEO +12.6%, FLTX +12.5%, LPSN +11.5%, DVR +9.1%, (light volume), OSUR +8.9%, MELA +8.7%, (thinly traded), SFUN +7.9%, GOLD +7.5%, GNK +5.7%, (light volume), ALSK +4.6%, VE +4.6%, RIG +4.2%, SSYS +4.1%, LHCG +4%, ACLS +3.1%, (light volume), JCP +3.1%, UHAL +2.9%, (light volume), SI +2.9%, APA +2.9%, DEG +2.5%, SLCA +2.3%, (light volume), CODI +2%, (light volume), OAS +1.8%, WAC +1.6%, (light volume), ONCY +1.6%, (light volume), TOL +1.5%, CXO +0.5%, PRU +0.3%, (light volume).
M&A news: RDA +12.5% (RDA Microelectronics confirms receipt of acquisition proposal from Tsinghua Unigroup of $18 per share).
Other news: AGEN +29.2% (HerpV therapeutic vaccine for genital herpes meets primary endpoint in randomized Phase 2 trial), NURO +25.7% (still checking, saw upside move yesterday), OREX +9.9% (enters into agreement with Sanofi (SNY) to manufacture Contrave for territories outside North America), GOLD +8.4% (still checking), OXGN +8.1% (continued strength), MT +5.1% (rcelorMittal may have interest in ThyssenKrupp's U.S. plant, according to reports), RPT +5% ( announces 4.5 mln common share offering), ZIXI +5% ( announces share repurchase program of up to $15 mln), BTU +3.9% (still checking), SNE +3.1% (still checking), SCSS +2.4% (following TPX results), ARO +2.4% (following AEO guidance), PXD +2.2% (still checking), CS +2% (still checking), NXST +1.5% (to acquire seven television stations in four markets for $87.5 mln in accretive transaction), TOL +1.5% (announces offering of 6.25 mln shares of its common stock), HUM +0.7% (Barron's profiles positive view on Humana ), EPIQ +0.6% (approves share repurchase program of up to $35 mln beginning Jan 1, 2014), URBN +0.1% (following AEO guidance), CSCO +0.1% (Barron's profiles positive view on Cisco).
Analyst comments: TWO +1.4% (Two Harbors Investment upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sterne Agee)