>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
: GEVO +28.1%, FOSL +10.4%, (also Fossil and Michael Kors announced that they have renewed their global licensing agreement through 2024 ), ATRA +9.9%, EVDY +9.7%, CSIQ +7.6%, SUPN +6.8%, PAHC +5.8%, TAHO +5.7%, WUBA +5.6%, MTOR +5.4%, HPJ +5.3%, OPWR +4.9%, BZH +2.9%, LMNS +2.6%, SANW +2.6%, YY +2.4%,AEO +1.8%, SLW +1.7%, IPWR +1.1%, CYCC +1%, TEF +0.9%, ENR +0.6%

M&A news: SUSQ +34.8% (BBT to to acquire co valued at $13.50 per share), MATX +7.8% (Matson to acquire Horizon's Alaska operations; acquisition accretive to Matson's earnings and cash flow; transaction value of $0.72 per common share plus repayment of debt )

Select solar stocks trading higher in sympathy with CSIQ earnings: MY +6.9%, SOL +3.6%, JKS +3%, FSLR +1.2%

Other news: DRRX +4.2% ( provides update on POSIDUR program: FDA finds it acceptable to conduct only one additional soft tissue clinical trial to generate the data required for product approval for indication of soft tissue post-surgical analgesia ), CLNE +3.8% (Ryder (R) signs alliance with mansfield CLNE to provide natural gas vehicle solutions ), LITB +3.2% (confirming Singles Day sales), MNDL +1.7% (announced that Digital Turbine Ignite is currently available on a number of Verizon Wireless smartphones and will be added to more over the next several quarters), DOW +1.2% (announced that its Board has declared a $0.42 per share in the Q4, a 14% increase), ARCP +1% (comments on litigation it filed against RCS Capital Corporation (RCAP)), SWKS +0.9% (authorized the repurchase of up to $300 mln of the company's common stock), AOL +0.6% (Some Investors want AOL and Yahoo (YHOO) merger, according to reports)

Analyst comments: QLTY +2.2% (upgraded to Buy at Stifel), HMY +1.9% (upgraded to Neutral from Sell at UBS)