Gapping up
News:
- OCDX +11% (Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to be acquired by Quidel Corporation (QDEL) for $24.68/share)
- SGMS +9.4% (SGMS withdraws all-stock offer to acquire remaining 19% interest in SCPL)
- NKLA +3.6% (co tweets showing its first customer delivery)
- PHG +2.5% (provides update on the test and research program in connection with the CPAP BiPAP and Mechanical Ventilator recall)
- SQM +2.1% (announces special dividend)
- NILE +2.1% (acquires a portfolio of Four Marriott (MAR) and Hilton (HLT) hotels for $69 mln)
- NVAX +2% (two-dose of NVX-CoV2373 demonstrated cross-reactive immune responses against Omicron)
- NFGC +2% (provides 2022 outlook commentary)
- ENDP +1.7% (enters agreement for Paladin Labs to commercialize SK Biopharmaceuticals' XCOPRI in Canada)
- UGRO +1% (announces partnership with King Solomon Nutrients)
- PCH +1% (acquires timberlands in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana)
Analyst comments:
- HYZN +2.7% (initiated with a Buy at Canaccord Genuity)
- IKNA +1.1% (initiated with a Buy at H.C. Wainwright)