Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: KORS +3.3%, HSBC +1.8%, BRK.B +1.5%.
M&A related: PIKE +38% (Pike Shareholders to receive cash of $12.00 per share in transaction led by Court Square Capital Partners), EVR +1.7% (following late weakness -- Evercore confirmed plans to to acquire ISI Group and the remaining 40% interest in Evercore's Institutional Equities business; co will issue up to ~ 8 mln share equivalents in the two transactions; transaction expected to be accretive to Adjusted Pro Forma EPS in first year and has potential to be meaningfully accretive starting in 2016), GSK +1% SNY +0.5% (PE firms may purchase older drug brands of GSK and Sanofi (SNY), according to reports),
Drug names/biotech trading higher: TKMR +34.9% (strength attributed to Ebola related fears/plan), LGND +8% (still checking), AZN +0.9% (higher despite reports indicating Hedge funds betting against AZN takeover bid ), ANIP +2.4% (acquires Vancocin capsules and additional vancomycin assets from Shire ), AMGN +1.3% (announces Phase 3 ASPIRE trial of Kyprolis In Patients With Relapsed Multiple Myeloma met primary endpoint; Kyprolis helped patients Live 8.7 months longer without their disease worsening)
Other news:PT +4.8% (traded higher overseas), LOCO +3.9% (still checking), MBLY +3.2% (continued strength/volatility from IPO), DHI +2.9% ( ticking higher on positive Barron's story), INFY +2.8% (traded higher overseas on weaker rupee), EMC +1.2% (Barron's profiles positive view), GPRO +1% (still checking), AAPL +0.8% (still checking), LOGI +0.8% (still checking), SCTY +0.7% (appoints semiconductor veteran Brad Buss as CFO), HLF +0.6% (Barron's report defends name), PSEC +0.6% (exits AirMall at a gross 16.7% internal rate of return and 1.61x cash-on-cash return) .
Analyst comments: HIMX +4.3% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Lake Street), BYI +2.7% (Bally Technologies upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman), X +2% ( upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank; upgraded to Buy from Hold at KeyBanc Capital Mkts ), MT +1% (upgraded to Neutral at Exane BNP Paribas), VOD +1% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Redburn ), ALU +0.9% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley ), STLD +0.4% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at KeyBanc Capital Mkts), OXY +0.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; tgt raised to $120 from $110)
M&A related: PIKE +38% (Pike Shareholders to receive cash of $12.00 per share in transaction led by Court Square Capital Partners), EVR +1.7% (following late weakness -- Evercore confirmed plans to to acquire ISI Group and the remaining 40% interest in Evercore's Institutional Equities business; co will issue up to ~ 8 mln share equivalents in the two transactions; transaction expected to be accretive to Adjusted Pro Forma EPS in first year and has potential to be meaningfully accretive starting in 2016), GSK +1% SNY +0.5% (PE firms may purchase older drug brands of GSK and Sanofi (SNY), according to reports),
Drug names/biotech trading higher: TKMR +34.9% (strength attributed to Ebola related fears/plan), LGND +8% (still checking), AZN +0.9% (higher despite reports indicating Hedge funds betting against AZN takeover bid ), ANIP +2.4% (acquires Vancocin capsules and additional vancomycin assets from Shire ), AMGN +1.3% (announces Phase 3 ASPIRE trial of Kyprolis In Patients With Relapsed Multiple Myeloma met primary endpoint; Kyprolis helped patients Live 8.7 months longer without their disease worsening)
Other news:PT +4.8% (traded higher overseas), LOCO +3.9% (still checking), MBLY +3.2% (continued strength/volatility from IPO), DHI +2.9% ( ticking higher on positive Barron's story), INFY +2.8% (traded higher overseas on weaker rupee), EMC +1.2% (Barron's profiles positive view), GPRO +1% (still checking), AAPL +0.8% (still checking), LOGI +0.8% (still checking), SCTY +0.7% (appoints semiconductor veteran Brad Buss as CFO), HLF +0.6% (Barron's report defends name), PSEC +0.6% (exits AirMall at a gross 16.7% internal rate of return and 1.61x cash-on-cash return) .
Analyst comments: HIMX +4.3% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Lake Street), BYI +2.7% (Bally Technologies upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman), X +2% ( upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank; upgraded to Buy from Hold at KeyBanc Capital Mkts ), MT +1% (upgraded to Neutral at Exane BNP Paribas), VOD +1% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Redburn ), ALU +0.9% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley ), STLD +0.4% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at KeyBanc Capital Mkts), OXY +0.3% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; tgt raised to $120 from $110)