>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up 

In reaction to strong earnings/guidance:

  • GES +7.4%, LE +5.3%, M +5.3%, CAL +2.9%, BF.A +2%, CDMO +0.7%

Other news:

  • AMC +17.8% (expects to reopen at approx 140 additional theatres this week)
  • OSH +12.5% (announces collaboration with WMT to offer clinics at Dallas area locations)
  • VHC +7.8% (confirms motion for relief from judgment brought by Apple (AAPL))
  • FEAC +6.2% (agree to a business combination that will result in Skillz becoming a publicly-listed company)
  • LI +5.1% (reports July and August deliveries)
  • CLNE +4% (has been contracted by New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide its Redeem renewable natural gas to power the MTA's 800 natural gas transit buses)
  • SERV +3.9% (to sell its ServiceMaster Brands businesses to an affiliate of Roark Capital, for $1.553 billion, affirms Q3 guidance)
  • MESO +3.1% (receives ethics approval to include Australian hospitals in the Phase 3 randomized controlled trial of remestemcel-L in ventilator-dependent COVID-19 patients)
  • TGI +2.2% (extends partnership with Airbus)
  • RPM +1.4% (to acquire abrasives manufacturer Ali Industries)
  • RMAX +1.4% (acquires wemlo, a mortgage processing start-up)
  • PRIM +1.4% (files mixed securities shelf offering)
  • GM +1% (to meet with Ivanka Trump on Wed, according to CNBC)

Analyst comments:

  • NVDA +4.7% (target raised to a Street-high $650 from $600 at BofA Securities)
  • Z +4.1% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank)
  • NLS +2.5% (initiated with an Outperform at William Blair)
  • LUV +1.8% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Berenberg)
  • EQH +1.4% (upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Mkts)
  • TDOC +1% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Berenberg)