>>> US Gapping up

Gapping up
In reaction to earnings/guidance
:

  • AEHR +18.4% (issues upside guidance for Q1, raises FY22 guidance), PRGS +7.8% (also to acquire privately held Kemp for $258 mln), COST +0.6%

Other news:

  • VTVT +24.3% (announces results from multiple ascending dose study evaluating HPP737 for psoriasis)
  • CAPR +17.9% (reports final data from its Phase 2 HOPE-2 Trial)
  • TMCI +9.9% (presents new ALIGN3D data)
  • SRGA +3% (CFO/COO resigns)
  • GDYN +2.4% (enters into strategic partnerships with Evinced to drive accessibility in mobile app development)
  • AZN +2.3% (reports Phase III trial for Lynparza (olaparib) in combination with abiraterone)

Analyst comments:

  • RRGB +2.6% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • BJRI +2.3% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • CHUY +2% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • PLAY +1.9% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • CAKE +1.3% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies)
  • ALV +0.9% (upgraded to Equal-Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley)