Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: PRTA +14.3%, PSMI +10.4% (light volume), PLOW +9.6% (light volume), ODP +8.9%, DATA+8.6%, DISCA +8%, NCMI +7.9%, NLS +6.1%, SALE +5.4%, ANV +5.2%, QLYS +4.7%, VVUS +4%, EOX +3.8%, CRK +2.9%, RGR +2.8%, CKP+2.8%, ALXA +2.7%, (light volume), EOG +2.6%, GDP +2.3%, IDTI +2%, (light volume), GM +1.9% (reports China sales for Apr were +6.3% YoY to 278.3K units), HL +1.6%, APC +1.5%, (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup; tgt raised to $115 from $112 ), UBS+1.2%, MOS +1.1%, TRN +0.9%, NRG +0.7%, CFN +0.5%(also upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman ).
M&A related: FST +25.7% (Forest Oil and Sabine Oil & Gas announce definitive merger agreement; cos will combine their businesses under a newly formed holding co, Sabine Oil & Gas Corp), ALU +4.9% (NOK for ALU speculation), YHOO +0.5% (Re Code discusses Alibaba (ALBCF.PK) IPO and that is possible that YHOO could become a takeover target).
Select oil/gas related names showing strength: TLM +1.9% and STO +1% (reports out indicate TLM / STO may sell Texas jv), BP +0.8% (still checking), VLO +0.2% (upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer).
Other news: CODE +4.6% ( Soros Fund Management discloses 5.11% passive stake in 13G filing), HMY +3.3% (still checking), RYAAY+2.5% (still checking), AVGO +2.4% (AVGO to replace LSI in the S&P 500), ARMH +2.4% (strength may be attributed to AMD chip licensing agreement), VOD +1.7% (still checking), CCL +1.5% (still checking), MRK +1.1% (Merck announces sale of Consumer Care business to Bayer for $14.2 bln; enters into collaboration with Bayer to market and develop novel therapies for cardiovascular disease; collaboration includes a $1 bln up-front payment by Merck to Bayer), HSBC +1.1% (boosted by UBS results), TRN +0.9% ( declares a 2-for-1 stock split and a 33% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.10 per share), TSN +0.8% (modestly rebounding), GTAT +0.3% ( announces larger capacity ASF 165 sapphire furnace), AAPL +0.3% (Smartphone applications shipments fell 4% in China in Q1, according to reports), CTRP +0.3% (Barron's profiles positive views from yesterday's Ira Sohn conference .
Analyst comments: HEAR +3.9% (initiated with a Outperform at Wedbush), SGEN +1% (upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill)
M&A related: FST +25.7% (Forest Oil and Sabine Oil & Gas announce definitive merger agreement; cos will combine their businesses under a newly formed holding co, Sabine Oil & Gas Corp), ALU +4.9% (NOK for ALU speculation), YHOO +0.5% (Re Code discusses Alibaba (ALBCF.PK) IPO and that is possible that YHOO could become a takeover target).
Select oil/gas related names showing strength: TLM +1.9% and STO +1% (reports out indicate TLM / STO may sell Texas jv), BP +0.8% (still checking), VLO +0.2% (upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer).
Other news: CODE +4.6% ( Soros Fund Management discloses 5.11% passive stake in 13G filing), HMY +3.3% (still checking), RYAAY+2.5% (still checking), AVGO +2.4% (AVGO to replace LSI in the S&P 500), ARMH +2.4% (strength may be attributed to AMD chip licensing agreement), VOD +1.7% (still checking), CCL +1.5% (still checking), MRK +1.1% (Merck announces sale of Consumer Care business to Bayer for $14.2 bln; enters into collaboration with Bayer to market and develop novel therapies for cardiovascular disease; collaboration includes a $1 bln up-front payment by Merck to Bayer), HSBC +1.1% (boosted by UBS results), TRN +0.9% ( declares a 2-for-1 stock split and a 33% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.10 per share), TSN +0.8% (modestly rebounding), GTAT +0.3% ( announces larger capacity ASF 165 sapphire furnace), AAPL +0.3% (Smartphone applications shipments fell 4% in China in Q1, according to reports), CTRP +0.3% (Barron's profiles positive views from yesterday's Ira Sohn conference .
Analyst comments: HEAR +3.9% (initiated with a Outperform at Wedbush), SGEN +1% (upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill)