>>> US Gapping up


Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance
:

  • WDC +8.1%, OSIS +8%, ERIC +4.5%, SBUX +3.5%, ABCB +3.5%, WAL +2.9%, SIVB +1%, LEA +0.7%

Select Marijuana related names showing strength after Piper Jaffray boosts price target on Canopy Growth:

  • CGC +7.4%, CRON +5.9%, NBEV +3.8%, TLRY +3.2%, MJ +2.4%, ACB +2.3%

Other news:

  • PCG +24.2% (PG&E releases statement confirming CAL FIRE concluded that PG&E equipment did not cause 2017 Tubbs wildfire; adds that it still faces 'extensive litigation, significant potential liabilities and a deteriorating financial situation')
  • TGI +4.6% (continued strength; confirms sale of its metallics machining operations to NWI Holdings, an affiliate of TECT Aerospace and TECT Power)
  • STX +3.4% (following WDC earnings/guidance)
  • MU +2.7% (following WDC earnings/guidance)
  • HCLP +1.6% (announces resumption of operations at Whitehall facility, idling of Augusta facility)
  • VLO +1.3% (increases quarterly cash dividend to $0.90/share from $0.80/share)

Analyst comments:

  • CAMP +3.2% (upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan)
  • AVYA +1.8% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays)
  • ROK +1.7% (upgraded to Buy from Reduce at HSBC Securities)
  • FLIR +1.6% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Robert W. Baird)