Gapping up
In reaction to strong earnings/guidance: VIPS +23.2%, AMBC +3.3%, YGE +3.2% (preliminary estimates of certain financial results for Q4; sees shipments ahead of guidance), GWRE +3.2%, ACRX +2.8%, (light volume), TSL +2.3%, NUVA +2.2%, MBI +1.7%, (light volume), AZO +1.4%, GEVA +0.6%, (Issued U.S. Patent for Treatment of LAL Deficiency)
Select financial related names showing strength: ING +3.3%, DB +2.7%, RBS +2.6%, BCS +1.9%, MS +1.8%, BBVA +1.8% (Moody's upgrades BBVA's ratings to Baa2; outlook positive on long-term ratings), HSBC +1.3%, BAC +1.2%.
Russia related names rebounding: LXFT +8.9%, QIWI +8.2%, YNDX +7%, MTL +4.7%, MBT +3.6%
Battery related names seeing continued momentum -- boosted by reports of TSLA expansion: FCEL +12.4%, PLUG +11.3%, BLDP +8%, TSLA +3% ( to open 30 new service centers in Europe, according to reports).
Solar names trading higher boosted by SUNE upgrade and TSL/YGE results/guidance: JKS +5.1%, CSIQ +4.9%, SUNE +3.9% (SunEdison upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley)... Other Clean energy related tickers trading higher (KIOR +5.6%, CPST +4.9%, MY +5.7%, CDTI +3.7%)
China internet related names are higher: DANG +6.2%, YY +3.9%, YOKU +3.2%, WUBA +1.8%, SINA +1.6%, BIDU +1.1% (positive MadMoney mention; also Jingdong rumored to seek investment from Baidu, Qihoo and Tencent for its upcoming IPO, according to Marbridge), QIHU +1%.
Other news: OXBT +33.9% (has been notified by the FDA that the agency has completed its review of the Sep 2013 nonclinical submission and has lifted the clinical hold on Oxycyte ), EPAM +8.4% (modestly rebounding), JCP +6.8% (S&P moves JCP outlook to 'Stable' from 'Negative' ), GTAT +6.4% ( delays form 10-K filing due to a tax matter; resolution expected to have no impact on guidance and financial results previously reported), FREE +4.9% (announces the sale of the M/V Free Knight), QCOM +3.2% (raises quarterly dividend by 20% to $0.42 per share from $0.35 per share; Board approves $5.0 bln increase in co's stock repurchase authorization ), ASML +2.3% (still checking), TOT +2% (planning to sell 10% stake in Azerbaijan, according to reports), LO +1.6% (trading modestly higher following yesterday's RAI takeover speculation; analysts mixed), GNC +1.4% (positive MadMoney mention), BP +0.6% (responds to Fifth Circuit Decision of Mar 3, 2014; co says it 'disagrees with the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denying the company's request for a permanent injunction preventing certain payments under the Economic and Property Damages Settlement it reached in 2012').
Analyst comments: ANF +4.2% (upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse), HLT +2.9% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman), MGA +2.2% (upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman; upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan)